Moratuwa electoral district was an electoral district of Sri Lanka between August 1947 and February 1989. The district was named after the city of Moratuwa 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. Moratuwa electoral district was replaced by the Colombo multi-member electoral district at the 1989 general elections, the first under the PR system, though Moratuwa continues to be a polling division of the multi-member electoral district.
Members of Parliament Key
ElectionMemberPartyTerm 1947Somaweera ChandrasiriLSSP 1947–1952 1952 1952–1956 1956 T. W. Merril Fernando 1956–1960 1960 M. Ruskin Fernando UNP 1960-1960 1960 T. W. Merril Fernando LSSP 1960–1965 1965 M. Ruskin Fernando UNP 1965–1970 1970 Wimalasiri de Mel LSSP 1970–1977 1977 Tyronne Fernando UNP 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%Somaweera ChandrasiriLanka Sama Samaja Party Hand13,46448.15%T. Amarasuriya Chair9,54733.58Darrel PeirisIndependent Lamp3,52312.39Watson Fernando Star7222.54A. C. W. Peiris Spoon4941.74Gilbert Perera Elephant2100.74Valid Votes27,96098.36Rejected Votes467 1.64Total Polled28,427 100.00Registered Electors57,723Turnout49.25
1952 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 2nd parliamentary election held between 24 May 1952 and 30 May 1952 for the district:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes%Somaweera ChandrasiriLanka Sama Samaja Party Elephant16,12540.75Jermyn G. Fernando Hand12,74132.20D. D. Abeysinghe Star10,28325.99Valid Votes39,14998.65Rejected Votes417 1.05Total Polled39,566 100.00Registered Electors55,090Turnout71.82
1956 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 3rd parliamentary election held between 5 April 1956 and 10 April 1956 for the district:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes%Meryl FernandoLanka Sama Samaja Party Key19,52948.20H. E. P. de MelUnited National PartyElephant11,81129.15Somaweera ChandrasiriIndependentFlower6,55916.19M. Vincent Perera Aeroplane2,2675.60M. S. Oliver Stembo Chair1660.41Valid Votes40,33299.51Rejected Votes 187 0.49Total Polled40,519 100.00Registered Electors60,395Turnout67.09
1960 (March) Parliamentary General Election Results of the 4th parliamentary election held on 19 March 1960 for the district:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes%M. Ruskin FernandoUnited National Party Elephant10,26242.14Meryl Fernando Key9,42738.71Nina Wijesuriya Lamp2,1378.78Watson FernandoCommunist Party Star1,0914.48Leonard de Mel Ship6482.66P. J. D. Rodrigo Umbrella3551.46S. O. Stembo Saw1970.81Samuel P. C. Fernando Sun900.37Vinnie de Silva Pair of Scales0.27Valid Votes24,27299.66Rejected Votes82 0.34Total Polled24,354100.00Registered Electors32,413Turnout75.14
1960 (July) Parliamentary General Election Results of the 5th parliamentary election held on 20 July 1960 for the district:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes%Meryl FernandoLanka Sama Samaja Party Key12,94351.59M. Ruskin FernandoUnited National Party Elephant11,59346.21Mohandas de Mel Cart Wheel4851.93Valid Votes25,02199.74Rejected Votes66 0.26Total Polled25,087 100.00Registered Electors32,413Turnout77.40
1965 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 6th parliamentary election held on 22 March 1965 for the district:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes%M. Ruskin FernandoUnited National Party Elephant18,05951.26Kusala Abhayawardhana Lanka Sama Samaja Party Key16,02045.47Meryl Fernando Lamp1,0482.98Valid Votes35,12799.71Rejected Votes102 0.29Total Polled35,229 100.00Registered Electors44,955Turnout78.37
1970 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 7th parliamentary election held on 27 May 1970 for the district:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes%Wimalasiri De MelLanka Sama Samaja Party Key24,67254.52M. Ruskin FernandoUnited National Party Elephant20,25844.77G. K. Nina Wijesuriya Bell2520.56Valid Votes45,18299.85Rejected Votes68 0.15Total Polled45,250 100.00Registered Electors54,188Turnout83.51
1977 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 8th parliamentary election held on 21 July 1977 for the district:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes%Tyronne Fernando Elephant28,48854.21Douglas Fernano Hand13,61425.91Wimalasiri De Mel Key7,00013.32Meryl Fernando Lamp2,8915.50P. F. Calistus Perera Chair1120.21A. Francis Fernando Umbrella1110.21Nina Wijesuriya Bell860.16Valid Votes52,30299.52Rejected Votes250 0.48Total Polled52,552 100.00Registered Electors64,190Turnout81.87
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