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Kotte Electoral District

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

Members of Parliament

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Key

  Independent  Communist Party   LSSP   SLFP   UNP

Election Member Party Term
1947 Robert Gunawardena Lanka Sama Samaja Party 1947-1952
1952 1952-1956
1956 1956-1960
1960 A. J. Niyathapala United National Party 1960-1960
1960 Stanley Tillekeratne Communist Party 1960-1965
1965 Sri Lanka Freedom Party 1965-1970
1970 1970-1977
1977 Ananda Tissa de Alwis United National Party 1977-1989

Elections

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1947 Parliamentary General Election

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

Candidate Party Symbol Votes %
Robert Gunawardena Elephant 11,955 56.36
R. Hewavitarana Cart Wheel 7,753 36.55
W. G. Ratnayake Hand 928 4.37
D. F. Galhena Star 362 1.71
C. A. Boteju House 215 1.01
Valid Votes 21,213 98.34
Rejected Votes 359 1.66
Total Polled 21,572 100.00
Registered Electors 45,754
Turnout 47.15

1952 Parliamentary General Election

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

Candidate Party Symbol Votes %
Robert Gunawardena Elephant 15,865 53.38
Ananda Tissa de Alwis Hand 11,051 37.18
N. J. V. Cooray Star 2,807 9.44
Valid Votes 29,723 99.45
Rejected Votes 164 0.55
Total Polled 29,887 100.00
Registered Electors 47,510
Turnout 62.91

1956 Parliamentary General Election

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

Candidate Party Symbol Votes %
Robert Gunawardena Lanka Sama Samaja Party Key 25,050 69.88
Ananda Tissa de Alwis Elephant 10,244 28.58
W. H. Fonseka Bicycle 551 1.54
Valid Votes 35,845 99.62
Rejected Votes 138 0.38
Total Polled 35,983 100.00
Registered Electors 57,558
Turnout 62.52

1960 (March) Parliamentary General Election

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

Candidate Party Symbol Votes %
A. J. Niyathapala United National Party Elephant 8,850 34.89
Stanley Tillekeratne Communist Party Star 7,110 28.03
D. L. Pathirage Key 4,969 19.59
W. W. A. Fernando Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand 4,298 16.94
D. F. Galhena Umbrella 141 0.56
Valid Votes 25,368 99.65
Rejected Votes 89 0.35
Total Polled 25,457 100.00
Registered Electors 33,810
Turnout 75.29

1960 (July) Parliamentary General Election

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

Candidate Party Symbol Votes %
Stanley Tillekeratne Communist Party Star 14,589 57.65
A. J. Niyathapala United National Party Elephant 10,447 41.28
Dickmon Wijesinghe Cart Wheel 146 0.58
D. F. Galhena Pot 125 0.49
Valid Votes 25,307 99.74
Rejected Votes 66 0.26
Total Polled 25,373 100.00
Registered Electors 33,810
Turnout 75.05

1965 Parliamentary General Election

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

Candidate Party Symbol Votes %
Stanley Tillekeratne Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand 20,503 52.03
A. J. Niyathapala United National Party Elephant 18,155 46.07
K. Jinadasa Perera Mahajana Eksath Peramuna Cart Wheel 388 0.98
N. W. de Costa Cockerel 103 0.26
Valid Votes 39,149 99.35
Rejected Votes 258 0.65
Total Polled 39,407* 100.00
Registered Electors 49,170
Turnout 80.14

1970 Parliamentary General Election

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

Candidate Party Symbol Votes %
Stanley Tillekeratne Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand 32,051 56.81
A. J. Niyathapala United National Party Elephant 24,208 42.91
Valid Votes 56,259 99.72
Rejected Votes 156 0.28
Total Polled 56,415 100.00
Registered Electors 68,383
Turnout 82.50

1977 Parliamentary General Election

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

Candidate Party Symbol Votes %
Ananda Tissa de Alwis United National Party Elephant 23,249 54.46
A. J. Niyathapala Sri Lanka Freedom Party Chair 15,375 36.02
K. Siriwardhana Star 3,772 8.84
Kalinga Piyadasa de Silva Flower 131 0.31
Ananda Alwis Rabbit 124 0.29
Victor Amarasinghe Spoon 37 0.09
Valid Votes 42,688 99.70
Rejected Votes 129 0.30
Total Polled 42,817 100.00
Registered Electors 52,707
Turnout 81.24

References

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  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.[permanent dead link]
  3. ^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1952" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka.[permanent dead link]
  4. ^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1956" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka.[permanent dead link]
  5. ^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 19 March 1960" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka.[permanent dead link]
  6. ^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 20 July 1960" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka.[permanent dead link]
  7. ^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1965" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka.[permanent dead link]
  8. ^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1970" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka.[permanent dead link]
  9. ^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1977" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-17.