Negombo electoral district was an electoral district of Sri Lanka between August 1947 and February 1989. The district was named after the town of Negombo in present-day Gampaha 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. Negombo electoral district was replaced by the Gampaha multi-member electoral district at the 1989 general elections, the first under the PR system, though Negombo continues to be a polling division of the multi-member electoral district.
Members of Parliament Key
ElectionMemberPartyTerm 1947 H. de Z. SiriwardenaUNP 1947-1952 1952 A. N. D. A. Abeysinghe 1952-1956 1956 Hector Fernando LSSP 1956-1960 1960T. Quintin Fernando UNP 1960-1960 1960 1960-1965 1965 1965-1967 1967 (by-election) Denzil Fernando 1967-1970 1970 1970-1977 1977 1977-1989
Elections 1947 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 1st parliamentary election held between 23 August 1947 and 20 September 1947 for the district:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes%H. de Z. SiriwardenaUnited National PartyButterfly10,17439.20W. S. FernandoLanka Sama Samaja PartyElephant9,21835.52A. L. J. Croos RajchandraIndependentStar6,16923.77Valid Votes25,56198.50Rejected Votes3901.5Total Polled25,951100.00Registered Electors55,642Turnout46.64
1952 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 2nd parliamentary election held between 24 May 1952 and 30 May 1952 for the district:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes%A. N. D. A. Abeysinghe United National Party Hand 22,721 57.42Hector FernandoLanka Sama Samaja Party Star 9,396 23.75M. B. G. KureraIndependentElephant 3,396 8.58C. M. FernandoIndependentKey 3,207 8.10K. C. D. SenanayakeIndependentLamp 459 1.16Valid Votes39,17999.01Rejected Votes390 0.99Total Polled39,569 100.00Registered Electors60,617Turnout65.28
1956 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 3rd parliamentary election held between 5 April 1956 and 10 April 1956 for the district:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes%Hector FernandoLanka Sama Samaja PartyKey20,89247.51T. Quintin FernandoUnited National PartyElephant18,21241.42Tudor B. Gunasekera Lamp4,58910.44Valid Votes43,69399.37Rejected Votes2770.63Total Polled43,970100.00Registered Electors67,060Turnout65.57
1960 (March) Parliamentary General Election Results of the 4th parliamentary election held on 19 March 1960 for the district:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes%T. Quintin FernandoUnited National PartyElephant11,20748.38M. Bernard Kurera Cockerel5,78624.98L.C. Dissanayake Winnow3,36014.50W.S.M.M. AbeysekeraSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand1,3725.92Valentine F. Wijeratne] Sun1,1154.81D.M.M. Jayawardane Sewing Machine1560.67Valid Votes22,99699.26Rejected Votes1710.74Total Polled23,167100.00Registered Electors32,569Turnout71.13
1960 (July) Parliamentary General Election Results of the 5th parliamentary election held on 20 July 1960 for the district:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes%T. Quintin FernandoUnited National PartyElephant14,46967.06%M. Bernard KureraSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand7,10832.94%Valid Votes21,577100.00%Rejected Votes124Total Polled21,701Registered Electors32,569Turnout66.63%
1965 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 6th parliamentary election held on 22 March 1965 for the district:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes%T. Quintin FernandoUnited National PartyElephant22,05676.52%M. Bernard KureraSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand6,76623.48%Valid Votes28,822100.00%Rejected Votes188Total Polled29,010Registered Electors37,900Turnout76.54%
1970 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 7th parliamentary election held on 27 May 1970 for the district:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes%Denzil FernandoUnited National PartyElephant20,45756.24%Justin FernandoSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand15,92043.76%Valid Votes36,377100.00%Rejected Votes132Total Polled36,509Registered Electors44,284Turnout82.44%
1977 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 8th parliamentary election held on 21 July 1977 for the district:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes%Denzil Fernando Elephant28,47065.71%Ananda Munasinghe Hand13,71831.66%W. Nelson Peiris Key1,0182.35%Gamini Fonseka Ship1240.29%Valid Votes43,330100.00%Rejected Votes161Total Polled43,491Registered Electors51,463Turnout84.51%
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