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. 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.
Members of Parliament Key
ElectionMemberPartyTerm 1947 George R. de SilvaUNP 1947 1952 Cyril E. S. Perera 1952 1956 Vivienne Goonewardena LSSP 1956 1960V. A. SugathadasaUNP 1960 (March) 1960 1960 (July) 1965 1965 1970 1970 1973 (by-election)M. Vincent Perera 1973 (by) 1977 1977
Elections 1947 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 1st parliamentary election held between 23 August 1947 and 20 September 1947 for the district:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes%George R. de SilvaUnited National Party Umbrella7,50150.25Lionel Cooray Elephant6,13041.06E. C. H. Fernando Cup5013.36A. P. de ZoysaIndependent House4292.87H. C. Abeywardena Hand1781.19Valid Votes14,73998.73Rejected Votes1891.27Total Polled14,928100.00Registered Electors30,791Turnout48.48
1952 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 2nd parliamentary election held between 24 May 1952 and 30 May 1952 for the district:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes%Cyril E. S. PereraUnited National PartyElephant10,63047.80Leslie GoonewardenaLanka Sama Samaja Party Hand7,13632.09George R. de SilvaSri Lanka Freedom Party Star3,59216.15J. M. Gnanapragasam Key7103.19Valid Votes22,06899.22Rejected Votes1730.78Total Polled22,241100.00Registered Electors35,582Turnout62.51
1956 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 3rd parliamentary election held between 5 April 1956 and 10 April 1956 for the district:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes%Vivienne GoonewardenaLanka Sama Samaja PartyKey16,84158.09J. C. de Silva Wijeyeratne Elephant9,48932.73W. D. de Silva Bicycle1,3054.50M. W. Perera Hand1,2294.24Valid Votes28,86499.56Rejected Votes1270.44Total Polled28,991100.00Registered Electors43,388Turnout66.82
1960 (March) Parliamentary General Election Results of the 4th parliamentary election held on 19 March 1960 for the district:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes%V. A. SugathadasaUnited National PartyElephant9,44641.64Vivienne Goonewardena Key8,60237.92Vincent SiripalaSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand3,14913.88A. M. G. de Silva Umbrella1,1645.13S. E. Nelson Fernando Ladder1880.83K. J. S. A. Fernando Eye520.23Valid Votes22,60199.62Rejected Votes860.38Total Polled22,687100.00Registered Electors29,434Turnout77.08
1960 (July) Parliamentary General Election Results of the 5th parliamentary election held on 20 July 1960 for the district:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes%V. A. SugathadasaUnited National PartyElephant11,50750.11Vivienne GoonewardenaLanka Sama Samaja PartyKey11,36349.49Valid Votes22,87099.60Rejected Votes920.40Total Polled22,962100.00Registered Electors29,434Turnout78.01
1965 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 6th parliamentary election held on 22 March 1965 for the district:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes%V. A. SugathadasaUnited National PartyElephant19,87562.01Ananda Premasinghe Key11,88437.08M. D. C. S. Mendis Omnibus1700.53Valid Votes31,92999.63Rejected Votes1200.37Total Polled32,049100.00Registered Electors39,431Turnout81.28
1970 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 7th parliamentary election held on 27 May 1970 for the district:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes%V. A. SugathadasaUnited National PartyElephant20,93059.68Harris Wickremetunge Chair13,78339.30W. I. A. Corsby Fernando Ship1640.47A. S. Jayamaha Cockerel970.28Valid Votes34,97499.72Rejected Votes970.28Total Polled35,071100.00Registered Electors44,511Turnout78.79
1977 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 8th parliamentary election held on 21 July 1977 for the district:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes%Vincent Perera Elephant26,75966.62A. H. M. Fowzie Hand11,61728.93K. L. Robert Nandasiri Perera Key1,3213.29V. Dioynisius Wijesinghe Bell1930.48Don Sirisena Mallawarachi Eye490.12E. D. Pemaratne Lamp450.11G. T. Ariyadasa Flower420.10Valid Votes40,02699.66Rejected Votes1360.34Total Polled40,162100.00Registered Electors49,803Turnout80.64
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