Colombo Central Electoral District
Colombo Central electoral district was an
Members of Parliament
Key
Ceylon Labour Party
Election | Member 1 | Party | Term | Member 2 | Party | Term | Member 3 | Party | Term | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1947 | A. E. Goonesinha
|
LP | 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 | MEP–SLFP | ||||||||||
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]
Candidate | Party | Symbol | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
A. E. Goonesinha |
Labour Party |
Bicycle | 23,470 | 22.84 | |
T. B. Jayah |
United National Party | Cartwheel | 18,439 | 17.94 | |
Pieter Keuneman | Communist Party |
Umbrella | 15,435 | 15.02 | |
M. H. M. Munas | House | 8,600 | 8.37 | ||
Ayisha Rauff | Independent |
Tree | 8,486 | 8.26 | |
V. J. Perera | Elephant | 5,950 | 5.79 | ||
V. A. Sugathadasa | United National Party | Lamp | 4,898 | 4.77 | |
G.W. Harry de Silva | Scales | 4,141 | 4.03 | ||
V. A. Kandiah | Clock | 3,391 | 3.30 | ||
S. Sarawanamuttu | Chair | 2,951 | 2.87 | ||
P. Givendrasingha | Hand | 1,569 | 1.53 | ||
K. Dahanayake | Cup | 997 | 0.97 | ||
K. Weeraiah | Key | 352 | 0.34 | ||
K. C. F. Deen | Star | 345 | 0.34 | ||
N. R. Perera | Butterfly | 259 | 0.25 | ||
Valid Votes | 99,283 | 96.61 | |||
Rejected Votes | 3,489 | 3.39 | |||
Total Polled | 102,772 | 100.00 | |||
Registered Electors | 55,994 | ||||
Turnout | 183.54 |
1950 Parliamentary by-election
Following the resignation of
Candidate | Party | Symbol | Votes | % |
---|---|---|---|---|
M. C. M. Kaleel | United National Party | House | 14,796 | 46.85 |
S. A. Wickremasinghe |
Communist Party |
Umbrella | 12,501 | 39.59 |
M. S. Abubaker | Elephant | 2,768 | 3.90 | |
Ayisha Rauf | Star | 1,232 | 17.74% | |
Valid Votes | 31,297 | 99.11 | ||
Rejected Votes | 282 | 0.89 | ||
Total Polled | 31,579 | 100 | ||
Registered Electors | 55,994 | |||
Turnout | 56.40 |
1952 Parliamentary General Election
Results of the 2nd parliamentary election held between 24 May 1952 and 30 May 1952 for the district:[5]
Candidate | Party | Symbol | Votes | % |
---|---|---|---|---|
Pieter Keuneman | Communist Party |
Umbrella | 32,346 | 27.28% |
M. C. M. Kaleel | United National Party | House | 25,647 | 21.63% |
Razik Fareed | United National Party | Key | 24,911 | 21.01% |
A. E. Goonesinha |
Labour Party |
Bicycle | 19,843 | 16.74% |
P. de S. Kularatne |
Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Elephant | 14,556 | 12.28% |
Piyaseela Givendrasingha | Hand | 751 | 0.63% | |
H.L. Perera | Star | 517 | 0.44% | |
Valid Votes | 118,570 | 100.00% | ||
Rejected Votes | 4,217 | |||
Total Polled | 122,788 | |||
Registered Electors | 58,400 | |||
Turnout | 210.25% |
1956 Parliamentary General Election
Results of the 3rd parliamentary election held between 5 April 1956 and 10 April 1956 for the district:[6]
Candidate | Party | Symbol | Votes | % |
---|---|---|---|---|
Pieter Keuneman | Communist Party |
Star | 45,296 | 30.62% |
Razik Fareed | United National Party | Umbrella | 26,512 | 17.92% |
M. S. Themis | Mahajana Eksath Peramuna | Hand | 20,378 | 13.77% |
M. C. M. Kaleel | United National Party | Cartwheel | 20,338 | 13.75% |
V. A. Sugathadasa | United National Party | Elephant | 18,234 | 12.33% |
A. E. Goonesinha |
Labour Party |
Bicycle | 16,678 | 11.27% |
A. Ally Mohamood | Flower | 501 | 0.34% | |
Valid Votes | 147,937 | 100.00% | ||
Rejected Votes | 3,901 | |||
Total Polled | 151,838 | |||
Registered Electors | 70,022 | |||
Turnout | 216.84% |
1960 (March) Parliamentary General Election
Results of the 4th parliamentary election held on 19 March 1960 for the district:[7]
Candidate | Party | Symbol | Votes | % |
---|---|---|---|---|
M. C. M. Kaleel | United National Party | Pair of Spectacles | 33,121 | 19.02% |
Pieter Keuneman | Communist Party |
Star | 30,574 | 17.56% |
Ranasinghe Premadasa | United National Party | Elephant | 29,828 | 17.13% |
P.B. Thampoe | Lanka Sama Samaja Party | Key | 22,228 | 12.76% |
Razik Fareed | United National Party | Umbrella | 21,033 | 12.08% |
M. S. Themis | Mahajana Eksath Peramuna | Cartwheel | 19,093 | 10.96% |
E. S. Ratnaweera | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Hand | 11,859 | 6.81% |
Abdul Aziz | Tree | 4,635 | 2.66% | |
D. J. S. Paranayapa | Lamp | 414 | 0.24% | |
Vasanta Appadurai | Ship | 404 | 0.23% | |
Cecil Wickremasinghe | Eye | 397 | 0.23% | |
A. Kumarasinghe | Flower | 220 | 0.13% | |
Premaranjan Lokeshvara | Table | 171 | 0.10% | |
A. A. Mohamed | Pot | 166 | 0.10% | |
Valid Votes | 174,143 | 100.00% | ||
Rejected Votes | 4,592 | |||
Total Polled | 178,735 | |||
Registered Electors | 74,922 | |||
