Chilaw electoral district was an electoral district of Sri Lanka between August 1947 and February 1989. The district was named after the town of Chilaw in Puttalam District, North 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. Chilaw electoral district was replaced by the Puttalam multi-member electoral district at the 1989 general elections, the first under the proportional representation system.
Members of Parliament Key
ElectionMemberPartyTerm 1947 J. J. Fernando Ind. 1952 Shirley Corea UNP 1956W. J. C. MunasinhaSLFP 1960 (March) 1960 (July) S. D. R. Jayaratne 1965 Shirley Corea 1970 S. D. R. Jayaratne 1977 Harindra Corea
Elections 1947 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 1st parliamentary election held between 23 August 1947 and 20 September 1947 for the district:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes% J. J. Fernando Independent Elephant 6,270 34.99 W. J. C. Munasinha Independent Cartwheel 4,235 23.63 C. A. Abeyratne United National Party Star 3,376 18.84 H. Gunasekera Independent Umbrella 2,118 11.82 C. E. Victor S. Corea IndependentFlower 1,744 9.73Valid Votes17,74399.02Rejected Votes176 0.98Total Polled17,919 100.00Registered Electors31,053 Turnout57.70
1952 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 2nd parliamentary election held between 24 May 1952 and 30 May 1952 for the district:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes% Shirley Corea United National Party Elephant 10,260 39.38 W. J. C. Munasinha Sri Lanka Freedom Party Wheel 10,206 39.17 J. J. Fernando Independent Star 5,027 19.29 A. M. L. Appuhamy Rep Bicycle 341 1.31Valid Votes25,83499.16Rejected Votes220 0.84Total Polled26,054 100.00Registered Electors35,917 Turnout72.54
1956 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 3rd parliamentary election held between 5 April 1956 and 10 April 1956 for the district:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes% W. J. C. Munasinha Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand 19,565 62.02 Shirley Corea United National Party Elephant 11,831 37.50Valid Votes31,39699.53Rejected Votes149 0.47Total Polled31,545 100.00Registered Electors40,672Turnout77.56
1960 (March) Parliamentary General Election Results of the 4th parliamentary election held on 19 March 1960 for the district:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes% W. J. C. Munasinha Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand 9,302 38.57 S. D. R. Jayaratne Sun 4,527 18.77 Patronius Fernando United National Party Elephant 4,364 18.10 R. H. Randeny Key 2,843 11.79 J. J. Fernando Independent Umbrella 1,978 8.20 M. Cyril Fernando Spectacles 587 2.43 H. D. S. Jayasekera Scales 313 1.30Valid Votes23,91499.16Rejected Votes 203 0.84Total Polled 24,117 100.00Registered Electors 31,364 Turnout 76.89
1960 (July) Parliamentary General Election Results of the 5th parliamentary election held on 20 July 1960 for the district:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes% S. D. R. Jayaratne Hand 10,893 49.69 W. J. C. Munasinha Eye 8,643 39.42 Francis Perera House 2,278 10.39Valid Votes21,81499.49Rejected Votes110 0.50Total Polled21,924 100.00Registered Electors31,364 Turnout69.90
1965 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 6th parliamentary election held on 22 March 1965 for the district:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes% Shirley Corea Elephant 15,546 49.08 S. D. R. Jayaratne Hand 13,769 43.47 W. J. C. Munasinha Eye 2,021 6.38 M. M. Adikari Sun 107 0.34Valid Votes31,44399.26Rejected Votes233 0.74Total Polled31,676 100.00Registered Electors37,805 Turnout83.79
1970 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 7th parliamentary election held on 27 May 1970 for the district:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes% S. D. R. Jayaratne Hand 23,203 55.51 Shirley Corea Elephant 18,419 44.06Valid Votes41,62299.57Rejected Votes180 0.43Total Polled41,802 100.00Registered Electors49,184Turnout84.99
1977 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 8th parliamentary election held on 21 July 1977 for the district:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes% Harindra Corea Elephant 25,269 55.27 S. D. R. Jayaratne Hand 19,462 42.57 Leslie de Silva Key 669 1.46 E. de S. Amarasekara Flower 133 0.29 T. Pathiraja Umbrella 48 0.11 Wimalasiri Susewhewa Cartwheel 40 0.09Valid Votes45,62199.78 Rejected Votes102 0.22Total Polled45,723 100.00Registered Electors51,172 Turnout89.15
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