Negombo Electoral District Explained

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

Members of Parliament

Key

ElectionMemberPartyTerm
1947H. de Z. SiriwardenaUNP1947-1952
1952A. N. D. A. Abeysinghe1952-1956
1956Hector FernandoLSSP1956-1960
1960T. Quintin FernandoUNP1960-1960
19601960-1965
19651965-1967
1967 (by-election)Denzil Fernando1967-1970
19701970-1977
19771977-1989

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"%
H. de Z. SiriwardenaUnited National PartyButterfly10,17439.20
W. S. FernandoLanka Sama Samaja PartyElephant9,21835.52
A. L. J. Croos RajchandraIndependentStar6,16923.77
align=left colspan=3Valid Votes25,56198.50
align=left colspan=3Rejected Votes3901.5
align=left colspan=3Total Polled25,951100.00
align=left colspan=3Registered Electors55,642
align=left colspan=4Turnout46.64

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"%
Hand 22,721 57.42
Hector FernandoStar 9,396 23.75
M. B. G. KureraIndependentElephant 3,396 8.58
C. M. FernandoIndependentKey 3,207 8.10
K. C. D. SenanayakeIndependentLamp 459 1.16
align=left colspan=3Valid Votes39,17999.01
align=left colspan=3Rejected Votes3900.99
align=left colspan=3Total Polled39,569100.00
align=left colspan=3Registered Electors60,617
align=left colspan=4Turnout65.28

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"%
Hector FernandoLanka Sama Samaja PartyKey20,89247.51
T. Quintin FernandoUnited National PartyElephant18,21241.42
Tudor B. GunasekeraLamp4,58910.44
align=left colspan=3Valid Votes43,69399.37
align=left colspan=3Rejected Votes2770.63
align=left colspan=3Total Polled43,970100.00
align=left colspan=3Registered Electors67,060
align=left colspan=4Turnout65.57

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"%
T. Quintin FernandoUnited National PartyElephant11,20748.38
M. Bernard KureraCockerel5,78624.98
L.C. DissanayakeWinnow3,36014.50
W.S.M.M. AbeysekeraSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand1,3725.92
Valentine F. Wijeratne]Sun1,1154.81
D.M.M. JayawardaneSewing Machine1560.67
align=left colspan=3Valid Votes22,99699.26
align=left colspan=3Rejected Votes1710.74
align=left colspan=3Total Polled23,167100.00
align=left colspan=3Registered Electors32,569
align=left colspan=4Turnout71.13

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"%
T. Quintin FernandoUnited National PartyElephant14,46967.06%
M. Bernard KureraSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand7,10832.94%
align=left colspan=3Valid Votes21,577100.00%
align=left colspan=3Rejected Votes124
align=left colspan=3Total Polled21,701
align=left colspan=3Registered Electors32,569
align=left colspan=3Turnout66.63%

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"%
T. Quintin FernandoUnited National PartyElephant22,05676.52%
M. Bernard KureraSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand6,76623.48%
align=left colspan=3Valid Votes28,822100.00%
align=left colspan=3Rejected Votes188
align=left colspan=3Total Polled29,010
align=left colspan=3Registered Electors37,900
align=left colspan=3Turnout76.54%

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"%
Denzil FernandoUnited National PartyElephant20,45756.24%
Justin FernandoSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand15,92043.76%
align=left colspan=3Valid Votes36,377100.00%
align=left colspan=3Rejected Votes132
align=left colspan=3Total Polled36,509
align=left colspan=3Registered Electors44,284
align=left colspan=3Turnout82.44%

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"%
Denzil FernandoElephant28,47065.71%
Ananda MunasingheHand13,71831.66%
W. Nelson PeirisKey1,0182.35%
Gamini FonsekaShip1240.29%
align=left colspan=3Valid Votes43,330100.00%
align=left colspan=3Rejected Votes161
align=left colspan=3Total Polled43,491
align=left colspan=3Registered Electors51,463
align=left colspan=3Turnout84.51%

Notes and References

  1. Web site: The Electoral System. Parliament of Sri Lanka. 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 . Department of Elections, Sri Lanka .

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