Negombo Electoral District

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

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

Members of Parliament

Key

  Independent   SLFP   UNP

Election Member Party Term
1947 H. de Z. Siriwardena UNP 1947-1952
1952 A. N. D. A. Abeysinghe 1952-1956
1956 Hector Fernando LSSP 1956-1960
1960 T. Quintin Fernando UNP 1960-1960
1960 1960-1965
1965 1965-1967
1967 (by-election) Denzil Fernando 1967-1970
1970 1970-1977
1977 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 %
H. de Z. Siriwardena United National Party Butterfly 10,174 39.20
W. S. Fernando Lanka Sama Samaja Party Elephant 9,218 35.52
A. L. J. Croos Rajchandra Independent Star 6,169 23.77
Valid Votes 25,561 98.50
Rejected Votes 390 1.5
Total Polled 25,951 100.00
Registered Electors 55,642
Turnout 46.64

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 %
A. N. D. A. Abeysinghe United National Party Hand 22,721 57.42
Hector Fernando Lanka Sama Samaja Party Star 9,396 23.75
M. B. G. Kurera Independent Elephant 3,396 8.58
C. M. Fernando Independent Key 3,207 8.10
K. C. D. Senanayake Independent Lamp 459 1.16
Valid Votes 39,179 99.01
Rejected Votes 390 0.99
Total Polled 39,569 100.00
Registered Electors 60,617
Turnout 65.28

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 %
Hector Fernando Lanka Sama Samaja Party Key 20,892 47.51
T. Quintin Fernando United National Party Elephant 18,212 41.42
Tudor B. Gunasekera Lamp 4,589 10.44
Valid Votes 43,693 99.37
Rejected Votes 277 0.63
Total Polled 43,970 100.00
Registered Electors 67,060
Turnout 65.57

1960 (March) Parliamentary General Election

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

Candidate Party Symbol Votes %
T. Quintin Fernando United National Party Elephant 11,207 48.38
M. Bernard Kurera Cockerel 5,786 24.98
L.C. Dissanayake Winnow 3,360 14.50
W.S.M.M. Abeysekera Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand 1,372 5.92
Valentine F. Wijeratne] Sun 1,115 4.81
D.M.M. Jayawardane Sewing Machine 156 0.67
Valid Votes 22,996 99.26
Rejected Votes 171 0.74
Total Polled 23,167 100.00
Registered Electors 32,569
Turnout 71.13

1960 (July) Parliamentary General Election

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

Candidate Party Symbol Votes %
T. Quintin Fernando United National Party Elephant 14,469 67.06%
M. Bernard Kurera Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand 7,108 32.94%
Valid Votes 21,577 100.00%
Rejected Votes 124
Total Polled 21,701
Registered Electors 32,569
Turnout 66.63%

1965 Parliamentary General Election

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

Candidate Party Symbol Votes %
T. Quintin Fernando United National Party Elephant 22,056 76.52%
M. Bernard Kurera Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand 6,766 23.48%
Valid Votes 28,822 100.00%
Rejected Votes 188
Total Polled 29,010
Registered Electors 37,900
Turnout 76.54%

1970 Parliamentary General Election

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

Candidate Party Symbol Votes %
Denzil Fernando United National Party Elephant 20,457 56.24%
Justin Fernando Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand 15,920 43.76%
Valid Votes 36,377 100.00%
Rejected Votes 132
Total Polled 36,509
Registered Electors 44,284
Turnout 82.44%

1977 Parliamentary General Election

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

Candidate Party Symbol Votes %
Denzil Fernando Elephant 28,470 65.71%
Ananda Munasinghe Hand 13,718 31.66%
W. Nelson Peiris Key 1,018 2.35%
Gamini Fonseka Ship 124 0.29%
Valid Votes 43,330 100.00%
Rejected Votes 161
Total Polled 43,491
Registered Electors 51,463
Turnout 84.51%

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.[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]