Panadura Electoral District

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

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

Members of Parliament

Key

  Independent     Lanka Sama Samaja Party     United National Party  

ElectionMemberPartyTerm
1947 Henry Peiris BSP 1947-1952
1952 D. C. W. Kannangara UNP 1952-1956
1956 Leslie Goonewardene LSSP 1956-1960
1960 1960-1960
1960 1960-1965
1965 1965-1970
1970 1970-1977
1977 Neville Fernando UNP 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%
Henry PeirisBolshevik Samasamaja PartyLamp16,43543.37
Susantha de FonsekaUnited National PartyUmbrella13,88936.65
D. C. W. KannangaraIndependentHand6,72917.76
R. E. WeeramanIndependentButterfly4061.07
Valid Votes37,45998.86
Rejected Votes4331.14
Total Polled37,892100.00
Registered Electors53,479
Turnout70.85

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. C. W. KannangaraUnited National PartyStar19,76051.53
Henry PeirisBolshevik Samasamaja PartyHand15,90441.48
Shelton PeirisLamp1,2003.13
K. A. R. Solomon FernandoElephant1,0892.84
Valid Votes37,95398.98
Rejected Votes3921.02
Total Polled38,345100.00
Registered Electors56,528
Turnout67.83

1956 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Leslie GoonewardeneLanka Sama Samaja PartyKey29,36272.32
D. C. W. KannangaraUnited National PartyElephant11,03227.17
Valid Votes40,39499.49
Rejected Votes2060.51
Total Polled40,600100.00
Registered Electors61,288
Turnout66.24

1960 (March) Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Leslie GoonewardeneLanka Sama Samaja PartyKey9,26634.97
Cyril SalgadoUnited National PartyElephant6,91926.11
Upali DiasSun6,51924.60
L. W. KuruppuCockerel2,88710.89
Asoka Ranjit JayatilakeBell4691.77
Sirisoma JayasingheLamp3021.14
Valid Votes26,36299.48
Rejected Votes1370.52
Total Polled26,499100.00
Registered Electors34,958
Turnout75.80

1960 (July) Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Leslie GoonewardeneLanka Sama Samaja PartyKey15,38759.61
Cyril SalgadoUnited National PartyElephant10,30939.94
Valid Votes25,69699.55
Rejected Votes1170.45
Total Polled25,813100.00
Registered Electors34,958
Turnout73.84

1965 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Leslie GoonewardeneLanka Sama Samaja PartyKey20,03355.22
Jane M. de FonsekaUnited National PartyElephant16,00544.11
Valid Votes36,03899.33
Rejected Votes2430.77
Total Polled36,281100.00
Registered Electors43,789
Turnout82.85

1970 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Leslie GoonewardeneLanka Sama Samaja PartyKey25,21859.41
Cyril SalgadoUnited National PartyElephant16,62239.16
Jayasiri HirimuthugodaBell5291.25
Valid Votes42,36999.81
Rejected Votes800.19
Total Polled42,449100.00
Registered Electors50,489
Turnout84.08

1977 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Neville FernandoUnited National PartyElephant28,67756.15
Leslie GoonewardeneLanka Sama Samaja PartyKey17,54634.35
Don Piyasena WttasingheSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand3,4776.81
Jitendra WeeramanLamp7511.47
A. D. SugathadasaSpoon3280.64
S. JinendradasaCartwheel1200.24
Valid Votes50,89999.66
Rejected Votes1760.44
Total Polled51,075100.00
Registered Electors59,163
Turnout86.33

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

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