Kotte Electoral District Explained

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

Members of Parliament

Key

ElectionMemberPartyTerm
1947Robert GunawardenaLanka Sama Samaja Party1947-1952
19521952-1956
19561956-1960
1960A. J. NiyathapalaUnited National Party1960-1960
1960Stanley TillekeratneCommunist Party1960-1965
1965Sri Lanka Freedom Party1965-1970
19701970-1977
1977Ananda Tissa de AlwisUnited 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"%
Robert GunawardenaElephant11,95556.36
R. HewavitaranaCart Wheel7,75336.55
W. G. RatnayakeHand9284.37
D. F. GalhenaStar3621.71
C. A. BotejuHouse2151.01
align=left colspan=3Valid Votes21,21398.34
align=left colspan=3Rejected Votes3591.66
align=left colspan=3Total Polled21,572100.00
align=left colspan=3Registered Electors45,754
align=left colspan=4Turnout47.15

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"%
Robert GunawardenaElephant15,86553.38
Ananda Tissa de AlwisHand11,05137.18
N. J. V. CoorayStar2,8079.44
align=left colspan=3Valid Votes29,72399.45
align=left colspan=3Rejected Votes1640.55
align=left colspan=3Total Polled29,887100.00
align=left colspan=3Registered Electors47,510
align=left colspan=4Turnout62.91

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"%
Robert GunawardenaLanka Sama Samaja PartyKey25,05069.88
Ananda Tissa de AlwisElephant10,24428.58
W. H. FonsekaBicycle5511.54
align=left colspan=3Valid Votes35,84599.62
align=left colspan=3Rejected Votes1380.38
align=left colspan=3Total Polled35,983100.00
align=left colspan=3Registered Electors57,558
align=left colspan=4Turnout62.52

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"%
A. J. NiyathapalaElephant8,85034.89
Stanley TillekeratneStar7,11028.03
D. L. PathirageKey4,96919.59
W. W. A. FernandoHand4,29816.94
D. F. GalhenaUmbrella1410.56
align=left colspan=3Valid Votes25,36899.65
align=left colspan=3Rejected Votes890.35
align=left colspan=3Total Polled25,457100.00
align=left colspan=3Registered Electors33,810
align=left colspan=4Turnout75.29

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"%
Stanley TillekeratneStar14,58957.65
A. J. NiyathapalaElephant10,44741.28
Dickmon WijesingheCart Wheel1460.58
D. F. GalhenaPot1250.49
align=left colspan=3Valid Votes25,30799.74
align=left colspan=3Rejected Votes660.26
align=left colspan=3Total Polled25,373100.00
align=left colspan=3Registered Electors33,810
align=left colspan=4Turnout75.05

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"%
Stanley TillekeratneHand20,50352.03
A. J. NiyathapalaElephant18,15546.07
K. Jinadasa PereraCart Wheel3880.98
N. W. de CostaCockerel1030.26
align=left colspan=3Valid Votes39,14999.35
align=left colspan=3Rejected Votes2580.65
align=left colspan=3Total Polled39,407*100.00
align=left colspan=3Registered Electors49,170
align=left colspan=4Turnout80.14

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"%
Stanley TillekeratneHand32,05156.81
A. J. NiyathapalaElephant24,20842.91
align=left colspan=3Valid Votes56,25999.72
align=left colspan=3Rejected Votes1560.28
align=left colspan=3Total Polled56,415100.00
align=left colspan=3Registered Electors68,383
align=left colspan=4Turnout82.50

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"%
Ananda Tissa de AlwisElephant23,24954.46
A. J. NiyathapalaSri Lanka Freedom PartyChair15,37536.02
K. SiriwardhanaStar3,7728.84
Kalinga Piyadasa de SilvaFlower1310.31
Ananda AlwisRabbit1240.29
Victor AmarasingheSpoon370.09
align=left colspan=3Valid Votes42,68899.70
align=left colspan=3Rejected Votes1290.30
align=left colspan=3Total Polled42,817100.00
align=left colspan=3Registered Electors52,707
align=left colspan=4Turnout81.24

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