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Chilaw Electoral District

Chilaw electoral district was an electoral district of Sri Lanka between August 1947 and February 1989. The district was named after the town of Chilaw in Puttalam District, North 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] Chilaw electoral district was replaced by the Puttalam multi-member electoral district at the 1989 general elections, the first under the proportional representation system.

Members of Parliament edit

Key

  Independent   SLFP   UNP

Election Member Party Term
1947 J. J. Fernando Ind.
1952 Shirley Corea UNP
1956 W. J. C. Munasinha SLFP
1960 (March)
1960 (July) S. D. R. Jayaratne
1965 Shirley Corea
1970 S. D. R. Jayaratne
1977 Harindra Corea

Elections edit

1947 Parliamentary General Election edit

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

Candidate Party Symbol Votes %
J. J. Fernando Independent Elephant 6,270 34.99
W. J. C. Munasinha Independent Cartwheel 4,235 23.63
C. A. Abeyratne United National Party Star 3,376 18.84
H. Gunasekera Independent Umbrella 2,118 11.82
C. E. Victor S. Corea Independent Flower 1,744 9.73
Valid Votes 17,743 99.02
Rejected Votes 176 0.98
Total Polled 17,919 100.00
Registered Electors 31,053
Turnout 57.70

1952 Parliamentary General Election edit

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

Candidate Party Symbol Votes %
Shirley Corea United National Party Elephant 10,260 39.38
W. J. C. Munasinha Sri Lanka Freedom Party Wheel 10,206 39.17
J. J. Fernando Independent Star 5,027 19.29
A. M. L. Appuhamy Rep Bicycle 341 1.31
Valid Votes 25,834 99.16
Rejected Votes 220 0.84
Total Polled 26,054 100.00
Registered Electors 35,917
Turnout 72.54

1956 Parliamentary General Election edit

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

Candidate Party Symbol Votes %
W. J. C. Munasinha Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand 19,565 62.02
Shirley Corea United National Party Elephant 11,831 37.50
Valid Votes 31,396 99.53
Rejected Votes 149 0.47
Total Polled 31,545 100.00
Registered Electors 40,672
Turnout 77.56

1960 (March) Parliamentary General Election edit

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

Candidate Party Symbol Votes %
W. J. C. Munasinha Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand 9,302 38.57
S. D. R. Jayaratne Sun 4,527 18.77
Patronius Fernando United National Party Elephant 4,364 18.10
R. H. Randeny Key 2,843 11.79
J. J. Fernando Independent Umbrella 1,978 8.20
M. Cyril Fernando Spectacles 587 2.43
H. D. S. Jayasekera Scales 313 1.30
Valid Votes 23,914 99.16
Rejected Votes 203 0.84
Total Polled 24,117 100.00
Registered Electors 31,364
Turnout 76.89

1960 (July) Parliamentary General Election edit

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

Candidate Party Symbol Votes %
S. D. R. Jayaratne Hand 10,893 49.69
W. J. C. Munasinha Eye 8,643 39.42
Francis Perera House 2,278 10.39
Valid Votes 21,814 99.49
Rejected Votes 110 0.50
Total Polled 21,924 100.00
Registered Electors 31,364
Turnout 69.90

1965 Parliamentary General Election edit

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

Candidate Party Symbol Votes %
Shirley Corea Elephant 15,546 49.08
S. D. R. Jayaratne Hand 13,769 43.47
W. J. C. Munasinha Eye 2,021 6.38
M. M. Adikari Sun 107 0.34
Valid Votes 31,443 99.26
Rejected Votes 233 0.74
Total Polled 31,676 100.00
Registered Electors 37,805
Turnout 83.79

1970 Parliamentary General Election edit

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

Candidate Party Symbol Votes %
S. D. R. Jayaratne Hand 23,203 55.51
Shirley Corea Elephant 18,419 44.06
Valid Votes 41,622 99.57
Rejected Votes 180 0.43
Total Polled 41,802 100.00
Registered Electors 49,184
Turnout 84.99

1977 Parliamentary General Election edit

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

Candidate Party Symbol Votes %
Harindra Corea Elephant 25,269 55.27
S. D. R. Jayaratne Hand 19,462 42.57
Leslie de Silva Key 669 1.46
E. de S. Amarasekara Flower 133 0.29
T. Pathiraja Umbrella 48 0.11
Wimalasiri Susewhewa Cartwheel 40 0.09
Valid Votes 45,621 99.78
Rejected Votes 102 0.22
Total Polled 45,723 100.00
Registered Electors 51,172
Turnout 89.15

References edit

  1. ^ "The Electoral System". Parliament of Sri Lanka.
  2. ^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1947" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka.[permanent dead link]
  3. ^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1952" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka.[permanent dead link]
  4. ^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1956" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka.[permanent dead link]
  5. ^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 19 March 1960" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka.[permanent dead link]
  6. ^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 20 July 1960" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka.[permanent dead link]
  7. ^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1965" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka.[permanent dead link]
  8. ^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1970" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka.[permanent dead link]
  9. ^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1977" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka.[permanent dead link]

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