Dehiowita Electoral District Explained

Dehiowita electoral district was an electoral district of Sri Lanka between August 1947 and July 1977. The district was named after the town of Dehiowita in Kegalle District, Sabaragamuwa 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] Dehiowita electoral district was replaced by the Kegalle multi-member electoral district at the 1989 general elections, the first under the proportional representation system.

Members of Parliament

Key

ElectionMemberPartyTerm
1947Reginald PereraLSSP1947-52
1952Edmund Samarakkody1952-56
19561956-60
1960 (March)Soma Wickremanayake1960
1960 (July)1960-65
1965Dhanapala Weerasekera1965-77
19701970-77

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"%
Chair 6,387 49.11
Mohandas de Mel Lamp 2,498 19.21
A. J. H. de Thabrew Cartwheel 1,576 12.12
H. Jayawardena House 909 6.99
Piyadasa Udabage Cup 898 6.91
C. W. de Mel Elephant 303 2.33
align=left colspan=3Valid Votes12,57196.66
align=left colspan=3Rejected Votes434 3.34
align=left colspan=3Total Polled13,005 100.00
align=left colspan=3Registered Electors28,932
align=left colspan=4Turnout44.95

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"%
Star 8,848 46.74
Somaweera Gunasekera Tree 8,766 46.31
Effie Jayatillaka Lamp 982 5.19
align=left colspan=3Valid Votes18,59698.23
align=left colspan=3Rejected Votes335 1.77
align=left colspan=3Total Polled18,931 100.00
align=left colspan=3Registered Electors27,177
align=left colspan=4Turnout69.66

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"%
Key 14,954 63.78
C. Dervin Fernando Elephant 8,311 35.44
align=left colspan=3Valid Votes23,26599.22
align=left colspan=3Rejected Votes183 0.78
align=left colspan=3Total Polled23,448 100.00
align=left colspan=3Registered Electors32,694
align=left colspan=4Turnout71.72

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"%
Key 6,606 37.07
Elephant 6,060 34.01
C. P. Ranasinghe Hand 2,072 11.63
A. P. Ranatunge Cartwheel 1,540 8.64
M. G. Jayawardena Cockrel 1,198 6.72
M. G. H. Jayawardena Umbrella 235 1.32
align=left colspan=3Valid Votes17,71199.38
align=left colspan=3Rejected Votes110 0.62
align=left colspan=3Total Polled17,821 100.00
align=left colspan=3Registered Electors23,658
align=left colspan=4Turnout75.33

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"%
Key 8,593 50.18
Elephant 7,990 46.65
Cartwheel 481 2.81
align=left colspan=3Valid Votes17,06499.64
align=left colspan=3Rejected Votes62 0.36
align=left colspan=3Total Polled17,126 100.00
align=left colspan=3Registered Electors23,658
align=left colspan=4Turnout72.39

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"%
Key 13,299 50.81
Kapilasena Ratnayake Elephant 12,466 47.63
U. E. Perera Cartwheel 176 0.67
M. G. Jayawardene Umbrella 76 0.29
align=left colspan=3Valid Votes26,01799.40
align=left colspan=3Rejected Votes157 0.60
align=left colspan=3Total Polled26,174 100.00
align=left colspan=3Registered Electors31,064
align=left colspan=4Turnout84.26

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"%
Key 17,091 56.07
Elephant 12,884 42.27
T. H. Fernando Bell 355 1.17
align=left colspan=3Valid Votes30,33099.50
align=left colspan=3Rejected Votes153 0.50
align=left colspan=3Total Polled30,483100.00
align=left colspan=3Registered Electors34,941
align=left colspan=4Turnout87.24

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 . 1 September 2017 .
  3. Web site: Result of Parliamentary General Election 1952 . Department of Elections, Sri Lanka . 1 September 2017 .
  4. Web site: Result of Parliamentary General Election 1956 . Department of Elections, Sri Lanka . 4 September 2017 .
  5. Web site: Result of Parliamentary General Election March 1960. Department of Elections, Sri Lanka . 4 September 2017 .
  6. Web site: Result of Parliamentary General Election July 1960 . Department of Elections, Sri Lanka . 4 September 2017 .
  7. Web site: Result of Parliamentary General Election 1965 . Department of Elections, Sri Lanka . 4 September 2017 .
  8. Web site: Result of Parliamentary General Election 1970 . Department of Elections, Sri Lanka . 4 September 2017 .

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