Colombo North Electoral District

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

This article is about the former electoral district in Sri Lanka. For other uses, see Colombo (disambiguation).

Members of Parliament

Key

  Independent     Lanka Sama Samaja Party     United National Party  

ElectionMemberPartyTerm
1947 George R. de Silva UNP 1947
1952 Cyril E. S. Perera 1952
1956 Vivienne Goonewardena LSSP 1956
1960 V. A. Sugathadasa UNP 1960 (March)
1960 1960 (July)
1965 1965
1970 1970
1973 (by-election) M. Vincent Perera 1973 (by)
1977 1977

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%
George R. de SilvaUnited National PartyUmbrella7,50150.25
Lionel CoorayElephant6,13041.06
E. C. H. FernandoCup5013.36
A. P. de ZoysaIndependentHouse4292.87
H. C. AbeywardenaHand1781.19
Valid Votes14,73998.73
Rejected Votes1891.27
Total Polled14,928100.00
Registered Electors30,791
Turnout48.48

1952 Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 2nd parliamentary election held between 24 May 1952 and 30 May 1952 for the district:[3]

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Cyril E. S. PereraUnited National PartyElephant10,63047.80
Leslie GoonewardenaLanka Sama Samaja PartyHand7,13632.09
George R. De SilvaSri Lanka Freedom PartyStar3,59216.15
J. M. GnanapragasamKey7103.19
Valid Votes22,06899.22
Rejected Votes1730.78
Total Polled22,241100.00
Registered Electors35,582
Turnout62.51

1956 Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 3rd parliamentary election held between 5 April 1956 and 10 April 1956 for the district:[4]

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Vivienne GoonewardenaLanka Sama Samaja PartyKey16,84158.09
J. C. de Silva WijeyeratneElephant9,48932.73
W. D. de SilvaBicycle1,3054.50
M. W. PereraHand1,2294.24
Valid Votes28,86499.56
Rejected Votes1270.44
Total Polled28,991100.00
Registered Electors43,388
Turnout66.82

1960 (March) Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 4th parliamentary election held on 19 March 1960 for the district:[5]

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
V. A. SugathadasaUnited National PartyElephant9,44641.64
Vivienne GoonewardenaKey8,60237.92
Vincent SiripalaSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand3,14913.88
A. M. G. de SilvaUmbrella1,1645.13
S. E. Nelson FernandoLadder1880.83
K. J. S. A. FernandoEye520.23
Valid Votes22,60199.62
Rejected Votes860.38
Total Polled22,687100.00
Registered Electors29,434
Turnout77.08

1960 (July) Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 5th parliamentary election held on 20 July 1960 for the district:[6]

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
V. A. SugathadasaUnited National PartyElephant11,50750.11
Vivienne GoonewardenaLanka Sama Samaja PartyKey11,36349.49
Valid Votes22,87099.60
Rejected Votes920.40
Total Polled22,962100.00
Registered Electors29,434
Turnout78.01

1965 Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 6th parliamentary election held on 22 March 1965 for the district:[7]

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
V. A. SugathadasaUnited National PartyElephant19,87562.01
Ananda PremasingheKey11,88437.08
M. D. C. S. MendisOmnibus1700.53
Valid Votes31,92999.63
Rejected Votes1200.37
Total Polled32,049100.00
Registered Electors39,431
Turnout81.28

1970 Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 7th parliamentary election held on 27 May 1970 for the district:[8]

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
V. A. SugathadasaUnited National PartyElephant20,93059.68
Harris WickremetungeChair13,78339.30
W. I. A. Corsby FernandoShip1640.47
A. S. JayamahaCockerel970.28
Valid Votes34,97499.72
Rejected Votes970.28
Total Polled35,071100.00
Registered Electors44,511
Turnout78.79

1977 Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 8th parliamentary election held on 21 July 1977 for the district:[9]

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Vincent PereraElephant26,75966.62
A. H. M. FowzieHand11,61728.93
K. L. Robert Nandasiri PereraKey1,3213.29
V. Dioynisius WijesingheBell1930.48
Don Sirisena MallawarachiEye490.12
E. D. PemaratneLamp450.11
G. T. AriyadasaFlower420.10
Valid Votes40,02699.66
Rejected Votes1360.34
Total Polled40,162100.00
Registered Electors49,803
Turnout80.64

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 20 June 2017.
  3. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1952" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 20 June 2017.
  4. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1956" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 20 June 2017.
  5. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 19 March 1960" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 20 June 2017.
  6. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 20 July 1960" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 20 June 2017.
  7. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1965" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 20 June 2017.
  8. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1970" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 20 June 2017.
  9. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1977" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 20 June 2017.

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