Kolonna Electoral District

Kolonna electoral district was an electoral district of Sri Lanka between March 1960 and February 1989. The district was named after the town of Kolonna in Ratnapura District, Sabaragamuwa 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.[1] Kolonna electoral district was replaced by the Ratnapura multi-member electoral district at the 1989 general elections.

Members of Parliament

Key

  Independent     Sri Lanka Freedom Party     United National Party  

ElectionMemberPartyTerm
1960 (March) K. E. Perera MEP 1960
1960 (July) D. S. Samarasinghe SLFP 1960 - 1967
1965
1967 by-election T. B. Ilangaratne 1967 - 1977
1970
1977 Weerasinghe Mallimarachchi UNP 1977 - 1989

Elections

1960 (March) Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 4th parliamentary election held on 19 March 1960:[2]

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
K. E. PeraraMahajana Eksath Peramuna Cartwheel8,60840.66
U. A. S. PeraraUnited National PartyElephant6,08828.76
Rupa GunawardaneKey3,58216.92
William GonaduwaSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand2,48511.74
Ariyasena LiyanageEye1320.62
L. A. M. PereraUmbrella1190.56
Oliver AlahakoonPair of Scales630.30
Valid Votes21,07799.56
Rejected Votes940.44
Total Polled21,171100.00
Registered Electors26,754
Turnout79.13

1960 (July) Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 5th parliamentary election held on 20 July 1960:[3]

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
D. S. SamarasingheSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand8,30840.81
U. A. S. PereraUnited National PartyElephant6,61532.49
K. Edmund PeraraCartwheel5,28625.97
Bagawandasa WijeratneRabbit890.44
Valid Votes20,29899.71
Rejected Votes600.29
Total Polled20,358100.00
Registered Electors26,754
Turnout76.09

1965 Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 6th parliamentary election held on 22 March 1965:[4]

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
D. S. SamarasingheSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand13,26750.23
Kusumasiri GunawardenaCartwheel12,43947.10
D. N. SamarakoneUmbrella2490.94
D. P. M. PathiranaPair of Scales1020.39
K. E. PeraraLamp890.34
S. T. A. PeraraFlower590.22
Valid Votes26,20599.22
Rejected Votes2050.78
Total Polled26,410100.00
Registered Electors33,767
Turnout78.21

1967 Parliamentary By-Election

Results of the parliamentary by-election held on 28 February 1967:[5]

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
T. B. IlangaratneSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand17,82554.41
Kusumasiri Gunawardena Cartwheel14,46244.14
Thilakawathie SamarasingheChair3801.16
Valid Votes32,66799.71
Rejected Votes960.29
Total Polled32,763100.00
Registered Electors40,146
Turnout81.61

1970 Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 7th parliamentary election held on 27 May 1970:[6]

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
T. B. IlangaratneSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand21,71762.52
Kusumasiri Gunawardena Cartwheel12,88137.08
Valid Votes34,59899.60
Rejected Votes1380.40
Total Polled34,736
Registered Electors44,771
Turnout77.59

1977 Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 8th parliamentary election held on 21 July 1977:[7]

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Weerasinghe MallimarachchiUnited National PartyElephant23,75653.01
T. B. IlangaratneSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand18,53841.37
Batty WeerakoonKey2,2545.03
A. AbayaratneLamp1370.31
Valid Votes44,68599.71
Rejected Votes1280.29
Total Polled44,813100.00
Registered Electors56,097
Turnout79.89

References

  1. ↑ "The Electoral System". Parliament of Sri Lanka.
  2. ↑ "Result of Parliamentary General Election March 1960" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 17 October 2017.
  3. ↑ "Result of Parliamentary General Election July 1960" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 17 October 2017.
  4. ↑ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1965" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 17 October 2017.
  5. ↑ "Result of Parliamentary By Elections held between 1947 - 1988" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 17 October 2017.
  6. ↑ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1970" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 17 October 2017.
  7. ↑ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1977" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 17 October 2017.

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