Homagama Electoral District Explained

Homagama electoral district was an electoral district of Sri Lanka between March 1960 and February 1989. The district was named after the town of Homagama 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] Homagama 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)	Gamini Jayasuriya	UNP	1960-1960
	1960 (July)			1960-1965
	1965			1965-1970
	1970	Wilfred Senanayake	LSSP	1970-1977
	1977	Gamini Jayasuriya	UNP	1977-1989

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	10,873	40.45
D. F. Welikala		Cartwheel	10,219	38.02
		Key	5,221	19.42
H. P. Liyanage		Umbrella	280	1.56
		Flower	128	0.48
align=left colspan=3	Valid Votes	26,721	99.41
align=left colspan=3	Rejected Votes	159	0.59
align=left colspan=3	Total Polled	26,880	100.00
align=left colspan=3	Registered Electors	32,482
align=left colspan=4	Turnout	82.75

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"	%
		Elephant	12,504	47.11
D. F. Welikala		Cartwheel	9,434	35.54
D. W. Mayadunna		Hand	4,201	15.83
align=left colspan=3	Valid Votes	26,439	99.61
align=left colspan=3	Rejected Votes	104	0.39
align=left colspan=3	Total Polled	26,543	100.00
align=left colspan=3	Registered Electors	32,482
align=left colspan=4	Turnout	81.72

1965 Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 6th parliamentary election held on 22 March 1965:^[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	17,149	50.35
		Key	15,354	45.08
Tilake Kulasekera		Cartwheel	1,418	4.16
align=left colspan=3	Valid Votes	33,921	99.59
align=left colspan=3	Rejected Votes	140	0.41
align=left colspan=3	Total Polled	34,061	100.00
align=left colspan=3	Registered Electors	40,751
align=left colspan=4	Turnout	83.58

1970 Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 7th parliamentary election held on 27 May 1970:^[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	24,730	58.00
		Elephant	17,471	40.98
Somapala Mayadunnage		Bell	320	0.75
align=left colspan=3	Valid Votes	42,521	99.73
align=left colspan=3	Rejected Votes	114	0.27
align=left colspan=3	Total Polled	42,635	100.00
align=left colspan=3	Registered Electors	47,270
align=left colspan=3	Turnout	90.19

1977 Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 8th parliamentary election held on 21 July 1977:^[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	29,540	57.80
A. A. Yasaratgne Amaratunga		Hand	15,152	29.65
	align-left		Key	6,012	11.76
Soma Senanayake		Cartwheel	253	0.49
-	align=left colspan=3	Valid Votes	50,957	99.71
align=left colspan=3	Rejected Votes	150	0.29
align=left colspan=3	Total Polled	51,107	100.00
align=left colspan=3	Registered Electors	58,568
align=left colspan=4	Turnout	87.26

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: Result of Parliamentary General Election 1965 . Department of Elections, Sri Lanka . 15 June 2017 .
5. Web site: Result of Parliamentary General Election 1970 . Department of Elections, Sri Lanka . 15 June 2017 .
6. Web site: Result of Parliamentary General Election 1977 . Department of Elections, Sri Lanka . 15 June 2017 .