Wellawatte-Galkissa Electoral District

Wellawatte-Galkissa electoral district was an electoral district of Sri Lanka between August 1947 and March 1960. The district was named after the suburbs of Wellawatte and Galkissa (Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia) in Colombo, Colombo District, Western Province.

This article is about the former electoral district in Sri Lanka. For the Colombo suburb, see Wellawatte.

Members of Parliament

Key

  Independent   Bolshevik–Leninist Party   LSSP   UNP

ElectionMemberPartyTerm
1947 Colvin R. de Silva Bolshevik–Leninist Party 1947-1952
1952 S. de Silva Jayasinghe United National Party 1952-1956
1956 Colvin R. de Silva Lanka Sama Samaja Party 1956-1960

Elections

1947 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Colvin R. de SilvaBolshevik–Leninist PartyKey11,60653.36
Gilbert PereraCart Wheel4,17019.17
L. V. GooneratneStar4,12118.95
Amaradasa RatnapalaPair of Scales1,3276.10
S. J. F. D. BandaranaikeLamp2241.03
A. P. de ZoysaHand1030.47
Thomas de SilvaUmbrella720.33
Valid Votes21,62399.42
Rejected Votes1270.58
Total Polled21,750100.00
Registered Electors38,664
Turnout56.25

1952 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
S. de Silva JayasingheUnited National PartyElephant16,38857.00
Colvin R. de SilvaLanka Sama Samaja PartyKey11,88841.35
Richard Gotabhaya SenanayakeUmbrella2280.79
Valid Votes28,50499.15
Rejected Votes2450.85
Total Polled28,749100.00
Registered Electors43,276
Turnout66.43

1956 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Colvin R. de SilvaLanka Sama Samaja PartyKey16,78243.06
S. de Silva JayasingheUnited National PartyElephant11,80630.29
L. V. GooneratneHand10,25926.33
Valid Votes38,84799.68
Rejected Votes1240.32
Total Polled38,971100.00
Registered Electors56,165
Turnout69.39

References
  1. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1947" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka.
  2. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1952" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka.
  3. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1956" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka.

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