1965 Ceylonese parliamentary election

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1965 Ceylonese parliamentary election

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22 March 1965

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

	First party	Second party

Leader	Dudley Senanayake	Sirimavo Bandaranaike
Party	UNP	SLFP
Leader since	1957	1960
Leader's seat	Dedigama	Attanagalla
Last election	37.19%, 30 seats	33.22%, 75 seats
Seats won	66	41
Seat change	36	34
Popular vote	1,590,929	1,221,437
Percentage	39.31%	30.18%
Swing	2.12pp	3.04

Prime Minister before election

Sirimavo Bandaranaike
SLFP

Prime Minister-designate

Dudley Senanayake
UNP

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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.


Party		Votes	%	Seats
	United National Party	1,590,929	39.31	66
	Sri Lanka Freedom Party	1,221,437	30.18	41
	Lanka Sama Samaja Party	302,095	7.47	10
	Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi	217,914	5.38	14
	Sri Lanka Freedom Socialist Party	130,429	3.22	5
	Communist Party of Ceylon	109,754	2.71	4
	All Ceylon Tamil Congress	98,746	2.44	3
	Mahajana Eksath Peramuna	96,665	2.39	1
	National Liberation Front	18,791	0.46	1
	Others	259,960	6.42	6
Total		4,046,720	100.00	151

Total votes		3,821,918	–
Registered voters/turnout		4,710,887	81.13
Source: Kusaka Research Institute

Notes

References

"Result of Parliamentary General Election 1965" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-07-13.
"1965 General Election Results". LankaNewspapers.com. Archived from the original on 2012-03-10.
"Table 36 Parliament Election (1965)". Sri Lanka Statistics. 10 February 2009. Archived from the original on 9 October 2011. Retrieved 3 October 2010.
Rajasingham, K. T. (15 December 2001). "Chapter 19: Anguish and pain". Sri Lanka: The Untold Story. Asia Times. Archived from the original on 18 December 2001.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
Rajasingham, K. T. (22 December 2001). "Chapter 20: Tamil leadership lacks perspicuity". Sri Lanka: The Untold Story. Asia Times. Archived from the original on 16 April 2002.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)

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