Galle Electoral District (1947–1989)

Galle electoral district was an electoral district of Sri Lanka between August 1947 and February 1989. The district was named after the town of Galle in Galle District, Southern 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] Galle electoral district was replaced by the Galle multi-member electoral district at the 1989 general elections, the first under the proportional representation system, Galle continues to be a polling division of the multi-member electoral district.

Members of Parliament

Key

  Independent     Sri Lanka Freedom Party     United National Party     Lanka Sama Samaja Party  

ElectionMemberPartyTerm
1947 Wijeyananda Dahanayake LSSP 1947-1952
1952 1952-1956
1956 Sri Lanka Freedom Party 1956-1960
1960 (March) W. D. S. Abeygoonawardena UNP 1960
1960 (July) Wijeyananda Dahanayake SLFP 1960-1965
1965 UNP 1965-1970
1970 1970-1977
1977 Albert de Silva 1977-1989

Elections

1947 Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 1st parliamentary election held between 23 August 1947 and 20 September 1947:[2]

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Wijeyananda DahanayakeStar16,58853.69
H. W. AmarasuriyaElephant14,09245.61
Valid Votes30,68099.30
Rejected Votes2140.70
Total Polled30,894100.00
Registered Electors48,340
Turnout63.91

1952 Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 2nd parliamentary election held between 24 May 1952 and 30 May 1952:[3]

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Wijeyananda DahanayakeUmbrella17,89756.87
Sumitta DahanayakeStar12,89740.98
C. G. E. Bertram de SilvaHand4791.52
Valid Votes31,27399.38
Rejected Votes1960.62
Total Polled31,469100.00
Registered Electors43,765
Turnout71.90

1956 Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 3rd parliamentary election held between 5 April 1956 and 10 April 1956:[4]

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Wijeyananda DahanayakeHand21,97166.17
W. D. S. AbeygoonawardenaUnited National PartyElephant11,01533.17
Valid Votes32,98699.34
Rejected Votes2180.66
Total Polled33,204100.00
Registered Electors52,827
Turnout62.85

1960 (March) Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
W. D. S. AbeygoonawardenaUnited National PartyElephant10,48049.16
Wijeyananda DahanayakeSri Lanka Freedom PartyUmbrella9,99746.89
Vincent WijenayakeStar4111.84
E. W. J. SerasingheHand2501.17
A. M. IsmailEye1390.65
Valid Votes21,277 99.80
Rejected Votes420.20
Total Polled21,319100.00
Registered Electors28,369
Turnout75.15

1960 (July) Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Wijeyananda DahanayakeSri Lanka Freedom PartyUmbrella10,90251.52
W. D. S. AbeygoonawardenaUnited National PartyElephant10,45849.42
P. G. SomadasaCartwheel2511.19
Valid Votes21,11199.76
Rejected Votes500.24
Total Polled21,161100.00
Registered Electors28,369
Turnout74.59

1965 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Wijeyananda DahanayakeSun18,41678.76
W. T. WijekulasuriyaHand7,77633.25
Valid Votes23,19499.19
Rejected Votes191
Total Polled23,383100.00
Registered Electors33,785
Turnout69.21

1970 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Wijeyananda DahanayakeUnited National PartyElephant16,94056.00
W. D. S. AbeygoonawardenaSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand13,13843.43
J. R. G. AbeywickremeJanatha Vimukthi PeramunaBell1130.37
Valid Votes30,19199.81
Rejected Votes571.89
Total Polled30,248100
Registered Electors37,385
Turnout80.91

1977 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Albert de SilvaUnited National PartyElephant15,86142.32
Wijeyananda DahanayakeNationalities Unity OrganisationUmbrella10,85228.96
Raja KulatillekeSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand6,44817.21
Mansoor MarikkarLanka Sama Samaja PartyKey4,31411.51
Valid Votes37,47599.82
Rejected Votes670.18
Total Polled37,542100.00
Registered Electors45,100
Turnout83.24

References
  1. "The Electoral System". Parliament of Sri Lanka.
  2. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1947" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 20 January 2017.
  3. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1952" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 20 January 2017.
  4. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1956" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 20 January 2017.
  5. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 19 March 1960" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 20 January 2017.
  6. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 20 July 1960" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 20 January 2017.
  7. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1965" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka.
  8. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1970" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 20 January 2017.
  9. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1977" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 20 January 2017.

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