Colombo Central Electoral District

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

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

Members of Parliament

Key

  Communist Party of Ceylon     Sri Lanka Freedom Party     United National Party     Sri Lanka Labour Party  

ElectionMember 1PartyTermMember 2PartyTermMember 3PartyTerm
1947 A. E. Goonesinha Labour Party 1947-1952 T.B. Jayah United National Party 1947-1952 Pieter Keuneman Communist Party of Ceylon 1947-1977
1952 M.C.M. Kaleel United National Party 1952-1960 Razik Fareed United National Party 1952-1960
1956 M.S. Themis
1960 (March) M. C. M. Kaleel United National Party 1960-1965 Ranasinghe Premadasa United National Party 1960
1960 (July) Razik Fareed United National Party 1960-1965
1965 Falil Caffoor United National Party 1965-1977 Ranasinghe Premadasa United National Party 1965-1989
1970
1977 M. Jabir A. Cader United National Party 1977-1989 Haleem Ishak Sri Lanka Freedom Party 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%
A. E. Goonesinha Labour Party Bicycle23,47023.64%
T.B. Jayah United National Party Cart Wheel18,43918.57%
Pieter KeunemanCommunist PartyUmbrella15,43515.55%
M.H.M. Munas House8,6008.66%
Ayisha RauffIndependentTree8,4868.55%
V.J. Perera Elephant5,9505.99%
V.A. SugathadasaUnited National Party Lamp4,8984.93%
G.W. Harry de Silva Pair of Scales4,1414.17%
V. A. Kandiah Clock3,3913.42%
S. Sarawanamuttu Chair2,9512.97%
P. Givendrasingha Hand1,5691.58%
K. Dahanayake Cup9971.00%
K. Weeraiah Key3520.35%
K.C.F. Deen Star3450.35%
N.R. Perera Butterfly2590.26%
Valid Votes99,283100.00%
Rejected Votes3,489
Total Polled102,772
Registered Electors55,994
Turnout183.54%

1952 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Pieter KeunemanCommunist Party Umbrella32,34627.28%
M.C.M. KaleelUnited National Party House25,64721.63%
Razik FareedUnited National Party Key24,91121.01%
A. E. Goonesinha Labour Party Bicycle19,84316.74%
P. de S. KularatneSri Lanka Freedom Party Elephant14,55612.28%
Piyaseela Givendrasingha Hand7510.63%
H.L. Perera Star5170.44%
Valid Votes118,570100.00%
Rejected Votes4,217
Total Polled122,788
Registered Electors58,400
Turnout210.25%

1956 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Pieter KeunemanCommunist PartyStar45,29630.62%
Razik FareedUnited National Party Umbrella26,51217.92%
M.S. ThemisMahajana Eksath Peramuna Hand20,37813.77%
M.C.M. KaleelUnited National Party Cart Wheel20,33813.75%
V.A. SugathadasaUnited National Party Elephant18,23412.33%
A. E. Goonesinha Labour Party Bicycle16,67811.27%
A. Ally Mohamood Flower5010.34%
Valid Votes147,937100.00%
Rejected Votes3,901
Total Polled151,838
Registered Electors70,022
Turnout216.84%

1960 (March) Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
M.C.M. KaleelUnited National Party Pair of Spectacles33,12119.02%
Pieter KeunemanCommunist PartyStar30,57417.56%
Ranasinghe PremadasaUnited National PartyElephant29,82817.13%
P.B. ThampoeLanka Sama Samaja PartyKey22,22812.76%
Razik Fareed United National Party Umbrella21,03312.08%
M.S. ThemisMahajana Eksath PeramunaCart Wheel19,09310.96%
E.S. RatnaweeraSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand11,8596.81%
Abdul Aziz Tree4,6352.66%
D.J.S. Paranayapa Lamp4140.24%
Vasanta Appadurai Ship4040.23%
Cecil Wickremasinghe Eye3970.23%
A. Kumarasinghe Flower2200.13%
Premaranjan Lokeshvara Table1710.10%
A.A. Mohamed Pot1660.10%
Valid Votes174,143100.00%
Rejected Votes4,592
Total Polled178,735
Registered Electors74,922
Turnout238.56%

1960 (July) Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Razik FareedSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand45,34225.75%
Pieter KeunemanCommunist PartyStar38,66321.96%
M.C.M. KaleelUnited National PartyEye37,48621.29%
Ranasinghe PremadasaUnited National PartyElephant35,03519.90%
P.B. ThampoeLanka Sama Samaja PartyKey16,4069.32%
M.S. Themis Cart Wheel3,1641.80%
Valid Votes176,096100.00%
Rejected Votes3,488
Total Polled179,584
Registered Electors74,922
Turnout239.69%

1965 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Falil CaffoorUnited National PartyChair68,37231.54%
Ranasinghe PremadasaUnited National PartyElephant64,43829.72%
Pieter KeunemanCommunist Party (Moscow)Star41,47819.13%
M. Haleem IshakSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand32,13214.82%
P.B. Thampoe Lamp4,5592.10%
D.A. PiyadasaMahajana Eksath PeramunaCart Wheel2,5201.16%
N. ShanmugathasanCommunist Party (Peking)Umbrella2,4271.12%
O.S.A.Z. Abdeen Flower3320.15%
Poopathy Saravanamuttu Ship2820.13%
R.H. Jayasekera Pair of Scales2680.12%
Valid Votes216,808100.00%
Rejected Votes4,638
Total Polled221,446
Registered Electors93,468
Turnout236.92%

1970 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Ranasinghe PremadasaUnited National PartyElephant69,31029.48%
Falil CaffoorUnited National PartyChair63,62427.06%
Pieter KeunemanCommunist PartyStar58,55724.91%
M. Haleem IshakSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand41,71617.74%
C. Durairajah Umbrella7830.33%
M. Haroun Careem Bell4130.18%
Poopathy Saravanamuttu Ship3960.17%
Panangadan Raman Krishnan Pair of Scales3070.13%
Valid Votes235,106100.00%
Rejected Votes5,491
Total Polled240,597
Registered Electors99,265
Turnout242.38%

1977 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Ranasinghe PremadasaUnited National Party Elephant94,12836.32%
M. Jabir A. CaderUnited National Party Eye58,97222.76%
M. Haleem IshakSri Lanka Freedom Party Hand53,77720.75%
M. S. SellasamyCeylon Workers' CongressCockerel26,96410.41%
Pieter Keuneman Communist Party Star24,5689.48%
W.A. Sunil Perera Chair4220.16%
R. Rathnasamy Flower2020.08%
M.T.M. Saleem Table1030.04%
Valid Votes259,136100.00%
Rejected Votes6,660
Total Polled265,796
Registered Electors106,403
Turnout249.80%

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 2016-02-04.
  3. ↑ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1952" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-02-04.
  4. ↑ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1956" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-02-04.
  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 2016-02-04.
  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.
  9. ↑ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1977" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka.

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