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:March 1960 Ceylonese parliamentary election

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{{Infobox election

| 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

| elected_members =

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

| election_date = 19 March 1960

| turnout =

| 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 = {{increase}} 42

| popular_vote1 = 909,043

| percentage1 = 29.89%

| swing1 = {{increase}} 1.98pp

| image2 = {{Election image filler|Sri Lanka Freedom Party|SLFP}}

| leader2 = C. P. de Silva

| leader_since2 = 1960

| party2 = Sri Lanka Freedom Party

| leaders_seat2 = Minneriya

| last_election2 = 39.52%, 51 seats{{efn|As the Mahajana Eksath Peramuna}}

| seats2 = 46

| seat_change2 = {{decrease}} 5

| popular_vote2 = 647,175

| percentage2 = 21.28%

| swing2 = {{decrease}} 18.24pp

| title = Prime Minister

| posttitle = Prime Minister-designate

| before_election = Wijeyananda Dahanayake

| after_election = Dudley Senanayake

| before_party = MEP

| after_party = United National Party

}}{{Politics of Sri Lanka}}

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.{{Citation needed|date=August 2011}}

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.

[http://www.lakbima.lk/archive/last_21_03_10/lakbima%202/lakb2%207.htm Article from lakbima.lk 21 March 2010]{{dead link|date=November 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}[http://www.slelections.gov.lk/pdf/Results_1960_03_19%20GENERAL%20ELECTION.PDF slelections.gov.lk – RESULTS OF PARLIAMENTARY GENERAL ELECTION – 19 March 1960] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924115608/http://www.slelections.gov.lk/pdf/Results_1960_03_19%20GENERAL%20ELECTION.PDF |date=24 September 2015 }}

{{Election results

|party1=United National Party|votes1=909043|seats1=50

|party2=Sri Lanka Freedom Party|votes2=647175|seats2=46

|party3=Lanka Sama Samaja Party|votes3=325286|seats3=10

|party4=Mahajana Eksath Peramuna|votes4=324332|seats4=10

|party5=Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi|votes5=176444|seats5=15

|party6=Communist Party of Ceylon|votes6=147612|seats6=3

|party7=Lanka Democratic Party|votes7=135138|seats7=4

|party8=All Ceylon Tamil Congress|votes8=38275|seats8=1

|party9=Socialist People's Front of Ceylon|votes9=23253|seats9=1

|party10=Sinhala National Association|votes10=13835|seats10=0

|party11=Ceylon Independent Congress|votes11=11321|seats11=0

|party12=National Liberation Front|votes12=11201|seats12=2

|party13=Sri Lanka National Front|votes13=11115|seats13=1

|party14=Bosath Bandaranaike Front|votes14=9749|seats14=1

|party15=Ceylon Democratic Congress|votes15=8877|seats15=0

|party16=Tamil Speaking Front|votes16=8699|seats16=0

|party17=Udarata Peramuna|votes17=6741|seats17=0

|party18=Buddhist Republican Party|votes18=1188|seats18=0

|party19=Sri Lanka Dharma Rajya Party|votes19=744|seats19=0

|party20=Ceylon Socialist Party|votes20=171|seats20=0

|party21=Others|votes21=282797|seats21=7

|electorate=3724507|turnout=77.6

|source=[https://elections.gov.lk/web/wp-content/uploads/pdf/Election%20Reports/ER_1965_E.pdf Report on the Sixth Parliamentary General Election of Ceylon]

