Kalutara Electoral District (1947–1989)

Kalutara electoral district was an electoral district of Sri Lanka between August 1947 and February 1989. The district was named after the town of Kalutara in Kalutara 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] Kalutara electoral district was replaced by the Kalutara multi-member electoral district at the 1989 general elections, the first under the PR system, though Kalutara 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 Kalutara (disambiguation).

Members of Parliament

Key

  Independent     Lanka Sama Samaja Party     United National Party  

ElectionMemberPartyTerm
1947 Cholomondeley Goonewardene LSSP 1947-1952
1952 P. Andrew Cooray UNP 1952-1956
1956 Cholomondeley Goonewardene LSSP 1956-1960
1960 1960-1960
1960 1960-1965
1965 1965-1970
1970 1970-1977
1977 V. L. Wijemanne UNP 1977-1983
1983 (by) 1983-1989

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%
Cholomondeley GoonewardeneLanka Sama Samaja PartyKey13,79747.49
Upali BatuwantudaweElephant11,82739.92
H. ObeysekeraCup2,8889.75
T. R. P. PereraFlower5391.82
Valid Votes29,05198.06
Rejected Votes5751.94
Total Polled29,626100.00
Registered Electors51,031
Turnout58.05

1952 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
P. Andrew CoorayUnited National PartyKey11,66533.87%
Cholomondeley GoonewardeneLanka Sama Samaja PartyElephant11,33332.54
Upali BatuwantudaweStar9,91428.46
A. P. de ZoysaHand1,5304.39
Valid Votes34,44298.88
Rejected Votes3891.12
Total Polled34,831100.00
Registered Electors51,291
Turnout67.91

1956 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Cholomondeley GoonewardeneLanka Sama Samaja PartyKey14,65937.56
Upali BatuwantudaweSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand13,53634.68
P. Andrew CoorayUnited National PartyElephant10,55127.03
Valid Votes38,74699.28
Rejected Votes2820.72
Total Polled39,028100.00
Registered Electors57,930
Turnout67.37

1960 (March) Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Cholomondeley GoonewardeneLanka Sama Samaja PartyKey7,74929.46
V. L. WijemanneUnited National PartyElephant6,9842655
Kingsley WickremasingheSun5,56621.16
K. W. SilvaSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand3,15111.98
M. P. PereraCommunist PartyStar1,6756.37
S. D. P. SenaratneUmbrella7002.66
C. E. DalpataduCockerel3091.17
Valid Votes26,13499.34
Rejected Votes1740.66
Total Polled26,308100.00
Registered Electors33,209
Turnout79.22

1960 (July) Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Cholomondeley GoonewardeneLanka Sama Samaja PartyKey14,45856.84
V. L. WijemanneUnited National PartyElephant10,48941.24
Milton WijekulatillekeWinnow2020.79
K. N. E. P. RajakarunaCart Wheel1840.72
Valid Votes25,33399.60
Rejected Votes1020.40
Total Polled25,435100.00
Registered Electors33,209
Turnout76.59

1965 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Cholomondeley GoonewardeneLanka Sama Samaja PartyKey17,70552.43
Kingsley WickremasingheUnited National PartyElephant15,66746.39
W. Edward SamaranayakeCockerel1880.56
Valid Votes33,56099.37
Rejected Votes2120.63
Total Polled33,772100.00
Registered Electors39,439
Turnout85.63

1970 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Cholomondeley GoonewardeneLanka Sama Samaja PartyKey23,69657.27
V. L. WijemanneUnited National PartyElephant17,59142.51
Valid Votes41,28799.78
Rejected Votes900.22
Total Polled41,377100.00
Registered Electors47,334
Turnout87.41

1977 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
V. L. WijemanneUnited National PartyElephant26,12354.13
D. S. Indrapala AbeyweeraSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand11,33323.48
Cholomondeley GoonewardeneLanka Sama Samaja PartyKey10,45321.66
K. W. SilvaLamp2170.45
Valid Votes48,12699.73
Rejected Votes1320.27
Total Polled48,258100.00
Registered Electors54,995
Turnout87.75

References
  1. "The Electoral System". Parliament of Sri Lanka. Archived from the original on 2010-11-27.
  2. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1947" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-09-24.
  3. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1952" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-09-24.
  4. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1956" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-09-24.
  5. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1960-03-19" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-07-12.
  6. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1960-07-20" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-09-24.
  7. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1965" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-07-13.
  8. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1970" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-12-09.
  9. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1977" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-17.

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