Gampaha Electoral District (1947–1989)

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

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.

Members of Parliament

Key

  Independent     Sri Lanka Freedom Party     United National Party  

ElectionMemberPartyTerm
1947 D. D. Karunaratne 1947-1952
1952 S. D. Bandaranaike Sri Lanka Freedom Party 1952-1970
1956
1960
1960
1965
1970 A.T. Basnayake 1970-1977
1977 S. D. Bandaranaike 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. Karunaratne Hand11,78638.48%
C.A. Mathew Star8,41627.48%
A. Seneviratne Lamp5,64018.42%
W.C.L. Perera Elephant2,7408.95%
F. Obeyasekera Bicycle1,3334.35%
R. Deshapriya Cart Wheel5291.73%
O. Weerasinghe Chair1810.59%
Valid Votes30,625100.00%
Rejected Votes358
Total Polled30,983
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. Dias Bandaranayake Umbrella19,41749.57%
B.L. Seneviratne Hand18,54647.34%
A.C.W.F.A. Jayawardena Star7351.88%
Arthur Seneviratne Elephant4751.21%
Valid Votes39,173100.00%
Rejected Votes404
Total Polled39,577
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. Dias Bandaranayake Hand34,89885.61%
J.W.D. Paulis Perera Elephant5,09612.50%
H.W.P. Lokeshvara Cart Wheel7721.89%
Valid Votes40,766100.00%
Rejected Votes253
Total Polled41,019
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. Dias Bandaranayake Butterfly9,56534.58%
K.M.U. JayanettiMahajana Eksath PeramunaCart Wheel7,83928.34%
H.R. SeneviratneUnited National PartyElephant7,81628.26%
Robert Samarakkody Key1,8336.63%
Hemachandra Panagoda Umbrella2761.00%
Gemunudasa Ariyawansa Ladder1490.54%
Cyrus W. Surendra Lamp1060.38%
P.R. Karunanayake Eye760.27%
Valid Votes27,660100.00%
Rejected Votes139
Total Polled27,799
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. Dias BandaranayakeSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand16,84262.57%
H.R. SeneviratneUnited National PartyElephant8,85932.91%
K.M.U. Jayanetti Cart Wheel1,2154.51%
Valid Votes26,916100.00%
Rejected Votes77
Total Polled26,993
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. Dias BandaranayakeSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand21,11459.34%
K.M.U. JayanettiMahajana Eksath PeramunaCart Wheel14,22839.99%
D. Edmund Senarath Chair2380.67%
Valid Votes35,580100.00%
Rejected Votes266
Total Polled35,846
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 PartyHand26,05760.06%
Alfred JayawardenaUnited National PartyElephant13,84631.91%
S. Dias Bandaranayake Butterfly3,4858.03%
Valid Votes43,388100.00%
Rejected Votes108
Total Polled43,496
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. Dias Bandaranayake Hand26,33849.30%
Chandra Jayakodi Elephant25,81648.33%
M.A.Piyasena Key1,1412.14%
M.R. Wansus Laus Perera Butterfly1240.23%
Valid Votes53,419100.00%
Rejected Votes164
Total Polled53,583
Registered Electors60,822
Turnout88.10%

References

  1. ↑ "The Electoral System". Parliament of Sri Lanka.
  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 1960-03-19" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka.
  6. ↑ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1960-07-20" (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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