Electoral Results
| Date | Candidates nominated |
Candidates elected |
Votes | % of national vote |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1947 | 28 | 10 | 204,020 | 10.81 |
| 1952 | 39 | 9 | 305,133 | 13.11 |
| 1956 | 21 | 14 | 274,204 | 11.47 |
| 1960 March | 101 | 10 | 325,286 | 11.26 |
| 1960 July | 21 | 12 | 224,995 | 7.96 |
| 1965 | 25 | 10* | 302,095 | 7.90 |
| 1970 | 23 | 19 | 433,224 | 8.68 |
| 1977 | 82 | 0 | 225,317 | 3.61 |
- In the 1947, 1952 and 1956 elections the assembly had 95 single-member constituencies. In 1960 it was expanded to 151 seats and in 1977 to 168.
- In 1965 Bernard Soysa was elected unopposed in his constituency.
In recent elections, LSSP has contested on the lists of the People's Alliance and, in 2004, on the lists of the United People's Freedom Alliance.
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