Colombo West electoral district was an electoral district of Sri Lanka between July 1977 and February 1989. The district was named after the city of Colombo in Colombo District, Western Province. The district was created by the division of the Colombo South Electoral District into Colombo East and Colombo West electoral districts in July 1977. 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 West electoral district was replaced by the Colombo multi-member electoral district at the 1989 general elections, the first under the PR system, though Colombo West continues to be a polling division of the multi-member electoral district.
Members of Parliament Key
ElectionMemberPartyTerm 1977 J. R. JayewardeneUNP 1977-1978 1978 (by-election) Anura Bastian 1978-1989
Elections 1977 parliamentary general election Results of the 8th parliamentary election held on 21 July 1977 for the district:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes%Junius Richard JayewardeneUnited National Party Elephant21,70778.91M. Chandralal SalgadoSri Lanka Freedom Party Hand3,76913.65S.D. Wijesinghe Key1,8036.55H. Navaratne Banda Chair700.26K.A. Thabrew Butterfly530.19Valid Votes27,40299.61Rejected Votes1070.39Total Polled27,509100.00Registered Electors37,983Turnout72.42
1978 parliamentary by election Results of the parliamentary by-election held on 21 March 1978 for the district:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes%Anura BastianUnited National Party Elephant13,15659.31D. W. AbeyakoonSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand3,02413.63Bernard SoysaLanka Sama Samaja PartyKey3,01913.61Navindra Gooneratna Chair2,49711.26R. Wijaya Indra Eye3341.51S. A. Karunanayaka Bell710.32N. P. Perera Lamp300.14G. K. S. Wijeyawardene Umbrella260.12Valid Votes22,11099.68Rejected Votes710.32Total Polled22,181100.00Registered Electors37,983Turnout58.40
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