Moratuwa Electoral District

Moratuwa electoral district was an electoral district of Sri Lanka between August 1947 and February 1989. The district was named after the city of Moratuwa 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.[1] Moratuwa electoral district was replaced by the Colombo multi-member electoral district at the 1989 general elections, the first under the PR system, though Moratuwa continues to be a polling division of the multi-member electoral district.

This article is about the former electoral district in Sri Lanka. For city, see Moratuwa.

Members of Parliament

Key

  Independent     Lanka Sama Samaja Party     Sri Lanka Freedom Party     United National Party  

ElectionMemberPartyTerm
1947 Somaweera Chandrasiri LSSP 1947-1952
1952 1952-1956
1956 T. W. Merril Fernando 1956-1960
1960 M. Ruskin Fernando UNP 1960-1960
1960 T. W. Merril Fernando LSSP 1960-1965
1965 M. Ruskin Fernando UNP 1965-1970
1970 Wimalasiri de Mel LSSP 1970-1977
1977 Tyronne Fernando UNP 1977-1989

Elections

1947 Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 1st parliamentary election held between 23 August 1947 and 20 September 1947 for the district:[2]

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Somaweera ChandrasiriLanka Sama Samaja PartyHand13,46448.15%
T. AmarasuriyaChair9,54733.58
Darrel PeirisLamp3,52312.39
Watson FernandoStar7222.54
A. C. W. PeirisSpoon4941.74
Gilbert PereraElephant2100.74
Valid Votes27,96098.36
Rejected Votes4671.64
Total Polled28,427100.00
Registered Electors57,723
Turnout49.25

1952 Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 2nd parliamentary election held between 24 May 1952 and 30 May 1952 for the district:[3]

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Somaweera ChandrasiriLanka Sama Samaja PartyElephant16,12540.75
Jermyn G. FernandoHand12,74132.20
D. D. AbeysingheStar10,28325.99
Valid Votes39,14998.65
Rejected Votes4171.05
Total Polled39,566100.00
Registered Electors55,090
Turnout71.82

1956 Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 3rd parliamentary election held between 5 April 1956 and 10 April 1956 for the district:[4]

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Meryl FernandoLanka Sama Samaja PartyKey19,52948.20
H. E. P. de MelUnited National PartyElephant11,81129.15
Somaweera ChandrasiriIndependentFlower6,55916.19
M. Vincent PereraAeroplane2,2675.60
M. S. Oliver StemboChair1660.41
Valid Votes40,33299.51
Rejected Votes1870.49
Total Polled40,519100.00
Registered Electors60,395
Turnout67.09

1960 (March) Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 4th parliamentary election held on 19 March 1960 for the district:[5]

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
M. Ruskin FernandoUnited National PartyElephant10,26242.14
Meryl FernandoKey9,42738.71
Nina WijesuriyaLamp2,1378.78
Watson FernandoCommunist PartyStar1,0914.48
Leonard de MelShip6482.66
P. J. D. RodrigoUmbrella3551.46
S. O. StemboSaw1970.81
Samuel P. C. FernandoSun900.37
Vinnie de SilvaPair of Scales0.27
Valid Votes24,27299.66
Rejected Votes820.34
Total Polled24,354100.00
Registered Electors32,413
Turnout75.14

1960 (July) Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 5th parliamentary election held on 20 July 1960 for the district:[6]

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Meryl FernandoLanka Sama Samaja PartyKey12,94351.59
M. Ruskin FernandoUnited National PartyElephant11,59346.21
Mohandas de MelCart Wheel4851.93
Valid Votes25,02199.74
Rejected Votes660.26
Total Polled25,087100.00
Registered Electors32,413
Turnout77.40

1965 Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 6th parliamentary election held on 22 March 1965 for the district:[7]

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
M. Ruskin FernandoUnited National PartyElephant18,05951.26
Kusala AbhayawardhanaKey16,02045.47
Meryl FernandoLamp1,0482.98
Valid Votes35,12799.71
Rejected Votes1020.29
Total Polled35,229100.00
Registered Electors44,955
Turnout78.37

1970 Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 7th parliamentary election held on 27 May 1970 for the district:[8]

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Wimalasiri De MelLanka Sama Samaja PartyKey24,67254.52
M. Ruskin FernandoUnited National PartyElephant20,25844.77
G. K. Nina WijesuriyaBell2520.56
Valid Votes45,18299.85
Rejected Votes680.15
Total Polled45,250100.00
Registered Electors54,188
Turnout83.51

1977 Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 8th parliamentary election held on 21 July 1977 for the district:[9]

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Tyronne FernandoElephant28,48854.21
Douglas FernanoHand13,61425.91
Wimalasiri De MelKey7,00013.32
Meryl FernandoLamp2,8915.50
P. F. Calistus PereraChair1120.21
A. Francis FernandoUmbrella1110.21
Nina WijesuriyaBell860.16
Valid Votes52,30299.52
Rejected Votes2500.48
Total Polled52,552100.00
Registered Electors64,190
Turnout81.87

References
  1. "The Electoral System". Parliament of Sri Lanka. Archived from the original on 2010-11-27.
  2. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1947" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-09-24.
  3. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1952" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-09-24.
  4. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1956" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-09-24.
  5. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1960-03-19" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-07-12.
  6. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1960-07-20" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-09-24.
  7. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1965" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-07-13.
  8. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1970" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-12-09.
  9. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1977" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-17.

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