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Table 31 (Gov., Parlia. )
Parliament Election (1947)
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Party	Candidates			Total Votes  Polled
	Contested	Elected	Defeated
United National Party	98	42	56	751,432
Lanka Sama Samaja Party	28	10	18	204,020
Tamil Congress	9	7	2	82,499
Ceylon Indian Congress	7	6	1	72,230
Bolshevik-Leninist Party	10	5	5	113,193
Communist Party	13	3	10	70,331
Labour Party	9	1	8	38,932
United Lanka Congress	2	0	2	3,953
Swaraj Party	3	0	3	1,393
Independents	181	21	160	549,381
Total	360	95	265	1,887,364
© ２００９， KRI (Kusaka Research Institute)
Source:
The Tenth Parliament of Sri Lanka,
The Associated Newspapers of Ceylon Ltd.,  Lake House, Colombo.
Revised:  2009(y)/02(m)/10(d)
Chief Editor:
Dr. Milton Rajaratne (B.Com., M.Sc., Ph.D)
The Head, Department of Management Studies
University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka.