Avissawella electoral district was an electoral district of Sri Lanka between August 1947 and February 1989. The district was named after the town of Avissawella 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. Avissawella electoral district was replaced by the Colombo multi-member electoral district at the 1989 general elections, the first under the PR system, though Avissawella continues to be a polling division of the multi-member electoral district.
Members of Parliament Key
ElectionMemberPartyTerm 1947 Philip GunawardenaLanka Sama Samaja Party 1947-1948 1948 by-electionKusumasiri Gunawardena 1948-1952 1952Viplavakari Lanka Sama Samaja Party 1952-1956 1956Philip Gunawardena 1956-1960 1960 Mahajana Eksath Peramuna 1960-1960 1960 1960-1965 1965 1965-1970 1970 Bonnie Jayasuriya Sri Lanka Freedom Party 1970-1977 1977 M. D. Premaratne United National Party 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%Philip GunawardenaLanka Sama Samaja PartyHand17,59874.78Bernard Jayasuriya Elephant5,67624.12Valid Votes23,27498.90Rejected Votes2590.11Total Polled23,533100.00Registered Electors50,009Turnout47.06
1948 Parliamentary by-election Results of the 1948 parliamentary by-election, at which Kusumasiri Gunawardena was elected unopposed:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes% Kusumasiri Gunawardena - -Valid Votes--Rejected Votes- -Total Polled- -Registered Electors50,009 Turnout-
1952 Parliamentary general election Results of the 2nd parliamentary election held between 24 May 1952 and 30 May 1952 for the district:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes%Kusumasiri Gunawardena Elephant19,41450.75Clodagh Jayasuriya Hand18,48548.32Valid Votes37,89999.06Rejected Votes3580.94Total Polled38,257100.00Registered Electors52,507Turnout72.86
1956 Parliamentary general election Results of the 3rd parliamentary election held between 5 April 1956 and 10 April 1956 for the district:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes%Philip Gunawardena Hand30,07078.33Clodagh Jayasuriya Elephant7,81820.36H. M. S. Jayawardhana Bicycle2580.67Valid Votes38,14699.36Rejected Votes2440.64Total Polled38,390100.00Registered Electors59,267Turnout64.77
1960 (March) Parliamentary general election Results of the 4th parliamentary election held on 19 March 1960 for the district:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes%Philip GunawardenaMahajana Eksath Peramuna Cartwheel16,64859.72Ariyadasa JayawardenaUnited National Party Elephant10,39537.29Neville de Jacolyn Umbrella6572.36Valid Votes27,70099.37Rejected Votes1750.63Total Polled27,875100.00Registered Electors33,589Turnout82.99
1960 (July) Parliamentary general election Results of the 5th parliamentary election held on 20 July 1960 for the district:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes%Philip GunawardenaMahajana Eksath Peramuna Cartwheel13,29550.20Ariyadasa JayawardenaUnited National Party Elephant10,60040.02R. P. JayawardenaSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand2,4829.37Valid Votes26,37799.59Rejected Votes1080.41Total Polled26,485100.00Registered Electors33,589Turnout78.85
1965 Parliamentary general election Results of the 6th parliamentary election held on 22 March 1965 for the district:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes%Philip GunawardenaMahajana Eksath Peramuna Cartwheel22,09366.80Soma WickramanayakeSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand10,76632.55Valid Votes32,85999.34Rejected Votes2170.65Total Polled33,076100.00Registered Electors40,902Turnout80.87
1970 Parliamentary general election Results of the 7th parliamentary election held on 27 May 1970 for the district:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes%Bonnie JayasuriyaSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand19,68748.77Philip GunawardenaMahajana Eksath PeramunaCartwheel17,66143.75Siripala Padukka Chair2,8837.14Valid Votes40,23199.67Rejected Votes1340.33Total Polled40,365100.00Registered Electors46,402Turnout86.99%
1977 Parliamentary general election Results of the 8th parliamentary election held on 21 July 1977 for the district:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes%M. D. PremaratneUnited National Party Elephant23,81249.53Dinesh GunawardenaMahajana Eksath Peramuna Cartwheel17,89737.23W. P. SenanayakeSri Lanka Freedom Party Hand4,7629.91Chandrapala Kumarage Key1,1872.47Don Pemaratne Thillakaratne Pair of Scales2820.59Valid Votes47,94099.71Rejected Votes1380.29Total Polled48,078100.00Registered Electors54,375Turnout88.42
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