Turnout | 238.56% |
1960 (July) Parliamentary General Election
Results of the 5th parliamentary election held on 20 July 1960 for the district:[8]
Candidate | Party | Symbol | Votes | % |
---|---|---|---|---|
Razik Fareed | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Hand | 45,342 | 25.75% |
Pieter Keuneman | Communist Party |
Star | 38,663 | 21.96% |
M. C. M. Kaleel | United National Party | Eye | 37,486 | 21.29% |
Ranasinghe Premadasa | United National Party | Elephant | 35,035 | 19.90% |
Bala Tampoe | Lanka Sama Samaja Party | Key | 16,406 | 9.32% |
M. S. Themis | Cartwheel | 3,164 | 1.80% | |
Valid Votes | 176,096 | 100.00% | ||
Rejected Votes | 3,488 | |||
Total Polled | 179,584 | |||
Registered Electors | 74,922 | |||
Turnout | 239.69% |
1965 Parliamentary General Election
Results of the 6th parliamentary election held on 22 March 1965 for the district:[9]
Candidate | Party | Symbol | Votes | % |
---|---|---|---|---|
Falil Caffoor | United National Party | Chair | 68,372 | 31.54% |
Ranasinghe Premadasa | United National Party | Elephant | 64,438 | 29.72% |
Pieter Keuneman | Communist Party (Moscow) |
Star | 41,478 | 19.13% |
M. Haleem Ishak | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Hand | 32,132 | 14.82% |
Bala Tampoe | Lamp | 4,559 | 2.10% | |
D. A. Piyadasa | Mahajana Eksath Peramuna | Cartwheel | 2,520 | 1.16% |
N. Shanmugathasan |
Communist Party (Peking) |
Umbrella | 2,427 | 1.12% |
O. S. A. Z. Abdeen | Flower | 332 | 0.15% | |
Poopathy Saravanamuttu | Ship | 282 | 0.13% | |
R. H. Jayasekera | Scales | 268 | 0.12% | |
Valid Votes | 216,808 | 100.00% | ||
Rejected Votes | 4,638 | |||
Total Polled | 221,446 | |||
Registered Electors | 93,468 | |||
Turnout | 236.92% |
1970 Parliamentary General Election
Results of the 7th parliamentary election held on 27 May 1970 for the district:[10]
Candidate | Party | Symbol | Votes | % |
---|---|---|---|---|
Ranasinghe Premadasa | United National Party | Elephant | 69,310 | 29.48% |
Falil Caffoor | United National Party | Chair | 63,624 | 27.06% |
Pieter Keuneman | Communist Party |
Star | 58,557 | 24.91% |
M. Haleem Ishak | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Hand | 41,716 | 17.74% |
C. Durairajah | Umbrella | 783 | 0.33% | |
M. Haroun Careem | Bell | 413 | 0.18% | |
Poopathy Saravanamuttu | Ship | 396 | 0.17% | |
Panangadan Raman Krishnan | Scales | 307 | 0.13% | |
Valid Votes | 235,106 | 100.00% | ||
Rejected Votes | 5,491 | |||
Total Polled | 240,597 | |||
Registered Electors | 99,265 | |||
Turnout | 242.38% |
1977 Parliamentary General Election
Results of the 8th parliamentary election held on 21 July 1977 for the district:[11]
Candidate | Party | Symbol | Votes | % |
---|---|---|---|---|
Ranasinghe Premadasa | United National Party | Elephant | 94,128 | 36.32% |
M. Jabir A. Cader |
United National Party | Eye | 58,972 | 22.76% |
M. Haleem Ishak | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Hand | 53,777 | 20.75% |
M. S. Sellasamy | Ceylon Workers' Congress | Cockerel | 26,964 | 10.41% |
Pieter Keuneman | Communist Party | Star | 24,568 | 9.48% |
W. A. Sunil Perera | Chair | 422 | 0.16% | |
R. Rathnasamy | Flower | 202 | 0.08% | |
M. T. M. Saleem | Table | 103 | 0.04% | |
Valid Votes | 259,136 | 100.00% | ||
Rejected Votes | 6,660 | |||
Total Polled | 265,796 | |||
Registered Electors | 106,403 | |||
Turnout | 249.80% |
References
- Sunday Times. Retrieved 14 October 2017.
- ^ "The Electoral System". Parliament of Sri Lanka. Archived from the original on 2010-11-27.
- ^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1947" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-09-24.
- ^ "Results of the Parliamentary By Elections held between 1947 – 1988" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 19 September 2017.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1952" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-09-24.
- ^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1956" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-09-24.
- ^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1960-03-19" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-07-12.
- ^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1960-07-20" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-09-24.
- ^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1965" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-07-13.
- ^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1970" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-12-09.
- ^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1977" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-17.