Gampaha Electoral District (1947–1989)

Gampaha electoral district was an electoral district of Sri Lanka between August 1947 and February 1989. The district was named after the city of Gampaha 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] Gampaha electoral district was replaced by the Gampaha multi-member electoral district at the 1989 general elections, the first under the PR system, though Gampaha 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 Gampaha (disambiguation).

Members of Parliament

Key

  Independent     Sri Lanka Freedom Party     United National Party  

ElectionMemberPartyTerm
1947 D. D. Karunaratne UNP 1947-1949
1949 (by-election) P. P. Jayawardena 1949-1952
1952 S. D. Bandaranayake Sri Lanka Freedom Party 1952-1956
1956 1956-1960
1960 1960-1960
1960 1960-1965
1965 1965-1970
1970 A. T. Basnayake 1970-1977
1977 S. D. Bandaranayake 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%
D. D. KarunaratneUnited National PartyHand11,78638.04
C. A. MathewLanka Sama Samaja PartyStar8,41627.16
A. C. SeneviratneIndependentLamp5,64018.20
W.C.L. PereraElephant2,7408.84
F. ObeyasekeraBicycle1,3334.30
R. DeshapriyaCart Wheel5291.71
O. WeerasingheChair1810.58
Valid Votes30,62598.84
Rejected Votes3581.16
Total Polled30,983100.00
Registered Electors54,520
Turnout56.83

1952 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
S. D. BandaranayakeUmbrella19,41749.06
B. L. SeneviratneHand18,54646.86
A. C. W. F. A. JayawardenaStar7351.86
Arthur SeneviratneElephant4751.20
Valid Votes39,17398.98
Rejected Votes4041.02
Total Polled39,577100.00
Registered Electors57,423
Turnout68.92

1956 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
S. D. BandaranayakeHand34,89885.08
J. W. D. Paulis PereraElephant5,09612.42
H. W. P. LokeshvaraCart Wheel7721.88
Valid Votes40,76699.38
Rejected Votes2530.62
Total Polled41,019100.00
Registered Electors65,480
Turnout62.64

1960 (March) Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
S. D. BandaranayakeButterfly9,56534.58%
K. M. U. JayanettiMahajana Eksath PeramunaCart Wheel7,83928.20
H. R. SeneviratneUnited National PartyElephant7,81628.12
Robert SamarakkodyKey1,8336.59
Hemachandra PanagodaUmbrella2760.99
Gemunudasa AriyawansaLadder1490.54
Cyrus W. SurendraLamp1060.38
P. R. KarunanayakeEye760.27
Valid Votes27,66099.50
Rejected Votes1390.50
Total Polled27,799100.00
Registered Electors35,724
Turnout77.82

1960 (July) Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
S. D. BandaranayakeSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand16,84262.39
H. R. SeneviratneUnited National PartyElephant8,85932.82
K. M. U. JayanettiCart Wheel1,2154.50
Valid Votes26,91699.72
Rejected Votes770.28
Total Polled26,993100.00
Registered Electors35,724
Turnout75.56

1965 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
S. D. BandaranayakeSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand21,11458.90
K. M. U. JayanettiMahajana Eksath PeramunaCart Wheel14,22839.69
D. Edmund SenarathChair2380.66
Valid Votes35,58099.26
Rejected Votes2660.74
Total Polled35,846100.00
Registered Electors44,024
Turnout81.42

1970 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
A. T. BasnayakeSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand26,05759.91
Alfred JayawardenaUnited National PartyElephant13,84631.83
S. D. BandaranayakeButterfly3,4858.01
Valid Votes43,38899.75
Rejected Votes1080.25
Total Polled43,496100.00
Registered Electors50,471
Turnout86.18

1977 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
S. D. BandaranayakeSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand26,33849.15
Chandra JayakodiUnited National PartyElephant25,81648.18
M. A. PiyasenaKey1,1412.13
M. R. Wansus Laus PereraButterfly1240.23
Valid Votes53,41999.69
Rejected Votes1640.31
Total Polled53,583100.00
Registered Electors60,822
Turnout88.10

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. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-09-24.
  3. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1952" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-09-24.
  4. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1956" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-09-24.
  5. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1960-03-19" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-07-12.
  6. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1960-07-20" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-09-24.
  7. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1965" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-07-13.
  8. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1970" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-12-09.
  9. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1977" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-17.

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