Kolonna Electoral District Explained

Kolonna electoral district was an electoral district of Sri Lanka between March 1960 and February 1989. The district was named after the town of Kolonna in Ratnapura District, Sabaragamuwa 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] Kolonna electoral district was replaced by the Ratnapura multi-member electoral district at the 1989 general elections.

Members of Parliament

Key

Election		Member	Party	Term
	1960 (March)	Cyril Mathew	United National Party	1960
	1960 (July)			1960 - 1965
	1960 (July)	Nanda Mathew		1965 - 1970
	1970	P. O. Wimalanaga	Sri Lanka Freedom Party	1970 - 1977
	1977	Nanda Mathew	United National Party	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	3,420	31.86
W. Siripala Nawagamuwa		Cartwheel	2,405	22.40
S. D. Wanigatilake		Sun	2,089	19.46
Senarath Jayatunga		Key	1,515	14.11
K. G. Rupasena		Eye	785	7.31
Daniel Weerasena		Umbrella	383	3.57
align=left colspan=3	Valid Votes	10,597	98.71
align=left colspan=3	Rejected Votes	139	1.29
align=left colspan=3	Total Polled	10,736	100.00
align=left colspan=3	Registered Electors	15,234
align=left colspan=4	Turnout	70.47

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	4,257	39.98
S. D. Wanigathillaka		Key	4,209	39.53
D. J. R. Dissanayaka		Bell	1,969	18.49
W. S. Nawagamuwa		Cartwheel	135	1.27
align=left colspan=3	Valid Votes	10,570	99.26
align=left colspan=3	Rejected Votes	79	0.74
align=left colspan=3	Total Polled	10,649	100.00
align=left colspan=3	Registered Electors	15,234
align=left colspan=4	Turnout	69.90

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	7,119
Ananda Sirisena		Key	6,033
D. J. R. Dissanayake		Lamp	3,619
S. Don Wanigatilaka		Cart Wheel	644
align=left colspan=3	Valid Votes
align=left colspan=3	Rejected Votes	99
align=left colspan=3	Total Polled	17,514	100.00
align=left colspan=3	Registered Electors	21,968
align=left colspan=4	Turnout

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	16,886
		Elephant	9778
		Lamp	454
align=left colspan=3	Valid Votes
align=left colspan=3	Rejected Votes	136
align=left colspan=3	Total Polled	27,254
align=left colspan=3	Registered Electors	33,118
align=left colspan=4	Turnout

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	20,378
D. J. R. Dissanayake		Hand	12,903
		Key	1,339
W. A. Seni Wijesinghe		Lamp	500
align=left colspan=3	Valid Votes	35,369
align=left colspan=3	Rejected Votes	106	0.29
align=left colspan=3	Total Polled	35,475
align=left colspan=3	Registered Electors	43,367
align=left colspan=4	Turnout

Notes and References

1. Web site: The Electoral System. Parliament of Sri Lanka.
2. Web site: Result of Parliamentary General Election March 1960 . Department of Elections, Sri Lanka . 4 June 2020 .
3. Web site: Result of Parliamentary General Election July 1960 . Department of Elections, Sri Lanka . 4 June 2020 .
4. Web site: Result of Parliamentary General Election 1965 . Department of Elections, Sri Lanka . 4 June 2020 .
5. Web site: Result of Parliamentary General Election 1970 . Department of Elections, Sri Lanka . 4 June 2020 .
6. Web site: Result of Parliamentary General Election 1977 . Department of Elections, Sri Lanka . 4 June 2020.