Gampaha electoral district was an electoral district of Sri Lanka between August 1947 and February 1989. The district was named after the city of Gampaha 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. Gampaha electoral district was replaced by the Gampaha multi-member electoral district at the 1989 general elections, the first under the PR system, though Gampaha continues to be a polling division of the multi-member electoral district.
Members of Parliament Key
ElectionMemberPartyTerm 1947 D. D. KarunaratneUNP 1947–1949 1949 (by-election) P. P. Jayawardena 1949–1952 1952S. D. BandaranayakeSLFP 1952–1956 1956 1956–1960 1960 1960-1960 1960 1960–1965 1965 1965–1970 1970 A. T. Basnayake 1970–1977 1977 S. D. Bandaranayake 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. D. KarunaratneUnited National Party Hand11,78638.04C. A. MathewLanka Sama Samaja Party Star8,41627.16A. C. SeneviratneIndependent Lamp5,64018.20W.C.L. Perera Elephant2,7408.84F. Obeyasekera Bicycle1,3334.30R. Deshapriya Cart Wheel5291.71O. Weerasinghe Chair1810.58Valid Votes30,62598.84Rejected Votes358 1.16Total Polled30,983100.00Registered Electors54,520Turnout56.83
1952 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 2nd parliamentary election held between 24 May 1952 and 30 May 1952 for the district:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes%S. D. Bandaranayake Umbrella19,41749.06B. L. Seneviratne Hand18,54646.86A. C. W. F. A. Jayawardena Star7351.86Arthur Seneviratne Elephant4751.20Valid Votes39,17398.98Rejected Votes4041.02Total Polled39,577100.00Registered Electors57,423Turnout68.92
1956 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 3rd parliamentary election held between 5 April 1956 and 10 April 1956 for the district:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes%S. D. Bandaranayake Hand34,89885.08J. W. D. Paulis Perera Elephant5,09612.42H. W. P. Lokeshvara Cart Wheel7721.88Valid Votes40,76699.38Rejected Votes2530.62Total Polled41,019100.00Registered Electors65,480Turnout62.64
1960 (March) Parliamentary General Election Results of the 4th parliamentary election held on 19 March 1960 for the district:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes%S. D. Bandaranayake Butterfly9,56534.58%K. M. U. JayanettiMahajana Eksath PeramunaCart Wheel7,83928.20H. R. SeneviratneUnited National PartyElephant7,81628.12Robert Samarakkody Key1,8336.59Hemachandra Panagoda Umbrella2760.99Gemunudasa Ariyawansa Ladder1490.54Cyrus W. Surendra Lamp1060.38P. R. Karunanayake Eye760.27Valid Votes27,66099.50Rejected Votes1390.50Total Polled27,799100.00Registered Electors35,724Turnout77.82
1960 (July) Parliamentary General Election Results of the 5th parliamentary election held on 20 July 1960 for the district:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes%S. D. BandaranayakeSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand16,84262.39H. R. SeneviratneUnited National PartyElephant8,85932.82K. M. U. Jayanetti Cart Wheel1,2154.50Valid Votes26,91699.72Rejected Votes770.28Total Polled26,993100.00Registered Electors35,724Turnout75.56
1965 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 6th parliamentary election held on 22 March 1965 for the district:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes%S. D. BandaranayakeSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand21,11458.90K. M. U. JayanettiMahajana Eksath PeramunaCart Wheel14,22839.69D. Edmund Senarath Chair2380.66Valid Votes35,58099.26Rejected Votes2660.74Total Polled35,846100.00Registered Electors44,024Turnout81.42
1970 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 7th parliamentary election held on 27 May 1970 for the district:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes%A. T. BasnayakeSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand26,05759.91Alfred JayawardenaUnited National PartyElephant13,84631.83S. D. Bandaranayake Butterfly3,4858.01Valid Votes43,38899.75Rejected Votes1080.25Total Polled43,496100.00Registered Electors50,471Turnout86.18
1977 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 8th parliamentary election held on 21 July 1977 for the district:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes%S. D. BandaranayakeSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand26,33849.15Chandra JayakodiUnited National PartyElephant25,81648.18M. A. Piyasena Key1,1412.13M. R. Wansus Laus Perera Butterfly1240.23Valid Votes53,41999.69Rejected Votes1640.31Total Polled53,583100.00Registered Electors60,822Turnout88.10
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