March 1960 Ceylonese parliamentary election explained

Election Name:March 1960 Ceylonese parliamentary election
Country:Sri Lanka
Type:parliamentary
Previous Election:1956 Ceylonese parliamentary election
Previous Year:1956
Outgoing Members:3rd Parliament of Ceylon
Next Election:July 1960 Ceylonese parliamentary election
Next Year:July 1960
Seats For Election:151 seats in the House of Representatives of Ceylon
76 seats were needed for a majority
Election Date:19 March 1960
Image1:Dudley Shelton Senanayaka (1911-1973).jpg
Leader1:Dudley Senanayake
Leader Since1:1957
Party1:United National Party
Leaders Seat1:Dedigama
Last Election1:27.91%, 8 seats
Seats1:50
Seat Change1: 42
Popular Vote1:909,043
Percentage1:29.89%
Swing1: 1.98pp
Leader2:C. P. de Silva
Leader Since2:1960
Party2:Sri Lanka Freedom Party
Leaders Seat2:Minneriya
Last Election2:39.52%, 51 seats
Seats2:46
Seat Change2: 5
Popular Vote2:647,175
Percentage2:21.28%
Swing2: 18.24pp
Prime Minister
Posttitle:Prime Minister-designate
Before Election:Wijeyananda Dahanayake
After Election:Dudley Senanayake
Before Party:MEP
After Party:United National Party

Parliamentary elections were held in Ceylon on 19 March 1960.

Background

By 1960, Ceylon's governing Mahajana Eksath Peramuna (MEP) coalition was falling apart. The Marxist parties that were junior partners of the coalition had broken with the dominant Sri Lanka Freedom Party over the issue of paddy lands. The Marxist Viplavakari Lanka Sama Samaja Party formed a new party that took the name MEP. The SLFP itself had been torn by an internal power struggle since the death of its leader, S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike, the previous year.

Both the United National Party and the SLFP campaigned on a strongly anti-Tamil line, promising to repatriate the estate Tamils to India, and implement the Sinhala Only Act.

Results

Dudley Senanayake and the UNP obtained a plurality of seats, but without a majority could not form a stable government. This led to the July 1960 elections.[1] [2]

Provincial results

Western Province

Colombo District

ElectorateElected MemberSymbolVotes
1 Colombo NorthV.A.SugathadasaElephant9,446
2 Colombo CentralM.C.M. KaleelPair of Spectacles33,121
Pieter KeunemanStar30,574
R. PremadasaElephant29,828
3 BorellaR.B. LenoraElephant7,261
4 Colombo SouthEdmund SamarawickremaElephant25,312
17 KolonnawaK.E. PereraCart Wheel8,608
18 KotteA.J. NiyathapalaElephant8,850
19 Dehiwela Mt. LaviniaS. de S. JayasingheElephant12,971
20 MoratuwaM. Ruskin FernandoElephant10,262
21 KesbewaSomaweera ChandrasiriSpoon11,115
22 KottawaD.B.R. GunawardenaKey12,928
23 HomagamaGamini JayasuriyaElephant10,873
24 AvissawellaPhilip GunawardenaCart Wheel16,648

Gampaha District

ElectorateElected MemberSymbolVotes
5 WattalaD. Shelton JayasingheElephant9,665
6 NegomboT. Quintin FernandoElephant11,207
7 KatanaWijayapala MendisElephant9,117
8 DivulapitiyaPercy JayakodyElephant10,509
9 MirigamaA.E. JayasingheHand12,430
10 MinuwangodaM.P. de Z. SiriwardenaHand11,565
11 AttanagallaJ.P. ObeysekeraHand20,985
12 GampahaS.D. BandaranayakeButterfly9,565
13 Ja-elaParis PereraElephant11,960
14 MaharaS.K.K. SuriarachchiHand15,098
15 DompeFelix Dias BandaranaikeHand16,227
16 KelaniyaJ.R. JayawardaneElephant10,227

Kalutara District

ElectorateElected MemberSymbolVotes
26 BulathsinghalaBibile FonsekaElephant5,728
27 BandaragamaD.C.W. KannangaraElephant10,154
28 PanaduraLeslie GoonewardenaKey9,266
29 KalutaraCholmondeley GoonewardenaKey7,749
30 BeruwalaMohamed A. Bakeer MarkarElephant9,339
31 MatugamaDayasena T. PasqualHand7,099
32 AgalawatteAnil MoonesingheKey12,007