}}

Provincial results

{{Unreferenced section|date=February 2016}}

= Western Province =

==Colombo District==

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Electorate

! Elected Member

! Symbol

! Votes

1 Colombo North

| V.A.Sugathadasa

| Elephant

| 9,446

2 Colombo Central

| M.C.M. Kaleel

| Pair of Spectacles

| 33,121

| Pieter Keuneman

| Star

| 30,574

| R. Premadasa

| Elephant

| 29,828

3 Borella

| R.B. Lenora

| Elephant

| 7,261

4 Colombo South

| Edmund Samarawickrema

| Elephant

| 25,312

17 Kolonnawa

| K.E. Perera

| Cart Wheel

| 8,608

18 Kotte

| A.J. Niyathapala

| Elephant

| 8,850

19 Dehiwela Mt. Lavinia

| S. de S. Jayasinghe

| Elephant

| 12,971

20 Moratuwa

| M. Ruskin Fernando

| Elephant

| 10,262

21 Kesbewa

| Somaweera Chandrasiri

| Spoon

| 11,115

22 Kottawa

| D.B.R. Gunawardena

| Key

| 12,928

23 Homagama

| Gamini Jayasuriya

| Elephant

| 10,873

24 Avissawella

| Philip Gunawardena

| Cart Wheel

| 16,648

==Gampaha District==

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Electorate

! Elected Member

! Symbol

! Votes

5 Wattala

| D. Shelton Jayasinghe

| Elephant

| 9,665

6 Negombo

| T. Quintin Fernando

| Elephant

| 11,207

7 Katana

| Wijayapala Mendis

| Elephant

|9,117

8 Divulapitiya

| Percy Jayakody

| Elephant

| 10,509

9 Mirigama

| A.E. Jayasinghe

| Hand

| 12,430

10 Minuwangoda

| M.P. de Z. Siriwardena

| Hand

| 11,565

11 Attanagalla

| J.P. Obeysekera

| Hand

| 20,985

12 Gampaha

| S.D. Bandaranayake

| Butterfly

| 9,565

13 Ja-ela

| Paris Perera

| Elephant

|11,960

14 Mahara

| S.K.K. Suriarachchi

| Hand

| 15,098

15 Dompe

| Felix Dias Bandaranaike

| Hand

| 16,227

16 Kelaniya

| J.R. Jayawardane

| Elephant

| 10,227

==Kalutara District==

class="wikitable" border="1"
Electorate

! Elected Member

! Symbol

! Votes

26 Bulathsinghala

| Bibile Fonseka

| Elephant

| 5,728

27 Bandaragama

| D.C.W. Kannangara

| Elephant

| 10,154

28 Panadura

| Leslie Goonewardena

| Key

| 9,266

29 Kalutara

| Cholmondeley Goonewardena

| Key

| 7,749

30 Beruwala

| Mohamed A. Bakeer Markar

| Elephant

| 9,339

31 Matugama

| Dayasena T. Pasqual

| Hand

| 7,099

32 Agalawatte

| Anil Moonesinghe

| Key

| 12,007

=Central Province=

== Matale District ==

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Electorate

! Elected Member

! Symbol

! Votes

33 Dambulla

| Tikiri Banda Tennekoon

| Hand

| 10,792

34 Laggala

| K.M.K. Banda

| Hand

| 3,073

35 Matale

| B.H. Aluvihare

| Elephant

| 8,022

36 Rattota

| Chandrasena Munaweera

| Hand

| 6,198

==Kandy District==

class="wikitable" border="1"
Electorate

! Elected Member

! Symbol

! Votes

37 Wattegma

| P. B. A. Weerakoon

| Hand

| 8,680

38 Akurana

| D. H. Jayawickrema

| Umbrella

| 15,856

39 Galagedara

| C. A. S. Marikkar

| Hand

| 4,493

40 Yatinuwara

| S. S. Abeysundera

| Elephant

| 4,352

41 Udunuwara

| T.B. Jayasundera

| Hand

| 7,650

42 Kandy

| E. L. Senanayake

| Elephant

| 6,924

43 Senkadagala

| N. Wimalasena

| Elephant

| 5,831

44 Kundasale

| U. P. Y. Jinadasa

| Hand

| 7,121

45 Teldeniya

| Tissa Kapukotuwa

| Elephant

| 3,726

46 Minipe

| R. W. Tennekoon

| Elephant

| 3,868

49 Hewaheta

| T.B. Illangaratne

| Hand

| 5,570

50 Gampola

| R.R.D. Bandaranayake

| Hand

| 5,911

51 Nawalapitiya

| R.S. Pelpola

| Hand

| 7,200

==Nuwaraeliya District==

class="wikitable" border="1"
Electorate

! Elected Member

! Symbol

! Votes

47 Walapane

| T.B.M. Herath

| Hand

| 5,727

48 Hanguranketha

| M.D. Banda

| Elephant

| 7,119

53 Nuwara Eliya

| T. William Fernando

| Hand

| 2,397

54 Maskeliya

| Donald J. Ranaweera

| Elephant

| 4,192

52 Kotmale

| J.D.Weerasekera

| Umbrella

| 4,643

=Southern Province=

==Galle District ==

class="wikitable" border="1"
Electorate

! Elected Member

! Symbol

! Votes

55 Balapitiya

| Lakshman de Silva

| Hand

| 8,465

