Homagama Electoral District

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

Members of Parliament

Key

  Independent     Sri Lanka Freedom Party     United National Party     Lanka Sama Samaja Party  

ElectionMemberPartyTerm
1960 (March) Gamini Jayasuriya UNP 1960-1960
1960 (July) 1960-1965
1965 1965-1970
1970 Wilfred Senanayake LSSP 1970-1977
1977 Gamini Jayasuriya UNP 1977-1989

Elections

1960 (March) Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Gamini JayasuriyaUnited National PartyElephant10,87340.45
D. F. WelikalaCartwheel10,21938.02
Wilfred SenanayakeKey5,22119.42
H. P. LiyanageUmbrella2801.56
Vincent PereraFlower1280.48
Valid Votes26,72199.41
Rejected Votes1590.59
Total Polled26,880100.00
Registered Electors32,482
Turnout82.75

1960 (July) Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Gamini JayasuriyaUnited National PartyElephant12,50447.11
D. F. WelikalaCartwheel9,43435.54
D. W. MayadunnaHand4,20115.83
Valid Votes26,43999.61
Rejected Votes1040.39
Total Polled26,543100.00
Registered Electors32,482
Turnout81.72

1965 Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 6th parliamentary election held on 22 March 1965:[4]

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Gamini JayasuriyaUnited National PartyElephant17,14950.35
Wilfred SenanayakeKey15,35445.08
Tilake KulasekeraCartwheel1,4184.16
Valid Votes33,92199.59
Rejected Votes1400.41
Total Polled34,061100.00
Registered Electors40,751
Turnout83.58

1970 Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 7th parliamentary election held on 27 May 1970:[5]

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Wilfred SenanayakeLanka Sama Samaja PartyKey24,73058.00
Gamini JayasuriyaUnited National PartyElephant17,47140.98
Somapala MayadunnageBell3200.75
Valid Votes42,52199.73
Rejected Votes1140.27
Total Polled42,635100.00
Registered Electors47,270
Turnout90.19

1977 Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 8th parliamentary election held on 21 July 1977:[6]

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Gamini JayasuriyaUnited National PartyElephant29,54057.80
A. A. Yasaratgne AmaratungaSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand15,15229.65
Wilfred SenanayakeLanka Sama Samaja PartyKey6,01211.76
Soma SenanayakeCartwheel2530.49
Valid Votes50,95799.71
Rejected Votes1500.29
Total Polled51,107100.00
Registered Electors58,568
Turnout87.26

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. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1965" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 15 June 2017.
  5. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1970" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 15 June 2017.
  6. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1977" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 15 June 2017.

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