- Colombo Central Electoral District
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This article is about the former electoral district in Sri Lanka. For other uses, see Colombo (disambiguation).
Colombo Central electoral district was an electoral district of Sri Lanka between August 1947 and February 1989. The district was named after the city of Colombo in Colombo District, Western Province. The district was a three-member constituency. 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] Colombo Central electoral district was replaced by the Colombo multi-member electoral district at the 1989 general elections, the first under the PR system, though Colombo Central continues to be a polling division of the multi-member electoral district.
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. E. Goonesinha Labour Party Bicycle 23,470 23.64% T.B. Jayah United National Party Cart Wheel 18,439 18.57% Pieter Keuneman Communist Party Umbrella 15,435 15.55% M.H.M. Munas House 8,600 8.66% Ayisha Rauff Independent Tree 8,486 8.55% V.J. Perera Elephant 5,950 5.99% V.A. Sugathadasa Lamp 4,898 4.93% G.W. Harry de Silva Pair of Scales 4,141 4.17% V. A. Kandiah Clock 3,391 3.42% S. Sarawanamuttu Chair 2,951 2.97% P. Givendrasingha Hand 1,569 1.58% K. Dahanayake Cup 997 1.00% K. Weeraiah Key 352 0.35% K.C.F. Deen Star 345 0.35% N.R. Perera Butterfly 259 0.26% Valid Votes 99,283 100.00% Rejected Votes 3,489 Total Polled 102,772 Registered Electors 55,994 Turnout 183.54% 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 % Pieter Keuneman Umbrella 32,346 27.28% M.C.M. Kaleel House 25,647 21.63% Razik Fareed Key 24,911 21.01% A. E. Goonesinha Bicycle 19,843 16.74% P. de S. Kularatne Elephant 14,556 12.28% Piyaseela Givendrasingha Hand 751 0.63% H.L. Perera Star 517 0.44% Valid Votes 118,570 100.00% Rejected Votes 4,217 Total Polled 122,788 Registered Electors 58,400 Turnout 210.25% 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 % Pieter Keuneman Communist Party Star 45,296 30.62% Razik Fareed Umbrella 26,512 17.92% M.S. Themis Hand 20,378 13.77% M.C.M. Kaleel Cart Wheel 20,338 13.75% V.A. Sugathadasa Elephant 18,234 12.33% A. E. Goonesinha Bicycle 16,678 11.27% A. Ally Mohamood Flower 501 0.34% Valid Votes 147,937 100.00% Rejected Votes 3,901 Total Polled 151,838 Registered Electors 70,022 Turnout 216.84% 1960 (March) Parliamentary General Election
Results of the 4th parliamentary election held on 19 March 1960 for the district:[5]
Candidate Party Symbol Votes % M.C.M. Kaleel United National Party Pair of Spectacles 33,121 19.02% Pieter Keuneman Communist Party Star 30,574 17.56% Ranasinghe Premadasa United National Party Elephant 29,828 17.13% P.B. Thampoe Key 22,228 12.76% Razik Fareed Umbrella 21,033 12.08% M.S. Themis Mahajana Eksath Peramuna Cart Wheel 19,093 10.96% E.S. Ratnaweera Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand 11,859 6.81% Abdul Aziz Tree 4,635 2.66% D.J.S. Paranayapa Lamp 414 0.24% Vasanta Appadurai Ship 404 0.23% Cecil Wickremasinghe Eye 397 0.23% A. Kumarasinghe Flower 220 0.13% Premaranjan Lokeshvara Table 171 0.10% A.A. Mohamed Pot 166 0.10% Valid Votes 174,143 100.00% Rejected Votes 4,592 Total Polled 178,735 Registered Electors 74,922 Turnout 238.56% 1960 (July) Parliamentary General Election
Results of the 5th parliamentary election held on 20 July 1960 for the district:[6]
Candidate Party Symbol Votes % Razik Fareed Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand 45,342 25.75% Pieter Keuneman Communist Party Star 38,663 21.96% M.C.M. Kaleel United National Party Eye 37,486 21.29% Ranasinghe Premadasa United National Party Elephant 35,035 19.90% P.B. Thampoe Lanka Sama Samaja Party Key 16,406 9.32% M.S. Themis Cart Wheel 3,164 1.80% Valid Votes 176,096 100.00% Rejected Votes 3,488 Total Polled 179,584 Registered Electors 74,922 Turnout 239.69% 1965 Parliamentary General Election
