Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia Electoral District Explained

Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia electoral district, later renamed Dehiwala was an electoral district of Sri Lanka between March 1960 and February 1989. The district was named after the city of Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia 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] Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia electoral district was replaced by the Colombo multi-member electoral district at the 1989 general elections.

Members of Parliament

Key

ElectionMemberPartyTerm
1960 (March)S. de Silva JayasingheUNP1960-1960
1960 (July)Colvin R. de SilvaLSSP1960-1965
1965S. de Silva JayasingheUNP1965-1970
1970Vivienne GoonewardenaLSSP1970-1977
1977S. de Silva JayasingheUNP1977-1977
1977 (by election)Sunethra Ranasinghe1977-1989

Elections

1960 (March) Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 4th parliamentary election held on 19 March 1960 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 12,971 40.88
Key 8,599 27.10
Andrew Fernando Hand 6,378 20.10
K. K. A. E. Britto Star 3,222 10.15
T. D. L. Aponso Umbrella 420 1.32
align=left colspan=3Valid Votes31,59099.56
align=left colspan=3Rejected Votes1400.44
align=left colspan=3Total Polled31,730 100.00
align=left colspan=3Registered Electors43,172
align=left colspan=4Turnout73.50

1960 (July) Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 5th parliamentary election held on 20 July 1960 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"%
Key 16,002 51.36
Elephant 14,892 47.80
D. B. de S. Jayawardena Rabbit 156 0.50
align=left colspan=3Valid Votes31,05099.65
align=left colspan=3Rejected Votes108 0.35
align=left colspan=3Total Polled31,158 100.00
align=left colspan=3Registered Electors43,172
align=left colspan=4Turnout72.17

1965 Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 6th parliamentary election held on 22 March 1965 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"%
Elephant 24,652 53.19
Key 21,363 46.10
Somadasa Siriwardhana Cartwheel 248 0.54
align=left colspan=3Valid Votes46,26399.83
align=left colspan=3Rejected Votes81 0.17
align=left colspan=3Total Polled46,344 100.00
align=left colspan=3Registered Electors56,366
align=left colspan=4Turnout82.22

1970 Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 7th parliamentary election held on 27 May 1970 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 29,430 51.63
Elephant 27,463 48.18
align=left colspan=3Valid Votes56,89398.81
align=left colspan=3Rejected Votes106 0.19
align=left colspan=3Total Polled56,999 100.00
align=left colspan=3Registered Electors70,236
align=left colspan=4Turnout81.15

1977 Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 8th parliamentary election held on 21 July 1977 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"%
Elephant 22,364 61.44
Vithanage Don Alfred Perera Hand 9,996 27.46
Ananda Premasinghe Key 3,578 9.83
T. Upali Cooray Bell 402 1.10
align=left colspan=3Valid Votes36,34099.84
align=left colspan=3Rejected Votes60 0.17
align=left colspan=3Total Polled36,400 100.00
align=left colspan=3Registered Electors45,693
align=left colspan=4Turnout79.66

1977 Parliamentary By Election

Results of the Ceylonese parliamentary by-election, held on 11 November 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 18,27962.75
Vithanage Don Alfred Perera Hand 7,79526.76
Ananda Premasinghe Key 2,753 9.45
Asoka Atapattu Lamp 1,386 4.76
align=left colspan=3Valid Votes28,96599.44
align=left colspan=3Rejected Votes163 0.56
align=left colspan=3Total Polled29,128 100.00
align=left colspan=3Registered Electors45,693
align=left colspan=4Turnout63.75

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

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