Ian de Zoysa

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Hondamuni Ian Aloysious de Zoysa was a Sri Lankan politician.{{cite web|url=http://www.parliament.lk/members-of-parliament/directory-of-members/viewMember/2182|title=Hon. de Zoysa, Hondamuni Ian Aloysious, M.P.|publisher=Parliament of Sri Lanka|work=Directory of Past Members|access-date=24 May 2017}}

At the 2nd parliamentary elections in 1952 de Zoysa, representing the United National Party, was elected as one of the two representatives for the Ambalangoda-Balapitiya electorate.{{cite web |url=http://www.slelections.gov.lk/web/images/pdf/general-election-results/general-election-1952.pdf |title=Result of Parliamentary General Election 1952 |publisher=Department of Elections, Sri Lanka |access-date=24 May 2017 }}{{Dead link|date=January 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} He ran again in the 1956 parliamentary elections, this time as the Sri Lanka Freedom Party candidate but failed to retain his seat.{{cite web |url=http://www.slelections.gov.lk/web/images/pdf/general-election-results/general-election-1956.pdf |title=Result of Parliamentary General Election 1956 |publisher=Department of Elections, Sri Lanka |access-date=24 May 2017 }}{{Dead link|date=January 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

The Ambalangoda-Balapitiya electorate was subsequently split into two single member electorates with de Zoysa contesting the newly created Balapitiya electorate at the 4th parliamentary election in March 1960, again representing the Sri Lanka Freedom Party. He failed to get elected polling only 24.2% of the vote.{{cite web |url=http://www.slelections.gov.lk/web/images/pdf/general-election-results/general-election-1960-03-19.pdf |title=Result of Parliamentary General Election 19 March 1960 |publisher=Department of Elections, Sri Lanka |access-date=24 May 2017 }}{{Dead link|date=January 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}