All Ceylon Islamic United Front
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All Ceylon Islamic United Front was a political party
in Sri Lanka
. ACIUF was founded in 1960 by M.S. Kariappar. ACIUF contested the July 1960 legislative elections, but it won no seats. The party was later disbanded.
Political party
A political party is a political organization that typically seeks to influence government policy, usually by nominating their own candidates and trying to seat them in political office. Parties participate in electoral campaigns, educational outreach or protest actions...
in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka is a country off the southern coast of the Indian subcontinent. Known until 1972 as Ceylon , Sri Lanka is an island surrounded by the Indian Ocean, the Gulf of Mannar and the Palk Strait, and lies in the vicinity of India and the...
. ACIUF was founded in 1960 by M.S. Kariappar. ACIUF contested the July 1960 legislative elections, but it won no seats. The party was later disbanded.