Panadura Electoral District Explained

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

Members of Parliament

Key

ElectionMemberPartyTerm
1947Henry PeirisBSP1947-1952
1952D. C. W. KannangaraUNP1952-1956
1956Leslie GoonewardeneLSSP1956-1960
19601960-1960
19601960-1965
19651965-1970
19701970-1977
1977Neville FernandoUNP1977-1989

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"%
Henry PeirisLamp16,43543.37
Susantha de FonsekaUmbrella13,88936.65
D. C. W. KannangaraHand6,72917.76
R. E. WeeramanButterfly4061.07
align=left colspan=3Valid Votes37,45998.86
align=left colspan=3Rejected Votes4331.14
align=left colspan=3Total Polled37,892100.00
align=left colspan=3Registered Electors53,479
align=left colspan=4Turnout70.85

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"%
D. C. W. KannangaraUnited National PartyStar19,76051.53
Henry PeirisHand15,90441.48
Shelton PeirisLamp1,2003.13
K. A. R. Solomon FernandoElephant1,0892.84
align=left colspan=3Valid Votes37,95398.98
align=left colspan=3Rejected Votes3921.02
align=left colspan=3Total Polled38,345100.00
align=left colspan=3Registered Electors56,528
align=left colspan=4Turnout67.83

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"%
Leslie GoonewardeneKey29,36272.32
D. C. W. KannangaraElephant11,03227.17
align=left colspan=3Valid Votes40,39499.49
align=left colspan=3Rejected Votes2060.51
align=left colspan=3Total Polled40,600100.00
align=left colspan=3Registered Electors61,288
align=left colspan=4Turnout66.24

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"%
Leslie GoonewardeneKey9,26634.97
Cyril SalgadoElephant6,91926.11
Upali DiasSun6,51924.60
L. W. KuruppuCockerel2,88710.89
Asoka Ranjit JayatilakeBell4691.77
Sirisoma JayasingheLamp3021.14
align=left colspan=3Valid Votes26,36299.48
align=left colspan=3Rejected Votes1370.52
align=left colspan=3Total Polled26,499100.00
align=left colspan=3Registered Electors34,958
align=left colspan=4Turnout75.80

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"%
Leslie GoonewardeneKey15,38759.61
Cyril SalgadoElephant10,30939.94
align=left colspan=3Valid Votes25,69699.55
align=left colspan=3Rejected Votes1170.45
align=left colspan=3Total Polled25,813100.00
align=left colspan=3Registered Electors34,958
align=left colspan=4Turnout73.84

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"%
Leslie GoonewardeneKey20,03355.22
Jane M. de FonsekaElephant16,00544.11
align=left colspan=3Valid Votes36,03899.33
align=left colspan=3Rejected Votes2430.77
align=left colspan=3Total Polled36,281100.00
align=left colspan=3Registered Electors43,789
align=left colspan=4Turnout82.85

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"%
Leslie GoonewardeneKey25,21859.41
Cyril SalgadoElephant16,62239.16
Jayasiri HirimuthugodaBell5291.25
align=left colspan=3Valid Votes42,36999.81
align=left colspan=3Rejected Votes800.19
align=left colspan=3Total Polled42,449100.00
align=left colspan=3Registered Electors50,489
align=left colspan=4Turnout84.08

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"%
Neville FernandoElephant28,67756.15
Key17,54634.35
Don Piyasena WttasingheHand3,4776.81
Jitendra WeeramanLamp7511.47
A. D. SugathadasaSpoon3280.64
S. JinendradasaCartwheel1200.24
align=left colspan=3Valid Votes50,89999.66
align=left colspan=3Rejected Votes1760.44
align=left colspan=3Total Polled51,075100.00
align=left colspan=3Registered Electors59,163
align=left colspan=4Turnout86.33

References

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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 October 2017.
  3. Web site: Result of Parliamentary General Election 1952. Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. 3 October 2017.
  4. Web site: Result of Parliamentary General Election 1956. Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. 3 October 2017.
  5. Web site: Result of Parliamentary General Election 19 March 1960 . Department of Elections, Sri Lanka . 3 October 2017 .
  6. Web site: Result of Parliamentary General Election 20 July 1960 . Department of Elections, Sri Lanka . 3 October 2017 .
  7. Web site: Result of Parliamentary General Election 1965. Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. 3 October 2017.
  8. Web site: Result of Parliamentary General Election 1970 . Department of Elections, Sri Lanka . 3 October 2017 .
  9. Web site: Result of Parliamentary General Election 1977 . Department of Elections, Sri Lanka . 3 October 2017 .

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