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

Members of Parliament

Key

  Independent   LSSP   UNP

Election Member Party Term
1947 Henry Peiris BSP 1947-1952
1952 D. C. W. Kannangara UNP 1952-1956
1956 Leslie Goonewardene LSSP 1956-1960
1960 1960-1960
1960 1960-1965
1965 1965-1970
1970 1970-1977
1977 Neville Fernando UNP 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:

Candidate Party Symbol Votes %
Henry Peiris Bolshevik Samasamaja Party Lamp 16,435 43.37
Susantha de Fonseka United National Party Umbrella 13,889 36.65
D. C. W. Kannangara Independent Hand 6,729 17.76
R. E. Weeraman Independent Butterfly 406 1.07
Valid Votes 37,459 98.86
Rejected Votes 433 1.14
Total Polled 37,892 100.00
Registered Electors 53,479
Turnout 70.85

1952 Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 2nd parliamentary election held between 24 May 1952 and 30 May 1952 for the district:

Candidate Party Symbol Votes %
D. C. W. Kannangara United National Party Star 19,760 51.53
Henry Peiris Bolshevik Samasamaja Party Hand 15,904 41.48
Shelton Peiris Lamp 1,200 3.13
K. A. R. Solomon Fernando Elephant 1,089 2.84
Valid Votes 37,953 98.98
Rejected Votes 392 1.02
Total Polled 38,345 100.00
Registered Electors 56,528
Turnout 67.83

1956 Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 3rd parliamentary election held between 5 April 1956 and 10 April 1956 for the district:

Candidate Party Symbol Votes %
Leslie Goonewardene Lanka Sama Samaja Party Key 29,362 72.32
D. C. W. Kannangara United National Party Elephant 11,032 27.17
Valid Votes 40,394 99.49
Rejected Votes 206 0.51
Total Polled 40,600 100.00
Registered Electors 61,288
Turnout 66.24

1960 (March) Parliamentary General Election

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

Candidate Party Symbol Votes %
Leslie Goonewardene Lanka Sama Samaja Party Key 9,266 34.97
Cyril Salgado United National Party Elephant 6,919 26.11
Upali Dias Sun 6,519 24.60
L. W. Kuruppu Cockerel 2,887 10.89
Asoka Ranjit Jayatilake Bell 469 1.77
Sirisoma Jayasinghe Lamp 302 1.14
Valid Votes 26,362 99.48
Rejected Votes 137 0.52
Total Polled 26,499 100.00
Registered Electors 34,958
Turnout 75.80

1960 (July) Parliamentary General Election

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

Candidate Party Symbol Votes %
Leslie Goonewardene Lanka Sama Samaja Party Key 15,387 59.61
Cyril Salgado United National Party Elephant 10,309 39.94
Valid Votes 25,696 99.55
Rejected Votes 117 0.45
Total Polled 25,813 100.00
Registered Electors 34,958
Turnout 73.84

1965 Parliamentary General Election

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

Candidate Party Symbol Votes %
Leslie Goonewardene Lanka Sama Samaja Party Key 20,033 55.22
Jane M. de Fonseka United National Party Elephant 16,005 44.11
Valid Votes 36,038 99.33
Rejected Votes 243 0.77
Total Polled 36,281 100.00
Registered Electors 43,789
Turnout 82.85

1970 Parliamentary General Election

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

Candidate Party Symbol Votes %
Leslie Goonewardene Lanka Sama Samaja Party Key 25,218 59.41
Cyril Salgado United National Party Elephant 16,622 39.16
Jayasiri Hirimuthugoda Bell 529 1.25
Valid Votes 42,369 99.81
Rejected Votes 80 0.19
Total Polled 42,449 100.00
Registered Electors 50,489
Turnout 84.08

1977 Parliamentary General Election

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

Candidate Party Symbol Votes %
Neville Fernando United National Party Elephant 28,677 56.15
Leslie Goonewardene Lanka Sama Samaja Party Key 17,546 34.35
Don Piyasena Wttasinghe Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand 3,477 6.81
Jitendra Weeraman Lamp 751 1.47
A. D. Sugathadasa Spoon 328 0.64
S. Jinendradasa Cartwheel 120 0.24
Valid Votes 50,899 99.66
Rejected Votes 176 0.44
Total Polled 51,075 100.00
Registered Electors 59,163
Turnout 86.33

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. Retrieved 3 October 2017.
  3. ^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1952" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 3 October 2017.
  4. ^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1956" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 3 October 2017.
  5. ^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 19 March 1960" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 3 October 2017.
  6. ^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 20 July 1960" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 3 October 2017.
  7. ^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1965" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 3 October 2017.
  8. ^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1970" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 3 October 2017.
  9. ^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1977" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 3 October 2017.

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