Kottawa Electoral District Explained

Kottawa electoral district was an electoral district of Sri Lanka between March 1960 and July 1977. The district was named after the town of Kottawa 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] Kottawa 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)	Robert Gunawardena		1960-1960
	1960 (July)			1960-1965
	1965		United National Party	1965-1970
	1970	Chandra Gunasekera	Lanka Sama Samaja Party	1970-1977

Elections

1960 (March) Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 4th parliamentary election held on 19 March 1960 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"	%
		Key	12,928	76.51
Henry Boteju		Elephant	8,879	34.09
W. Bodhipala		Hand	4,101	15.75
align=left colspan=3	Valid Votes	25,908	99.47
align=left colspan=3	Rejected Votes	137	0.53
align=left colspan=3	Total Polled	26,045	100.00
align=left colspan=3	Registered Electors	34,871
align=left colspan=4	Turnout	74.69

1960 (July) Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 5th parliamentary election held on 20 July 1960 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"	%
		Cartwheel	11,276	40.35
Mahabalage Don Henry Jayawardena		Elephant	10,912	39.04
D. D. Weragala		Hand	5,662	20.26
align=left colspan=3	Valid Votes	27,850	99.65
align=left colspan=3	Rejected Votes	99	0.35
align=left colspan=3	Total Polled	27,949	100
align=left colspan=3	Registered Electors	34,871
align=left colspan=4	Turnout	80.15

1965 Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 6th parliamentary election held on 22 March 1965 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"	%
Mahabalage Don Henry Jayawardena		Elephant	15,971	41.78
		Key	13,911	36.39
Robert Gunawardena		Chair	8,095	21.17
align=left colspan=3	Valid Votes	38,090	99.63
align=left colspan=3	Rejected Votes	140	0.37
align=left colspan=3	Total Polled	38,230	100.00
align=left colspan=3	Registered Electors	45,877
align=left colspan=4	Turnout	83.33

1970 Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 7th parliamentary election held on 27 May 1970 for the district:^[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	31,662	60.95
Mahabalage Don Henry Jayawardena		Elephant	20,167	38.82
align=left colspan=3	Valid Votes	51,829	99.78
align=left colspan=3	Rejected Votes	115	0.22
align=left colspan=3	Total Polled	51,944	100.00
align=left colspan=3	Registered Electors	59,658
align=left colspan=4	Turnout	87.07

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 .
3. Web site: Result of Parliamentary General Election 20 July 1960 . Department of Elections, Sri Lanka .
4. Web site: Result of Parliamentary General Election 1965 . Department of Elections, Sri Lanka .
5. Web site: Result of Parliamentary General Election 1970 . Department of Elections, Sri Lanka .