Horana Electoral District

Horana electoral district was an electoral district of Sri Lanka between August 1947 and February 1989. The district was named after the town of Horana in Kalutara 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] Horana electoral district was replaced by the Kalutara multi-member electoral district at the 1989 general elections, the first under the PR system, though Horana continues to be a polling division of the multi-member electoral district.

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1947 Parliamentary General Election

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

Candidate Party Symbol Votes %
A. P. Jayasuriya Elephant 15,828 46.31%
M. T. Peiris Umbrella 15,163 44.36%
A. Dharmapriya Lamp 3,187 9.32%
Valid Votes 34,178 100.00%
Rejected Votes 687
Total Polled 34,865
Registered Electors 51,108
Turnout 68.22%

1952 Parliamentary General Election

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

Candidate Party Symbol Votes %
M. D. H. Jayawardena Elephant 21,746 51.16%
Ariyadasa Jayawardana Hand 8,249 19.41%
Wilfred Senanayake Bird 7,367 17.33%
Esme Perera Umbrella 5,145 12.10%
Valid Votes 42,507 100.00%
Rejected Votes 477
Total Polled 42,984
Registered Electors 53,927
Turnout 79.71%

1956 Parliamentary General Election

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

Candidate Party Symbol Votes %
K. A. S. Palansuriya Hand 29,780 60.89%
M. D. H. Jayawardena Elephant 19,125 39.11%
Valid Votes 48,905 100.00%
Rejected Votes 312
Total Polled 49,217
Registered Electors 60,680
Turnout 81.11%

1960 (March) Parliamentary General Election

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

Candidate Party Symbol Votes %
Ratnasiri Wickremanayake Mahajana Eksath Peramuna Cart Wheel 15,759 54.92%
M. D. H. Jayawardena United National Party Elephant 10,649 37.11%
H. D. Jinadasa Key 1,721 6.00%
Walter Peiris Umbrella 353 1.23%
G. M. Perera Sun 0.73%
Valid Votes 28,692 100.00%
Rejected Votes 187
Total Polled 28,879
Registered Electors 33,713
Turnout 85.66%

1960 (July) Parliamentary General Election

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

Candidate Party Symbol Votes %
Ratnasiri Wickremanayake Orange 14,023 50.85%
Indradasa Hettiarachchi United National Party Elephant 11,998 43.51%
K. David Cart Wheel 1,555 5.64%
Valid Votes 27,576 100.00%
Rejected Votes 90
Total Polled 27,666
Registered Electors 33,713
Turnout 82.06%

1965 Parliamentary General Election

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

Candidate Party Symbol Votes %
Ratnasiri Wickremanayake Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand 18,957 53.25%
Indradasa Hettiarachchi United National Party Elephant 16,149 45.37%
D. L. Gunawardena Mahajana Eksath Peramuna Cart Wheel 491 1.38%
Valid Votes 35,597 100.00%
Rejected Votes 190
Total Polled 35,787
Registered Electors 40,763
Turnout 87.79%

1970 Parliamentary General Election

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

Candidate Party Symbol Votes %
Ratnasiri Wickremanayake Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand 24,163 58.12%
Indradasa Hettiarachchi United National Party Elephant 17,410 41.88%
Valid Votes 41,573 100.00%
Rejected Votes 68
Total Polled 41,641
Registered Electors 45,330
Turnout 91.86%

1977 Parliamentary General Election

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

Candidate Party Symbol Votes %
Indradasa Hettiarachchi Elephant 27,188 56.60%
Ratnasiri Wickremanayake Hand 19,453 40.50%
Premalal Gunasekera Star 1,090 2.27%
Jayasena Jayasinghe Lamp 302 0.63%
Valid Votes 48,033 100.00%
Rejected Votes 120
Total Polled 48,153
Registered Electors 53,138
Turnout 90.62%

References

  1. ^ "The Electoral System". Parliament of Sri Lanka. http://www.parliament.lk/about_us/electoral_system.jsp. 
  2. ^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1947". Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. http://www.slelections.gov.lk/pdf/Results_1947%20GENERAL%20ELECTION.PDF. 
  3. ^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1952". Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. http://www.slelections.gov.lk/pdf/Results_1952%20GENERAL%20ELECTION.PDF. 
  4. ^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1956". Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. http://www.slelections.gov.lk/pdf/Results_1956%20GENERAL%20ELECTION.PDF. 
  5. ^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1960-03-19". Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. http://www.slelections.gov.lk/pdf/Results_1960_03_19%20GENERAL%20ELECTION.PDF. 
  6. ^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1960-07-20". Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. http://www.slelections.gov.lk/pdf/Results_1960_07_20%20GENERAL%20ELECTION.PDF. 
  7. ^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1965". Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. http://www.slelections.gov.lk/pdf/Results_1965%20GENERAL%20ELECTION.PDF. 
  8. ^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1970". Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. http://www.slelections.gov.lk/pdf/Results_1970%20GENERAL%20ELECTION.PDF. 
  9. ^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1977". Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. http://www.slelections.gov.lk/pdf/General%20Election%201977.PDF. 
Former Electoral Districts of Sri Lanka
Central Province
Eastern Province
Northern Province
Southern Province
Western Province