56 Ambalangoda

|William de Silva

| Cart Wheel

| 8,716

57 Bentara-Elpitiya

| R. G. Samaranayake

| Elephant

| 7,769

58 Hiniduma

| M. S. Amarasiri

| Cart Wheel

| 4,173

59 Baddegama

| Neal de Alwis

| Key

| 4,871

60 Ratgama

| M. P. de Zoysa

|Hand

| 7,700

61 Akmeemana

| Senapala Samarasekera

| Umbrella

| 11,815

62 Galle

| W. D. S. Abeygoonawardena

| Elephant

| 10,480

63 Habaraduwa

| Prins Gunasekera

| Cart Wheel

|7,217

==Matara District==

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Electorate

! Elected Member

! Symbol

! Votes

64 Weligama

| Montague Jayawickrema

| Elephant

| 14,270

65 Akuressa

| S. A. Wickremasinghe

| Star

| 13,191

66 Deniyaya

| P. L. Jinadasa

| Elephant

| 6,555

67 Hakmana

| Don Roy Rajapaksa

| Cart Wheel

| 9,083

68 Kamburupitiya

| Percy Wickremasinghe

| Star

| 9,442

69 Matara

| Justin Wijayawardhene

| Elephant

| 8,409

70 Devinuwara

| C. A. Dharmapala

| Elephant

| 8,748

==Hambantota District==

class="wikitable" border="1"
Electorate

! Elected Member

! Symbol

! Votes

71 Beliatta

| D. P. Atapattu

| Elephant

| 14,379

72 Mulkirigala

| George Rajapaksa

| Cartwheel

| 13,533

73 Tissamaharama

| Lakshman Rajapaksa

| Cartwheel

| 10,665

=Northern Province=

== Jaffna District ==

class="wikitable" border="1"
Electorate

! Elected Member

! Symbol

! Votes

74 Kayts

| V. A. Kandiah

| House

| 10,820

75 Vaddukkoddai

| A. Amirthalingam

| House

| 11,524

76 Kankesanturai

| S.J.V. Chelvanayakam

| House

| 13,545

77 Uduvil

| Visuvanathar Tharmalingam

| House

| 9,033

78 Jaffna

| A.T. Durayappah

| Sun

| 6,201

79 Nallur

| E.M.V. Naganathan

| House

| 9,651

80 Kopai

| M.Balasundaram

| House

| 10,279

81 Uduppiddi

| M. Sivasithamparam

| Bicycle

| 7,365

82 Point Pedro

| K. Thurairatnam

| House

| 5,679

83 Chavakachcheri

| V.N. Navaratnam

| House

| 13,907

==Vanni District==

class="wikitable" border="1"
Electorate

! Elected Member

! Symbol

! Votes

84 Kilinochchi

| A. Sivasunderam

| House

| 3,741

85 Mannar

| V.A. Alegacone

| House

| 6,463

86 Vavuniya

| T. Sivasithamparam

| Sun

| 5,370

=Eastern Province=

== Trincomalee District ==

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Electorate

! Elected Member

! Symbol

! Votes

87 Trincomalee

| N.R. Rajavarothiam

| House

| 8,872

88 Mutur T.

| Ahambaram

| House

| 10,685

==Batticaloa District==

class="wikitable" border="1"
Electorate

! Elected Member

! Symbol

! Votes

89 Kalkudah

| P. Manicavasagam

| House

| 7,318

90 Batticaloa

| C. Rajadurai

| House

| 28,309

91 Amparai

| Wijayabahu Wijayasinha

| Hand

|4,237

92 Paddiruppu

| S.M.Rasamanickam

| House

| 10,799

93 Kalmunai

| M.S. Kariapper

| Umbrella

| 5,743

94 Nintavur

| M.I.M. Abdul Majeed

| Radio Set

| 10,017

95 Pottuvil

| M.A. Abdul Majeed

| Cockerel

| 9,874

=North Western Province=

== Puttalam and Kurunegaka Districts ==

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Electorate

! Elected Member

! Symbol

! Votes

96 Puttalam

| M.H. Naina Marikkar

| Elephant

| 7,344

97 Nikaweratiya

| Mudiyanse Tennekoon

| Hand

| 13,409

98 Yapahuwa

| R.B. Tennekoon

| Hand

| 8,536

99 Hiriyala

| A.H. Senanayake

| Elephant

| 9,202

100 Wariyapola

| A. Adikari

| Hand

| 11,894

101 Bingiriya

| L.B. Jayasena

| Hand

| 6,673

102 Chilaw

| W.J.C. Munasinghe

| Hand

| 9,302

103 Nattandiya

| Albert F. Peries

| Elephant

| 10,914

104 Wennappuwa

| Hugh Fernando

| Hand

| 11,043

105 Katugampola

| T.B. Subasinghe

| Mortar

| 8,766

106 Kuliyapitiya

| I.M.R.A. Iriyagolle

| Eye

| 8,257

107 Dambadeniya

| R.G. Senanayake

| Hand

| 14,401

108 Polgahawela

| Stephen Samarakkody

| Hand

| 6,038

109 Kurunegala

| D.B. Monnekulama

| Hand

| 8,176

110 Mawatagama

| E.M.R.B.Ekanayake

| Elephant

| 6,877

111 Dodangaslanda

| A.U. Romanis

| Elephant

| 7,571

=North Central Province=

