Dehiowita Electoral District

Dehiowita electoral district was an electoral district of Sri Lanka between August 1947 and July 1977. The district was named after the town of Dehiowita in Kegalle District, Sabaragamuwa 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] Dehiowita electoral district was replaced by the Kegalle multi-member electoral district at the 1989 general elections, the first under the proportional representation system.

Members of Parliament

Key

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

ElectionMemberPartyTerm
1947 Reginald Perera LSSP 1947-52
1952 Edmund Samarakkody 1952-56
1956 1956-60
1960 (March) Soma Wickremanayake 1960
1960 (July) 1960-65
1965 Dhanapala Weerasekera 1965-77
1970 1970-77

Elections

1947 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Reginald PereraChair6,38749.11
Mohandas de MelLamp2,49819.21
A. J. H. de ThabrewCartwheel1,57612.12
H. JayawardenaHouse9096.99
Piyadasa UdabageCup8986.91
C. W. de MelElephant3032.33
Valid Votes12,57196.66
Rejected Votes4343.34
Total Polled13,005100.00
Registered Electors28,932
Turnout44.95

1952 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Edmund SamarakkodyLanka Sama Samaja PartyStar8,84846.74
Somaweera GunasekeraTree8,76646.31
Effie JayatillakaLamp9825.19
Valid Votes18,59698.23
Rejected Votes3351.77
Total Polled18,931100.00
Registered Electors27,177
Turnout69.66

1956 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Edmund SamarakkodyLanka Sama Samaja PartyKey14,95463.78
C. Dervin FernandoUnited National PartyElephant8,31135.44
Valid Votes23,26599.22
Rejected Votes1830.78
Total Polled23,448100.00
Registered Electors32,694
Turnout71.72

1960 (March) Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Soma WickremanayakeLanka Sama Samaja PartyKey6,60637.07
A. F. WijemanneUnited National PartyElephant6,06034.01
C. P. RanasingheSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand2,07211.63
A. P. RanatungeCartwheel1,5408.64
M. G. JayawardenaCockrel1,1986.72
M. G. H. JayawardenaUmbrella2351.32
Valid Votes17,71199.38
Rejected Votes1100.62
Total Polled17,821100.00
Registered Electors23,658
Turnout75.33

1960 (July) Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Soma WickremanayakeLanka Sama Samaja PartyKey8,59350.18
A. F. WijemanneUnited National PartyElephant7,99046.65
Kusuma GunawardenaCartwheel4812.81
Valid Votes17,06499.64
Rejected Votes620.36
Total Polled17,126100.00
Registered Electors23,658
Turnout72.39

1965 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Dhanapala WeerasekeraKey13,29950.81
Kapilasena RatnayakeUnited National PartyElephant12,46647.63
U. E. PereraCartwheel1760.67
M. G. JayawardeneUmbrella760.29
Valid Votes26,01799.40
Rejected Votes1570.60
Total Polled26,174100.00
Registered Electors31,064
Turnout84.26

1970 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Dhanapala WeerasekeraLanka Sama Samaja PartyKey17,09156.07
M. S. ThemisUnited National PartyElephant12,88442.27
T. H. FernandoSamajawadi Mahajana PeramunaBell3551.17
Valid Votes30,33099.50
Rejected Votes1530.50
Total Polled30,483100.00
Registered Electors34,941
Turnout87.24

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

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