Ceylonese State Council election, 1936

2nd Ceylonese State Council election

22 February 1936 – 7 March 1936
50 seats to the State Council of Ceylon 26 seats were needed for a majority

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] (M. C. M. Kaleel, All Ceylon Muslim League - 1942)^[7]
• Colombo North, Western Province – Naysum Saravanamuthu^[3]
• Dedigama, Sabaragamuwa Province – Dudley Senanayake (polled 17,045 votes)^[8]
• Galle, Southern Province – H. W. Amarasuriya^[9][10]
• Gampaha, Western Province - D. P. Jayasuriya^[11]
• Hambantota, Southern Province – D. M. Rajapaksa (polled 17,046 votes)^[12]
• Hatton, Central Province – K. Natesa Iyer^[3]
• Horana, Western Province - A. P. Jayasuriya
• 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^[13]
• Matugama, Western Province – C. W. W. Kannangara^[11][14]
• Minuwangoda, Western Province – Don Stephen Senanayake, elected unopposed^[3]
• Morawaka, Southern Province – R. C. Kannangara^[12]
• Point Pedro, Northern Province – G. G. Ponnambalam^[3]
• Ratnapura, Sabaragamuwa Province - G. R. de Silva^[15]
• Ruwanwella, Sabaragamuwa Province – N. M. Perera, Lanka Sama Samaja Party^[4]
• Talawakele, Central Province – Sidamparapillai Vythilingam^[3]
• Trincomalee, Eastern Province – E. R. Tambimuthu^[3]
• Veyangoda, Western Province – S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike, elected unopposed^[3]
• Weligama, Southern Province – David Wanigasekera^[12]

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