Gampaha Electoral District (1947–1989) Explained

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

Members of Parliament

Key

ElectionMemberPartyTerm
1947D. D. KarunaratneUNP1947-1949
1949 (by-election)P. P. Jayawardena1949-1952
1952S. D. BandaranayakeSLFP1952-1956
19561956-1960
19601960-1960
19601960-1965
19651965-1970
1970A. T. Basnayake1970-1977
1977S. D. Bandaranayake1977-1989

Elections

1947 Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 1st parliamentary election held between 23 August 1947 and 20 September 1947 for the district:[2]

align=left width="180"Candidate!align=left width="180"Party!align=left width="120"Symbol!align=left width="60"Votes!align=left width="60"%
D. D. KarunaratneHand11,78638.04
C. A. MathewStar8,41627.16
A. C. SeneviratneLamp5,64018.20
W.C.L. PereraElephant2,7408.84
F. ObeyasekeraBicycle1,3334.30
R. DeshapriyaCart Wheel5291.71
O. WeerasingheChair1810.58
align=left colspan=3Valid Votes30,62598.84
align=left colspan=3Rejected Votes3581.16
align=left colspan=3Total Polled30,983100.00
align=left colspan=3Registered Electors54,520
align=left colspan=4Turnout56.83

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"%
S. D. BandaranayakeUmbrella19,41749.06
B. L. SeneviratneHand18,54646.86
A. C. W. F. A. JayawardenaStar7351.86
Arthur SeneviratneElephant4751.20
align=left colspan=3Valid Votes39,17398.98
align=left colspan=3Rejected Votes4041.02
align=left colspan=3Total Polled39,577100.00
align=left colspan=3Registered Electors57,423
align=left colspan=4Turnout68.92

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"%
S. D. BandaranayakeHand34,89885.08
J. W. D. Paulis PereraElephant5,09612.42
H. W. P. LokeshvaraCart Wheel7721.88
align=left colspan=3Valid Votes40,76699.38
align=left colspan=3Rejected Votes2530.62
align=left colspan=3Total Polled41,019100.00
align=left colspan=3Registered Electors65,480
align=left colspan=4Turnout62.64

1960 (March) Parliamentary General Election

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

align=left width="190"Candidate!align=left width="180"Party!align=left width="120"Symbol!align=left width="60"Votes!align=left width="60"%
S. D. BandaranayakeButterfly9,56534.58%
K. M. U. JayanettiMahajana Eksath PeramunaCart Wheel7,83928.20
H. R. SeneviratneUnited National PartyElephant7,81628.12
Robert SamarakkodyKey1,8336.59
Hemachandra PanagodaUmbrella2760.99
Gemunudasa AriyawansaLadder1490.54
Cyrus W. SurendraLamp1060.38
P. R. KarunanayakeEye760.27
align=left colspan=3Valid Votes27,66099.50
align=left colspan=3Rejected Votes1390.50
align=left colspan=3Total Polled27,799100.00
align=left colspan=3Registered Electors35,724
align=left colspan=4Turnout77.82

1960 (July) Parliamentary General Election

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

align=left width="190"Candidate!align=left width="180"Party!align=left width="120"Symbol!align=left width="60"Votes!align=left width="60"%
S. D. BandaranayakeSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand16,84262.39
H. R. SeneviratneUnited National PartyElephant8,85932.82
K. M. U. JayanettiCart Wheel1,2154.50
align=left colspan=3Valid Votes26,91699.72
align=left colspan=3Rejected Votes770.28
align=left colspan=3Total Polled26,993100.00
align=left colspan=3Registered Electors35,724
align=left colspan=4Turnout75.56

1965 Parliamentary General Election

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

align=left width="190"Candidate!align=left width="180"Party!align=left width="120"Symbol!align=left width="60"Votes!align=left width="60"%
S. D. BandaranayakeSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand21,11458.90
K. M. U. JayanettiMahajana Eksath PeramunaCart Wheel14,22839.69
D. Edmund SenarathChair2380.66
align=left colspan=3Valid Votes35,58099.26
align=left colspan=3Rejected Votes2660.74
align=left colspan=3Total Polled35,846100.00
align=left colspan=3Registered Electors44,024
align=left colspan=4Turnout81.42

1970 Parliamentary General Election

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

align=left width="190"Candidate!align=left width="180"Party!align=left width="120"Symbol!align=left width="60"Votes!align=left width="60"%
A. T. BasnayakeSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand26,05759.91
Alfred JayawardenaUnited National PartyElephant13,84631.83
S. D. BandaranayakeButterfly3,4858.01
align=left colspan=3Valid Votes43,38899.75
align=left colspan=3Rejected Votes1080.25
align=left colspan=3Total Polled43,496100.00
align=left colspan=3Registered Electors50,471
align=left colspan=4Turnout86.18

1977 Parliamentary General Election

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

align=left width="190"Candidate!align=left width="180"Party!align=left width="120"Symbol!align=left width="60"Votes!align=left width="60"%
S. D. BandaranayakeSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand26,33849.15
Chandra JayakodiUnited National PartyElephant25,81648.18
M. A. PiyasenaKey1,1412.13
M. R. Wansus Laus PereraButterfly1240.23
align=left colspan=3Valid Votes53,41999.69
align=left colspan=3Rejected Votes1640.31
align=left colspan=3Total Polled53,583100.00
align=left colspan=3Registered Electors60,822
align=left colspan=4Turnout88.10

Notes and References

  1. Web site: The Electoral System . . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20101127041829/http://parliament.lk/about_us/electoral_system.jsp . 2010-11-27 .
  2. Web site: Result of Parliamentary General Election 1947 . Department of Elections, Sri Lanka . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150924115557/http://www.slelections.gov.lk/pdf/Results_1947%20GENERAL%20ELECTION.PDF . 2015-09-24 .
  3. Web site: Result of Parliamentary General Election 1952 . Department of Elections, Sri Lanka . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150924115603/http://www.slelections.gov.lk/pdf/Results_1952%20GENERAL%20ELECTION.PDF . 2015-09-24 .
  4. Web site: Result of Parliamentary General Election 1956 . Department of Elections, Sri Lanka . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150924115606/http://www.slelections.gov.lk/pdf/Results_1956%20GENERAL%20ELECTION.PDF . 2015-09-24 .
  5. Web site: Result of Parliamentary General Election 1960-03-19 . Department of Elections, Sri Lanka . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150712194326/http://www.slelections.gov.lk/pdf/Results_1960_03_19%20GENERAL%20ELECTION.PDF . 2015-07-12 .
  6. Web site: Result of Parliamentary General Election 1960-07-20 . Department of Elections, Sri Lanka . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150924115611/http://www.slelections.gov.lk/pdf/Results_1960_07_20%20GENERAL%20ELECTION.PDF . 2015-09-24 .
  7. Web site: Result of Parliamentary General Election 1965 . Department of Elections, Sri Lanka . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150713003440/http://www.slelections.gov.lk/pdf/Results_1965%20GENERAL%20ELECTION.PDF . 2015-07-13 .
  8. Web site: Result of Parliamentary General Election 1970 . https://web.archive.org/web/20091209231958/http://www.slelections.gov.lk/pdf/Results_1970%20GENERAL%20ELECTION.PDF . dead . 2009-12-09 . Department of Elections, Sri Lanka .
  9. Web site: Result of Parliamentary General Election 1977 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110717002624/http://www.slelections.gov.lk/pdf/General%20Election%201977.PDF . dead . 2011-07-17 . Department of Elections, Sri Lanka .

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