Central Province

Matale District

ElectorateElected MemberSymbolVotes
33 DambullaTikiri Banda TennekoonHand10,792
34 LaggalaK.M.K. BandaHand3,073
35 MataleB.H. AluvihareElephant8,022
36 RattotaChandrasena MunaweeraHand6,198

Kandy District

ElectorateElected MemberSymbolVotes
37 WattegmaP. B. A. WeerakoonHand8,680
38 AkuranaD. H. JayawickremaUmbrella15,856
39 GalagedaraC. A. S. MarikkarHand4,493
40 YatinuwaraS. S. AbeysunderaElephant4,352
41 UdunuwaraT.B. JayasunderaHand7,650
42 KandyE. L. SenanayakeElephant6,924
43 SenkadagalaN. WimalasenaElephant5,831
44 KundasaleU. P. Y. JinadasaHand7,121
45 TeldeniyaTissa KapukotuwaElephant3,726
46 MinipeR. W. TennekoonElephant3,868
49 HewahetaT.B. IllangaratneHand5,570
50 GampolaR.R.D. BandaranayakeHand5,911
51 NawalapitiyaR.S. PelpolaHand7,200

Nuwaraeliya District

ElectorateElected MemberSymbolVotes
47 WalapaneT.B.M. HerathHand5,727
48 HangurankethaM.D. BandaElephant7,119
53 Nuwara EliyaT. William FernandoHand2,397
54 MaskeliyaDonald J. RanaweeraElephant4,192
52 KotmaleJ.D.WeerasekeraUmbrella4,643

Southern Province

Galle District

ElectorateElected MemberSymbolVotes
55 BalapitiyaLakshman de SilvaHand8,465
56 AmbalangodaWilliam de SilvaCart Wheel8,716
57 Bentara-ElpitiyaR. G. SamaranayakeElephant7,769
58 HinidumaM. S. AmarasiriCart Wheel4,173
59 BaddegamaNeal de AlwisKey4,871
60 RatgamaM. P. de ZoysaHand7,700
61 AkmeemanaSenapala SamarasekeraUmbrella11,815
62 GalleW. D. S. AbeygoonawardenaElephant10,480
63 HabaraduwaPrins GunasekeraCart Wheel7,217

Matara District

ElectorateElected MemberSymbolVotes
64 WeligamaMontague JayawickremaElephant14,270
65 AkuressaS. A. WickremasingheStar13,191
66 DeniyayaP. L. JinadasaElephant6,555
67 HakmanaDon Roy RajapaksaCart Wheel9,083
68 KamburupitiyaPercy WickremasingheStar9,442
69 MataraJustin WijayawardheneElephant8,409
70 DevinuwaraC. A. DharmapalaElephant8,748

Hambantota District

ElectorateElected MemberSymbolVotes
71 BeliattaD. P. AtapattuElephant14,379
72 MulkirigalaGeorge RajapaksaCartwheel13,533
73 TissamaharamaLakshman RajapaksaCartwheel10,665

Northern Province

Jaffna District

ElectorateElected MemberSymbolVotes
74 KaytsV. A. KandiahHouse10,820
75 VaddukkoddaiA. AmirthalingamHouse11,524
76 KankesanturaiS.J.V. ChelvanayakamHouse13,545
77 UduvilVisuvanathar TharmalingamHouse9,033
78 JaffnaA.T. DurayappahSun6,201
79 NallurE.M.V. NaganathanHouse9,651
80 KopaiM.BalasundaramHouse10,279
81 UduppiddiM. SivasithamparamBicycle7,365
82 Point PedroK. ThurairatnamHouse5,679
83 ChavakachcheriV.N. NavaratnamHouse13,907

Vanni District

ElectorateElected MemberSymbolVotes
84 KilinochchiA. SivasunderamHouse3,741
85 MannarV.A. AlegaconeHouse6,463
86 VavuniyaT. SivasithamparamSun5,370

Eastern Province

Trincomalee District

ElectorateElected MemberSymbolVotes
87 TrincomaleeN.R. RajavarothiamHouse8,872
88 Mutur T.AhambaramHouse10,685

