Horana Electoral District

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

Members of Parliament

Key

  Mahajana Eksath Peramuna     Sri Lanka Freedom Party     United National Party  

ElectionMemberPartyTerm
1947 A. P. Jayasuriya United National Party 1947-1952
1952 M. D. H. Jayawardena 1952-1956
1956 K. A. S. Palansuriya Sri Lanka Freedom Party 1956-1960
1960 Ratnasiri Wickremanayake Mahajana Eksath Peramuna 1960-1960
1960 Mahajana Eksath Peramuna (1960-1962)
Sri Lanka Freedom Party (1962-1965)		 1960-1965
1965 Sri Lanka Freedom Party 1965-1970
1970 1970-1977
1977 Indradasa Hettiarachchi 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%
A. P. JayasuriyaElephant15,82845.40
M. T. PeirisUmbrella15,16344.36
A. DharmapriyaLamp3,1879.14
Valid Votes34,17898.03
Rejected Votes6871.97
Total Polled34,865100.00
Registered Electors51,108
Turnout68.22

1952 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
M. D. H. JayawardenaElephant21,74650.59
Ariyadasa JayawardanaHand8,24919.19
Wilfred SenanayakeBird7,36717.14
Esme PereraUmbrella5,14511.97
Valid Votes42,50798.89
Rejected Votes4771.11
Total Polled42,984100.00
Registered Electors53,927
Turnout79.71

1956 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
K. A. S. PalansuriyaHand29,78060.51
M. D. H. JayawardenaElephant19,12538.86
Valid Votes48,90599.37
Rejected Votes3120.63
Total Polled49,217100.00
Registered Electors60,680
Turnout81.11

1960 (March) Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Ratnasiri WickremanayakeMahajana Eksath PeramunaCartwheel15,75954.57
M. D. H. JayawardenaUnited National PartyElephant10,64936.87
H. D. JinadasaKey1,7215.96
Walter PeirisUmbrella3531.22
G. M. PereraSun2100.73
Valid Votes28,69299.35
Rejected Votes1870.65
Total Polled28,879100.00
Registered Electors33,713
Turnout85.66

1960 (July) Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Ratnasiri WickremanayakeOrange14,02350.69
Indradasa HettiarachchiUnited National PartyElephant11,99843.37
K. DavidCartwheel1,5555.62
Valid Votes27,57699.67
Rejected Votes900.33
Total Polled27,666100.00
Registered Electors33,713
Turnout82.06

1965 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Ratnasiri WickremanayakeSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand18,95752.97
Indradasa HettiarachchiUnited National PartyElephant16,14945.13
D. L. GunawardenaMahajana Eksath PeramunaCartwheel4911.37
Valid Votes35,59799.47
Rejected Votes1900.53
Total Polled35,787100.00
Registered Electors40,763
Turnout87.79

1970 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Ratnasiri WickremanayakeSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand24,16358.03
Indradasa HettiarachchiUnited National PartyElephant17,41041.81
Valid Votes41,57399.84
Rejected Votes680.16
Total Polled41,641100.00
Registered Electors45,330
Turnout91.86

1977 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Indradasa HettiarachchiElephant27,18856.46
Ratnasiri WickremanayakeHand19,45340.40
Premalal GunasekeraStar1,0902.26
Jayasena JayasingheLamp3020.63
Valid Votes48,03399.75
Rejected Votes1200.25
Total Polled48,153100.00
Registered Electors53,138
Turnout90.62

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

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