Kalutara Electoral District (1947–1989)

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

Kalutara electoral district was an electoral district of Sri Lanka between August 1947 and February 1989. The district was named after the town of Kalutara 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] Kalutara electoral district was replaced by the Kalutara multi-member electoral district at the 1989 general elections, the first under the PR system, though Kalutara 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 Cholomondeley Gunawardena Lanka Sama Samaja Party 1947-1952
1952 P. Andrew Cooray 1952-1956
1956 C. de Fonseka Gunawardena 1956-1960
1960 Cholomondeley Gunawardena 1960-1960
1960 1960-1965
1965 1965-1970
1970 1970-1977
1977 V. L. Wijemanne 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%
Cholomondeley Gunawardena Key13,79747.49%
Upali Batuwantudawa Elephant11,82740.71%
H. Obeysekera Cup2,8889.94%
T. R. P. Perera Flower5391.86%
Valid Votes29,051100.00%
Rejected Votes575
Total Polled29,626
Registered Electors51,031
Turnout58.05%

1952 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
P. Andrew CoorayUnited National Party Key11,66533.87%
Cholomondeley Gunawardena Elephant11,33332.90%
Upali Batuwantudawa Star9,91428.78%
A. P. de Zoysa Hand1,5304.44%
Valid Votes34,442100.00%
Rejected Votes389
Total Polled34,831
Registered Electors51,291
Turnout67.91%

1956 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
C. de Fonseka GunawardenaLanka Sama Samaja Party Key14,65937.83%
Upali Batuwantudawa Hand13,53634.94%
P. Andrew CoorayUnited National Party Elephant10,55127.23%
Valid Votes38,746100.00%
Rejected Votes282
Total Polled39,028
Registered Electors57,930
Turnout67.37%

1960 (March) Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Cholomondeley Gunawardena Key7,74929.65%
V. L. WijemanneUnited National Party Elephant6,98426.72%
Kingsley Wickremasinghe Sun5,56621.30%
K. W. SilvaSri Lanka Freedom Party Hand3,15112.06%
M. P. PereraCommunist Party Star1,6756.41%
S. D. P. Senaratne Umbrella7002.68%
C. E. Dalpatadu Cockerel3091.18%
Valid Votes26,134100.00%
Rejected Votes174
Total Polled26,308
Registered Electors33,209
Turnout79.22%

1960 (July) Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Cholomondeley GunawardenaLanka Sama Samaja Party Key14,45857.07%
V. L. WijemanneUnited National Party Elephant10,48941.40%
Milton Wijekulatilleke Winnow2020.80%
K. N. E. P. Rajakaruna Cart Wheel1840.73%
Valid Votes25,333100.00%
Rejected Votes102
Total Polled25,435
Registered Electors33,209
Turnout76.59%

1965 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Cholomondeley Gunawardena Key17,70552.76%
Kingsley WickremasingheUnited National Party Elephant15,66746.68%
W. Edward Samaranayake Cockerel1880.56%
Valid Votes33,560100.00%
Rejected Votes212
Total Polled33,772
Registered Electors39,439
Turnout85.63%

1970 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Cholomondeley GunawardenaLanka Sama Samaja Party Key23,69657.39%
V. L. WijemanneUnited National Party Elephant17,59142.61%
Valid Votes41,287100.00%
Rejected Votes90
Total Polled41,377
Registered Electors47,334
Turnout87.41%

1977 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
V. L. Wijemanne Elephant26,12354.28%
D. S. Indrapala Abeyweera Hand11,33323.55%
Cholomondeley Gunawardena Key10,45321.72%
K. W. Silva Lamp2170.45%
Valid Votes48,126100.00%
Rejected Votes132
Total Polled48,258
Registered Electors54,995
Turnout87.75%

References

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

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