Ja-Ela electoral district was an electoral district of Sri Lanka between August 1947 and February 1989. The district was named after the town of Ja-Ela in present-day Gampaha 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. Ja-Ela electoral district was replaced by the Gampaha multi-member electoral district at the 1989 general elections, the first under the PR system, though Ja-Ela continues to be a polling division of the multi-member electoral district.
Members of Parliament Key
ElectionMemberPartyTerm 1947D. P. JayasuriyaUNP 1947-1952 1952 1952-1956 1956 Stanley de Zoysa SLFP 1956-1960 1960G. J. Paris PereraUNP 1960-1960 1960 1960-1965 1965 1965-1970 1970 1970-1976 1976 (by-election)M. Joseph Michael Perera 1976-1977 1977 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:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes%D. P. Jayasuriya Hand11,13350.08%P. N. Siriwardena Umbrella8,40637.82%Stanley Mendis Elephant1,9138.61%F. Nettisinghe House7773.50%Valid Votes22,229100.00%Rejected Votes393Total Polled22,622Registered Electors51,274Turnout44.12
1952 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 2nd parliamentary election held between 24 May 1952 and 30 May 1952 for the district:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes%D. P. JayasuriyaUnited National Party Star18,21258.12%Lassin Wewala PandithaLanka Sama Samaja Party Elephant6,30820.13%S. Stock AnthonySri Lanka Freedom Party House5,79018.48%D. F. Hettiaratchyge Hand1,0253.27%Valid Votes31,335100.00%Rejected Votes357Total Polled31,692Registered Electors55,368Turnout57.24
1956 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 3rd parliamentary election held between 5 April 1956 and 10 April 1956 for the district:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes%Stanley de ZoysaSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand24,38155.27%G. J. Paris PereraUnited National PartyElephant19,13243.37%Don Martin Jayamahamudalige Bicycle5961.35%Valid Votes44,109100.00%Rejected Votes205Total Polled44,314Registered Electors61,091Turnout72.54
1960 (March) Parliamentary General Election Results of the 4th parliamentary election held on 19 March 1960 for the district:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes%G. J. Paris PereraUnited National PartyElephant11,96043.84%D. Oliver JayasuriyaSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand8,76532.13%Stanley de ZoysaLanka Prajathanthravadi Pakshaya Umbrella 4,224 15.48% Edward de Silva Key2,3318.54%Valid Votes27,280100.00%Rejected Votes170Total Polled27,450Registered Electors34,002Turnout80.73
1960 (July) Parliamentary General Election Results of the 5th parliamentary election held on 20 July 1960 for the district:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes%G. J. Paris PereraUnited National PartyElephant13,62250.34%D. Oliver JayasuriyaSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand10,89840.27%Stanley de ZoysaLanka Prajathanthravadi PakshayaUmbrella2,3088.53%D. G. B. Joseph Cart Wheel2340.86%Valid Votes27,062100.00%Rejected Votes119Total Polled27,181Registered Electors34,002Turnout79.94
1965 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 6th parliamentary election held on 22 March 1965 for the district:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes%G. J. Paris PereraUnited National PartyElephant21,86761.22%D. Oliver JayasuriyaSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand13,85038.78%Valid Votes35,717100.00%Rejected Votes133Total Polled35,850Registered Electors43,432Turnout82.54
1970 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 7th parliamentary election held on 27 May 1970 for the district:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes%G. J. Paris PereraUnited National PartyElephant21,65749.69%Shelton AmarasekeraSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand19,76245.34%Peter Mendis Lamp2,1664.97%Valid Votes43,585100.00%Rejected Votes71Total Polled43,656Registered Electors52,066Turnout83.85
1977 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 8th parliamentary election held on 21 July 1977 for the district:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes%M. Joseph Michael PereraUnited National Party Elephant31,05449.69%Peter MendisSri Lanka Freedom Party Hand14,80245.34%L. D. Silva Key1,7374.97%Valid Votes47,593100.00%Rejected Votes130Total Polled47,723Registered Electors56,839Turnout83.96
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