Chilaw Electoral District Explained

Chilaw electoral district was an electoral district of Sri Lanka between August 1947 and February 1989. The district was named after the town of Chilaw in Puttalam District, North 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] Chilaw electoral district was replaced by the Puttalam multi-member electoral district at the 1989 general elections, the first under the proportional representation system.

Members of Parliament

Key

ElectionMemberPartyTerm
1947J. J. FernandoInd.
1952Shirley CoreaUNP
1956W. J. C. MunasinhaSLFP
1960 (March)
1960 (July)S. D. R. Jayaratne
1965Shirley Corea
1970S. D. R. Jayaratne
1977Harindra Corea

Elections

1947 Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 1st parliamentary election held between 23 August 1947 and 20 September 1947 for the district:[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 6,270 34.99
Cartwheel 4,235 23.63
C. A. Abeyratne Star 3,376 18.84
H. Gunasekera Independent Umbrella 2,118 11.82
IndependentFlower 1,744 9.73
align=left colspan=3Valid Votes17,74399.02
align=left colspan=3Rejected Votes176 0.98
align=left colspan=3Total Polled17,919 100.00
align=left colspan=3Registered Electors31,053
align=left colspan=4Turnout57.70

1952 Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 2nd parliamentary election held between 24 May 1952 and 30 May 1952 for the district:[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"%
Elephant 10,260 39.38
Wheel 10,206 39.17
Star 5,027 19.29
A. M. L. Appuhamy Rep Bicycle 341 1.31
align=left colspan=3Valid Votes25,83499.16
align=left colspan=3Rejected Votes220 0.84
align=left colspan=3Total Polled26,054 100.00
align=left colspan=3Registered Electors35,917
align=left colspan=4Turnout72.54

1956 Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 3rd parliamentary election held between 5 April 1956 and 10 April 1956 for the district:[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"%
Hand 19,565 62.02
Elephant 11,831 37.50
align=left colspan=3Valid Votes31,39699.53
align=left colspan=3Rejected Votes149 0.47
align=left colspan=3Total Polled31,545 100.00
align=left colspan=3Registered Electors40,672
align=left colspan=4Turnout77.56

1960 (March) Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 4th parliamentary election held on 19 March 1960 for the district:[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"%
Hand 9,302 38.57
Sun 4,527 18.77
Patronius Fernando Elephant 4,364 18.10
R. H. RandenyKey 2,843 11.79
Umbrella 1,978 8.20
M. Cyril Fernando Spectacles 587 2.43
H. D. S. Jayasekera Scales 313 1.30
align=left colspan=3Valid Votes23,91499.16
align=left colspan=3Rejected Votes203 0.84
align=left colspan=3Total Polled24,117 100.00
align=left colspan=3Registered Electors31,364
align=left colspan=4Turnout76.89

1960 (July) Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 5th parliamentary election held on 20 July 1960 for the district:[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"%
Hand 10,893 49.69
Eye 8,643 39.42
Francis Perera House 2,278 10.39
align=left colspan=3Valid Votes21,81499.49
align=left colspan=3Rejected Votes110 0.50
align=left colspan=3Total Polled21,924 100.00
align=left colspan=3Registered Electors31,364
align=left colspan=4Turnout69.90

1965 Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 6th parliamentary election held on 22 March 1965 for the district:[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 15,546 49.08
Hand 13,769 43.47
Eye 2,021 6.38
M. M. Adikari Sun 107 0.34
align=left colspan=3Valid Votes31,44399.26
align=left colspan=3Rejected Votes233 0.74
align=left colspan=3Total Polled31,676 100.00
align=left colspan=3Registered Electors37,805
align=left colspan=4Turnout83.79

1970 Parliamentary General Election

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

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 23,203 55.51
Elephant 18,419 44.06
align=left colspan=3Valid Votes41,62299.57
align=left colspan=3Rejected Votes180 0.43
align=left colspan=3Total Polled41,802 100.00
align=left colspan=3Registered Electors49,184
align=left colspan=4Turnout84.99

1977 Parliamentary General Election

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

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 25,269 55.27
Hand 19,462 42.57
Leslie de Silva Key 669 1.46
E. de S. Amarasekara Flower 133 0.29
T. Pathiraja Umbrella 48 0.11
Wimalasiri Susewhewa Cartwheel 40 0.09
align=left colspan=3Valid Votes45,62199.78
align=left colspan=3Rejected Votes102 0.22
align=left colspan=3Total Polled45,723 100.00
align=left colspan=3Registered Electors51,172
align=left colspan=4Turnout89.15

Notes and References

  1. Web site: The Electoral System. Parliament of Sri Lanka.
  2. Web site: Result of Parliamentary General Election 1947 . Department of Elections, Sri Lanka .
  3. Web site: Result of Parliamentary General Election 1952 . Department of Elections, Sri Lanka .
  4. Web site: Result of Parliamentary General Election 1956. Department of Elections, Sri Lanka.
  5. Web site: Result of Parliamentary General Election 19 March 1960 . Department of Elections, Sri Lanka .
  6. Web site: Result of Parliamentary General Election 20 July 1960 . Department of Elections, Sri Lanka .
  7. Web site: Result of Parliamentary General Election 1965 . Department of Elections, Sri Lanka .
  8. Web site: Result of Parliamentary General Election 1970 . Department of Elections, Sri Lanka .
  9. Web site: Result of Parliamentary General Election 1977. Department of Elections, Sri Lanka.

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