Parliamentary elections were held in Ceylon in 1952. It is notable for being the second and final election overseen and administered by the Department...

Parliamentary elections were held in Ceylon between 23 August and 20 September 1947. They were the first elections overseen and administered by the newly...

Parliamentary elections were held in Ceylon in 1956. They were a watershed in the country's political history, and were the first elections fought to...

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delegation to India, while he was the Trade Minister. At the 1952 Ceylonese parliamentary election he lost his parliament seat to Henry Abeywickrema of the...

Stephen Senanayake, who had been voted in by the people at the first parliamentary election in August 1947. Ceylon has now achieved independence as a fully...

Municipal Council and in 1943 became the first Ceylonese Mayor of Colombo. In the 1947 parliamentary elections, the CLP won a single seat, with Gunasinha...

Party had promised in the 1952 election campaign to maintain the price of rice at 25 cents a measure. Soon after the election, the government faced a sudden...

He first ran for parliament at the 1952 Ceylonese parliamentary election in the Pottuvil electorate, held in May 1952, running as the Illankai Tamil Arasu...

Esmond Lucien Wickremesinghe (29 May 1920 – 29 September 1985) was a Ceylonese media proprietor, lawyer and politician. He also played key role in defeating...

Ceylon, with the membership determined by the results of the 1947 parliamentary election between 23 August and 20 September 1947. The parliament met for...

by election, making her the second elected female Member of Parliament in Sri Lanka. She retained the seat at the 2nd parliamentary elections in 1952, representing...

සේනානායක; Tamil: டி. எஸ். சேனநாயக்கா; 20 October 1884 – 22 March 1952) was a Ceylonese statesman. He was the first Prime Minister of Ceylon having emerged...

The governor-general of Ceylon was the representative of the Ceylonese monarch in the Dominion of Ceylon from the country's independence in 1948 until...

BLPI. Through the BLPI, the Ceylonese trotskyists attained their formal membership in the Fourth International. The Ceylonese Samasamajists who went to...

"Result of Parliamentary General Election 1947" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1952" (PDF). Department...

Wijewardene (Vimala; née Silva; 7 August 1908 – 27 January 1994) was a Ceylonese politician and the country's first female cabinet minister. Following...

the chair of the Hanwella Peruwa Village Council. At the 2nd parliamentary election in 1952, she ran in the Avissawella electorate as the United National...

candidate in Mutur at the 1970 parliamentary election but failed to get re-elected. Mohamed Ali later served as Ceylonese ambassador to Maldives, and deputy...

November 1906) was a Ceylonese politician. Mahadiulwewa was elected to the first Parliament of Ceylon at the parliamentary election held in 1947, as the...

Edmund Fredrick Lorenz de Silva, MBE (1912–1993) was a Ceylonese lawyer and politician. He was the Mayor of Kandy, Member of Parliament and Sri Lanka's...

war, Jayewickreme left the Ceylon Light Infantry, having been one few Ceylonese officers to reach the rank of Major. Jayewickreme entered politics when...

(13 July 1903 – ?) was a Ceylonese school teacher and politician. Goonaratne contested the first 1st parliamentary election held in 1947 in the seat of...

Silva (6 July 1896 – ?) was a Ceylonese politician. Silva was elected to parliament at the 1st parliamentary election held between 23 August 1947 and...

vote. Jayasuriya retained the seat at the 2nd parliamentary election, held between 24 May 1952 and 30 May 1952, polling 18,212 votes defeating the Lanka Sama...

1910 - ??) was a Ceylonese politician. In 1947 Dassanayake was elected to the Parliament of Ceylon at the 1st parliamentary election, in the Wariyapola...

was a Ceylonese politician. Sumanatilake was elected to parliament at the 2nd parliamentary election, held between 24 May 1952 and 30 May 1952, successfully...

1910) was a Ceylonese politician. Premachandra was elected as the second member in the Kadugannawa electorate at the 1st parliamentary election, held between...

chairman of the Ettampitiya Council. He contested the 2nd parliamentary election, held in May 1952, for the seat of Bandarawela as the Lanka Sama Samaja Party...

October 1885 – 1961) was a Ceylonese politician. Rambukwella was elected as an independent member at the 1st parliamentary election, held between 23 August...