Kotte electoral district was an electoral district of Sri Lanka between August 1947 and February 1989. The district was named after the town of Kotte 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. Kotte electoral district was replaced by the Colombo multi-member electoral district at the 1989 general elections, the first under the PR system, though Kotte continues to be a polling division of the multi-member electoral district.
Members of Parliament Key
ElectionMemberPartyTerm 1947Robert GunawardenaLanka Sama Samaja Party 1947-1952 1952 1952-1956 1956 1956-1960 1960 A. J. Niyathapala United National Party 1960-1960 1960Stanley Tillekeratne Communist Party 1960-1965 1965Sri Lanka Freedom Party 1965-1970 1970 1970-1977 1977 Ananda Tissa de Alwis 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%Robert Gunawardena Elephant11,95556.36R. Hewavitarana Cart Wheel7,75336.55W. G. Ratnayake Hand9284.37D. F. Galhena Star3621.71C. A. Boteju House2151.01Valid Votes21,21398.34Rejected Votes3591.66Total Polled21,572100.00Registered Electors45,754Turnout47.15
1952 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 2nd parliamentary election held between 24 May 1952 and 30 May 1952 for the district:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes%Robert Gunawardena Elephant15,86553.38Ananda Tissa de Alwis Hand11,05137.18N. J. V. Cooray Star2,8079.44Valid Votes29,72399.45Rejected Votes1640.55Total Polled29,887100.00Registered Electors47,510Turnout62.91
1956 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 3rd parliamentary election held between 5 April 1956 and 10 April 1956 for the district:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes%Robert GunawardenaLanka Sama Samaja PartyKey25,05069.88Ananda Tissa de Alwis Elephant10,24428.58W. H. Fonseka Bicycle5511.54Valid Votes35,84599.62Rejected Votes1380.38Total Polled35,983100.00Registered Electors57,558Turnout62.52
1960 (March) Parliamentary General Election Results of the 4th parliamentary election held on 19 March 1960 for the district:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes%A. J. NiyathapalaUnited National Party Elephant8,85034.89Stanley TillekeratneCommunist Party Star7,11028.03D. L. Pathirage Key4,96919.59W. W. A. FernandoSri Lanka Freedom Party Hand4,29816.94D. F. Galhena Umbrella1410.56Valid Votes25,36899.65Rejected Votes890.35Total Polled25,457100.00Registered Electors33,810Turnout75.29
1960 (July) Parliamentary General Election Results of the 5th parliamentary election held on 20 July 1960 for the district:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes%Stanley TillekeratneCommunist Party Star14,58957.65A. J. NiyathapalaUnited National Party Elephant10,44741.28Dickmon Wijesinghe Cart Wheel1460.58D. F. Galhena Pot1250.49Valid Votes25,30799.74Rejected Votes660.26Total Polled25,373100.00Registered Electors33,810Turnout75.05
1965 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 6th parliamentary election held on 22 March 1965 for the district:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes%Stanley TillekeratneSri Lanka Freedom Party Hand20,50352.03A. J. NiyathapalaUnited National Party Elephant18,15546.07K. Jinadasa PereraMahajana Eksath Peramuna Cart Wheel3880.98N. W. de Costa Cockerel1030.26Valid Votes39,14999.35Rejected Votes2580.65Total Polled39,407*100.00Registered Electors49,170Turnout80.14
1970 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 7th parliamentary election held on 27 May 1970 for the district:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes%Stanley TillekeratneSri Lanka Freedom Party Hand32,05156.81A. J. NiyathapalaUnited National Party Elephant24,20842.91Valid Votes56,25999.72Rejected Votes1560.28Total Polled56,415100.00Registered Electors68,383Turnout82.50
1977 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 8th parliamentary election held on 21 July 1977 for the district:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes%Ananda Tissa de AlwisUnited National Party Elephant23,24954.46A. J. NiyathapalaSri Lanka Freedom PartyChair15,37536.02K. Siriwardhana Star3,7728.84Kalinga Piyadasa de Silva Flower1310.31Ananda Alwis Rabbit1240.29Victor Amarasinghe Spoon370.09Valid Votes42,68899.70Rejected Votes1290.30Total Polled42,817100.00Registered Electors52,707Turnout81.24
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