Parliamentary elections were held in Ceylon in 1952. It is notable for being the second and final election overseen and administered by the Department of Parliamentary Elections before its merger in 1955.[1]
Prime MinisterD.S. Senanayake died in March 1952, and was succeeded by his son, Dudley. The national wave of mourning for Ceylon's first prime minister greatly boosted the UNP's fortunes.
Because the estate Tamils had been stripped of their citizenship by the Senanayake government, the Ceylon Indian Congress, which most of them had supported, was eliminated from Parliament and the Lanka Sama Samaja Party lost seats. The UNP won a majority, mainly at the cost of the CIC and the LSSP.[citation needed]
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1952, ceylonese, parliamentary, election, parliamentary, elections, were, held, ceylon, 1952, notable, being, second, final, election, overseen, administered, department, parliamentary, elections, before, merger, 1955, 1947, 1952, 1956, outgoing, members95, se. Parliamentary elections were held in Ceylon in 1952 It is notable for being the second and final election overseen and administered by the Department of Parliamentary Elections before its merger in 1955 1 1952 Ceylonese parliamentary election 1947 24 30 May 1952 1956 outgoing members95 seats in the House of Representatives of Ceylon 48 seats were needed for a majority First party Second party Third party Leader Dudley Senanayake S W R D Bandaranaike N M PereraParty UNP SLFP LSSPLeader since 1952 1951 1945Leader s seat Dedigama Attanagalla RuwanwellaLast election 39 81 42 seats 10 81 10 seatsSeats won 54 9 9Seat change 12 New 1Popular vote 1 026 005 361 250 305 133Percentage 44 08 15 52 13 11 Prime Minister before electionDudley SenanayakeUNP Prime Minister designate Dudley SenanayakeUNP Contents 1 Background 2 Results 3 Notes 4 ReferencesBackground EditPrime Minister D S Senanayake died in March 1952 and was succeeded by his son Dudley The national wave of mourning for Ceylon s first prime minister greatly boosted the UNP s fortunes The 1952 election was the first contested by the Sri Lanka Freedom Party which had broken away from the UNP on a platform of Sinhala nationalism and the Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi Federal Party which split from the All Ceylon Tamil Congress over joining the UNP government Results EditBecause the estate Tamils had been stripped of their citizenship by the Senanayake government the Ceylon Indian Congress which most of them had supported was eliminated from Parliament and the Lanka Sama Samaja Party lost seats The UNP won a majority mainly at the cost of the CIC and the LSSP citation needed PartyVotes SeatsUnited National Party1 026 00544 0854Sri Lanka Freedom Party361 25015 529Lanka Sama Samaja Party305 13313 119CPC VLSSP134 5285 784All Ceylon Tamil Congress64 5122 774Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi45 3311 952Republican Party33 0011 420Ceylon Labour Party27 0961 161Buddhist Republican Party3 9870 170Independents326 78314 0412Total2 327 626100 0095Total votes2 114 615 Registered voters turnout2 990 91270 70Source Nohlen et al 2 Notes EditReferences Edit Elections Department in the limelight ft lk Daily Financial Times 3 October 2015 Retrieved 4 February 2018 Dieter Nohlen Florian Grotz amp Christof Hartmann 2001 Elections in Asia A data handbook Volume I pp709 722 ISBN 0 19 924958 X Result of Parliamentary General Election 1952 PDF Department of Elections Sri Lanka Archived from the original PDF on 24 September 2015 1952 General Election Results LankaNewspapers com Archived from the original on 10 March 2012 Table 32 Parliament Election 1952 Sri Lanka Statistics 10 February 2009 Archived from the original on 9 October 2011 Retrieved 3 October 2010 Rajasingham K T 10 November 2001 Chapter 14 Post colonial realignment of political forces Asia Times Sri Lanka The Untold Story Archived from the original on 3 January 2002 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint unfit URL link Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1952 Ceylonese parliamentary election amp oldid 1162069060, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
