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1965, ceylonese, parliamentary, election, parliamentary, elections, were, held, ceylon, march, 1965, july, 1960, march, 1965, 1970, seats, house, representatives, ceylon, seats, were, needed, majority, first, party, second, party, leader, dudley, senanayake, s. Parliamentary elections were held in Ceylon in March 1965 1965 Ceylonese parliamentary election July 1960 22 March 1965 1970 151 seats in the House of Representatives of Ceylon 76 seats were needed for a majority First party Second party Leader Dudley Senanayake Sirimavo BandaranaikeParty UNP SLFPLeader since 1957 1960Leader s seat Dedigama AttanagallaLast election 37 19 30 seats 33 22 75 seatsSeats won 66 41Seat change 36 34Popular vote 1 590 929 1 221 437Percentage 39 31 30 18 Prime Minister before electionSirimavo BandaranaikeSLFP Prime Minister designate Dudley SenanayakeUNP Contents 1 Background 2 Results 3 Notes 4 ReferencesBackground EditThe SLFP government of Sirimavo Bandaranaike lost its majority in December 1964 when some MPs deserted it over the nationalization of Lakehouse Newspapers Bandaranaike s program of extensive nationalization had alarmed many of the island s business interests which rallied to the United National Party The economy had been stagnant and rationing had been imposed in the face of persistent food shortages The UNP promised to form a National Front government to oppose the SLFP and its Marxist allies UNP leader Dudley Senanayake promised cabinet posts both to the small Sinhala nationalist parties and the Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi Federal Party Results EditThe UNP did not obtain a majority but was able to govern as a National Front with the ITAK s support PartyVotes SeatsUnited National Party1 590 92939 3166Sri Lanka Freedom Party1 221 43730 1841Lanka Sama Samaja Party302 0957 4710Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi217 9145 3814Sri Lanka Freedom Socialist Party130 4293 225Communist Party of Ceylon109 7542 714All Ceylon Tamil Congress98 7462 443Mahajana Eksath Peramuna96 6652 391National Liberation Front18 7910 461Others259 9606 426Total4 046 720100 00151Total votes3 821 918 Registered voters turnout4 710 88781 13Source Kusaka Research InstituteNotes EditReferences Edit Result of Parliamentary General Election 1965 PDF Department of Elections Sri Lanka Archived from the original PDF on 2015 07 13 1965 General Election Results LankaNewspapers com Archived from the original on 2012 03 10 Table 36 Parliament Election 1965 Sri Lanka Statistics 10 February 2009 Rajasingham K T 15 December 2001 Chapter 19 Anguish and pain Sri Lanka The Untold Story Asia Times Archived from the original on 18 December 2001 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint unfit URL link Rajasingham K T 22 December 2001 Chapter 20 Tamil leadership lacks perspicuity Sri Lanka The Untold Story Asia Times Archived from the original on 16 April 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 1965 Ceylonese parliamentary election amp oldid 1134233175, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
