Ceylonese parliamentary election, 1952
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General elections were held in Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) in 1952.
[edit] Background
Prime Minister D.S. Senanayake died in March 1952, and was succeeded by his son, Dudley. The national wave of mourning for Ceylon's first prime minister greatly boosted the UNP's fortunes.
The 1952 election was the first contested by the Sri Lanka Freedom Party, which had broken away from the UNP on a platform of Sinhala nationalism, and the Federal Party, which split from the Tamil Congress over the issue of citizenship rights for the estate Tamils.
[edit] Results
The UNP won a healthy majority.
Because the estate Tamils had been stripped of their citizenship by the Senanayake government, the Ceylon Indian Congress, which most of them had supported, was eliminated from Parliament.
| Parties | Votes | % | Seats | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| United National Party | 1,026,005 | 44.1 | 54 | ||
| Sri Lanka Freedom Party | 361,250 | 15.5 | 9 | ||
| Lanka Sama Samaja Party | 305,133 | 13.1 | 9 | ||
| Communist Party | 134,528 | 5.8 | 4 | ||
| All Ceylon Tamil Congress | 64,512 | 2.8 | 4 | ||
| Federal Party | 45,331 | 1.9 | 2 | ||
| Others | 390,867 | 16.8 | 13 | ||
| Totals | 2,327,626 | 100.0 | 95 | ||
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