sentences:  When S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike, disgruntled over the policies of the United National Party, left the party to form the Sri Lanka Freedom Party in 1951, Several parliamentarians, including Rajapaksa, Herbert Sri Nissanka and D. S. Goonesekera, followed S.W.R.D.Bandaranaike when he crossed the floor of the House to the Opposition benches on 12 July 1951.The Rajapaksas supported Bandaranaike at the general elections of 1952, winning the Beliatta electorate for the SLFP.