Parliamentary elections were held in Ceylon between 23 August and 20 September 1947. They were the first elections overseen and administered by the newly formed Department of Parliamentary Elections.
Official Photographic Portrait of Don Stephen Senanayaka
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The United National Party is a centre-right political party in Sri Lanka. Founded by D. S. Senanayake in 1946, the party was one of Sri Lanka's two major political parties for several decades and has
1947 Ceylonese parliamentary election
…was the first election under the Soulbury Constitution. Some of the major figures who had led the independence struggle were found in the right-wing United National Party led by D.S. Senanayake. In opposition were the Trotskyist Lanka Sama Samaja Party and Bolshevik Leninist Party of India, the Communist Party of Ceylon…
First Executive President of Sri Lanka, J. R. Jayawardana
Ranil Wickremesinghe, the current and longest-serving leader of the UNP, in office since 1994
Anti government protest in Sri Lanka 2022