Borella electoral district was an electoral district of Sri Lanka between March 1960 and February 1989. The district was named after the town of Borella 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. Borella electoral district was replaced by the Colombo multi-member electoral district at the 1989 general elections.
Members of Parliament Key
ElectionMemberPartyTerm 1960 (March) R. B. Lenora United National Party 1960 1960 (July) W. Danister de Silva Sri Lanka Freedom Party 1960-64 1964 (by-election) Vivienne Goonewardena Lanka Sama Samaja Party 1964-65 1965 M. H. Mohamed United National Party 1965-70 1970 Kusala Abhayawardana Lanka Sama Samaja Party 1970-77 1977 M. H. Mohamed United National Party 1977-89
Elections 1960 (March) Parliamentary General Election Results of the 4th parliamentary election held on 19 March 1960:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes% R. B. Lenora United National Party Elephant 7,261 35.20 W. Danister de Silva Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand 5,502 26.67 H. A. de S. Gunasekera Key 3,914 18.96 M. S. Abu Bakr Cartwheel 3,748 18.17 B.H.S. Jayawardena Eye 1,656 8.03 H. L. Perera Pair of Scales - Valid Votes20,557 99.66Rejected Votes70 0.34Total Polled20,627 100.00Registered Electors28,423 Turnout72.57
1960 (July) Parliamentary General Election Results of the 5th parliamentary election held on 20 July 1960:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes% W. Danister de Silva Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand 11,409 56.40 R. B. Lenora United National Party Elephant 8,690 42.96Valid Votes20,09999.37Rejected Votes128 0.63Total Polled20,227100.00Registered Electors28,423Turnout71.16
1964 Parliamentary By Election Results of the Ceylonese parliamentary by-election, held on 18 January 1964:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes% Vivienne Goonewardena Lanka Sama Samaja Party Key 12,592 47.96 R. B. Lenora United National Party Elephant 12,106 46.11 Kamala de Silva Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand 1,356 5.16 J. N. Ranatunga Spoon 156 0.59 D. N. Samarakoon Aeroplane 47 0.18Valid Votes26,19499.76Rejected Votes63 0.24Total Polled26,257 100.00Registered Electors28,423 Turnout92.38
1965 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 6th parliamentary election held on 22 March 1965:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes% M. H. Mohamed United National Party Elephant 14,910 51.70 Vivienne Goonewardena Lanka Sama Samaja Party Key 13,218 45.83 P. de Z. Sri Gunawardena Cartwheel 374 1.30 D. C. Abeyewardena Umbrella 100 0.35Valid Votes28,60299.17Rejected Votes238 0.83Total Polled28,840 100.00Registered Electors37,542 Turnout76.82
1970 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 7th parliamentary election held on 27 May 1970:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes% Kusala Abhayawardana Lanka Sama Samaja Party Key 16,421 50.05 M. H. Mohamed United National Party Elephant 15,829 48.24 M. A. Mansoor Pair of Scales 510 1.55Valid Votes32,76099.85Rejected Votes50 0.15Total Polled32,810 100.00Registered Electors42,849 Turnout76.57
1977 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 8th parliamentary election held on 21 July 1977:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes% M. H. Mohamed United National Party Elephant 19,824 61.63 B. T. Douglas Perera Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand 9,812 30.50 Dharmasena de Silva Kurukulasuriya Lanka Sama Samaja Party Key 2,304 7.16 A. G. Guruge Flower 88 0.27Valid Votes32,02899.57Rejected Votes 139 0.43Total Polled32,167 100.00Registered Electors41,634 Turnout77.26
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