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"Result of Parliamentary General Election 1960-03-19" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 July 2015. "1960 March General Election Results". LankaNewspapers.com. Archived from the original on 10 March 2012. "Table 34 Parliament Election (1960 March)". Sri Lanka Statistics. 10 February 2009.
Sri Lanka Freedom Party: 8 Dudley Senanayake cabinet III: 25 March 1965: 29 May 1970: Dudley Senanayake: United National Party: 9 Sirimavo Bandaranaike cabinet II: 29 May 1970: 23 July 1977: William Gopallawa (1972–1978) Sirimavo Bandaranaike: Sri Lanka Freedom Party: 10 Jayewardene cabinet I: 23 July 1977: 7 September 1978: J. R. Jayewardene ...
1st — — 22 May 1972: 18 May 1977: 4 years, 11 months and 26 days 2nd: 6 June 1977: 21 July 1977: 4 August 1977 — 1 year, 1 month and 3 days With the promulgation of the 1978 Constitution on 7 September 1978, the 8th Parliament of Sri Lanka (1st Parliament of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka) superseded the 2nd National State ...
Polling divisions in Sri Lanka are subdivisions of the country's electoral districts. From the 1st parliamentary election in 1947 to the 8th in 1977, members were elected to the parliament using a first-past-the-post system from these polling divisions. This system changed in 1978. [1]
"Result of Parliamentary General Election 1956" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 September 2015. "1956 General Election Results". LankaNewspapers.com. Archived from the original on 27 January 2013. "Table 33 Parliament Election (1956)". Sri Lanka Statistics. 10 February 2009.
Sri Lanka elects on the national level a head of state – the president – and a legislature. Sri Lanka has a multi-party system, with two dominant political parties . All elections are administered by the Election Commission of Sri Lanka .
Rajapaksa's term was disputed by Wickremesinghe and Sri Lanka had two concurrent prime ministerial claimants. After failing to conduct a majority support vote in the house, Rajapaksa's duties were suspended by the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka. [25] Subsequently resigned from office to pave way for Wickremesinghe. [26] (10) Ranil Wickremesinghe
"1947 General Election Results". LankaNewspapers.com. Archived from the original on 10 March 2012. "Table 31 Parliament Election (1947)". Sri Lanka Statistics. 10 February 2009. Rajasingham, K. T. (20 October 2001). "Chapter 11: On the threshold of freedom". Sri Lanka: The Untold Story. Asia Times. Archived from the original on 8 November 2001.