Batticaloa District

ElectorateElected MemberSymbolVotes
89 KalkudahP. ManicavasagamHouse7,318
90 BatticaloaC. RajaduraiHouse28,309
91 AmparaiWijayabahu WijayasinhaHand4,237
92 PaddiruppuS.M.RasamanickamHouse10,799
93 KalmunaiM.S. KariapperUmbrella5,743
94 NintavurM.I.M. Abdul MajeedRadio Set10,017
95 PottuvilM.A. Abdul MajeedCockerel9,874

North Western Province

Puttalam and Kurunegaka Districts

ElectorateElected MemberSymbolVotes
96 PuttalamM.H. Naina MarikkarElephant7,344
97 NikaweratiyaMudiyanse TennekoonHand13,409
98 YapahuwaR.B. TennekoonHand8,536
99 HiriyalaA.H. SenanayakeElephant9,202
100 WariyapolaA. AdikariHand11,894
101 BingiriyaL.B. JayasenaHand6,673
102 ChilawW.J.C. MunasingheHand9,302
103 NattandiyaAlbert F. PeriesElephant10,914
104 WennappuwaHugh FernandoHand11,043
105 KatugampolaT.B. SubasingheMortar8,766
106 KuliyapitiyaI.M.R.A. IriyagolleEye8,257
107 DambadeniyaR.G. SenanayakeHand14,401
108 PolgahawelaStephen SamarakkodyHand6,038
109 KurunegalaD.B. MonnekulamaHand8,176
110 MawatagamaE.M.R.B.EkanayakeElephant6,877
111 DodangaslandaA.U. RomanisElephant7,571

North Central Province

Anuradapura District

ElectorateElected MemberSymbolVotes
112 AnuradhapuraSirimewan GodageHand5,922
113 MedawachchiyaMaithripala SenanayakeHand9,475
114 HorowupotanaE.L.B. HurulleElephant5,120
115 MihintaleP.M.K. TennakoonKey2,581
116 KalawewaR.B. RatnamalalaHand7,455
117 KekirawaS.B. LenawaHand4,590

Polonnaruwa District

ElectorateElected MemberSymbolVotes
118 MinneriyaC.P. de SilvaHand9,770
119 PolonnaruwaA.H. de SilvaHand7,107

Uva Province

Badulla District

ElectorateElected MemberSymbolVotes
120 MahiyanganeC. P. J. SeneviratneElephant3,164
122 PassaraS. A. PeerisElephant3,286
123 BadullaB. H. BandaraHand4,775
124 SoranatotaK. Y. M WijeratneBandaHand3,821
125 Uva ParanagamaAeroplane4,662
126 WelimadaK. M. P. RajaratneAeroplane6,539
127 BandarawelaJ. G. GunasekeraHand5,603
128 HaputaleW. P. G. AriyadasaHand3,655

Monaragala District

ElectorateElected MemberSymbolVotes
129 MonaragalaW.G.M. Albert SilvaHand3,738
121 Bibile R.M.GunasekeraElephant3,361

Sabaragamuwa Province

Kegalle District

ElectorateElected MemberSymbolVotes
130 DedigamaDudley SenanayakeElephant12,208
131 GaligamuwaElephant9,025
132 KegalleP. B. G. KalugalleHand10,572
133 RambukkanaN. H. A. M. KarunaratneHand11,938
134 MawanellaP. B. BandaranayakeElephant7,238
135 YatiyantotaN. M. PereraKey10,432
136 RuwanwellaH. G. SomabanduKey9,883
137 DehiowitaSoma WickremanayakeKey6,606

Ratnapura District

ElectorateElected MemberSymbolVotes
138 KiriellaA. E. B. KiriellaElephant6,816
139 RatnapuraH. WeragamaElephant7,434
140 PelmadullaW. A. KarunasenaHand4,535
141 BalangodaC. S. RatwatteHand9,494
142 RakwanaV. T. G. KarunaratneHand4,766
143 NivitigalaD. F. HettiarachchiCart Wheel7,314
144 KalawanaAbeyratne PilapitiyaSun3,291
145 KolonnaCyril MathewElephant3,420

References

Notes and References

  1. http://www.lakbima.lk/archive/last_21_03_10/lakbima%202/lakb2%207.htm Article from lakbima.lk 21 March 2010
  2. http://www.slelections.gov.lk/pdf/Results_1960_03_19%20GENERAL%20ELECTION.PDF slelections.gov.lk – RESULTS OF PARLIAMENTARY GENERAL ELECTION – 19 March 1960