Kesbewa Electoral District

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

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Members of Parliament

Key

  Independent   SLFP   UNP

ElectionMemberPartyTerm
1960 (March) Somaweera Chandrasiri SLNF1960-1960
1960 (July) SLFP 1960-1965
1965 1965-1970
1970 1970-1971
1972 by-election Dharmasena Attygalle UNP 1972-1977
1977 1977-82
1983 by-election Gamini Lokuge 1983-89

Elections

1960 (March) Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 4th parliamentary election held on 19 March 1960: [2]

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Somaweera Chandrasiri Sri Lanka National FrontSpoon11,11538.58
Edmund Samarakkody Lanka Sama Samaja Party Key7,43325.80
P. L. F. Seneviratne United National Party Elephant7,38425.63
I. C. Perera Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand2,3538.17
Hemachandra Gunatilleke Independent Clock2360.82
L. D. B. Wanigasuriya Independent Cockrel1260.44
Valid Votes28,64799.43
Rejected Votes1650.57
Total Polled28,812100.00
Registered Electors36,188
Turnout79.62

1960 (July) Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 5th parliamentary election held on 20 July 1960: [3]

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Somaweera Chandrasiri Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand12,15245.37
Bodhipala Waidyasekera United National Party Elephant8,42731.46
Ruban PereraKey5,85621.86
I. C. PereraBell2400.90
Valid Votes26,67599.59
Rejected Votes1110.41
Total Polled26,786100.00
Registered Electors36,188
Turnout74.02

1965 Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 6th parliamentary election held on 22 March 1965: [4]

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Somaweera Chandrasiri Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand22,75457.87
P. L. F. Seneviratne United National Party Elephant15,75140.06
W. J. PereraCartwheel5831.48
Valid Votes39,08899.42
Rejected Votes2280.58
Total Polled39,316100.00
Registered Electors48,385
Turnout81.26

1970 Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 7th parliamentary election held on 27 May 1970: [5]

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Somaweera Chandrasiri Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand32,33264.37
Dharmasena Attygalle United National Party Elephant17,72635.29
Valid Votes50,05899.66
Rejected Votes1730.34
Total Polled50,231100.00
Registered Electors62,441
Turnout80.45

1972 Parliamentary By-election

Results of the parliamentary by-election held on 9 October 1972: [6]

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Dharmasena Attygalle United National Party Elephant22,59239.42
Subhas ChandrasiriSpoon19,54934.11
Dixon J. Perera Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand14,26924.90
W. G. Shelton JayasekeraBell3320.56
B. D. SomapalaLadder1930.34
D. A. PremanCartwheel1920.34
Valid Votes57,06499.56
Rejected Votes2500.44
Total Polled57,314100.00
Registered Electors62,441
Turnout91.79

1977 Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 8th parliamentary election held on 21 July 1977: [7]

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Dharmasena Attygalle United National Party Elephant24,85051.39
Dixon J. Perera Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand19,25039.81
Malini ChandrasiriKey3,8147.89
T. N. PereraBell2980.60
Valid Votes48,21299.71
Rejected Votes1400.29
Total Polled48,352100.00
Registered Electors57,237
Turnout84.48

1983 Parliamentary By-election

Results of the parliamentary by-election held on 18 May 1983: [6]

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Gamini Lokuge United National Party Elephant27,82150.84
Dixon J. Perera Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand23,96243.79
Subas Chandrasiri VithanageSpoon3820.70
M. Wijayasiri PereraTree930.17
Thilakaratne WettasingheFlower930.17
Valid Votes54,31199.25
Rejected Votes4110.75
Total Polled54,722100.00
Registered Electors57,237
Turnout95.61

References

  1. ↑ "The Electoral System". Parliament of Sri Lanka.
  2. ↑ "Result of Parliamentary General Election March 1960" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 3 October 2017.[ permanent dead link ]
  3. ↑ "Result of Parliamentary General Election July 1960" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 3 October 2017.[ permanent dead link ]
  4. ↑ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1965" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 3 October 2017.[ permanent dead link ]
  5. ↑ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1970" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 May 2020. Retrieved 3 October 2017.
  6. 1 2 "Result of the Parliamentary By Elections held between 1947 – 1988" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 3 October 2017.[ permanent dead link ]
  7. ↑ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1977" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 3 October 2017.

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