Chilaw Electoral District

Chilaw electoral district was an electoral district of Sri Lanka between August 1947 and February 1989. The district was named after the town of Chilaw in Puttalam District, North 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] Chilaw electoral district was replaced by the Puttalam multi-member electoral district at the 1989 general elections, the first under the proportional representation system.

Members of Parliament

Key

  Independent     Sri Lanka Freedom Party     United National Party  

ElectionMemberPartyTerm
1947 J. J. Fernando Ind.
1952 Shirley Corea UNP
1956 W. J. C. Munasinha SLFP
1960 (March)
1960 (July) S. D. R. Jayaratne
1965 Shirley Corea
1970 S. D. R. Jayaratne
1977 Harindra Corea

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%
J. J. FernandoIndependentElephant6,27034.99
W. J. C. MunasinhaIndependentCartwheel4,23523.63
C. A. AbeyratneUnited National PartyStar3,37618.84
H. GunasekeraIndependentUmbrella2,11811.82
C. E. Victor S. CoreaIndependentFlower1,7449.73
Valid Votes17,74399.02
Rejected Votes1760.98
Total Polled17,919100.00
Registered Electors31,053
Turnout57.70

1952 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Shirley CoreaUnited National PartyElephant10,26039.38
W. J. C. MunasinhaSri Lanka Freedom PartyWheel10,20639.17
J. J. FernandoIndependentStar5,02719.29
A. M. L. AppuhamyRepBicycle3411.31
Valid Votes25,83499.16
Rejected Votes2200.84
Total Polled26,054100.00
Registered Electors35,917
Turnout72.54

1956 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
W. J. C. MunasinhaSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand19,56562.02
Shirley CoreaUnited National PartyElephant11,83137.50
Valid Votes31,39699.53
Rejected Votes1490.47
Total Polled31,545100.00
Registered Electors40,672
Turnout77.56

1960 (March) Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
W. J. C. MunasinhaSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand9,30238.57
S. D. R. JayaratneSun4,52718.77
Patronius FernandoUnited National PartyElephant4,36418.10
R. H. RandenyKey2,84311.79
J. J. FernandoIndependentUmbrella1,9788.20
M. Cyril FernandoSpectacles5872.43
H. D. S. JayasekeraScales3131.30
Valid Votes23,91499.16
Rejected Votes2030.84
Total Polled24,117100.00
Registered Electors31,364
Turnout76.89

1960 (July) Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
S. D. R. JayaratneHand10,89349.69
W. J. C. MunasinhaEye8,64339.42
Francis PereraHouse2,27810.39
Valid Votes21,81499.49
Rejected Votes1100.50
Total Polled21,924100.00
Registered Electors31,364
Turnout69.90

1965 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Shirley CoreaElephant15,54649.08
S. D. R. JayaratneHand13,76943.47
W. J. C. MunasinhaEye2,0216.38
M. M. AdikariSun1070.34
Valid Votes31,44399.26
Rejected Votes2330.74
Total Polled31,676100.00
Registered Electors37,805
Turnout83.79

1970 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
S. D. R. JayaratneHand23,20355.51
Shirley CoreaElephant18,41944.06
Valid Votes41,62299.57
Rejected Votes1800.43
Total Polled41,802100.00
Registered Electors49,184
Turnout84.99

1977 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Harindra CoreaElephant25,26955.27
S. D. R. JayaratneHand19,46242.57
Leslie de SilvaKey6691.46
E. de S. AmarasekaraFlower1330.29
T. PathirajaUmbrella480.11
Wimalasiri SusewhewaCartwheel400.09
Valid Votes45,62199.78
Rejected Votes1020.22
Total Polled45,723100.00
Registered Electors51,172
Turnout89.15

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 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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