Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia Electoral District

Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia electoral district, later renamed Dehiwala was an electoral district of Sri Lanka between March 1960 and February 1989. The district was named after the city of Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia 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] Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia electoral district was replaced by the Colombo multi-member electoral district at the 1989 general elections.

Members of Parliament

Key

  Independent   SLFP   UNP

Election Member Party Term
1960 (March) S. de Silva Jayasinghe UNP 1960-1960
1960 (July) Colvin R. de Silva LSSP 1960-1965
1965 S. de Silva Jayasinghe UNP 1965-1970
1970 Vivienne Goonewardena LSSP 1970-1977
1977 S. de Silva Jayasinghe UNP 1977-1977
1977 (by election) Sunethra Ranasinghe 1977-1989

Elections

1960 (March) Parliamentary General Election

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

Candidate Party Symbol Votes %
S. de Silva Jayasinghe Elephant 12,971 40.88
Colvin R. de Silva Key 8,599 27.10
Andrew Fernando Hand 6,378 20.10
K. K. A. E. Britto Star 3,222 10.15
T. D. L. Aponso Umbrella 420 1.32
Valid Votes 31,590 99.56
Rejected Votes 140 0.44
Total Polled 31,730 100.00
Registered Electors 43,172
Turnout 73.50

1960 (July) Parliamentary General Election

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

Candidate Party Symbol Votes %
Colvin R. de Silva Key 16,002 51.36
S. de Silva Jayasinghe Elephant 14,892 47.80
D. B. de S. Jayawardena Rabbit 156 0.50
Valid Votes 31,050 99.65
Rejected Votes 108 0.35
Total Polled 31,158 100.00
Registered Electors 43,172
Turnout 72.17

1965 Parliamentary General Election

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

Candidate Party Symbol Votes %
S. de Silva Jayasinghe Elephant 24,652 53.19
Colvin R. de Silva Key 21,363 46.10
Somadasa Siriwardhana Cartwheel 248 0.54
Valid Votes 46,263 99.83
Rejected Votes 81 0.17
Total Polled 46,344 100.00
Registered Electors 56,366
Turnout 82.22

1970 Parliamentary General Election

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

Candidate Party Symbol Votes %
Vivienne Goonewardena Key 29,430 51.63
S. de Silva Jayasinghe Elephant 27,463 48.18
Valid Votes 56,893 98.81
Rejected Votes 106 0.19
Total Polled 56,999 100.00
Registered Electors 70,236
Turnout 81.15

1977 Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 8th parliamentary election held on 21 July 1977 for the district:[6]

Candidate Party Symbol Votes %
S. de Silva Jayasinghe United National Party Elephant 22,364 61.44
Vithanage Don Alfred Perera Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand 9,996 27.46
Ananda Premasinghe Lanka Sama Samaja Party Key 3,578 9.83
T. Upali Cooray Bell 402 1.10
Valid Votes 36,340 99.84
Rejected Votes 60 0.17
Total Polled 36,400 100.00
Registered Electors 45,693
Turnout 79.66

1977 Parliamentary By Election

Results of the Ceylonese parliamentary by-election, held on 11 November 1977:[7]

Candidate Party Symbol Votes %
Sunethra Rupasinghe United National Party Elephant 18,279 62.75
Vithanage Don Alfred Perera Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand 7,795 26.76
Ananda Premasinghe Lanka Sama Samaja Party Key 2,753 9.45
Asoka Atapattu Lamp 1,386 4.76
Valid Votes 28,965 99.44
Rejected Votes 163 0.56
Total Polled 29,128 100.00
Registered Electors 45,693
Turnout 63.75

References

  1. ^ "The Electoral System". Parliament of Sri Lanka.
  2. ^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 19 March 1960" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka.[permanent dead link‍]
  3. ^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 20 July 1960" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka.[permanent dead link‍]
  4. ^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1965" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka.[permanent dead link‍]
  5. ^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1970" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka.[permanent dead link‍]
  6. ^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1977" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka.[permanent dead link‍]
  7. ^ "Results of the Parliamentary By Elections held between 1947 – 1988" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 15 June 2017.[permanent dead link‍]