Colombo North Electoral District

This article is about the former electoral district in Sri Lanka. For other uses, see Colombo (disambiguation).

Colombo North 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 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 North electoral district was replaced by the Colombo multi-member electoral district at the 1989 general elections, the first under the PR system, though Colombo North 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	%
George R. de Silva		Umbrella	7,501	50.89%
Lionel Cooray		Elephant	6,130	41.59%
E.C.H. Fernando		Cup	501	3.40%
A.P. de Zoysa		House	429	2.91%
H.C. Abeywardena		Hand	178	1.21%
Valid Votes			14,739	100.00%
Rejected Votes			189
Total Polled			14,928
Registered Electors			30,791
Turnout			48.48%

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	%
Cyril E.S. Perera		Elephant	10,630	48.17%
Leslie Goonawardene		Hand	7,136	32.34%
George R. De Silva		Star	3,592	16.28%
J.M. Gnanapragasam		Key	710	3.22%
Valid Votes			22,068	100.00%
Rejected Votes			173
Total Polled			22,241
Registered Electors			35,582
Turnout			62.51%

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	%
Vivienne Goonewardena	Lanka Sama Samaja Party	Key	16,841	58.35%
J.C. de Silva Wijeyeratne		Elephant	9,489	32.87%
W.D. de Silva		Bicycle	1,305	4.52%
M.W. Perera		Hand	1,229	4.26%
Valid Votes			28,864	100.00%
Rejected Votes			127
Total Polled			28,991
Registered Electors			43,388
Turnout			66.82%

1960 (March) Parliamentary General Election

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

Candidate	Party	Symbol	Votes	%
V.A. Sugathadasa	United National Party	Elephant	9,446	41.79%
Vivienne Goonewardena		Key	8,602	38.06%
Vincent Siripala	Sri Lanka Freedom Party	Hand	3,149	13.93%
A.M.G. de Silva		Umbrella	1,164	5.15%
S.E. Nelson Fernando		Ladder	188	0.83%
K.J.S.A. Fernando		Eye	52	0.23%
Valid Votes			22,601	100.00%
Rejected Votes			86
Total Polled			22,687
Registered Electors			29,434
Turnout			77.08%

1960 (July) Parliamentary General Election

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

Candidate	Party	Symbol	Votes	%
V.A. Sugathadasa	United National Party	Elephant	11,507	50.31%
Vivienne Goonewardena	Lanka Sama Samaja Party	Key	11,363	49.69%
Valid Votes			22,870	100.00%
Rejected Votes			92
Total Polled			22,962
Registered Electors			29,434
Turnout			78.01%

1965 Parliamentary General Election

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

Candidate	Party	Symbol	Votes	%
V.A. Sugathadasa	United National Party	Elephant	19,875	62.25%
Ananda Premasinghe		Key	11,884	37.22%
M.D.C.S. Mendis		Omnibus	170	0.53%
Valid Votes			31,929	100.00%
Rejected Votes			120
Total Polled			32,049
Registered Electors			39,431
Turnout			81.28%

1970 Parliamentary General Election

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

Candidate	Party	Symbol	Votes	%
V.A. Sugathadasa	United National Party	Elephant	20,930	59.84%
Harris Wickremetunge		Chair	13,783	39.41%
W.I.A. Corsby Fernando		Ship	164	0.47%
A.S. Jayamaha		Cockerel	97	0.28%
Valid Votes			34,974	100.00%
Rejected Votes			97
Total Polled			35,071
Registered Electors			44,511
Turnout			78.79%

1977 Parliamentary General Election

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

Candidate	Party	Symbol	Votes	%
M. Vincent Perera		Elephant	26,759	66.85%
A. H. M. Fowzie		Hand	11,617	29.02%
K.L. Robert Nandasiri Perera		Key	1,321	3.30%
V. Dioynisius Wijesinghe		Bell	193	0.48%
Don Sirisena Mallawarachi		Eye	49	0.12%
E.D. Pemaratne		Lamp	45	0.11%
G.T. Ariyadasa		Flower	42	0.10%
Valid Votes			40,026	100.00%
Rejected Votes			136
Total Polled			40,162
Registered Electors			49,803
Turnout			80.64%

References

1. ^ "The Electoral System". Parliament of Sri Lanka. http://www.parliament.lk/about_us/electoral_system.jsp. 
2. ^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1947". Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. http://www.slelections.gov.lk/pdf/Results_1947%20GENERAL%20ELECTION.PDF. 
3. ^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1952". Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. http://www.slelections.gov.lk/pdf/Results_1952%20GENERAL%20ELECTION.PDF. 
4. ^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1956". Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. http://www.slelections.gov.lk/pdf/Results_1956%20GENERAL%20ELECTION.PDF. 
5. ^ "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. 
6. ^ "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. 
7. ^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1965". Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. http://www.slelections.gov.lk/pdf/Results_1965%20GENERAL%20ELECTION.PDF. 
8. ^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1970". Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. http://www.slelections.gov.lk/pdf/Results_1970%20GENERAL%20ELECTION.PDF. 
9. ^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1977". Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. http://www.slelections.gov.lk/pdf/General%20Election%201977.PDF.