Results of the 6th parliamentary election held on 22 March 1965 for the district:[7]
Candidate Party Symbol Votes % Falil Caffoor United National Party Chair 68,372 31.54% Ranasinghe Premadasa United National Party Elephant 64,438 29.72% Pieter Keuneman Communist Party (Moscow) Star 41,478 19.13% M. Haleem Ishak Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand 32,132 14.82% P.B. Thampoe Lamp 4,559 2.10% D.A. Piyadasa Mahajana Eksath Peramuna Cart Wheel 2,520 1.16% N. Shanmugathasan Communist Party (Peking) Umbrella 2,427 1.12% O.S.A.Z. Abdeen Flower 332 0.15% Poopathy Saravanamuttu Ship 282 0.13% R.H. Jayasekera Pair of Scales 268 0.12% Valid Votes 216,808 100.00% Rejected Votes 4,638 Total Polled 221,446 Registered Electors 93,468 Turnout 236.92% 1970 Parliamentary General Election
Results of the 7th parliamentary election held on 27 May 1970 for the district:[8]
Candidate Party Symbol Votes % Ranasinghe Premadasa United National Party Elephant 69,310 29.48% Falil Caffoor United National Party Chair 63,624 27.06% Pieter Keuneman Communist Party Star 58,557 24.91% M. Haleem Ishak Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand 41,716 17.74% C. Durairajah Umbrella 783 0.33% M. Haroun Careem Bell 413 0.18% Poopathy Saravanamuttu Ship 396 0.17% Panangadan Raman Krishnan Pair of Scales 307 0.13% Valid Votes 235,106 100.00% Rejected Votes 5,491 Total Polled 240,597 Registered Electors 99,265 Turnout 242.38% 1977 Parliamentary General Election
Results of the 8th parliamentary election held on 21 July 1977 for the district:[9]
Candidate Party Symbol Votes % Ranasinghe Premadasa Elephant 94,128 36.32% M. Jabir A. Cader Eye 58,972 22.76% M. Haleem Ishak Hand 53,777 20.75% M. S. Sellasamy Ceylon Workers' Congress Cockerel 26,964 10.41% Pieter Keuneman Star 24,568 9.48% W.A. Sunil Perera Chair 422 0.16% R. Rathnasamy Flower 202 0.08% M.T.M. Saleem Table 103 0.04% Valid Votes 259,136 100.00% Rejected Votes 6,660 Total Polled 265,796 Registered Electors 106,403 Turnout 249.80% References
- ^ "The Electoral System". Parliament of Sri Lanka. http://www.parliament.lk/about_us/electoral_system.jsp.
- ^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1947". Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. http://www.slelections.gov.lk/pdf/Results_1947%20GENERAL%20ELECTION.PDF.
- ^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1952". Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. http://www.slelections.gov.lk/pdf/Results_1952%20GENERAL%20ELECTION.PDF.
- ^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1956". Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. http://www.slelections.gov.lk/pdf/Results_1956%20GENERAL%20ELECTION.PDF.
- ^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1960-03-19". Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. http://www.slelections.gov.lk/pdf/Results_1960_03_19%20GENERAL%20ELECTION.PDF.
- ^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1960-07-20". Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. http://www.slelections.gov.lk/pdf/Results_1960_07_20%20GENERAL%20ELECTION.PDF.
- ^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1965". Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. http://www.slelections.gov.lk/pdf/Results_1965%20GENERAL%20ELECTION.PDF.
- ^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1970". Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. http://www.slelections.gov.lk/pdf/Results_1970%20GENERAL%20ELECTION.PDF.
- ^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1977". Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. http://www.slelections.gov.lk/pdf/General%20Election%201977.PDF.
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