Colombo Central Electoral District

Colombo Central electoral district was an electoral district of Sri Lanka between August 1947 and February 1989. The district was named after the city of Colombo in Colombo District, Western Province. The district was one of three multi-member constituencies, with three members, the others were Balangoda and Kadugannawa.[1] was a three-member constituency. 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.[2] Colombo Central electoral district was replaced by the Colombo multi-member electoral district at the 1989 general elections, the first under the PR system, though Colombo Central continues to be a polling division of the multi-member electoral district.

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

Members of Parliament

Key

  Communist Party of Ceylon     Sri Lanka Freedom Party     United National Party      Sri Lanka Labour Party

ElectionMember 1PartyTermMember 2PartyTermMember 3PartyTerm
1947 A. E. Goonesinha Labour Party 1947-1952 T.B. Jayah UNP 1947-1952 Pieter Keuneman CPC 1947-1977
1952 M. C. M. Kaleel UNP 1952-1960 Razik Fareed UNP 1952-1960
1956 M. S. Themis
1960 (March) M. C. M. Kaleel UNP 1960-1965 Ranasinghe Premadasa UNP 1960
1960 (July) Razik Fareed UNP 1960-1965
1965 Falil Caffoor UNP 1965-1977 Ranasinghe Premadasa UNP 1965-1989
1970
1977 M. Jabir A. Cader UNP 1977-1989 Haleem Ishak SLFP 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:[3]

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
A. E. GoonesinhaLabour PartyBicycle23,47022.84
T. B. JayahUnited National PartyCartwheel18,43917.94
Pieter KeunemanCommunist PartyUmbrella15,43515.02
M. H. M. MunasHouse8,6008.37
Ayisha RauffIndependentTree8,4868.26
V. J. PereraElephant5,9505.79
V. A. SugathadasaUnited National PartyLamp4,8984.77
G.W. Harry de SilvaScales4,1414.03
V. A. KandiahClock3,3913.30
S. SarawanamuttuChair2,9512.87
P. GivendrasinghaHand1,5691.53
K. DahanayakeCup9970.97
K. WeeraiahKey3520.34
K. C. F. DeenStar3450.34
N. R. PereraButterfly2590.25
Valid Votes99,28396.61
Rejected Votes3,4893.39
Total Polled102,772100.00
Registered Electors55,994
Turnout183.54

1950 Parliamentary by-election

Following the resignation of Tuan Burhanudeen Jayah a parliamentary by-election for his seat was held on 6 May 1950:[4]

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
M. C. M. KaleelUnited National PartyHouse14,79646.85
S. A. WickremasingheCommunist PartyUmbrella12,50139.59
M. S. AbubakerElephant2,7683.90
Ayisha RaufStar1,23217.74%
Valid Votes31,29799.11
Rejected Votes2820.89
Total Polled31,579100
Registered Electors55,994
Turnout56.40

1952 Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 2nd parliamentary election held between 24 May 1952 and 30 May 1952 for the district:[5]

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Pieter KeunemanCommunist PartyUmbrella32,34627.28%
M. C. M. KaleelUnited National PartyHouse25,64721.63%
Razik FareedUnited National PartyKey24,91121.01%
A. E. GoonesinhaLabour PartyBicycle19,84316.74%
P. de S. KularatneSri Lanka Freedom PartyElephant14,55612.28%
Piyaseela GivendrasinghaHand7510.63%
H.L. PereraStar5170.44%
Valid Votes118,570100.00%
Rejected Votes4,217
Total Polled122,788
Registered Electors58,400
Turnout210.25%

1956 Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 3rd parliamentary election held between 5 April 1956 and 10 April 1956 for the district:[6]

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Pieter KeunemanCommunist PartyStar45,29630.62%
Razik FareedUnited National PartyUmbrella26,51217.92%
M. S. ThemisMahajana Eksath PeramunaHand20,37813.77%
M. C. M. KaleelUnited National PartyCartwheel20,33813.75%
V. A. SugathadasaUnited National PartyElephant18,23412.33%
A. E. GoonesinhaLabour PartyBicycle16,67811.27%
A. Ally MohamoodFlower5010.34%
Valid Votes147,937100.00%
Rejected Votes3,901
Total Polled151,838
Registered Electors70,022
Turnout216.84%

