Dehiowita Electoral District
Dehiowita electoral district was an
multi-member electoral districts.[1] Dehiowita electoral district was replaced by the Kegalle multi-member electoral district at the 1989 general elections
, the first under the proportional representation system.
Members of Parliament
Key
Election | Member | Party | Term | |
---|---|---|---|---|
1947 | Reginald Perera | LSSP | 1947-52 | |
1952 | Edmund Samarakkody | 1952-56 | ||
1956 | 1956-60 | |||
1960 (March) | Soma Wickremanayake | 1960 | ||
1960 (July) | 1960-65 | |||
1965 | Dhanapala Weerasekera | 1965-77 | ||
1970 | 1970-77 |
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 | % |
---|---|---|---|---|
Reginald Perera | Chair | 6,387 | 49.11 | |
Mohandas de Mel | Lamp | 2,498 | 19.21 | |
A. J. H. de Thabrew | Cartwheel | 1,576 | 12.12 | |
H. Jayawardena | House | 909 | 6.99 | |
Piyadasa Udabage | Cup | 898 | 6.91 | |
C. W. de Mel | Elephant | 303 | 2.33 | |
Valid Votes | 12,571 | 96.66 | ||
Rejected Votes | 434 | 3.34 | ||
Total Polled | 13,005 | 100.00 | ||
Registered Electors | 28,932 | |||
Turnout | 44.95 |
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 | % |
---|---|---|---|---|
Edmund Samarakkody | Lanka Sama Samaja Party | Star | 8,848 | 46.74 |
Somaweera Gunasekera | Tree | 8,766 | 46.31 | |
Effie Jayatillaka | Lamp | 982 | 5.19 | |
Valid Votes | 18,596 | 98.23 | ||
Rejected Votes | 335 | 1.77 | ||
Total Polled | 18,931 | 100.00 | ||
Registered Electors | 27,177 | |||
Turnout | 69.66 |
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 | % |
---|---|---|---|---|
Edmund Samarakkody | Lanka Sama Samaja Party | Key | 14,954 | 63.78 |
C. Dervin Fernando | United National Party | Elephant | 8,311 | 35.44 |
Valid Votes | 23,265 | 99.22 | ||
Rejected Votes | 183 | 0.78 | ||
Total Polled | 23,448 | 100.00 | ||
Registered Electors | 32,694 | |||
Turnout | 71.72 |
1960 (March) Parliamentary General Election
Results of the 4th parliamentary election held on 19 March 1960 for the district:[5]
Candidate | Party | Symbol | Votes | % |
---|---|---|---|---|
Soma Wickremanayake | Lanka Sama Samaja Party | Key | 6,606 | 37.07 |
A. F. Wijemanne | United National Party | Elephant | 6,060 | 34.01 |
C. P. Ranasinghe | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Hand | 2,072 | 11.63 |
A. P. Ranatunge | Mahajana Eksath Peramuna | Cartwheel | 1,540 | 8.64 |
M. G. Jayawardena | Cockrel | 1,198 | 6.72 | |
M. G. H. Jayawardena | Umbrella | 235 | 1.32 | |
Valid Votes | 17,711 | 99.38 | ||
Rejected Votes | 110 | 0.62 | ||
Total Polled | 17,821 | 100.00 | ||
Registered Electors | 23,658 | |||
Turnout | 75.33 |
1960 (July) Parliamentary General Election
Results of the 5th parliamentary election held on 20 July 1960 for the district:[6]
Candidate | Party | Symbol | Votes | % |
---|---|---|---|---|
Soma Wickremanayake | Lanka Sama Samaja Party | Key | 8,593 | 50.18 |
A. F. Wijemanne | United National Party | Elephant | 7,990 | 46.65 |
Kusumasiri Gunawardena | Mahajana Eksath Peramuna | Cartwheel | 481 | 2.81 |
Valid Votes | 17,064 | 99.64 | ||
Rejected Votes | 62 | 0.36 | ||
Total Polled | 17,126 | 100.00 | ||
Registered Electors | 23,658 | |||
Turnout | 72.39 |
1965 Parliamentary General Election
Results of the 6th parliamentary election held on 22 March 1965 for the district:[7]
Candidate | Party | Symbol | Votes | % |
---|---|---|---|---|
Dhanapala Weerasekera | Key | 13,299 | 50.81 | |
Kapilasena Ratnayake | United National Party | Elephant | 12,466 | 47.63 |
U. E. Perera | Mahajana Eksath Peramuna | Cartwheel | 176 | 0.67 |
M. G. Jayawardene | Umbrella | 76 | 0.29 | |
Valid Votes | 26,017 | 99.40 | ||
Rejected Votes | 157 | 0.60 | ||
Total Polled | 26,174 | 100.00 | ||
Registered Electors | 31,064 | |||
Turnout | 84.26 |
1970 Parliamentary General Election
Results of the 7th parliamentary election held on 27 May 1970 for the district:[8]
Candidate | Party | Symbol | Votes | % |
---|---|---|---|---|
Dhanapala Weerasekera | Lanka Sama Samaja Party | Key | 17,091 | 56.07 |
M. S. Themis | United National Party | Elephant | 12,884 | 42.27 |
T. H. Fernando | Samajawadi Mahajana Peramuna | Bell | 355 | 1.17 |
Valid Votes | 30,330 | 99.50 | ||
Rejected Votes | 153 | 0.50 | ||
Total Polled | 30,483 | 100.00 | ||
Registered Electors | 34,941 | |||
Turnout | 87.24 |
References
- ^ "The Electoral System". Parliament of Sri Lanka.
- ^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1947" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 1 September 2017.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1952" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 1 September 2017.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1956" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 4 September 2017.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election March 1960" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 4 September 2017.
- ^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election July 1960" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 4 September 2017.
- ^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1965" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 4 September 2017.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1970" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 4 September 2017.[permanent dead link]