Avissawella Electoral District

This article is about the former electoral district in Sri Lanka. For town, see Avissawella.

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

Members of Parliament

Key

  Independent     Mahajana Eksath Peramuna     Viplavakari Lanka Sama Samaja Party     Lanka Sama Samaja Party     Sri Lanka Freedom Party  

ElectionMemberPartyTerm
1947 Philip Gunawardena Lanka Sama Samaja Party 1947-1952
1952 Kusumasiri Gunawardena Viplavakari Lanka Sama Samaja Party 1952-1956
1956 Philip Gunawardena 1956-1960
1960 Mahajana Eksath Peramuna 1960-1970
1960
1965
1970 Bonnie Jayasuriya Sri Lanka Freedom Party 1970-1977
1977 M. D. Premaratne United National Party 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]

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Philip GunawardenaLanka Sama Samaja PartyHand17,59875.61%
Bernard Jayasuriya Elephant5,67624.39%
Valid Votes23,274100.00%
Rejected Votes259
Total Polled23,533
Registered Electors50,009
Turnout47.06%

1952 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Kusumasiri Gunawardena Elephant19,41451.23%
Clodagh Jayasuriya Hand18,48548.77%
Valid Votes37,899100.00%
Rejected Votes358
Total Polled38,257
Registered Electors52,507
Turnout72.86%

1956 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Philip Gunawardena Hand30,07078.83%
Clodagh Jayasuriya Elephant7,81820.49%
H. M. S. Jayawardhana Bicycle2580.68%
Valid Votes38,146100.00%
Rejected Votes244
Total Polled38,390
Registered Electors59,267
Turnout64.77%

1960 (March) Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Philip GunawardenaMahajana Eksath PeramunaCart Wheel16,64860.10%
Ariyadasa JayawardenaUnited National Party Elephant10,39537.53%
Neville de Jacolyn Umbrella6572.37%
Valid Votes27,700100.00%
Rejected Votes175
Total Polled27,875
Registered Electors33,589
Turnout82.99%

1960 (July) Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Philip GunawardenaCart Wheel13,29550.40%
Ariyadasa JayawardenaUnited National Party Elephant10,60040.19%
R. P. JayawardenaSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand2,4829.41%
Valid Votes26,377100.00%
Rejected Votes108
Total Polled26,485
Registered Electors33,589
Turnout78.85%

1965 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Philip GunawardenaCart Wheel22,09367.24%
Soma WickramanayakeSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand10,76632.76%
Valid Votes32,859100.00%
Rejected Votes217
Total Polled33,076
Registered Electors40,902
Turnout80.87%

1970 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Bonnie JayasuriyaSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand19,68748.93%
Philip GunawardenaMahajana Eksath PeramunaCart Wheel17,66143.90%
Siripala Padukka Chair2,8837.17%
Valid Votes40,231100.00%
Rejected Votes134
Total Polled40,365
Registered Electors46,402
Turnout86.99%

1977 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
M. D. PremaratneUnited National Party Elephant23,81249.67%
Dinesh GunawardenaMahajana Eksath Peramuna Cart Wheel17,89737.33%
W. P. Senanayake Hand4,7629.93%
Chandrapala Kumarage Key1,1872.48%
Don Pemaratne Thillakaratne Pair of Scales2820.59%
Valid Votes47,940100.00%
Rejected Votes138
Total Polled48,078
Registered Electors54,375
Turnout88.42%

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. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-02-04.
  3. ↑ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1952" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-02-04.
  4. ↑ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1956" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-02-04.
  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 2016-02-04.
  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.
  9. ↑ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1977" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka.

Coordinates: 6°57′11″N 80°13′06″E / 6.9531°N 80.2183°E / 6.9531; 80.2183

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