Ja-Ela Electoral District

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

Members of Parliament

Key

  Independent     Sri Lanka Freedom Party     United National Party  

ElectionMemberPartyTerm
1947 D. P. Jayasuriya UNP 1947-1952
1952 1952-1956
1956 Stanley de Zoysa SLFP 1956-1960
1960 G. J. Paris Perera UNP 1960-1960
1960 1960-1965
1965 1965-1970
1970 1970-1976
1976 (by-election) M. Joseph Michael Perera 1976-1977
1977 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. P. JayasuriyaHand11,13350.08%
P. N. SiriwardenaUmbrella8,40637.82%
Stanley MendisElephant1,9138.61%
F. NettisingheHouse7773.50%
Valid Votes22,229100.00%
Rejected Votes393
Total Polled22,622
Registered Electors51,274
Turnout44.12

1952 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
D. P. JayasuriyaUnited National PartyStar18,21258.12%
Lassin Wewala PandithaLanka Sama Samaja PartyElephant6,30820.13%
S. Stock AnthonySri Lanka Freedom PartyHouse5,79018.48%
D. F. HettiaratchygeHand1,0253.27%
Valid Votes31,335100.00%
Rejected Votes357
Total Polled31,692
Registered Electors55,368
Turnout57.24

1956 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Stanley de ZoysaSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand24,38155.27%
G. J. Paris PereraUnited National PartyElephant19,13243.37%
Don Martin JayamahamudaligeBicycle5961.35%
Valid Votes44,109100.00%
Rejected Votes205
Total Polled44,314
Registered Electors61,091
Turnout72.54

1960 (March) Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
G. J. Paris PereraUnited National PartyElephant11,96043.84%
D. Oliver JayasuriyaSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand8,76532.13%
Stanley de ZoysaLanka Prajathanthravadi PakshayaUmbrella4,22415.48%
Edward de SilvaKey2,3318.54%
Valid Votes27,280100.00%
Rejected Votes170
Total Polled27,450
Registered Electors34,002
Turnout80.73

1960 (July) Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
G. J. Paris PereraUnited National PartyElephant13,62250.34%
D. Oliver JayasuriyaSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand10,89840.27%
Stanley de ZoysaLanka Prajathanthravadi PakshayaUmbrella2,3088.53%
D. G. B. JosephCart Wheel2340.86%
Valid Votes27,062100.00%
Rejected Votes119
Total Polled27,181
Registered Electors34,002
Turnout79.94

1965 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
G. J. Paris PereraUnited National PartyElephant21,86761.22%
D. Oliver JayasuriyaSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand13,85038.78%
Valid Votes35,717100.00%
Rejected Votes133
Total Polled35,850
Registered Electors43,432
Turnout82.54

1970 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
G. J. Paris PereraUnited National PartyElephant21,65749.69%
Shelton AmarasekeraSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand19,76245.34%
Peter MendisLamp2,1664.97%
Valid Votes43,585100.00%
Rejected Votes71
Total Polled43,656
Registered Electors52,066
Turnout83.85

1977 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
M. Joseph Michael PereraUnited National PartyElephant31,05449.69%
Peter MendisSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand14,80245.34%
L. D. SilvaKey1,7374.97%
Valid Votes47,593100.00%
Rejected Votes130
Total Polled47,723
Registered Electors56,839
Turnout83.96

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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