Mrs Bandaranaike’s government lost a vote in Parliament in December 1964 which warranted the dissolution of Parliament and the calling for General Elections. Months earlier at the beginning of 1964 she had brought into the government left-wing parties in a bid to curb political instability created by trade unions and bearing in mind the attempted coup of a couple of years before. However disenchantment and rumblings within the government, saw some members joining the Opposition in the vote which brought down her first government. Parliament was dissolved on 17 December 1964, bringing the curtain down on Mrs Bandaranaike’s first term as Prime Minister.