Colombo North Electoral District

This article is about the former electoral district in Sri Lanka. For other uses, see Colombo (disambiguation).

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

Members of Parliament

Key

  Independent     Lanka Sama Samaja Party     United National Party  

ElectionMemberPartyTerm
1947 George R. de Silva 1947-1952
1952 Cyril E. S. Perera 1952-1956
1956 Vivienne Goonewardena Lanka Sama Samaja Party 1956-1960
1960 V. A. Sugathadasa United National Party 1960-1977
1960
1965
1970
1977 Vincent Perera 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%
George R. de Silva Umbrella7,50150.89%
Lionel Cooray Elephant6,13041.59%
E.C.H. Fernando Cup5013.40%
A.P. de Zoysa House4292.91%
H.C. Abeywardena Hand1781.21%
Valid Votes14,739100.00%
Rejected Votes189
Total Polled14,928
Registered Electors30,791
Turnout48.48%

1952 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Cyril E. S. Perera Elephant10,63048.17%
Leslie Goonewardena Hand7,13632.34%
George R. De Silva Star3,59216.28%
J. M. Gnanapragasam Key7103.22%
Valid Votes22,068100.00%
Rejected Votes173
Total Polled22,241
Registered Electors35,582
Turnout62.51%

1956 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Vivienne GoonewardenaLanka Sama Samaja PartyKey16,84158.35%
J. C. de Silva Wijeyeratne Elephant9,48932.87%
W. D. de Silva Bicycle1,3054.52%
M. W. Perera Hand1,2294.26%
Valid Votes28,864100.00%
Rejected Votes127
Total Polled28,991
Registered Electors43,388
Turnout66.82%

1960 (March) Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
V.A. SugathadasaUnited National PartyElephant9,44641.79%
Vivienne Goonewardena Key8,60238.06%
Vincent SiripalaSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand3,14913.93%
A.M.G. de Silva Umbrella1,1645.15%
S.E. Nelson Fernando Ladder1880.83%
K.J.S.A. Fernando Eye520.23%
Valid Votes22,601100.00%
Rejected Votes86
Total Polled22,687
Registered Electors29,434
Turnout77.08%

1960 (July) Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
V.A. SugathadasaUnited National PartyElephant11,50750.31%
Vivienne GoonewardenaLanka Sama Samaja PartyKey11,36349.69%
Valid Votes22,870100.00%
Rejected Votes92
Total Polled22,962
Registered Electors29,434
Turnout78.01%

1965 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
V.A. SugathadasaUnited National PartyElephant19,87562.25%
Ananda Premasinghe Key11,88437.22%
M.D.C.S. Mendis Omnibus1700.53%
Valid Votes31,929100.00%
Rejected Votes120
Total Polled32,049
Registered Electors39,431
Turnout81.28%

1970 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
V.A. SugathadasaUnited National PartyElephant20,93059.84%
Harris Wickremetunge Chair13,78339.41%
W.I.A. Corsby Fernando Ship1640.47%
A.S. Jayamaha Cockerel970.28%
Valid Votes34,974100.00%
Rejected Votes97
Total Polled35,071
Registered Electors44,511
Turnout78.79%

1977 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Vincent Perera Elephant26,75966.85%
A. H. M. Fowzie Hand11,61729.02%
K. L. Robert Nandasiri Perera Key1,3213.30%
V. Dioynisius Wijesinghe Bell1930.48%
Don Sirisena Mallawarachi Eye490.12%
E. D. Pemaratne Lamp450.11%
G. T. Ariyadasa Flower420.10%
Valid Votes40,026100.00%
Rejected Votes136
Total Polled40,162
Registered Electors49,803
Turnout80.64%

References

  1. ↑ "The Electoral System". Parliament of Sri Lanka.
  2. ↑ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1947". Department of Elections, Sri Lanka.
  3. ↑ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1952". Department of Elections, Sri Lanka.
  4. ↑ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1956". Department of Elections, Sri Lanka.
  5. ↑ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1960-03-19". Department of Elections, Sri Lanka.
  6. ↑ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1960-07-20". Department of Elections, Sri Lanka.
  7. ↑ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1965". Department of Elections, Sri Lanka.
  8. ↑ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1970". Department of Elections, Sri Lanka.
  9. ↑ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1977". Department of Elections, Sri Lanka.