Ceylonese parliamentary election, July 1960

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5th Ceylonese parliamentary election






← 1960 (March)
20 July 1960
1965 →


151 seats to the House of Representatives of Ceylon
76 seats were needed for a majority



































 
First party
Second party
 

Sirimavo Ratwatte Dias Bandaranayaka (1916-2000) (Hon.Sirimavo Bandaranaike with Hon.Lalith Athulathmudali Crop).jpg

Dudley Shelton Senanayaka As The Prime Minister of Ceylon.jpg
Leader

Sirimavo Bandaranaike

Dudley Senanayake
Party

Sri Lanka Freedom Party

United National Party
Leader since
1960
1957
Leader's seat
n/a

Dedigama
Last election
46 Seats, 21.28%
50 Seats, 29.89%
Seats won
75
30
Seat change

Increase29

Decrease20
Popular vote
1,022,171
1,144,166
Percentage
33.22%
37.19%





Prime Minister before election

Dudley Senanayake
United National Party



Prime Minister-designate

Sirimavo Bandaranaike
Sri Lanka Freedom Party


General elections were held in Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) in July 1960.




Contents





  • 1 Background


  • 2 Results


  • 3 Notes


  • 4 References




Background


The March 1960 election had left neither of Ceylon's two major parties with a majority, so another election was inevitable.


The Sri Lanka Freedom Party, which had been in disarray since the murder of its leader S.W.R.D. Bandaranaike the previous year, settled on his widow, Sirimavo, as its new leader. She pledged to continue her husband's policies, notably the Sinhala Only Act, and to proceed with repatriation of the estate Tamils to India.


The United National Party, led by Dudley Senanayake, had a similar position towards the island's minorities. Its differences with the SLFP were over economic policy. The SLFP called for a socialist program of nationalization of both private enterprises and religious schools; the UNP preferred to leave both in private hands.



Results


The SLFP obtained a bare majority, despite getting a lower share of the popular vote than the UNP, and Mrs. Bandaranaike became prime minister.



























































































e • d Summary of the July 1960 Ceylonese parliamentary election[1]
PartyCandidatesVotes%Seats
 Sri Lanka Freedom Party981,022,17133.22%
75
 United National Party1281,144,16637.19%
30
 Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi21213,7336.95%
16
 Lanka Sama Samaja Party21224,9957.31%
12
 Communist Party of Ceylon790,2192.93%
4
 Mahajana Eksath Peramuna55106,8163.47%
3
 Lanka Democratic Party630,2070.98%
2
 National Liberation Front214,0300.46%
2
 All Ceylon Tamil Congress1046,8041.52%
1
Others45183,7285.97
6
Valid Votes3933,076,869100.00%151
Rejected Votes
Total Votes Polled
Total Electors Polled[a]
Registered Electors3,724,507
Turnout


Notes




  1. ^ Total electors polled is less than total votes polled due to multiple-member seats where electors can cast more than one vote.




References




  1. ^ "Table 35 Parliament Election (1960 July)". Sri Lanka Statistics. 10 February 2009. 




  • "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1960-07-20" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-02-04. 


  • "1960 July General Election Results". LankaNewspapers.com. Archived from the original on 2012-03-10. 


  • "Table 35 Parliament Election (1960 July)". Sri Lanka Statistics. 10 February 2009. 


  • Rajasingham, K. T. (1 December 2001). "Chapter 17: Assassination of Bandaranaike". Sri Lanka: The Untold Story. Asia Times. 


  • Rajasingham, K. T. (8 December 2001). "Chapter 18: Srimavo - weeping arrogance". Sri Lanka: The Untold Story. Asia Times. 





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