Horana Electoral District Explained

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

Members of Parliament

Key

ElectionMemberPartyTerm
1947A. P. JayasuriyaUnited National Party1947-1952
1952M. D. H. Jayawardena1952-1956
1956K. A. S. PalansuriyaSri Lanka Freedom Party1956-1960
1960Ratnasiri WickremanayakeMahajana Eksath Peramuna1960-1960
1960Mahajana Eksath Peramuna (1960-1962)
Sri Lanka Freedom Party (1962-1965)		1960-1965
1965Sri Lanka Freedom Party1965-1970
19701970-1977
1977Indradasa HettiarachchiUnited National Party1977-1989

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"%
A. P. JayasuriyaElephant15,82845.40
M. T. PeirisUmbrella15,16344.36
A. DharmapriyaLamp3,1879.14
align=left colspan=3Valid Votes34,17898.03
align=left colspan=3Rejected Votes6871.97
align=left colspan=3Total Polled34,865100.00
align=left colspan=3Registered Electors51,108
align=left colspan=4Turnout68.22

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"%
M. D. H. JayawardenaElephant21,74650.59
Ariyadasa JayawardanaHand8,24919.19
Wilfred SenanayakeBird7,36717.14
Esme PereraUmbrella5,14511.97
align=left colspan=3Valid Votes42,50798.89
align=left colspan=3Rejected Votes4771.11
align=left colspan=3Total Polled42,984100.00
align=left colspan=3Registered Electors53,927
align=left colspan=4Turnout79.71

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"%
K. A. S. PalansuriyaHand29,78060.51
M. D. H. JayawardenaElephant19,12538.86
align=left colspan=3Valid Votes48,90599.37
align=left colspan=3Rejected Votes3120.63
align=left colspan=3Total Polled49,217100.00
align=left colspan=3Registered Electors60,680
align=left colspan=4Turnout81.11

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"%
Ratnasiri WickremanayakeCartwheel15,75954.57
M. D. H. JayawardenaElephant10,64936.87
H. D. JinadasaKey1,7215.96
Walter PeirisUmbrella3531.22
G. M. PereraSun2100.73
align=left colspan=3Valid Votes28,69299.35
align=left colspan=3Rejected Votes1870.65
align=left colspan=3Total Polled28,879100.00
align=left colspan=3Registered Electors33,713
align=left colspan=4Turnout85.66

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"%
Ratnasiri WickremanayakeOrange14,02350.69
Indradasa HettiarachchiElephant11,99843.37
K. DavidCartwheel1,5555.62
align=left colspan=3Valid Votes27,57699.67
align=left colspan=3Rejected Votes900.33
align=left colspan=3Total Polled27,666100.00
align=left colspan=3Registered Electors33,713
align=left colspan=4Turnout82.06

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"%
Ratnasiri WickremanayakeHand18,95752.97
Indradasa HettiarachchiElephant16,14945.13
D. L. GunawardenaCartwheel4911.37
align=left colspan=3Valid Votes35,59799.47
align=left colspan=3Rejected Votes1900.53
align=left colspan=3Total Polled35,787100.00
align=left colspan=3Registered Electors40,763
align=left colspan=4Turnout87.79

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"%
Ratnasiri WickremanayakeHand24,16358.03
Indradasa HettiarachchiElephant17,41041.81
align=left colspan=3Valid Votes41,57399.84
align=left colspan=3Rejected Votes680.16
align=left colspan=3Total Polled41,641100.00
align=left colspan=3Registered Electors45,330
align=left colspan=4Turnout91.86

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"%
Indradasa HettiarachchiElephant27,18856.46
Ratnasiri WickremanayakeHand19,45340.40
Premalal GunasekeraStar1,0902.26
Jayasena JayasingheLamp3020.63
align=left colspan=3Valid Votes48,03399.75
align=left colspan=3Rejected Votes1200.25
align=left colspan=3Total Polled48,153100.00
align=left colspan=3Registered Electors53,138
align=left colspan=4Turnout90.62

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 . 4 February 2022.
  3. Web site: Result of Parliamentary General Election 1952 . Department of Elections, Sri Lanka . 4 February 2022 .
  4. Web site: Result of Parliamentary General Election 1956 . Department of Elections, Sri Lanka . 4 February 2022 .
  5. Web site: Result of Parliamentary General Election 19 March 1960 . Department of Elections, Sri Lanka . 4 February 2022.
  6. Web site: Result of Parliamentary General Election 20 July 1960 . Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. 4 February 2022 .
  7. Web site: Result of Parliamentary General Election 1965 . Department of Elections, Sri Lanka . 4 February 2022.
  8. Web site: Result of Parliamentary General Election 1970 . Department of Elections, Sri Lanka . 4 February 2022.
  9. Web site: Result of Parliamentary General Election 1977 . Department of Elections, Sri Lanka .

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