Horana Electoral District

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

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.

Members of Parliament

Key

  Mahajana Eksath Peramuna     Sri Lanka Freedom Party     United National Party  

ElectionMemberPartyTerm
1947 A. P. Jayasuriya United National Party 1947-1952
1952 M. D. H. Jayawardena 1952-1956
1956 K. A. S. Palansuriya Sri Lanka Freedom Party 1956-1960
1960 Ratnasiri Wickremanayake Mahajana Eksath Peramuna 1960-1960
1960 Mahajana Eksath Peramuna (1960-1962)
Sri Lanka Freedom Party (1962-1965)		 1960-1965
1965 Sri Lanka Freedom Party 1965-1970
1970 1970-1977
1977 Indradasa Hettiarachchi 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%
A. P. Jayasuriya Elephant15,82846.31%
M. T. Peiris Umbrella15,16344.36%
A. Dharmapriya Lamp3,1879.32%
Valid Votes34,178100.00%
Rejected Votes687
Total Polled34,865
Registered Electors51,108
Turnout68.22%

1952 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
M. D. H. Jayawardena Elephant21,74651.16%
Ariyadasa Jayawardana Hand8,24919.41%
Wilfred Senanayake Bird7,36717.33%
Esme Perera Umbrella5,14512.10%
Valid Votes42,507100.00%
Rejected Votes477
Total Polled42,984
Registered Electors53,927
Turnout79.71%

1956 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
K. A. S. Palansuriya Hand29,78060.89%
M. D. H. Jayawardena Elephant19,12539.11%
Valid Votes48,905100.00%
Rejected Votes312
Total Polled49,217
Registered Electors60,680
Turnout81.11%

1960 (March) Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Ratnasiri WickremanayakeMahajana Eksath Peramuna Cart Wheel15,75954.92%
M. D. H. JayawardenaUnited National Party Elephant10,64937.11%
H. D. Jinadasa Key1,7216.00%
Walter Peiris Umbrella3531.23%
G. M. Perera Sun0.73%
Valid Votes28,692100.00%
Rejected Votes187
Total Polled28,879
Registered Electors33,713
Turnout85.66%

1960 (July) Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Ratnasiri Wickremanayake Orange14,02350.85%
Indradasa HettiarachchiUnited National Party Elephant11,99843.51%
K. David Cart Wheel1,5555.64%
Valid Votes27,576100.00%
Rejected Votes90
Total Polled27,666
Registered Electors33,713
Turnout82.06%

1965 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Ratnasiri WickremanayakeSri Lanka Freedom Party Hand18,95753.25%
Indradasa HettiarachchiUnited National Party Elephant16,14945.37%
D. L. GunawardenaMahajana Eksath Peramuna Cart Wheel4911.38%
Valid Votes35,597100.00%
Rejected Votes190
Total Polled35,787
Registered Electors40,763
Turnout87.79%

1970 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Ratnasiri WickremanayakeSri Lanka Freedom Party Hand24,16358.12%
Indradasa HettiarachchiUnited National Party Elephant17,41041.88%
Valid Votes41,573100.00%
Rejected Votes68
Total Polled41,641
Registered Electors45,330
Turnout91.86%

1977 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Indradasa Hettiarachchi Elephant27,18856.60%
Ratnasiri Wickremanayake Hand19,45340.50%
Premalal Gunasekera Star1,0902.27%
Jayasena Jayasinghe Lamp3020.63%
Valid Votes48,033100.00%
Rejected Votes120
Total Polled48,153
Registered Electors53,138
Turnout90.62%

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.