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Gampaha Electoral District (1947–1989)

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

Members of Parliament

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Key

  Independent   SLFP   UNP

Election Member Party Term
1947 D. D. Karunaratne UNP 1947-1949
1949 (by-election) P. P. Jayawardena 1949-1952
1952 S. D. Bandaranayake SLFP 1952-1956
1956 1956-1960
1960 1960-1960
1960 1960-1965
1965 1965-1970
1970 A. T. Basnayake 1970-1977
1977 S. D. Bandaranayake 1977-1989

Elections

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1947 Parliamentary General Election

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

Candidate Party Symbol Votes %
D. D. Karunaratne United National Party Hand 11,786 38.04
C. A. Mathew Lanka Sama Samaja Party Star 8,416 27.16
A. C. Seneviratne Independent Lamp 5,640 18.20
W.C.L. Perera Elephant 2,740 8.84
F. Obeyasekera Bicycle 1,333 4.30
R. Deshapriya Cart Wheel 529 1.71
O. Weerasinghe Chair 181 0.58
Valid Votes 30,625 98.84
Rejected Votes 358 1.16
Total Polled 30,983 100.00
Registered Electors 54,520
Turnout 56.83

1952 Parliamentary General Election

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

Candidate Party Symbol Votes %
S. D. Bandaranayake Umbrella 19,417 49.06
B. L. Seneviratne Hand 18,546 46.86
A. C. W. F. A. Jayawardena Star 735 1.86
Arthur Seneviratne Elephant 475 1.20
Valid Votes 39,173 98.98
Rejected Votes 404 1.02
Total Polled 39,577 100.00
Registered Electors 57,423
Turnout 68.92

1956 Parliamentary General Election

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

Candidate Party Symbol Votes %
S. D. Bandaranayake Hand 34,898 85.08
J. W. D. Paulis Perera Elephant 5,096 12.42
H. W. P. Lokeshvara Cart Wheel 772 1.88
Valid Votes 40,766 99.38
Rejected Votes 253 0.62
Total Polled 41,019 100.00
Registered Electors 65,480
Turnout 62.64

1960 (March) Parliamentary General Election

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

Candidate Party Symbol Votes %
S. D. Bandaranayake Butterfly 9,565 34.58%
K. M. U. Jayanetti Mahajana Eksath Peramuna Cart Wheel 7,839 28.20
H. R. Seneviratne United National Party Elephant 7,816 28.12
Robert Samarakkody Key 1,833 6.59
Hemachandra Panagoda Umbrella 276 0.99
Gemunudasa Ariyawansa Ladder 149 0.54
Cyrus W. Surendra Lamp 106 0.38
P. R. Karunanayake Eye 76 0.27
Valid Votes 27,660 99.50
Rejected Votes 139 0.50
Total Polled 27,799 100.00
Registered Electors 35,724
Turnout 77.82

1960 (July) Parliamentary General Election

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

Candidate Party Symbol Votes %
S. D. Bandaranayake Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand 16,842 62.39
H. R. Seneviratne United National Party Elephant 8,859 32.82
K. M. U. Jayanetti Cart Wheel 1,215 4.50
Valid Votes 26,916 99.72
Rejected Votes 77 0.28
Total Polled 26,993 100.00
Registered Electors 35,724
Turnout 75.56

1965 Parliamentary General Election

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

Candidate Party Symbol Votes %
S. D. Bandaranayake Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand 21,114 58.90
K. M. U. Jayanetti Mahajana Eksath Peramuna Cart Wheel 14,228 39.69
D. Edmund Senarath Chair 238 0.66
Valid Votes 35,580 99.26
Rejected Votes 266 0.74
Total Polled 35,846 100.00
Registered Electors 44,024
Turnout 81.42

1970 Parliamentary General Election

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

Candidate Party Symbol Votes %
A. T. Basnayake Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand 26,057 59.91
Alfred Jayawardena United National Party Elephant 13,846 31.83
S. D. Bandaranayake Butterfly 3,485 8.01
Valid Votes 43,388 99.75
Rejected Votes 108 0.25
Total Polled 43,496 100.00
Registered Electors 50,471
Turnout 86.18

1977 Parliamentary General Election

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

Candidate Party Symbol Votes %
S. D. Bandaranayake Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand 26,338 49.15
Chandra Jayakodi United National Party Elephant 25,816 48.18
M. A. Piyasena Key 1,141 2.13
M. R. Wansus Laus Perera Butterfly 124 0.23
Valid Votes 53,419 99.69
Rejected Votes 164 0.31
Total Polled 53,583 100.00
Registered Electors 60,822
Turnout 88.10

References

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  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. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-09-24.
  3. ^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1952" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-09-24.
  4. ^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1956" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-09-24.
  5. ^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1960-03-19" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-07-12.
  6. ^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1960-07-20" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-09-24.
  7. ^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1965" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-07-13.
  8. ^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1970" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-12-09.
  9. ^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1977" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-17.