1960 (March) Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 4th parliamentary election held on 19 March 1960 for the district:[7]

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
M. C. M. KaleelUnited National PartyPair of Spectacles33,12119.02%
Pieter KeunemanCommunist PartyStar30,57417.56%
Ranasinghe PremadasaUnited National PartyElephant29,82817.13%
P.B. ThampoeLanka Sama Samaja PartyKey22,22812.76%
Razik FareedUnited National PartyUmbrella21,03312.08%
M. S. ThemisMahajana Eksath PeramunaCartwheel19,09310.96%
E. S. RatnaweeraSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand11,8596.81%
Abdul AzizTree4,6352.66%
D. J. S. ParanayapaLamp4140.24%
Vasanta AppaduraiShip4040.23%
Cecil WickremasingheEye3970.23%
A. KumarasingheFlower2200.13%
Premaranjan LokeshvaraTable1710.10%
A. A. MohamedPot1660.10%
Valid Votes174,143100.00%
Rejected Votes4,592
Total Polled178,735
Registered Electors74,922
Turnout238.56%

1960 (July) Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 5th parliamentary election held on 20 July 1960 for the district:[8]

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Razik FareedSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand45,34225.75%
Pieter KeunemanCommunist PartyStar38,66321.96%
M. C. M. KaleelUnited National PartyEye37,48621.29%
Ranasinghe PremadasaUnited National PartyElephant35,03519.90%
Bala TampoeLanka Sama Samaja PartyKey16,4069.32%
M. S. ThemisCartwheel3,1641.80%
Valid Votes176,096100.00%
Rejected Votes3,488
Total Polled179,584
Registered Electors74,922
Turnout239.69%

1965 Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 6th parliamentary election held on 22 March 1965 for the district:[9]

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Falil CaffoorUnited National PartyChair68,37231.54%
Ranasinghe PremadasaUnited National PartyElephant64,43829.72%
Pieter KeunemanCommunist Party (Moscow)Star41,47819.13%
M. Haleem IshakSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand32,13214.82%
Bala TampoeLamp4,5592.10%
D. A. PiyadasaMahajana Eksath PeramunaCartwheel2,5201.16%
N. ShanmugathasanCommunist Party (Peking)Umbrella2,4271.12%
O. S. A. Z. AbdeenFlower3320.15%
Poopathy SaravanamuttuShip2820.13%
R. H. JayasekeraScales2680.12%
Valid Votes216,808100.00%
Rejected Votes4,638
Total Polled221,446
Registered Electors93,468
Turnout236.92%

1970 Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 7th parliamentary election held on 27 May 1970 for the district:[10]

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Ranasinghe PremadasaUnited National PartyElephant69,31029.48%
Falil CaffoorUnited National PartyChair63,62427.06%
Pieter KeunemanCommunist PartyStar58,55724.91%
M. Haleem IshakSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand41,71617.74%
C. DurairajahUmbrella7830.33%
M. Haroun CareemBell4130.18%
Poopathy SaravanamuttuShip3960.17%
Panangadan Raman KrishnanScales3070.13%
Valid Votes235,106100.00%
Rejected Votes5,491
Total Polled240,597
Registered Electors99,265
Turnout242.38%

1977 Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 8th parliamentary election held on 21 July 1977 for the district:[11]

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Ranasinghe PremadasaUnited National PartyElephant94,12836.32%
M. Jabir A. CaderUnited National PartyEye58,97222.76%
M. Haleem IshakSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand53,77720.75%
M. S. SellasamyCeylon Workers' CongressCockerel26,96410.41%
Pieter KeunemanCommunist PartyStar24,5689.48%
W. A. Sunil PereraChair4220.16%
R. RathnasamyFlower2020.08%
M. T. M. SaleemTable1030.04%
Valid Votes259,136100.00%
Rejected Votes6,660
Total Polled265,796
Registered Electors106,403
Turnout249.80%

References
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