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1952 Ceylonese parliamentary election

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FieldValue
election_name1952 Ceylonese parliamentary election
countrySri Lanka
typeparliamentary
previous_election1947 Ceylonese parliamentary election
previous_year1947
outgoing_members1st Parliament of Ceylon
next_election1956 Ceylonese parliamentary election
next_year1956
seats_for_election95 seats in the House of Representatives of Ceylon
48 seats were needed for a majority
election_date24–30 May 1952
image1Dudley Shelton Senanayaka (1911-1973).jpg
leader1Dudley Senanayake
leader_since11952
party1United National Party
leaders_seat1Dedigama
last_election139.81%, 42 seats
seats1**54**
seat_change112
popular_vote1**1,026,005**
percentage1**44.08%**
swing14.27pp
image2Official Photographic Portrait of S.W.R.D.Bandaranayaka (1899-1959).jpg
leader2S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike
leader_since21951
party2Sri Lanka Freedom Party
leaders_seat2Attanagalla
last_election2*Did not exist*
seats29
seat_change2*New party*
popular_vote2361,250
percentage215.52%
swing2*New party*
image3
leader3N. M. Perera
leader_since31945
party3Lanka Sama Samaja Party
leaders_seat3Ruwanwella
last_election310.81%, 10 seats
seats39
seat_change31
popular_vote3305,133
percentage313.11%
swing32.30pp
titlePrime Minister
posttitlePrime Minister after election
before_electionDudley Senanayake
after_electionDudley Senanayake
before_partyUnited National Party
after_partyUnited National Party

48 seats were needed for a majority

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.

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.

Notes

References

References

  1. (3 October 2015). "Elections Department in the limelight". ft.lk.
  2. [[Dieter Nohlen]], Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) ''Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume I'', pp709–722 {{ISBN. 0-19-924958-X
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