Ceylonese State Council election, 1936
2nd Ceylonese State Council election
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The second election to the State Council of Ceylon was held from 22 February to 7 March 1936.[1]
Background
The first State Council was dissolved on 7 December 1935 and candidate nominations took place on 15 January 1936.[2] Seven constituencies only had a single nomination each and consequently the candidates were elected without a vote.[3] Elections in the remaining 41 constituencies took place between 22 February and 7 March 1936.
Elected members
The following were some of the elected members, by constituency:
- Avissawella, Western Province - Philip Gunawardena, Lanka Sama Samaja Party.[4]
- Batticaloa South, Eastern Province - Sinnakutty Udayar Canagaratnam.[3]
- Bibile, Uva Province - Wijeyananda Dahanayake.[5]
- Colombo Central, Western Province - A. E. Goonesinha, Ceylon Labour Party.[6]
- Colombo North, Western Province - Naysum Saravanamuthu.[3]
- Dedigama, Sabaragamuwa Province - Dudley Senanayake, polled 17,045 votes.[7]
- Galle, Southern Province - H. W. Amarasuriya[8][9]
- Hambantota, Southern Province - D.M. Rajapaksa, polled 17,046 votes.[10]
- Hatton, Central Province - K. Natesa Iyer.[3]
- Jaffna, Northern Province - Arunachalam Mahadeva.[3]
- Kankesanthurai, Northern Province - S. Natesan.[3]
- Kayts, Northern Province - Waithilingam Duraiswamy, elected unopposed.[3]
- Kelaniya, Western Province - Don Baron Jayatilaka, elected unopposed.[3]
- Kurunegala, North Western Province - John Kotelawala, elected unopposed.[3]
- Mannar-Mullaitivu, Northern Province - R. Sri Pathmanathan.[3]
- Matale, Central Province - Bernard Aluvihare.[11]
- Matugama, Western Province - C. W. W. Kannangara.[12]
- Minuwangoda, Western Province - Don Stephen Senanayake, elected unopposed.[3]
- Morawaka, Southern Province - R. C. Kannangara.[10]
- Point Pedro, Northern Province - G. G. Ponnambalam.[3]
- Ruwanwella, Sabaragamuwa Province - N. M. Perera, Lanka Sama Samaja Party.[4]
- Talawakele, Central Province - Sidamparapillai Vytilingham.[3]
- Trincomalee, Eastern Province - E. R. Tambimuthu.[3]
- Veyangoda, Western Province - S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike, elected unopposed.[3]
- Weligama, Southern Province - David Wanigasekera.[10]
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