Kalutara Electoral District (1947–1989) Explained

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

Members of Parliament

Key

ElectionMemberPartyTerm
1947Cholomondeley GoonewardeneLSSP1947-1952
1952P. Andrew CoorayUNP1952-1956
1956Cholomondeley GoonewardeneLSSP1956-1960
19601960-1960
19601960-1965
19651965-1970
19701970-1977
1977V. L. WijemanneUNP1977-1983
1983 (by)1983-1989

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"%
Cholomondeley GoonewardeneLanka Sama Samaja PartyKey13,79747.49
Upali BatuwantudaweElephant11,82739.92
H. ObeysekeraCup2,8889.75
T. R. P. PereraFlower5391.82
align=left colspan=3Valid Votes29,05198.06
align=left colspan=3Rejected Votes5751.94
align=left colspan=3Total Polled29,626100.00
align=left colspan=3Registered Electors51,031
align=left colspan=4Turnout58.05

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"%
P. Andrew CoorayKey11,66533.87%
Cholomondeley GoonewardeneElephant11,33332.54
Upali BatuwantudaweStar9,91428.46
A. P. de ZoysaHand1,5304.39
align=left colspan=3Valid Votes34,44298.88
align=left colspan=3Rejected Votes3891.12
align=left colspan=3Total Polled34,831100.00
align=left colspan=3Registered Electors51,291
align=left colspan=4Turnout67.91

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"%
Cholomondeley GoonewardeneKey14,65937.56
Upali BatuwantudaweHand13,53634.68
P. Andrew CoorayElephant10,55127.03
align=left colspan=3Valid Votes38,74699.28
align=left colspan=3Rejected Votes2820.72
align=left colspan=3Total Polled39,028100.00
align=left colspan=3Registered Electors57,930
align=left colspan=4Turnout67.37

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"%
Cholomondeley GoonewardeneKey7,74929.46
V. L. WijemanneElephant6,9842655
Kingsley WickremasingheSun5,56621.16
K. W. SilvaHand3,15111.98
M. P. PereraStar1,6756.37
S. D. P. SenaratneUmbrella7002.66
C. E. DalpataduCockerel3091.17
align=left colspan=3Valid Votes26,13499.34
align=left colspan=3Rejected Votes1740.66
align=left colspan=3Total Polled26,308100.00
align=left colspan=3Registered Electors33,209
align=left colspan=4Turnout79.22

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"%
Cholomondeley GoonewardeneKey14,45856.84
V. L. WijemanneElephant10,48941.24
Milton WijekulatillekeWinnow2020.79
K. N. E. P. RajakarunaCart Wheel1840.72
align=left colspan=3Valid Votes25,33399.60
align=left colspan=3Rejected Votes1020.40
align=left colspan=3Total Polled25,435100.00
align=left colspan=3Registered Electors33,209
align=left colspan=4Turnout76.59

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"%
Cholomondeley GoonewardeneKey17,70552.43
Kingsley WickremasingheElephant15,66746.39
W. Edward SamaranayakeCockerel1880.56
align=left colspan=3Valid Votes33,56099.37
align=left colspan=3Rejected Votes2120.63
align=left colspan=3Total Polled33,772100.00
align=left colspan=3Registered Electors39,439
align=left colspan=4Turnout85.63

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"%
Key23,69657.27
V. L. WijemanneElephant17,59142.51
align=left colspan=3Valid Votes41,28799.78
align=left colspan=3Rejected Votes900.22
align=left colspan=3Total Polled41,377100.00
align=left colspan=3Registered Electors47,334
align=left colspan=4Turnout87.41

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"%
V. L. WijemanneElephant26,12354.13
D. S. Indrapala AbeyweeraHand11,33323.48
Cholomondeley GoonewardeneLanka Sama Samaja PartyKey10,45321.66
K. W. SilvaLamp2170.45
align=left colspan=3Valid Votes48,12699.73
align=left colspan=3Rejected Votes1320.27
align=left colspan=3Total Polled48,258100.00
align=left colspan=3Registered Electors54,995
align=left colspan=4Turnout87.75

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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