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 electoral district of Sri Lanka between August 1947 and February 1989. The district was named after the city of Colombo 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] 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     Lanka Sama Samaja Party     United National Party  

Election Member Party Term
1947 George R. de Silva 1947-1952
1952 Cyril E. S. Perera 1952-1956
1956 Vivienne Goonewardena Lanka Sama Samaja Party 1956-1960
1960 V. A. Sugathadasa United National Party 1960-1977
1960
1965
1970
1977 Vincent Perera 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]

Candidate Party Symbol Votes %
George R. de Silva Umbrella 7,501 50.89%
Lionel Cooray Elephant 6,130 41.59%
E.C.H. Fernando Cup 501 3.40%
A.P. de Zoysa House 429 2.91%
H.C. Abeywardena Hand 178 1.21%
Valid Votes 14,739 100.00%
Rejected Votes 189
Total Polled 14,928
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 Elephant 10,630 48.17%
Leslie Goonewardena Hand 7,136 32.34%
George R. De Silva Star 3,592 16.28%
J. M. Gnanapragasam Key 710 3.22%
Valid Votes 22,068 100.00%
Rejected Votes 173
Total Polled 22,241
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 58.35%
J. C. de Silva Wijeyeratne Elephant 9,489 32.87%
W. D. de Silva Bicycle 1,305 4.52%
M. W. Perera Hand 1,229 4.26%
Valid Votes 28,864 100.00%
Rejected Votes 127
Total Polled 28,991
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 41.79%
Vivienne Goonewardena Key 8,602 38.06%
Vincent Siripala Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand 3,149 13.93%
A.M.G. de Silva Umbrella 1,164 5.15%
S.E. Nelson Fernando Ladder 188 0.83%
K.J.S.A. Fernando Eye 52 0.23%
Valid Votes 22,601 100.00%
Rejected Votes 86
Total Polled 22,687
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 50.31%
Vivienne Goonewardena Lanka Sama Samaja Party Key 11,363 49.69%
Valid Votes 22,870 100.00%
Rejected Votes 92
Total Polled 22,962
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 62.25%
Ananda Premasinghe Key 11,884 37.22%
M.D.C.S. Mendis Omnibus 170 0.53%
Valid Votes 31,929 100.00%
Rejected Votes 120
Total Polled 32,049
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 59.84%
Harris Wickremetunge Chair 13,783 39.41%
W.I.A. Corsby Fernando Ship 164 0.47%
A.S. Jayamaha Cockerel 97 0.28%
Valid Votes 34,974 100.00%
Rejected Votes 97
Total Polled 35,071
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 66.85%
A. H. M. Fowzie Hand 11,617 29.02%
K. L. Robert Nandasiri Perera Key 1,321 3.30%
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 40,026 100.00%
Rejected Votes 136
Total Polled 40,162
Registered Electors 49,803
Turnout 80.64%

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