Katana Electoral District

Katana electoral district was an electoral district of Sri Lanka between March 1960 and February 1989. The district was named after the town of Katana in 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. Katana electoral district was replaced by the Gampaha multi-member electoral district at the 1989 general elections.

Members of Parliament

Key

  Independent   SLFP   UNP

Election		Member	Party	Term
	1960 (March)	Wijayapala Mendis	UNP	1960-1960
	1960 (July)			1960-1965
	1965			1965-1970
	1970	K. C. de Silva	SLFP	1970-1975
	1975 (by-election)	Wijayapala Mendis	UNP	1975-1977
	1977			1977-1989

Elections

1960 (March) Parliamentary General Election

Candidate	Party	Symbol	Votes	%
Valid Votes				100.00%
Rejected Votes
Total Polled
Registered Electors
Turnout

1960 (July) Parliamentary General Election

Candidate	Party	Symbol	Votes	%
Valid Votes				100.00%
Rejected Votes
Total Polled
Registered Electors
Turnout

1965 Parliamentary General Election

Candidate	Party	Symbol	Votes	%
Valid Votes				100.00%
Rejected Votes
Total Polled
Registered Electors
Turnout

1970 Parliamentary General Election

Candidate	Party	Symbol	Votes	%
Valid Votes				100.00%
Rejected Votes
Total Polled
Registered Electors
Turnout

1977 Parliamentary General Election

Candidate	Party	Symbol	Votes	%
Wijayapala Mendis	United National Party	Elephant	23,950	53.31%
Vijaya Kumaranatunga	Sri Lanka Freedom Party	Hand	19,738	43.93%
Nanda De Silva	Communist Party	Star	1,045	2.33%
Nelson de Silva		Lamp	195	0.43%
Valid Votes			44,928	100.00%
Rejected Votes			115
Total Polled			45,043
Registered Electors			51,977
Turnout			86%