Borella Electoral District Explained

Borella electoral district was an electoral district of Sri Lanka between March 1960 and February 1989. The district was named after the town of Borella 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] Borella electoral district was replaced by the Colombo multi-member electoral district at the 1989 general elections.

Members of Parliament

Key

Election		Member	Party	Term
	1960 (March)	R. B. Lenora	United National Party	1960
	1960 (July)	W. Danister de Silva	Sri Lanka Freedom Party	1960-64
	1964 (by-election)	Vivienne Goonewardena	Lanka Sama Samaja Party	1964-65
	1965	M. H. Mohamed	United National Party	1965-70
	1970	Kusala Abhayawardana	Lanka Sama Samaja Party	1970-77
	1977	M. H. Mohamed	United National Party	1977-89

Elections

1960 (March) Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 4th parliamentary election held on 19 March 1960:^[2]

align=left width="180"	Candidate!	align=left width="180"	Party!	align=left width="120"	Symbol!	align=left width="60"	Votes!	align=left width="60"	%
		Elephant	7,261	35.20
		Hand	5,502	26.67
H. A. de S. Gunasekera		Key	3,914	18.96
M. S. Abu Bakr		Cartwheel	3,748	18.17
B.H.S. Jayawardena		Eye	1,656	8.03
H. L. Perera		Pair of Scales	align=right	-
align=left colspan=3	Valid Votes	20,557	99.66
align=left colspan=3	Rejected Votes	70	0.34
align=left colspan=3	Total Polled	20,627	100.00
align=left colspan=3	Registered Electors	28,423
align=left colspan=4	Turnout	72.57

1960 (July) Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 5th parliamentary election held on 20 July 1960:^[3]

align=left width="180"	Candidate!	align=left width="180"	Party!	align=left width="120"	Symbol!	align=left width="60"	Votes!	align=left width="60"	%
		Hand	11,409	56.40
		Elephant	8,690	42.96
align=left colspan=3	Valid Votes	20,099	99.37
align=left colspan=3	Rejected Votes	128	0.63
align=left colspan=3	Total Polled	20,227	100.00
align=left colspan=3	Registered Electors	28,423
align=left colspan=4	Turnout	71.16

1964 Parliamentary By Election

Results of the Ceylonese parliamentary by-election, held on 18 January 1964:^[4]

align=left width="180"	Candidate!	align=left width="180"	Party!	align=left width="120"	Symbol!	align=left width="60"	Votes!	align=left width="60"	%
		Key	12,592	47.96
		Elephant	12,106	46.11
Kamala de Silva		Hand	1,356	5.16
J. N. Ranatunga		Spoon	156	0.59
D. N. Samarakoon		Aeroplane	47	0.18
align=left colspan=3	Valid Votes	26,194	99.76
align=left colspan=3	Rejected Votes	63	0.24
align=left colspan=3	Total Polled	26,257	100.00
align=left colspan=3	Registered Electors	28,423
align=left colspan=4	Turnout	92.38

1965 Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 6th parliamentary election held on 22 March 1965:^[5]

align=left width="180"	Candidate!	align=left width="180"	Party!	align=left width="120"	Symbol!	align=left width="60"	Votes!	align=left width="60"	%
		Elephant	14,910	51.70
		Key	13,218	45.83
P. de Z. Sri Gunawardena		Cartwheel	374	1.30
D. C. Abeyewardena		Umbrella	100	0.35
align=left colspan=3	Valid Votes	28,602	99.17
align=left colspan=3	Rejected Votes	238	0.83
align=left colspan=3	Total Polled	28,840	100.00
align=left colspan=3	Registered Electors	37,542
align=left colspan=4	Turnout	76.82

1970 Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 7th parliamentary election held on 27 May 1970:^[6]

align=left width="180"	Candidate!	align=left width="180"	Party!	align=left width="120"	Symbol!	align=left width="60"	Votes!	align=left width="60"	%
		Key	16,421	50.05
		Elephant	15,829	48.24
		Pair of Scales	510	1.55
align=left colspan=3	Valid Votes	32,760	99.85
align=left colspan=3	Rejected Votes	50	0.15
align=left colspan=3	Total Polled	32,810	100.00
align=left colspan=3	Registered Electors	42,849
align=left colspan=4	Turnout	76.57

1977 Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 8th parliamentary election held on 21 July 1977:^[7]

align=left width="180"	Candidate!	align=left width="180"	Party!	align=left width="120"	Symbol!	align=left width="60"	Votes!	align=left width="60"	%
		Elephant	19,824	61.63
B. T. Douglas Perera		Hand	9,812	30.50
Dharmasena de Silva Kurukulasuriya		Key	2,304	7.16
A. G. Guruge		Flower	88	0.27
align=left colspan=3	Valid Votes	32,028	99.57
align=left colspan=3	Rejected Votes	139	0.43
align=left colspan=3	Total Polled	32,167	100.00
align=left colspan=3	Registered Electors	41,634
align=left colspan=4	Turnout	77.26

Notes and References

1. Web site: The Electoral System. Parliament of Sri Lanka.
2. Web site: Result of Parliamentary General Election 19 March 1960 . Department of Elections, Sri Lanka . 15 June 2017 .
3. Web site: Result of Parliamentary General Election 20 July 1960 . Department of Elections, Sri Lanka . 15 June 2017 .
4. Web site: Results of the Parliamentary By Elections held between 1947 – 1988 . Department of Elections, Sri Lanka . 15 June 2017 .
5. Web site: Result of Parliamentary General Election 1965 . Department of Elections, Sri Lanka . 15 June 2017 .
6. Web site: Result of Parliamentary General Election 1970 . Department of Elections, Sri Lanka . 15 June 2017 .
7. Web site: Result of Parliamentary General Election 1977 . Department of Elections, Sri Lanka . 15 June 2017 .