Negombo Electoral District

Negombo electoral district was an electoral district of Sri Lanka between August 1947 and February 1989. The district was named after the town of Negombo in present-day Gampaha 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] Negombo electoral district was replaced by the Gampaha multi-member electoral district at the 1989 general elections, the first under the PR system, though Negombo continues to be a polling division of the multi-member electoral district.

This article is about the former electoral district in Sri Lanka. For town, see Negombo.

Members of Parliament

Key

  Independent     Sri Lanka Freedom Party     United National Party  

ElectionMemberPartyTerm
1947 H. de Z. Siriwardena UNP 1947-1952
1952 A. N. D. A. Abeysinghe 1952-1956
1956 Hector Fernando LSSP 1956-1960
1960 T. Quintin Fernando UNP 1960-1960
1960 1960-1965
1965 1965-1967
1967 (by-election) Denzil Fernando 1967-1970
1970 1970-1977
1977 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:[2]

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
H. de Z. SiriwardenaUnited National PartyButterfly10,17439.20
W. S. FernandoLanka Sama Samaja PartyElephant9,21835.52
A. L. J. Croos RajchandraIndependentStar6,16923.77
Valid Votes25,56198.50
Rejected Votes3901.5
Total Polled25,951100.00
Registered Electors55,642
Turnout46.64

1952 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
A. N. D. A. AbeysingheUnited National PartyHand22,72157.42
Hector FernandoLanka Sama Samaja PartyStar9,39623.75
M. B. G. KureraIndependentElephant3,3968.58
C. M. FernandoIndependentKey3,2078.10
K. C. D. SenanayakeIndependentLamp4591.16
Valid Votes39,17999.01
Rejected Votes3900.99
Total Polled39,569100.00
Registered Electors60,617
Turnout65.28

1956 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Hector FernandoLanka Sama Samaja PartyKey20,89247.51
T. Quintin FernandoUnited National PartyElephant18,21241.42
Tudor B. GunasekeraLamp4,58910.44
Valid Votes43,69399.37
Rejected Votes2770.63
Total Polled43,970100.00
Registered Electors67,060
Turnout65.57

1960 (March) Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
T. Quintin FernandoUnited National PartyElephant11,20748.38
M. Bernard KureraCockerel5,78624.98
L.C. DissanayakeWinnow3,36014.50
W.S.M.M. AbeysekeraSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand1,3725.92
Valentine F. Wijeratne]Sun1,1154.81
D.M.M. JayawardaneSewing Machine1560.67
Valid Votes22,99699.26
Rejected Votes1710.74
Total Polled23,167100.00
Registered Electors32,569
Turnout71.13

1960 (July) Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
T. Quintin FernandoUnited National PartyElephant14,46967.06%
M. Bernard KureraSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand7,10832.94%
Valid Votes21,577100.00%
Rejected Votes124
Total Polled21,701
Registered Electors32,569
Turnout66.63%

1965 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
T. Quintin FernandoUnited National PartyElephant22,05676.52%
M. Bernard KureraSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand6,76623.48%
Valid Votes28,822100.00%
Rejected Votes188
Total Polled29,010
Registered Electors37,900
Turnout76.54%

1970 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Denzil FernandoUnited National PartyElephant20,45756.24%
Justin FernandoSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand15,92043.76%
Valid Votes36,377100.00%
Rejected Votes132
Total Polled36,509
Registered Electors44,284
Turnout82.44%

1977 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Denzil FernandoElephant28,47065.71%
Ananda MunasingheHand13,71831.66%
W. Nelson PeirisKey1,0182.35%
Gamini FonsekaShip1240.29%
Valid Votes43,330100.00%
Rejected Votes161
Total Polled43,491
Registered Electors51,463
Turnout84.51%

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.
  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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