Kalutara electoral district was an electoral district of Sri Lanka between August 1947 and February 1989. The district was named after the town of Kalutara 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. Kalutara electoral district was replaced by the Kalutara multi-member electoral district at the 1989 general elections, the first under the PR system, though Kalutara continues to be a polling division of the multi-member electoral district.
Members of Parliament Key
ElectionMemberPartyTerm 1947 Cholomondeley Goonewardene LSSP 1947-1952 1952 P. Andrew Cooray UNP 1952-1956 1956Cholomondeley GoonewardeneLSSP 1956-1960 1960 1960-1960 1960 1960-1965 1965 1965-1970 1970 1970-1977 1977V. L. WijemanneUNP 1977-1983 1983 (by) 1983-1989
Elections 1947 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 1st parliamentary election held between 23 August 1947 and 20 September 1947 for the district:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes%Cholomondeley GoonewardeneLanka Sama Samaja PartyKey13,79747.49Upali Batuwantudawe Elephant11,82739.92H. Obeysekera Cup2,8889.75T. R. P. Perera Flower5391.82Valid Votes29,05198.06Rejected Votes5751.94Total Polled29,626100.00Registered Electors51,031Turnout58.05
1952 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 2nd parliamentary election held between 24 May 1952 and 30 May 1952 for the district:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes%P. Andrew CoorayUnited National Party Key11,66533.87%Cholomondeley GoonewardeneLanka Sama Samaja Party Elephant11,33332.54Upali Batuwantudawe Star9,91428.46A. P. de Zoysa Hand1,5304.39Valid Votes34,44298.88Rejected Votes3891.12Total Polled34,831100.00Registered Electors51,291Turnout67.91
1956 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 3rd parliamentary election held between 5 April 1956 and 10 April 1956 for the district:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes%Cholomondeley GoonewardeneLanka Sama Samaja Party Key14,65937.56Upali BatuwantudaweSri Lanka Freedom Party Hand13,53634.68P. Andrew CoorayUnited National Party Elephant10,55127.03Valid Votes38,74699.28Rejected Votes2820.72Total Polled39,028100.00Registered Electors57,930Turnout67.37
1960 (March) Parliamentary General Election Results of the 4th parliamentary election held on 19 March 1960 for the district:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes%Cholomondeley GoonewardeneLanka Sama Samaja Party Key7,74929.46V. L. WijemanneUnited National Party Elephant6,9842655Kingsley Wickremasinghe Sun5,56621.16K. W. SilvaSri Lanka Freedom Party Hand3,15111.98M. P. PereraCommunist Party Star1,6756.37S. D. P. Senaratne Umbrella7002.66C. E. Dalpatadu Cockerel3091.17Valid Votes26,13499.34Rejected Votes1740.66Total Polled26,308100.00Registered Electors33,209Turnout79.22
1960 (July) Parliamentary General Election Results of the 5th parliamentary election held on 20 July 1960 for the district:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes%Cholomondeley GoonewardeneLanka Sama Samaja Party Key14,45856.84V. L. WijemanneUnited National Party Elephant10,48941.24Milton Wijekulatilleke Winnow2020.79K. N. E. P. Rajakaruna Cart Wheel1840.72Valid Votes25,33399.60Rejected Votes1020.40Total Polled25,435100.00Registered Electors33,209Turnout76.59
1965 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 6th parliamentary election held on 22 March 1965 for the district:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes%Cholomondeley GoonewardeneLanka Sama Samaja Party Key17,70552.43Kingsley WickremasingheUnited National Party Elephant15,66746.39W. Edward Samaranayake Cockerel1880.56Valid Votes33,56099.37Rejected Votes2120.63Total Polled33,772100.00Registered Electors39,439Turnout85.63
1970 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 7th parliamentary election held on 27 May 1970 for the district:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes%Cholomondeley Goonewardene Lanka Sama Samaja Party Key23,69657.27V. L. WijemanneUnited National Party Elephant17,59142.51Valid Votes41,28799.78Rejected Votes900.22Total Polled41,377100.00Registered Electors47,334Turnout87.41
1977 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 8th parliamentary election held on 21 July 1977 for the district:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes%V. L. WijemanneUnited National Party Elephant26,12354.13D. S. Indrapala AbeyweeraSri Lanka Freedom Party Hand11,33323.48Cholomondeley GoonewardeneLanka Sama Samaja PartyKey10,45321.66K. W. Silva Lamp2170.45Valid Votes48,12699.73Rejected Votes1320.27Total Polled48,258100.00Registered Electors54,995Turnout87.75
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