Horana Electoral District

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This article is about the former electoral district in Sri Lanka. For town, see Horana.

Horana electoral district was an electoral district of Sri Lanka between August 1947 and February 1989. The district was named after the town of Horana 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.[1] Horana electoral district was replaced by the Kalutara multi-member electoral district at the 1989 general elections, the first under the PR system, though Horana continues to be a polling division of the multi-member electoral district.

Members of Parliament[edit]

Key

  MEP   SLFP   UNP

Election Member Party Term
1947 A. P. Jayasuriya United National Party 1947-1952
1952 M. D. H. Jayawardena 1952-1956
1956 K. A. S. Palansuriya Sri Lanka Freedom Party 1956-1960
1960 Ratnasiri Wickremanayake Mahajana Eksath Peramuna 1960-1960
1960 Mahajana Eksath Peramuna (1960-1962)
Sri Lanka Freedom Party (1962-1965) 		1960-1965
1965 Sri Lanka Freedom Party 1965-1970
1970 1970-1977
1977 Indradasa Hettiarachchi United National Party 1977-1989

Elections[edit]

1947 Parliamentary General Election[edit]

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

Candidate Party Symbol Votes %
A. P. Jayasuriya Elephant 15,828 45.40
M. T. Peiris Umbrella 15,163 44.36
A. Dharmapriya Lamp 3,187 9.14
Valid Votes 34,178 98.03
Rejected Votes 687 1.97
Total Polled 34,865 100.00
Registered Electors 51,108
Turnout 68.22

1952 Parliamentary General Election[edit]

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

Candidate Party Symbol Votes %
M. D. H. Jayawardena Elephant 21,746 50.59
Ariyadasa Jayawardana Hand 8,249 19.19
Wilfred Senanayake Bird 7,367 17.14
Esme Perera Umbrella 5,145 11.97
Valid Votes 42,507 98.89
Rejected Votes 477 1.11
Total Polled 42,984 100.00
Registered Electors 53,927
Turnout 79.71

1956 Parliamentary General Election[edit]

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

Candidate Party Symbol Votes %
K. A. S. Palansuriya Hand 29,780 60.51
M. D. H. Jayawardena Elephant 19,125 38.86
Valid Votes 48,905 99.37
Rejected Votes 312 0.63
Total Polled 49,217 100.00
Registered Electors 60,680
Turnout 81.11

1960 (March) Parliamentary General Election[edit]

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

Candidate Party Symbol Votes %
Ratnasiri Wickremanayake Mahajana Eksath Peramuna Cartwheel 15,759 54.57
M. D. H. Jayawardena United National Party Elephant 10,649 36.87
H. D. Jinadasa Key 1,721 5.96
Walter Peiris Umbrella 353 1.22
G. M. Perera Sun 210 0.73
Valid Votes 28,692 99.35
Rejected Votes 187 0.65
Total Polled 28,879 100.00
Registered Electors 33,713
Turnout 85.66

1960 (July) Parliamentary General Election[edit]

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

Candidate Party Symbol Votes %
Ratnasiri Wickremanayake Orange 14,023 50.69
Indradasa Hettiarachchi United National Party Elephant 11,998 43.37
K. David Cartwheel 1,555 5.62
Valid Votes 27,576 99.67
Rejected Votes 90 0.33
Total Polled 27,666 100.00
Registered Electors 33,713
Turnout 82.06

1965 Parliamentary General Election[edit]

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

Candidate Party Symbol Votes %
Ratnasiri Wickremanayake Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand 18,957 52.97
Indradasa Hettiarachchi United National Party Elephant 16,149 45.13
D. L. Gunawardena Mahajana Eksath Peramuna Cartwheel 491 1.37
Valid Votes 35,597 99.47
Rejected Votes 190 0.53
Total Polled 35,787 100.00
Registered Electors 40,763
Turnout 87.79

1970 Parliamentary General Election[edit]

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

Candidate Party Symbol Votes %
Ratnasiri Wickremanayake Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand 24,163 58.03
Indradasa Hettiarachchi United National Party Elephant 17,410 41.81
Valid Votes 41,573 99.84
Rejected Votes 68 0.16
Total Polled 41,641 100.00
Registered Electors 45,330
Turnout 91.86

1977 Parliamentary General Election[edit]

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

Candidate Party Symbol Votes %
Indradasa Hettiarachchi Elephant 27,188 56.46
Ratnasiri Wickremanayake Hand 19,453 40.40
Premalal Gunasekera Star 1,090 2.26
Jayasena Jayasinghe Lamp 302 0.63
Valid Votes 48,033 99.75
Rejected Votes 120 0.25
Total Polled 48,153 100.00
Registered Electors 53,138
Turnout 90.62

References[edit]

  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 4 February 2022.
  3. ^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1952" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 4 February 2022.
  4. ^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1956" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 4 February 2022.
  5. ^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 19 March 1960" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 4 February 2022.
  6. ^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 20 July 1960" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 4 February 2022.
  7. ^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1965" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 4 February 2022.
  8. ^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1970" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 4 February 2022.
  9. ^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1977" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka.

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