1952 Ceylonese parliamentary election

none December 2019 1952 Ceylonese parliamentary election Ceylon parliamentary 1951 1947 Ceylonese parliamentary election 1947 1st Parliament of Ceylon 1956 Ceylonese parliamentary election 1956 95 seats in the House of Representatives of Ceylon 48 seats were needed for a majority 24–30 May 1952 Dudley Shelton Senanayaka (1911-1973).jpg Dudley Senanayake 1952 United National Party Dedigama 39.81%, 42 seats 54 12 1,026,005 44.08% 4.27pp Official Photographic Portrait of S.W.R.D.Bandaranayaka (1899-1959).jpg S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike 1951 Sri Lanka Freedom Party Attanagalla Did not exist 9 New party 361,250 15.52% New party Lanka Sama Samaja Party LSSP N. M. Perera 1945 Lanka Sama Samaja Party Ruwanwella 10.81%, 10 seats 9 1 305,133 13.11% 2.30pp Prime Minister Prime Minister after election Dudley Senanayake Dudley Senanayake United National Party United National Party 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.Elections Department in the limelight http://www.ft.lk/article/478461/Elections-Department-in-the-limelight 4 February 2018 Daily Financial Times ft.lk 3 October 2015 Background Prime 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 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.August 2011 United National Party 1026005 54 Sri Lanka Freedom Party 361250 9 Lanka Sama Samaja Party 305133 9 CPC–VLSSP 134528 4 All Ceylon Tamil Congress 64512 4 Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi 45331 2 Republican Party 33001 0 Ceylon Labour Party 27096 1 Buddhist Republican Party 3987 0 orange Independents 326783 12 2114615 2990912 Nohlen et al.Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume I, pp709–722 0-19-924958-X Notes References http://www.slelections.gov.lk/pdf/Results_1952%20GENERAL%20ELECTION.PDF Result of Parliamentary General Election 1952 Department of Elections, Sri Lanka dead https://web.archive.org/web/20150924115603/http://www.slelections.gov.lk/pdf/Results_1952%20GENERAL%20ELECTION.PDF 24 September 2015 http://www.lankanewspapers.com/news/election/general_election1952.jsp 1952 General Election Results LankaNewspapers.com dead https://web.archive.org/web/20120310000651/http://www.lankanewspapers.com/news/election/general_election1952.jsp 10 March 2012 http://www.jpp.co.jp/lanka/gov/govd/govde/gov32e.htm Table 32 Parliament Election (1952) 10 February 2009 Sri Lanka Statistics 3 October 2010 9 October 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20111009145311/http://www.jpp.co.jp/lanka/gov/govd/govde/gov32e.htm dead http://www.atimes.com/ind-pak/CK10Df03.html https://web.archive.org/web/20020103152932/http://www.atimes.com/ind-pak/CK10Df03.html unfit 3 January 2002 Chapter 14: Post-colonial realignment of political forces K. T. Rajasingham 10 November 2001 Sri Lanka: The Untold Story Asia Times Ceylon Category:1952 in Ceylon Category:Parliamentary elections in Sri Lanka Category:May 1952 in Asia Category:Election and referendum articles with incomplete results