Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia Electoral District

Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia electoral district, later renamed Dehiwala was an electoral district of Sri Lanka between March 1960 and February 1989. The district was named after the city of Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia 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] Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia electoral district was replaced by the Colombo multi-member electoral district at the 1989 general elections.

Members of Parliament

Key

 Independent    Sri Lanka Freedom Party    United National Party  

ElectionMemberPartyTerm
1960 (March)
1960 (July)
1965
1970
1977

Elections

1960 (March) Parliamentary General Election

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Valid Votes 100.00%
Rejected Votes
Total Polled
Registered Electors
Turnout

1960 (July) Parliamentary General Election

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Valid Votes 100.00%
Rejected Votes
Total Polled
Registered Electors
Turnout

1965 Parliamentary General Election

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Valid Votes 100.00%
Rejected Votes
Total Polled
Registered Electors
Turnout

1970 Parliamentary General Election

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Valid Votes 100.00%
Rejected Votes
Total Polled
Registered Electors
Turnout

1977 Parliamentary General Election

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
S. de S. Jayasinghe United National Party Elephant 22,364
V. Don Alfred Perera Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand 9,996
Ananda Premasinghe Lanka Sama Samaja Party Key 3,578
T. Upali Cooray Bell 402
Valid Votes36,340100.00%
Rejected Votes 60
Total Polled 36,400
Registered Electors 45,693
Turnout 80%

References

Template:Members of Parliament from Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia

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