The second election to the State Council of Ceylon was held from 22 February to 7 March 1936.
The first State Council was dissolved on 7 December 1935 and candidate nominations took place on 15 January 1936. Seven constituencies only had a single nomination each and consequently the candidates were elected without a vote. Elections in the remaining 41 constituencies took place between 22 February and 7 March 1936.
The following were some of the elected members, by constituency:
Avissawella, Western Province - Philip Gunawardena, Lanka Sama Samaja Party.
Batticaloa South, Eastern Province - Sinnakutty Udayar Canagaratnam.
Bibile, Uva Province - Wijeyananda Dahanayake.
Colombo Central, Western Province - A. E. Goonesinha, Ceylon Labour Party.
Colombo North, Western Province - Naysum Saravanamuthu.
Dedigama, Sabaragamuwa Province - Dudley Senanayake, polled 17,045 votes.
Galle, Southern Province - H. W. Amarasuriya
Hambantota, Southern Province - D.M. Rajapaksa, polled 17,046 votes.
Hatton, Central Province - K. Natesa Iyer.
Jaffna, Northern Province - Arunachalam Mahadeva.
Kankesanthurai, Northern Province - S. Natesan.
Kayts, Northern Province - Waithilingam Duraiswamy, elected unopposed.
Kelaniya, Western Province - Don Baron Jayatilaka, elected unopposed.
Kurunegala, North Western Province - John Kotelawala, elected unopposed.
Mannar-Mullaitivu, Northern Province - R. Sri Pathmanathan.
Matale, Central Province - Bernard Aluvihare.
Matugama, Western Province - C. W. W. Kannangara.
Minuwangoda, Western Province - Don Stephen Senanayake, elected unopposed.
Morawaka, Southern Province - R. C. Kannangara.
Point Pedro, Northern Province - G. G. Ponnambalam.
Ruwanwella, Sabaragamuwa Province - N. M. Perera, Lanka Sama Samaja Party.
Talawakele, Central Province - Sidamparapillai Vytilingham.
Trincomalee, Eastern Province - E. R. Tambimuthu.
Veyangoda, Western Province - S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike, elected unopposed.
Weligama, Southern Province - David Wanigasekera.
