Borella Electoral District

Borella electoral district was an electoral district of Sri Lanka between March 1960 and February 1989. The district was named after the town of Borella in Colombo 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] Borella electoral district was replaced by the Colombo multi-member electoral district at the 1989 general elections.

Members of Parliament

Key

  United National Party     Sri Lanka Freedom Party     Lanka Sama Samaja Party  

ElectionMemberPartyTerm
1960 (March) R. B. Lenora United National Party 1960
1960 (July) W. Danister de Silva Sri Lanka Freedom Party 1960-64
1964 (by-election) Vivienne Goonewardena Lanka Sama Samaja Party 1964-65
1965 M. H. Mohamed United National Party 1965-70
1970 Kusala Abhayawardana Lanka Sama Samaja Party 1970-77
1977 M. H. Mohamed United National Party 1977-89

Elections

1960 (March) Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 4th parliamentary election held on 19 March 1960:[2]

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
R. B. LenoraUnited National PartyElephant7,26135.20
W. Danister de SilvaSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand5,50226.67
H. A. de S. GunasekeraKey3,91418.96
M. S. Abu BakrCartwheel3,74818.17
B.H.S. JayawardenaEye1,6568.03
H. L. PereraPair of Scales-
Valid Votes20,557 99.66
Rejected Votes700.34
Total Polled20,627100.00
Registered Electors28,423
Turnout72.57

1960 (July) Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 5th parliamentary election held on 20 July 1960:[3]

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
W. Danister de SilvaSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand11,40956.40
R. B. LenoraUnited National PartyElephant8,69042.96
Valid Votes20,09999.37
Rejected Votes1280.63
Total Polled20,227100.00
Registered Electors28,423
Turnout71.16

1964 Parliamentary By Election

Results of the Ceylonese parliamentary by-election, held on 18 January 1964:[4]

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Vivienne GoonewardenaLanka Sama Samaja PartyKey12,59247.96
R. B. LenoraUnited National PartyElephant12,10646.11
Kamala de SilvaSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand1,3565.16
J. N. RanatungaSpoon1560.59
D. N. SamarakoonAeroplane470.18
Valid Votes26,19499.76
Rejected Votes630.24
Total Polled26,257100.00
Registered Electors28,423
Turnout92.38

1965 Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 6th parliamentary election held on 22 March 1965:[5]

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
M. H. MohamedUnited National PartyElephant14,91051.70
Vivienne GoonewardenaLanka Sama Samaja PartyKey13,21845.83
P. de Z. Sri GunawardenaCartwheel3741.30
D. C. AbeyewardenaUmbrella1000.35
Valid Votes28,60299.17
Rejected Votes2380.83
Total Polled28,840100.00
Registered Electors37,542
Turnout76.82

1970 Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 7th parliamentary election held on 27 May 1970:[6]

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Kusala AbhayawardanaLanka Sama Samaja PartyKey16,42150.05
M. H. MohamedUnited National PartyElephant15,82948.24
M. A. MansoorPair of Scales5101.55
Valid Votes32,76099.85
Rejected Votes500.15
Total Polled32,810100.00
Registered Electors42,849
Turnout76.57

1977 Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 8th parliamentary election held on 21 July 1977:[7]

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
M. H. MohamedUnited National PartyElephant19,82461.63
B. T. Douglas PereraSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand9,81230.50
Dharmasena de Silva KurukulasuriyaLanka Sama Samaja PartyKey2,3047.16
A. G. GurugeFlower880.27
Valid Votes32,02899.57
Rejected Votes1390.43
Total Polled32,167100.00
Registered Electors41,634
Turnout77.26

References
  1. "The Electoral System". Parliament of Sri Lanka.
  2. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 19 March 1960" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 15 June 2017.
  3. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 20 July 1960" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 15 June 2017.
  4. "Results of the Parliamentary By Elections held between 1947 – 1988" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 15 June 2017.
  5. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1965" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 15 June 2017.
  6. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1970" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 15 June 2017.
  7. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1977" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 15 June 2017.

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