Kelaniya Electoral District

Kelaniya electoral district was an electoral district of Sri Lanka between August 1947 and February 1989. The district was named after the town of Kelaniya in present-day Gampaha District, Western Province. The 1978 Constitution of Sri Lanka introduced the proportional representation electoral system for electing members of Parliament. The existing 160 mainly single-member electoral districts were replaced with 22 multi-member electoral districts.[1] Kelaniya electoral district was replaced by the Gampaha multi-member electoral district at the 1989 general elections, the first under the PR system, though Kelaniya continues to be a polling division of the multi-member electoral district.

This article is about the former electoral district in Sri Lanka. For town, see Kelaniya.

Members of Parliament

Key

  Independent   SLFP   UNP

ElectionMemberPartyTerm
1947 Junius Jayawardene United National Party 1947-1952
1952 1952-1956
1956 Richard Senanayake 1956-1960
1960 Junius Jayawardene United National Party 1960-1960
1960 R. S. Perera Sri Lanka Freedom Party 1960-1965
1965 1965-1970
1970 1970-1977
1977 Cyril Mathew United National Party 1977-1989

Elections

1947 Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 1st parliamentary election held between 23 August 1947 and 20 September 1947 for the district:[2]

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
J. R. JayewardeneElephant17,24662.82%
B. WaidyasekeraHand10,20637.18%
Valid Votes27,452100.00%
Rejected Votes390
Total Polled27,842
Registered Electors47,638
Turnout58.44%

1952 Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 2nd parliamentary election held between 24 May 1952 and 30 May 1952 for the district:[3]

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
J. R. JayewardeneHand22,10350.81%
Vimala WijewardeneElephant15,86836.48%
Vivienne GoonewardenaHouse4,85711.17%
D. R. JayamannaStar6731.55%
Valid Votes43,501100.00%
Rejected Votes434
Total Polled43,935
Registered Electors58,170
Turnout75.53%

1956 Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 3rd parliamentary election held between 5 April 1956 and 10 April 1956 for the district:[4]

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
R. G. SenanayakeUmbrella37,02371.55%
J. R. JayewardeneElephant14,18727.42%
M. P. P. W. JayawardeneLamp3770.73%
S. A. D. S. GunawardenaCart Wheel1580.31%
Valid Votes57,145100.00%
Rejected Votes325
Total Polled52,070
Registered Electors67,542
Turnout77.09%

1960 (March) Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 4th parliamentary election held on 19 March 1960 for the district:[5]

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
J. R. JayewardeneUnited National PartyElephant10,82737.54%
R. S. PereraSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand9,31832.31%
D. C. P. BenaragamaMahajana Eksath PeramunaCart Wheel6,45422.38%
N. S. PereraKey1,7696.13%
D. V. AlgamaPair of Scales2840.98%
H. H. P. Saratha KumarLamp1870.65%
Valid Votes28,839100.00%
Rejected Votes124
Total Polled28,963
Registered Electors35,470
Turnout81.65%

1960 (July) Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 5th parliamentary election held on 20 July 1960 for the district:[6]

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
R. S. PereraSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand15,80156.34%
A. W. A. AbeyagoonasekeraUnited National PartyElephant11,35340.48%
C. AmarasinhaCart Wheel8943.19%
Valid Votes28,048100.00%
Rejected Votes109
Total Polled28,157
Registered Electors35,470
Turnout79.38%

1965 Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 6th parliamentary election held on 22 March 1965 for the district:[7]

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
R. S. PereraSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand20,14751.78%
A. W. A. AbeyagoonasekeraUnited National PartyElephant18,26846.95%
Saranapala GunawadenaMahajana Eksath PeramunaCart Wheel4951.27%
Valid Votes38,910100.00%
Rejected Votes191
Total Polled39,101
Registered Electors46,330
Turnout84.40%

1970 Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 7th parliamentary election held on 27 May 1970 for the district:[8]

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
R. S. PereraSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand29,33157.89%
A. W. A. AbeyagoonasekeraUnited National PartyElephant20,99241.43%
M. D. H. de SilvaBell3480.69%
Valid Votes50,671100.00%
Rejected Votes178
Total Polled50,849
Registered Electors59,968
Turnout84.79%

1977 Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 8th parliamentary election held on 21 July 1977 for the district:[9]

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Cyril MathewElephant23,47756.08%
Erin SenanayakeHand16,95840.51%
L. Wewala PandithaStar1,0762.57%
H. A. SeneviratnaBell1620.39%
R. H. JayasekeraCart Wheel850.20%
M. D. H. de SilvaChair450.11%
V. Stephen PereraOmni Bus290.07%
Tissa Gerard LuwisLamp290.07%
Valid Votes41,861*100.00%
Rejected Votes71
Total Polled41,932
Registered Electors49,470
Turnout84.76%

References
  1. "The Electoral System". Parliament of Sri Lanka. Archived from the original on 2010-11-27.
  2. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1947" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-09-24.
  3. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1952" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-09-24.
  4. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1956" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-09-24.
  5. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1960-03-19" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-07-12.
  6. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1960-07-20" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-09-24.
  7. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1965" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-07-13.
  8. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1970" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-12-09.
  9. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1977" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-17.

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