Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia electoral district, later renamed Dehiwala was an electoral district of Sri Lanka between March 1960 and February 1989. The district was named after the city of Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia 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. Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia electoral district was replaced by the Colombo multi-member electoral district at the 1989 general elections.
Members of Parliament Key
ElectionMemberPartyTerm 1960 (March) S. de Silva Jayasinghe UNP 1960-1960 1960 (July) Colvin R. de Silva LSSP 1960-1965 1965 S. de Silva Jayasinghe UNP 1965-1970 1970 Vivienne Goonewardena LSSP 1970-1977 1977 S. de Silva JayasingheUNP 1977-1977 1977 (by election) Sunethra Ranasinghe 1977-1989
Elections 1960 (March) Parliamentary General Election Results of the 4th parliamentary election held on 19 March 1960 for the district:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes% S. de Silva Jayasinghe Elephant 12,971 40.88 Colvin R. de Silva Key 8,599 27.10 Andrew Fernando Hand 6,378 20.10 K. K. A. E. Britto Star 3,222 10.15 T. D. L. Aponso Umbrella 420 1.32Valid Votes31,59099.56Rejected Votes1400.44Total Polled31,730 100.00Registered Electors43,172 Turnout73.50
1960 (July) Parliamentary General Election Results of the 5th parliamentary election held on 20 July 1960 for the district:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes% Colvin R. de Silva Key 16,002 51.36 S. de Silva Jayasinghe Elephant 14,892 47.80 D. B. de S. Jayawardena Rabbit 156 0.50Valid Votes31,05099.65Rejected Votes108 0.35Total Polled31,158 100.00Registered Electors43,172 Turnout72.17
1965 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 6th parliamentary election held on 22 March 1965 for the district:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes% S. de Silva Jayasinghe Elephant 24,652 53.19 Colvin R. de Silva Key 21,363 46.10 Somadasa Siriwardhana Cartwheel 248 0.54Valid Votes46,26399.83Rejected Votes81 0.17Total Polled46,344 100.00Registered Electors56,366 Turnout82.22
1970 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 7th parliamentary election held on 27 May 1970 for the district:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes% Vivienne Goonewardena Key 29,430 51.63 S. de Silva Jayasinghe Elephant 27,463 48.18Valid Votes56,89398.81Rejected Votes106 0.19Total Polled56,999 100.00Registered Electors70,236 Turnout81.15
1977 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 8th parliamentary election held on 21 July 1977 for the district:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes% S. de Silva Jayasinghe United National Party Elephant 22,364 61.44 Vithanage Don Alfred Perera Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand 9,996 27.46 Ananda Premasinghe Lanka Sama Samaja Party Key 3,578 9.83 T. Upali Cooray Bell 402 1.10Valid Votes36,34099.84Rejected Votes60 0.17Total Polled36,400 100.00Registered Electors45,693 Turnout79.66
1977 Parliamentary By Election Results of the Ceylonese parliamentary by-election, held on 11 November 1977:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes% Sunethra Rupasinghe United National Party Elephant 18,27962.75 Vithanage Don Alfred Perera Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand 7,79526.76 Ananda Premasinghe Lanka Sama Samaja Party Key 2,753 9.45 Asoka Atapattu Lamp 1,386 4.76Valid Votes28,96599.44Rejected Votes163 0.56Total Polled29,128 100.00Registered Electors45,693 Turnout63.75
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