Horana Electoral District

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

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

Members of Parliament

Key

  MEP   SLFP   UNP

Election		Member	Party	Term
	1947	A. P. Jayasuriya	United National Party	1947-1952
	1952	M. D. H. Jayawardena		1952-1956
	1956	K. A. S. Palansuriya	Sri Lanka Freedom Party	1956-1960
	1960	Ratnasiri Wickremanayake	Mahajana Eksath Peramuna	1960-1960
	1960		Mahajana Eksath Peramuna (1960-1962) Sri Lanka Freedom Party (1962-1965)	1960-1965
	1965		Sri Lanka Freedom Party	1965-1970
	1970			1970-1977
	1977	Indradasa Hettiarachchi	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]

Candidate	Party	Symbol	Votes	%
A. P. Jayasuriya		Elephant	15,828	45.40
M. T. Peiris		Umbrella	15,163	44.36
A. Dharmapriya		Lamp	3,187	9.14
Valid Votes			34,178	98.03
Rejected Votes			687	1.97
Total Polled			34,865	100.00
Registered Electors			51,108
Turnout				68.22

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	%
M. D. H. Jayawardena		Elephant	21,746	50.59
Ariyadasa Jayawardana		Hand	8,249	19.19
Wilfred Senanayake		Bird	7,367	17.14
Esme Perera		Umbrella	5,145	11.97
Valid Votes			42,507	98.89
Rejected Votes			477	1.11
Total Polled			42,984	100.00
Registered Electors			53,927
Turnout				79.71

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	%
K. A. S. Palansuriya		Hand	29,780	60.51
M. D. H. Jayawardena		Elephant	19,125	38.86
Valid Votes			48,905	99.37
Rejected Votes			312	0.63
Total Polled			49,217	100.00
Registered Electors			60,680
Turnout				81.11

1960 (March) Parliamentary General Election

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

Candidate	Party	Symbol	Votes	%
Ratnasiri Wickremanayake	Mahajana Eksath Peramuna	Cartwheel	15,759	54.57
M. D. H. Jayawardena	United National Party	Elephant	10,649	36.87
H. D. Jinadasa		Key	1,721	5.96
Walter Peiris		Umbrella	353	1.22
G. M. Perera		Sun	210	0.73
Valid Votes			28,692	99.35
Rejected Votes			187	0.65
Total Polled			28,879	100.00
Registered Electors			33,713
Turnout				85.66

1960 (July) Parliamentary General Election

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

Candidate	Party	Symbol	Votes	%
Ratnasiri Wickremanayake		Orange	14,023	50.69
Indradasa Hettiarachchi	United National Party	Elephant	11,998	43.37
K. David		Cartwheel	1,555	5.62
Valid Votes			27,576	99.67
Rejected Votes			90	0.33
Total Polled			27,666	100.00
Registered Electors			33,713
Turnout				82.06

1965 Parliamentary General Election

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

Candidate	Party	Symbol	Votes	%
Ratnasiri Wickremanayake	Sri Lanka Freedom Party	Hand	18,957	52.97
Indradasa Hettiarachchi	United National Party	Elephant	16,149	45.13
D. L. Gunawardena	Mahajana Eksath Peramuna	Cartwheel	491	1.37
Valid Votes			35,597	99.47
Rejected Votes			190	0.53
Total Polled			35,787	100.00
Registered Electors			40,763
Turnout				87.79

1970 Parliamentary General Election

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

Candidate	Party	Symbol	Votes	%
Ratnasiri Wickremanayake	Sri Lanka Freedom Party	Hand	24,163	58.03
Indradasa Hettiarachchi	United National Party	Elephant	17,410	41.81
Valid Votes			41,573	99.84
Rejected Votes			68	0.16
Total Polled			41,641	100.00
Registered Electors			45,330
Turnout				91.86

1977 Parliamentary General Election

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

Candidate	Party	Symbol	Votes	%
Indradasa Hettiarachchi		Elephant	27,188	56.46
Ratnasiri Wickremanayake		Hand	19,453	40.40
Premalal Gunasekera		Star	1,090	2.26
Jayasena Jayasinghe		Lamp	302	0.63
Valid Votes			48,033	99.75
Rejected Votes			120	0.25
Total Polled			48,153	100.00
Registered Electors			53,138
Turnout				90.62

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. Retrieved 4 February 2022.
3. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1952" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 4 February 2022.
4. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1956" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 4 February 2022.
5. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 19 March 1960" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 4 February 2022.
6. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 20 July 1960" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 4 February 2022.
7. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1965" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 4 February 2022.
8. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1970" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 4 February 2022.
9. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1977" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka.