Panadura electoral district was an electoral district of Sri Lanka between August 1947 and February 1989. The district was named after the town of Panadura in Kalutara 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. Panadura electoral district was replaced by the Kalutara multi-member electoral district at the 1989 general elections, the first under the PR system, though Panadura continues to be a polling division of the multi-member electoral district.
Members of Parliament Key
ElectionMemberPartyTerm 1947 Henry Peiris BSP 1947-1952 1952 D. C. W. Kannangara UNP 1952-1956 1956Leslie GoonewardeneLSSP 1956-1960 1960 1960-1960 1960 1960-1965 1965 1965-1970 1970 1970-1977 1977 Neville 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%Henry PeirisBolshevik Samasamaja Party Lamp16,43543.37Susantha de FonsekaUnited National Party Umbrella13,88936.65D. C. W. KannangaraIndependent Hand6,72917.76R. E. WeeramanIndependent Butterfly4061.07Valid Votes37,45998.86Rejected Votes4331.14Total Polled37,892100.00Registered Electors53,479Turnout70.85
1952 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 2nd parliamentary election held between 24 May 1952 and 30 May 1952 for the district:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes%D. C. W. KannangaraUnited National PartyStar19,76051.53Henry PeirisBolshevik Samasamaja Party Hand15,90441.48Shelton Peiris Lamp1,2003.13K. A. R. Solomon Fernando Elephant1,0892.84Valid Votes37,95398.98Rejected Votes3921.02Total Polled38,345100.00Registered Electors56,528Turnout67.83
1956 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 3rd parliamentary election held between 5 April 1956 and 10 April 1956 for the district:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes%Leslie GoonewardeneLanka Sama Samaja Party Key29,36272.32D. C. W. KannangaraUnited National Party Elephant11,03227.17Valid Votes40,39499.49Rejected Votes2060.51Total Polled40,600100.00Registered Electors61,288Turnout66.24
1960 (March) Parliamentary General Election Results of the 4th parliamentary election held on 19 March 1960 for the district:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes%Leslie GoonewardeneLanka Sama Samaja Party Key9,26634.97Cyril SalgadoUnited National Party Elephant6,91926.11Upali Dias Sun6,51924.60L. W. Kuruppu Cockerel2,88710.89Asoka Ranjit Jayatilake Bell4691.77Sirisoma Jayasinghe Lamp3021.14Valid Votes26,36299.48Rejected Votes1370.52Total Polled26,499100.00Registered Electors34,958Turnout75.80
1960 (July) Parliamentary General Election Results of the 5th parliamentary election held on 20 July 1960 for the district:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes%Leslie GoonewardeneLanka Sama Samaja Party Key15,38759.61Cyril SalgadoUnited National Party Elephant10,30939.94Valid Votes25,69699.55Rejected Votes1170.45Total Polled25,813100.00Registered Electors34,958Turnout73.84
1965 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 6th parliamentary election held on 22 March 1965 for the district:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes%Leslie GoonewardeneLanka Sama Samaja Party Key20,03355.22Jane M. de FonsekaUnited National Party Elephant16,00544.11Valid Votes36,03899.33Rejected Votes2430.77Total Polled36,281100.00Registered Electors43,789Turnout82.85
1970 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 7th parliamentary election held on 27 May 1970 for the district:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes%Leslie GoonewardeneLanka Sama Samaja Party Key25,21859.41Cyril SalgadoUnited National Party Elephant16,62239.16Jayasiri Hirimuthugoda Bell5291.25Valid Votes42,36999.81Rejected Votes800.19Total Polled42,449100.00Registered Electors50,489Turnout84.08
1977 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 8th parliamentary election held on 21 July 1977 for the district:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes%Neville FernandoUnited National Party Elephant28,67756.15Leslie Goonewardene Lanka Sama Samaja Party Key17,54634.35Don Piyasena WttasingheSri Lanka Freedom Party Hand3,4776.81Jitendra Weeraman Lamp7511.47A. D. Sugathadasa Spoon3280.64S. Jinendradasa Cartwheel1200.24Valid Votes50,89999.66Rejected Votes1760.44Total Polled51,075100.00Registered Electors59,163Turnout86.33
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