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Not to be confused with Ceylon Democratic Unity Alliance. Political party in Sri Lanka

Democratic Unity Alliance ஜனநாயக ஐக்கிய முன்னணி
Secretary-General	Z. M. Hithayathulla
Founder	Z.A. Naseer Ahamed
Founded	June 2004 (2004-06)
Split from	Sri Lanka Muslim Congress
Local Government	5 / 8,356
Election symbol
Two Leaves
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The Democratic Unity Alliance (Tamil: ஜனநாயக ஐக்கிய முன்னணி Caṉanāyaka Oṉṟumaik Kūṭṭaṇi) is a registered political party in Sri Lanka. It was founded in 2004 after Z.A. Naseer Ahamed and others broke away from the Sri Lanka Muslim Congress.

Electoral history

Sri Lanka Provincial Elections
Election year	Votes	Vote %	Seats won
2004	6,219	0.11%	1 / 380
2008–09	12,512	0.15%	1 / 417
2013	826	0.03%	0 / 148
2013	5,045	0.74%	0 / 34

Notes

Elections held across 7 provincial councils
Elections held across 8 provincial councils
Elections held across 3 provincial councils
Elections held only in the Uva provincial council

References

"List of recognized political parties" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. 6 July 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 July 2015.
Jaimon, Melina (6 July 2004). "Democratic United Alliance faces polls to carry on Ashraff vision: Muzammil". The Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka).
Gunatilleke, Nadira (17 June 2004). "Unity, peace and development our goals - Democratic Unity Alliance". Daily News (Sri Lanka). Archived from the original on 11 December 2004.
"Govt. stands for talks based on ISGA". Sunday Times (Sri Lanka). 13 June 2004.
Farook, Latheef (23 December 2014). "SLMC: Liability on the Muslim community". Daily FT. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 19 July 2015.

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