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The State Council of Ceylon was the unicameral legislature for Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) established in 1931 by the Donoughmore Constitution. The State Council gave universal adult franchise to the people of the colony for the first time. It replaced the Legislative Council of Ceylon the colony’s original legislative body.There were only two State Councils: the First elected in 1931 and the Second elected in 1936.

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legislative period name
British Ceylon
location
Colombo, Parliament of Sri Lanka, Galle Face Green, Presidential Secretariat, National State Assembly
number of members
58
type
Unicameralism

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