Colombo South Electoral District

Colombo South electoral district was an electoral district of Sri Lanka between August 1947 and July 1977. The district was named after the city of Colombo in Colombo District, Western Province. The district was a two-member constituency between March 1960 and July 1977. The district was split into Colombo East and Colombo West electoral districts in July 1977.

This article is about the former electoral district in Sri Lanka. For other uses, see Colombo (disambiguation).

Members of Parliament

Key

  Independent     Lanka Sama Samaja Party     United National Party  

ElectionMemberPartyTerm
1947 R. A. de Mel United National Party 1947-1952
1952 T. F. Jayewardene 1952-1956
1956 Bernard Soysa Lanka Sama Samaja Party 1956-1960
ElectionMember 1Party 1Member 2Party 2Term
1960 Edmund Samarawickrema United National Party Bernard Soysa Lanka Sama Samaja Party 1960-1977
1960 J. R. Jayewardene
1965
1970

Elections

1947 Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 1st parliamentary election held between 23 August 1947 and 20 September 1947 for the district:[1]

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
R. A. de MelKey6,45235.42
Paikiasothy SaravanamuttuFlower5,81231.90
Bernard SoysaChair3,77420.72
M. G. MendisHand1,93610.63
V.J. SoysaCup950.52
Valid Votes18,06999.18
Rejected Votes1490.82
Total Polled18,218100.00
Registered Electors31,864
Turnout57.17

1952 Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 2nd parliamentary election held between 24 May 1952 and 30 May 1952 for the district:[2]

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
T. F. JayewardeneUnited National PartyElephant10,91858.76
Bernard SoysaLanka Sama Samaja PartyKey5,73830.88
W. A. D. RamanayakeHand1,8109.74
Valid Votes18,46699.39
Rejected Votes1140.61
Total Polled18,580100.00
Registered Electors32,954
Turnout56.38

1956 Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 3rd parliamentary election held between 5 April 1956 and 10 April 1956 for the district:[3]

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Bernard SoysaLanka Sama Samaja PartyKey14,19959.05
T. F. JayewardeneUnited National PartyElephant9,15538.07
A.P. de SoysaSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand5902.45
Valid Votes23,94499.58
Rejected Votes1020.42
Total Polled24,046100.00
Registered Electors39,965
Turnout60.17

1960 (March) Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Edmund SamarawickremaUnited National PartyElephant25,31242.35%
Bernard SoysaLanka Sama Samaja PartyKey16,20627.11%
E. Hema DabareSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand8,85114.81%
Gamini FernandoMahajana Eksath PeramunaCart Wheel5,4129.05%
James Thevathason RatnamLadder1,2732.13%
R. Bin HassanSun1,1881.99%
M.L.S. JayasekeraUmbrella7941.33%
Mahendra RasaratnamCockerel3330.56%
S.R. YapaEye1850.31%
Mahinda WeerapureLamp1780.30%
K.F.R. FernandoShip420.07%
Valid Votes59,774100.00%
Rejected Votes984
Total Polled60,758
Registered Electors42,367
Turnout143.41%

1960 (July) Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Junius Richard JayewardeneUnited National PartyChair25,81442.19
Bernard SoysaLanka Sama Samaja PartyKey23,91438.94
Edmund SamarawickremaUnited National PartyElephant5,7659.39
George JayasuriyaButterfly3,7506.11
Vijaya GunaratneCart Wheel1,0221.66
N. Alfred de FonsekaLadder950.16
Valid Votes60,36098.28
Rejected Votes1,0560.18
Total Polled61,416100.00
Registered Electors42,367
Turnout144.96

1965 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Junius Richard JayewardeneUnited National PartyUncontested
Bernard SoysaLanka Sama Samaja PartyUncontested
Valid VotesN/A
Rejected VotesN/A
Total PolledN/A
Registered Electors57,403
TurnoutN/A

1970 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Junius Richard JayewardeneUnited National PartyElephant57,60958.83
Bernard SoysaLanka Sama Samaja PartyKey36,78337.56
Ratnasabapathy Wijaya IndraEye1,1661.19
Ariyadasa PeirisBell5610.57
A.S. JayamahaCockerel2410.25
Mudalige Justin PereraFlower1650.17
Joseph BelingChair1640.17
Yathiendradasa ManamperyPair of Scales1050.11
Valid Votes96,79498.84
Rejected Votes1,1341.16
Total Polled97,928100.00
Registered Electors66,136
Turnout148.07

References
  1. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1947" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-02-04.
  2. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1952" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-02-04.
  3. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1956" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-02-04.
  4. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1960-03-19" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-07-12.
  5. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1960-07-20" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-02-04.
  6. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1965" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-07-13.
  7. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1970" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka.

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