Jamaica Labour Party come out on top in the first ballot, with Shearer and Robert Lightbourne being the other candidates. Under Shearer, the JLP lost power for the first time to the People's National Party and Michael Manley in 1972. Shearer served as Opposition Leader until 1974. Bustamante finally gave up the post of party leader in 1974, and Edward Seaga was elected his successor. The party lost the 1976 elections, but Seaga became Prime Minister after victory in 1980 when the party won by a landslide, capturing 51 of the then 60 parliamentary seats. In 1983 with the JLP achieving a spike
Leader of the United National Party Leader of the United National Party Leader of the United National Party is the highest position of the biggest and oldest party in Sri Lanka. The leader is appointed by the majority vote of the working committee of the party who meets at Sirikotha, when the leadership position is vacant. The United National Party often abbreviated as UNP (Sinhala: එක්සත් ජාතික පක්ෂය, pronounced Eksath Jathika Pakshaya, Tamil: ஐக்கிய தேசியக் கட்சி, pronounced Aikkya Thesiya Katchi), is a political party in Sri Lanka. It is currently the main ruling party in the government of Sri Lanka and is headed by Ranil Wickremesinghe.