1965 Ceylonese parliamentary election

1965 Ceylonese parliamentary election
22 March 1965
151 seats in the House of Representatives of Ceylon
76 seats were needed for a majority
  First party Second party
 
Leader Dudley Senanayake Sirimavo Bandaranaike
Party UNP SLFP
Leader since 1957 1960
Leader's seat Dedigama Attanagalla
Last election 37.19%, 30 seats 33.22%, 75 seats
Seats won 66 41
Seat change 36 34
Popular vote 1,590,929 1,221,437
Percentage 39.31% 30.18%
Swing 2.12pp 3.04
Prime Minister before election

Sirimavo Bandaranaike
SLFP

Prime Minister-designate

Dudley Senanayake
UNP

Parliamentary elections were held in Ceylon in March 1965.

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