Panadura Electoral District

Panadura electoral district was an electoral district of Sri Lanka between August 1947 and February 1989. The district was named after the town of Panadura 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] Panadura electoral district was replaced by the Kalutara multi-member electoral district at the 1989 general elections, the first under the PR system, though Panadura 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 Henry Peiris Lanka Sama Samaja Party 1947-1952
1952 D. C. W. Kannangara United National Party 1952-1956
1956 Leslie Goonewardena Lanka Sama Samaja Party 1956-1960
1960 1960-1960
1960 1960-1965
1965 1965-1970
1970 1970-1977
1977 Neville Fernando 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%
Henry Peiris Lamp16,43543.87%
Susantha de Fonseka Umbrella13,88937.08%
D. C. W. Kannangara Hand6,72917.96%
R. E. Weeraman Butterfly4061.08%
Valid Votes37,459100.00%
Rejected Votes433
Total Polled37,892
Registered Electors53,479
Turnout70.85%

1952 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
D. C. W. Kannangara Star19,76052.06%
Henry Peiris Hand15,90441.90%
Shelton Peiris Lamp1,2003.16%
K. A. R. Solomon Fernando Elephant1,0892.87%
Valid Votes37,953100.00%
Rejected Votes392
Total Polled38,345
Registered Electors56,528
Turnout67.83%

1956 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Leslie GoonewardenaLanka Sama Samaja Party Key29,36272.69%
D. C. W. Kannangara Elephant11,03227.31%
Valid Votes40,394100.00%
Rejected Votes206
Total Polled40,600
Registered Electors61,288
Turnout66.24%

1960 (March) Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Leslie Goonewardena Key9,26635.15%
Cyril SalgadoUnited National Party Elephant6,91926.25%
Upali Dias Sun6,51924.73%
L. W. Kuruppu Cockerel2,88710.95%
Asoka Ranjit Jayatilake Bell1.78%
Sirisoma Jayasinghe Lamp1.15%
Valid Votes26,362100.00%
Rejected Votes137
Total Polled26,499
Registered Electors34,958
Turnout75.80%

1960 (July) Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Leslie GoonewardenaLanka Sama Samaja Party Key15,38759.88%
Cyril SalgadoUnited National Party Elephant10,30940.12%
Valid Votes25,696100.00%
Rejected Votes117
Total Polled25,813
Registered Electors34,958
Turnout73.84%

1965 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Leslie Goonewardena Key20,03355.59%
Jane M. de FonsekaUnited National Party Elephant16,00544.41%
Valid Votes36,038100.00%
Rejected Votes243
Total Polled36,281
Registered Electors43,789
Turnout82.85%

1970 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Leslie GoonewardenaLanka Sama Samaja Party Key25,21859.52%
Cyril SalgadoUnited National Party Elephant16,62239.23%
Jayasiri Hirimuthugoda Bell5291.25%
Valid Votes42,369100.00%
Rejected Votes80
Total Polled42,449
Registered Electors50,489
Turnout84.08%

1977 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Neville Fernando Elephant28,67756.34%
Leslie Goonewardena Key17,54634.47%
Don Piyasena Wttasinghe Hand3,4776.83%
Jitendra Weeraman Lamp7511.48%
A. D. Sugathadasa Spoon3280.64%
S. Jinendradasa Cart Wheel1200.24%
Valid Votes50,899100.00%
Rejected Votes176
Total Polled51,075
Registered Electors59,163
Turnout86.33%

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.

Coordinates: 6°43′00″N 79°54′00″E / 6.7167°N 79.9000°E / 6.7167; 79.9000

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