Colombo North Electoral District

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This article is about the former electoral district in Sri Lanka. For other uses, see Colombo (disambiguation).

Colombo North electoral district was an

multi-member electoral districts.[1] Colombo North electoral district was replaced by the Colombo multi-member electoral district at the 1989 general elections
, the first under the PR system, though Colombo North continues to be a polling division of the multi-member electoral district.

Members of Parliament

Key

  

Independent   LSSP   UNP

Election Member Party Term
1947 George R. de Silva UNP 1947
1952 Cyril E. S. Perera 1952
1956
Vivienne Goonewardena
 LSSP 1956
1960 V. A. Sugathadasa UNP 1960 (March)
1960 1960 (July)
1965 1965
1970 1970
1973 (by-election)
M. Vincent Perera
 1973 (by)
1977 1977

Elections

1947 Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 1st parliamentary election held between 23 August 1947 and 20 September 1947 for the district:[2]

Candidate Party Symbol Votes %
George R. de Silva United National Party Umbrella 7,501 50.25
Lionel Cooray Elephant 6,130 41.06
E. C. H. Fernando Cup 501 3.36
A. P. de Zoysa Independent House 429 2.87
H. C. Abeywardena Hand 178 1.19
Valid Votes 14,739 98.73
Rejected Votes 189 1.27
Total Polled 14,928 100.00
Registered Electors 30,791
Turnout 48.48

1952 Parliamentary General Election

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

Candidate Party Symbol Votes %
Cyril E. S. Perera United National Party Elephant 10,630 47.80
Leslie Goonewardena
 Lanka Sama Samaja Party Hand 7,136 32.09
George R. de Silva Sri Lanka Freedom Party Star 3,592 16.15
J. M. Gnanapragasam Key 710 3.19
Valid Votes 22,068 99.22
Rejected Votes 173 0.78
Total Polled 22,241 100.00
Registered Electors 35,582
Turnout 62.51

1956 Parliamentary General Election

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

Candidate Party Symbol Votes %
Vivienne Goonewardena
 Lanka Sama Samaja Party Key 16,841 58.09
J. C. de Silva Wijeyeratne Elephant 9,489 32.73
W. D. de Silva Bicycle 1,305 4.50
M. W. Perera Hand 1,229 4.24
Valid Votes 28,864 99.56
Rejected Votes 127 0.44
Total Polled 28,991 100.00
Registered Electors 43,388
Turnout 66.82

1960 (March) Parliamentary General Election

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

Candidate Party Symbol Votes %
V. A. Sugathadasa United National Party Elephant 9,446 41.64
Vivienne Goonewardena
 Key 8,602 37.92
Vincent Siripala Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand 3,149 13.88
A. M. G. de Silva Umbrella 1,164 5.13
S. E. Nelson Fernando Ladder 188 0.83
K. J. S. A. Fernando Eye 52 0.23
Valid Votes 22,601 99.62
Rejected Votes 86 0.38
Total Polled 22,687 100.00
Registered Electors 29,434
Turnout 77.08

1960 (July) Parliamentary General Election

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

Candidate Party Symbol Votes %
V. A. Sugathadasa United National Party Elephant 11,507 50.11
Vivienne Goonewardena
 Lanka Sama Samaja Party Key 11,363 49.49
Valid Votes 22,870 99.60
Rejected Votes 92 0.40
Total Polled 22,962 100.00
Registered Electors 29,434
Turnout 78.01

1965 Parliamentary General Election

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

Candidate Party Symbol Votes %
V. A. Sugathadasa United National Party Elephant 19,875 62.01
Ananda Premasinghe Key 11,884 37.08
M. D. C. S. Mendis Omnibus 170 0.53
Valid Votes 31,929 99.63
Rejected Votes 120 0.37
Total Polled 32,049 100.00
Registered Electors 39,431
Turnout 81.28

1970 Parliamentary General Election

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

Candidate Party Symbol Votes %
V. A. Sugathadasa United National Party Elephant 20,930 59.68
Harris Wickremetunge Chair 13,783 39.30
W. I. A. Corsby Fernando Ship 164 0.47
A. S. Jayamaha Cockerel 97 0.28
Valid Votes 34,974 99.72
Rejected Votes 97 0.28
Total Polled 35,071 100.00
Registered Electors 44,511
Turnout 78.79

1977 Parliamentary General Election

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

Candidate Party Symbol Votes %
Vincent Perera Elephant 26,759 66.62
A. H. M. Fowzie Hand 11,617 28.93
K. L. Robert Nandasiri Perera Key 1,321 3.29
V. Dioynisius Wijesinghe Bell 193 0.48
Don Sirisena Mallawarachi Eye 49 0.12
E. D. Pemaratne Lamp 45 0.11
G. T. Ariyadasa Flower 42 0.10
Valid Votes 40,026 99.66
Rejected Votes 136 0.34
Total Polled 40,162 100.00
Registered Electors 49,803
Turnout 80.64

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. Retrieved 20 June 2017.[permanent dead link]
  3. ^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1952" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 20 June 2017.[permanent dead link]
  4. ^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1956" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 20 June 2017.[permanent dead link]
  5. ^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 19 March 1960" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 20 June 2017.[permanent dead link]
  6. ^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 20 July 1960" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 20 June 2017.[permanent dead link]
  7. ^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1965" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 20 June 2017.[permanent dead link]
  8. ^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1970" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 20 June 2017.[permanent dead link]
  9. ^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1977" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 20 June 2017.[permanent dead link]

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