Avissawella Electoral District

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

This article is about the former electoral district in Sri Lanka. For town, see Avissawella.

Members of Parliament

Key

  Independent     Mahajana Eksath Peramuna     Viplavakari Lanka Sama Samaja Party     Lanka Sama Samaja Party     Sri Lanka Freedom Party  

ElectionMemberPartyTerm
1947 Philip Gunawardena Lanka Sama Samaja Party 1947-1948
1948 by-election Kusumasiri Gunawardena 1948-1952
1952 Viplavakari Lanka Sama Samaja Party 1952-1956
1956 Philip Gunawardena 1956-1960
1960 Mahajana Eksath Peramuna 1960-1960
1960 1960-1965
1965 1965-1970
1970 Bonnie Jayasuriya Sri Lanka Freedom Party 1970-1977
1977 M. D. Premaratne United National Party 1977-1989

Elections

1947 Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 1st parliamentary election held between 23 August 1947 and 20 September 1947 for the district:[2]

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Philip GunawardenaLanka Sama Samaja PartyHand17,59874.78
Bernard JayasuriyaElephant5,67624.12
Valid Votes23,27498.90
Rejected Votes2590.11
Total Polled23,533100.00
Registered Electors50,009
Turnout47.06

1948 Parliamentary By-Election

Results of the 1948 parliamentary by-election, at which Kusumasiri Gunawardena was elected unopposed:[3]

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Kusumasiri Gunawardena--
Valid Votes--
Rejected Votes--
Total Polled--
Registered Electors50,009
Turnout-

1952 Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 2nd parliamentary election held between 24 May 1952 and 30 May 1952 for the district:[4]

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Kusumasiri GunawardenaElephant19,41450.75
Clodagh JayasuriyaHand18,48548.32
Valid Votes37,89999.06
Rejected Votes3580.94
Total Polled38,257100.00
Registered Electors52,507
Turnout72.86

1956 Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 3rd parliamentary election held between 5 April 1956 and 10 April 1956 for the district:[5]

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Philip GunawardenaHand30,07078.33
Clodagh JayasuriyaElephant7,81820.36
H. M. S. JayawardhanaBicycle2580.67
Valid Votes38,14699.36
Rejected Votes2440.64
Total Polled38,390100.00
Registered Electors59,267
Turnout64.77

1960 (March) Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 4th parliamentary election held on 19 March 1960 for the district:[6]

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Philip GunawardenaMahajana Eksath PeramunaCart Wheel16,64859.72
Ariyadasa JayawardenaUnited National PartyElephant10,39537.29
Neville de JacolynUmbrella6572.36
Valid Votes27,70099.37
Rejected Votes1750.63
Total Polled27,875100.00
Registered Electors33,589
Turnout82.99

1960 (July) Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 5th parliamentary election held on 20 July 1960 for the district:[7]

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Philip GunawardenaCart Wheel13,29550.20
Ariyadasa JayawardenaUnited National PartyElephant10,60040.02
R. P. JayawardenaSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand2,4829.37
Valid Votes26,37799.59
Rejected Votes1080.41
Total Polled26,485100.00
Registered Electors33,589
Turnout78.85

1965 Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 6th parliamentary election held on 22 March 1965 for the district:[8]

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Philip GunawardenaCart Wheel22,09366.80
Soma WickramanayakeSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand10,76632.55
Valid Votes32,85999.34
Rejected Votes2170.65
Total Polled33,076100.00
Registered Electors40,902
Turnout80.87

1970 Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 7th parliamentary election held on 27 May 1970 for the district:[9]

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Bonnie JayasuriyaSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand19,68748.77
Philip GunawardenaMahajana Eksath PeramunaCart Wheel17,66143.75
Siripala PadukkaChair2,8837.14
Valid Votes40,23199.67
Rejected Votes1340.33
Total Polled40,365100.00
Registered Electors46,402
Turnout86.99%

1977 Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 8th parliamentary election held on 21 July 1977 for the district:[10]

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
M. D. PremaratneUnited National PartyElephant23,81249.53
Dinesh GunawardenaMahajana Eksath PeramunaCart Wheel17,89737.23
W. P. SenanayakeHand4,7629.91
Chandrapala KumarageKey1,1872.47
Don Pemaratne ThillakaratnePair of Scales2820.59
Valid Votes47,94099.71
Rejected Votes1380.29
Total Polled48,078100.00
Registered Electors54,375
Turnout88.42

References
  1. "The Electoral System". Parliament of Sri Lanka. Archived from the original on 2010-11-27.
  2. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1947" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 1 September 2017.
  3. "Results of By-Elections subsequent to Parliamentary General Election 1947" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 1 September 2017.
  4. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1952" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 1 September 2017.
  5. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1956" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 1 September 2017.
  6. "Result of Parliamentary General Election March 1960" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 1 September 2017.
  7. "Result of Parliamentary General Election July 1960" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 1 September 2017.
  8. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1965" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 1 September 2017.
  9. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1970" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 1 September 2017.
  10. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1977" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 1 September 2017.

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