1965 Ceylonese parliamentary election

Sri Lankan government elections 1965 Ceylonese parliamentary election Ceylon parliamentary 1951 July 1960 Ceylonese parliamentary election July 1960 1970 Ceylonese parliamentary election 1970 151 seats in the House of Representatives of Ceylon 76 seats were needed for a majority 22 March 1965 Dudley Shelton Senanayaka (1911-1973).jpg Dudley Senanayake 1957 United National Party Dedigama 37.19%, 30 seats 66 36 1,590,929 39.31% 2.12pp Sirimavo Bandaranaike, Prime Minister of Ceylon 1960 (cropped).PNG Sirimavo Bandaranaike 1960 Sri Lanka Freedom Party Attanagalla 33.22%, 75 seats 41 34 1,221,437 30.18% 3.04 Prime Minister Prime Minister-designate Sirimavo Bandaranaike Dudley Senanayake Sri Lanka Freedom Party United National Party Parliamentary elections were held in Ceylon in March 1965. Background The 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 smaller Sinhalese nationalist parties and the Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi. Results The UNP did not obtain a majority, but was able to govern as a National Front with the ITAK's support. United National Party 1590929 66 Sri Lanka Freedom Party 1221437 41 Lanka Sama Samaja Party 302095 10 Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi 217914 14 Sri Lanka Freedom Socialist Party 130429 5 Communist Party of Ceylon 109754 4 All Ceylon Tamil Congress 98746 3 Mahajana Eksath Peramuna 96665 1 National Liberation Front 18791 1 Others 259960 6 3821918 4710887 Kusaka Research InstituteKusaka Research Institute Notes References http://www.slelections.gov.lk/pdf/Results_1965%20GENERAL%20ELECTION.PDF Result of Parliamentary General Election 1965 Department of Elections, Sri Lanka dead https://web.archive.org/web/20150713003440/http://www.slelections.gov.lk/pdf/Results_1965%20GENERAL%20ELECTION.PDF 2015-07-13 http://www.lankanewspapers.com/news/election/general_election1965.jsp 1965 General Election Results LankaNewspapers.com dead https://web.archive.org/web/20120310000804/http://www.lankanewspapers.com/news/election/general_election1965.jsp 2012-03-10 http://www.jpp.co.jp/lanka/gov/govd/govde/gov36e.htm Table 36 Parliament Election (1965) 10 February 2009 Sri Lanka Statistics 3 October 2010 9 October 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20111009145429/http://www.jpp.co.jp/lanka/gov/govd/govde/gov36e.htm dead http://www.atimes.com/ind-pak/CL15Df05.html https://web.archive.org/web/20011218081922/http://www.atimes.com/ind-pak/CL15Df05.html unfit 18 December 2001 Chapter 19: Anguish and pain K. T. Rajasingham 15 December 2001 Sri Lanka: The Untold Story Asia Times http://www.atimes.com/ind-pak/CL22Df03.html https://web.archive.org/web/20020416075330/http://www.atimes.com/ind-pak/CL22Df03.html unfit 16 April 2002 Chapter 20: Tamil leadership lacks perspicuity K. T. Rajasingham 22 December 2001 Sri Lanka: The Untold Story Asia Times Ceylon Category:1965 in Ceylon Category:Parliamentary elections in Sri Lanka Category:March 1965 in Asia Category:Election and referendum articles with incomplete results