Kottawa Electoral District

Kottawa electoral district was an electoral district of Sri Lanka between March 1960 and July 1977. The district was named after the town of Kottawa 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] Kottawa electoral district was replaced by the Colombo multi-member electoral district at the 1989 general elections.

Members of Parliament

Key

  Independent     Mahajana Eksath Peramuna     United National Party  

ElectionMemberPartyTerm
1960 (March) Robert Gunawardena Lanka Sama Samaja Party 1960-1960
1960 (July) 1960-1965
1965 M. D. H. Jayawardena United National Party 1965-1970
1970 Chandra Gunasekera Lanka Sama Samaja Party 1970-1977

Elections

1960 (March) Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Robert GunawardenaLanka Sama Samaja PartyKey12,92876.51
Henry BotejuUnited National PartyElephant8,87934.09
W. BodhipalaHand4,10115.75
Valid Votes25,90899.47
Rejected Votes1370.53
Total Polled26,045100.00
Registered Electors34,871
Turnout74.69

1960 (July) Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Robert GunawardenaMahajana Eksath PeramunaCartwheel11,27640.35
Mahabalage Don Henry JayawardenaUnited National PartyElephant10,91239.04
D. D. WeragalaHand5,66220.26
Valid Votes27,85099.65
Rejected Votes990.35
Total Polled27,949100
Registered Electors34,871
Turnout80.15

1965 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Mahabalage Don Henry JayawardenaUnited National PartyElephant15,97141.78
Chandra GunasekeraLanka Sama Samaja PartyKey13,91136.39
Robert GunawardenaChair8,09521.17
Valid Votes38,09099.63
Rejected Votes1400.37
Total Polled38,230100.00
Registered Electors45,877
Turnout83.33

1970 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Chandra GunasekeraLanka Sama Samaja PartyKey31,66260.95
Mahabalage Don Henry JayawardenaUnited National PartyElephant20,16738.82
Valid Votes51,82999.78
Rejected Votes1150.22
Total Polled51,944100.00
Registered Electors59,658
Turnout87.07

References
  1. "The Electoral System". Parliament of Sri Lanka.
  2. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 19 March 1960" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka.
  3. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 20 July 1960" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka.
  4. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1965" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka.
  5. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1970" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka.

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