Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia Electoral District

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.[1] Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia electoral district was replaced by the Colombo multi-member electoral district at the 1989 general elections.

Members of Parliament

Key

  Independent   SLFP   UNP

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 Jayasinghe UNP 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:[2]

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
S. de Silva JayasingheElephant12,97140.88
Colvin R. de SilvaKey8,59927.10
Andrew FernandoHand6,37820.10
K. K. A. E. BrittoStar3,22210.15
T. D. L. AponsoUmbrella4201.32
Valid Votes31,59099.56
Rejected Votes1400.44
Total Polled31,730100.00
Registered Electors43,172
Turnout73.50

1960 (July) Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Colvin R. de SilvaKey16,00251.36
S. de Silva JayasingheElephant14,89247.80
D. B. de S. JayawardenaRabbit1560.50
Valid Votes31,05099.65
Rejected Votes1080.35
Total Polled31,158100.00
Registered Electors43,172
Turnout72.17

1965 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
S. de Silva JayasingheElephant24,65253.19
Colvin R. de SilvaKey21,36346.10
Somadasa SiriwardhanaCartwheel2480.54
Valid Votes46,26399.83
Rejected Votes810.17
Total Polled46,344100.00
Registered Electors56,366
Turnout82.22

1970 Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 7th parliamentary election held on 27 May 1970 for the district:[5]

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Vivienne GoonewardenaKey29,43051.63
S. de Silva JayasingheElephant27,46348.18
Valid Votes56,89398.81
Rejected Votes1060.19
Total Polled56,999100.00
Registered Electors70,236
Turnout81.15

1977 Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 8th parliamentary election held on 21 July 1977 for the district:[6]

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
S. de Silva JayasingheUnited National PartyElephant22,36461.44
Vithanage Don Alfred PereraSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand9,99627.46
Ananda PremasingheLanka Sama Samaja PartyKey3,5789.83
T. Upali CoorayBell4021.10
Valid Votes36,34099.84
Rejected Votes600.17
Total Polled36,400100.00
Registered Electors45,693
Turnout79.66

1977 Parliamentary By Election

Results of the Ceylonese parliamentary by-election, held on 11 November 1977:[7]

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Sunethra RupasingheUnited National PartyElephant18,27962.75
Vithanage Don Alfred PereraSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand7,79526.76
Ananda PremasingheLanka Sama Samaja PartyKey2,7539.45
Asoka AtapattuLamp1,3864.76
Valid Votes28,96599.44
Rejected Votes1630.56
Total Polled29,128100.00
Registered Electors45,693
Turnout63.75

References
  1. "The Electoral System". Parliament of Sri Lanka.
  2. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 19 March 1960" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka.
  3. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 20 July 1960" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka.
  4. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1965" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka.
  5. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1970" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka.
  6. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1977" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka.
  7. "Results of the Parliamentary By Elections held between 1947 – 1988" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 15 June 2017.

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