== Anuradapura District ==

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Electorate

! Elected Member

! Symbol

! Votes

112 Anuradhapura

| Sirimewan Godage

| Hand

| 5,922

113 Medawachchiya

| Maithripala Senanayake

| Hand

| 9,475

114 Horowupotana

| E.L.B. Hurulle

| Elephant

| 5,120

115 Mihintale

| P.M.K. Tennakoon

| Key

| 2,581

116 Kalawewa

| R.B. Ratnamalala

| Hand

| 7,455

117 Kekirawa

| S.B. Lenawa

| Hand

| 4,590

==Polonnaruwa District==

class="wikitable" border="1"
Electorate

! Elected Member

! Symbol

! Votes

118 Minneriya

| C.P. de Silva

| Hand

| 9,770

119 Polonnaruwa

| A.H. de Silva

| Hand

| 7,107

=Uva Province=

== Badulla District ==

class="wikitable" border="1"
Electorate

! Elected Member

! Symbol

! Votes

120 Mahiyangane

| C. P. J. Seneviratne

| Elephant

| 3,164

122 Passara

| S. A. Peeris

| Elephant

| 3,286

123 Badulla

| B. H. Bandara

| Hand

| 4,775

124 Soranatota

| K. Y. M WijeratneBanda

| Hand

| 3,821

125 Uva Paranagama

| Kusuma Rajaratne

| Aeroplane

| 4,662

126 Welimada

| K. M. P. Rajaratne

| Aeroplane

| 6,539

127 Bandarawela

| J. G. Gunasekera

| Hand

| 5,603

128 Haputale

| W. P. G. Ariyadasa

| Hand

| 3,655

==Monaragala District==

class="wikitable" border="1"
Electorate

! Elected Member

! Symbol

! Votes

129 Monaragala

| W.G.M. Albert Silva

| Hand

| 3,738

121 Bibile R.M.

| Gunasekera

| Elephant

| 3,361

=Sabaragamuwa Province=

== Kegalle District ==

class="wikitable" border="1"
Electorate

! Elected Member

! Symbol

! Votes

130 Dedigama

| Dudley Senanayake

| Elephant

| 12,208

131 Galigamuwa

| Wimala Kannangara

| Elephant

| 9,025

132 Kegalle

| P. B. G. Kalugalle

| Hand

| 10,572

133 Rambukkana

| N. H. A. M. Karunaratne

| Hand

| 11,938

134 Mawanella

| P. B. Bandaranayake

| Elephant

| 7,238

135 Yatiyantota

| N. M. Perera

| Key

| 10,432

136 Ruwanwella

| H. G. Somabandu

| Key

| 9,883

137 Dehiowita

| Soma Wickremanayake

| Key

| 6,606

==Ratnapura District==

class="wikitable" border="1"
Electorate

! Elected Member

! Symbol

! Votes

138 Kiriella

| A. E. B. Kiriella

| Elephant

| 6,816

139 Ratnapura

| H. Weragama

| Elephant

| 7,434

140 Pelmadulla

| W. A. Karunasena

| Hand

| 4,535

141 Balangoda

| C. S. Ratwatte

| Hand

| 9,494

142 Rakwana

| V. T. G. Karunaratne

| Hand

| 4,766

143 Nivitigala

| D. F. Hettiarachchi

| Cart Wheel

| 7,314

144 Kalawana

| Abeyratne Pilapitiya

| Sun

| 3,291

145 Kolonna

| Cyril Mathew

| Elephant

| 3,420

Notes

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References

{{Reflist}}

  • {{cite web|url=http://www.slelections.gov.lk/pdf/Results_1960_03_19%20GENERAL%20ELECTION.PDF |title=Result of Parliamentary General Election 1960-03-19 |publisher=Department of Elections, Sri Lanka |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150712194326/http://www.slelections.gov.lk/pdf/Results_1960_03_19%20GENERAL%20ELECTION.PDF |archive-date=12 July 2015 }}
  • {{cite web|url=http://www.lankanewspapers.com/news/election/general_election1960M.jsp |title=1960 March General Election Results |publisher=LankaNewspapers.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120310000741/http://www.lankanewspapers.com/news/election/general_election1960M.jsp |archive-date=10 March 2012 }}
  • {{cite web|url=http://www.jpp.co.jp/lanka/gov/govd/govde/gov34e.htm|title=Table 34 Parliament Election (1960 March)|date=10 February 2009|publisher=Sri Lanka Statistics}}
  • {{cite web|url=http://atimes.com/ind-pak/Cl01Df05.html|title=Sri Lanka: The Untold Story: Chapter 17: Assassination of Bandaranaike|first=K. T.|last=Rajasingham|date=1 December 2001|work=Asia Times|access-date=3 October 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924030940/http://www.atimes.com/ind-pak/Cl01Df05.html|archive-date=24 September 2015|url-status=unfit}}

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