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

Members of Parliament

Key

  Independent   SLFP   UNP

ElectionMemberPartyTerm
1947 Junius Jayawardene United National Party 1947-1952
1952 1952-1956
1956 Richard Senanayake 1956-1960
1960 Junius Jayawardene United National Party 1960-1960
1960 R. S. Perera Sri Lanka Freedom Party 1960-1965
1965 1965-1970
1970 1970-1977
1977 Cyril Mathew 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%
J. R. JayewardeneElephant17,24662.82%
B. WaidyasekeraHand10,20637.18%
Valid Votes27,452100.00%
Rejected Votes390
Total Polled27,842
Registered Electors47,638
Turnout58.44%

1952 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
J. R. JayewardeneHand22,10350.81%
Vimala WijewardeneElephant15,86836.48%
Vivienne GoonewardenaHouse4,85711.17%
D. R. JayamannaStar6731.55%
Valid Votes43,501100.00%
Rejected Votes434
Total Polled43,935
Registered Electors58,170
Turnout75.53%

1956 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
R. G. SenanayakeUmbrella37,02371.55%
J. R. JayewardeneElephant14,18727.42%
M. P. P. W. JayawardeneLamp3770.73%
S. A. D. S. GunawardenaCart Wheel1580.31%
Valid Votes57,145100.00%
Rejected Votes325
Total Polled52,070
Registered Electors67,542
Turnout77.09%

1960 (March) Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
J. R. JayewardeneUnited National PartyElephant10,82737.54%
R. S. PereraSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand9,31832.31%
D. C. P. BenaragamaMahajana Eksath PeramunaCart Wheel6,45422.38%
N. S. PereraKey1,7696.13%
D. V. AlgamaPair of Scales2840.98%
H. H. P. Saratha KumarLamp1870.65%
Valid Votes28,839100.00%
Rejected Votes124
Total Polled28,963
Registered Electors35,470
Turnout81.65%

1960 (July) Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
R. S. PereraSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand15,80156.34%
A. W. A. AbeyagoonasekeraUnited National PartyElephant11,35340.48%
C. AmarasinhaCart Wheel8943.19%
Valid Votes28,048100.00%
Rejected Votes109
Total Polled28,157
Registered Electors35,470
Turnout79.38%

1965 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
R. S. PereraSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand20,14751.78%
A. W. A. AbeyagoonasekeraUnited National PartyElephant18,26846.95%
Saranapala GunawadenaMahajana Eksath PeramunaCart Wheel4951.27%
Valid Votes38,910100.00%
Rejected Votes191
Total Polled39,101
Registered Electors46,330
Turnout84.40%

1970 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
R. S. PereraSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand29,33157.89%
A. W. A. AbeyagoonasekeraUnited National PartyElephant20,99241.43%
M. D. H. de SilvaBell3480.69%
Valid Votes50,671100.00%
Rejected Votes178
Total Polled50,849
Registered Electors59,968
Turnout84.79%

1977 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Cyril MathewElephant23,47756.08%
Erin SenanayakeHand16,95840.51%
L. Wewala PandithaStar1,0762.57%
H. A. SeneviratnaBell1620.39%
R. H. JayasekeraCart Wheel850.20%
M. D. H. de SilvaChair450.11%
V. Stephen PereraOmni Bus290.07%
Tissa Gerard LuwisLamp290.07%
Valid Votes41,861*100.00%
Rejected Votes71
Total Polled41,932
Registered Electors49,470
Turnout84.76%

References

  1. ↑ "The Electoral System". Parliament of Sri Lanka. Archived from the original on 2010-11-27.
  2. ↑ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1947" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-09-24.
  3. ↑ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1952" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-09-24.
  4. ↑ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1956" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-09-24.
  5. ↑ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1960-03-19" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-07-12.
  6. ↑ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1960-07-20" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-09-24.
  7. ↑ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1965" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-07-13.
  8. ↑ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1970" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-12-09.
  9. ↑ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1977" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-17.

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