Dehiowita electoral district was an electoral district of Sri Lanka between August 1947 and July 1977. The district was named after the town of Dehiowita in Kegalle District, Sabaragamuwa 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. Dehiowita electoral district was replaced by the Kegalle multi-member electoral district at the 1989 general elections, the first under the proportional representation system.
Members of Parliament Key
ElectionMemberPartyTerm 1947 Reginald PereraLSSP 1947-52 1952Edmund Samarakkody 1952-56 1956 1956-60 1960 (March)Soma Wickremanayake 1960 1960 (July) 1960-65 1965 Dhanapala Weerasekera 1965-77 1970 1970-77
Elections 1947 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 1st parliamentary election held between 23 August 1947 and 20 September 1947 for the district:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes% Reginald Perera Chair 6,387 49.11 Mohandas de Mel Lamp 2,498 19.21 A. J. H. de Thabrew Cartwheel 1,576 12.12 H. Jayawardena House 909 6.99 Piyadasa Udabage Cup 898 6.91 C. W. de Mel Elephant 303 2.33Valid Votes12,57196.66Rejected Votes434 3.34Total Polled13,005 100.00Registered Electors28,932 Turnout44.95
1952 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 2nd parliamentary election held between 24 May 1952 and 30 May 1952 for the district:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes% Edmund Samarakkody Lanka Sama Samaja Party Star 8,848 46.74 Somaweera Gunasekera Tree 8,766 46.31 Effie Jayatillaka Lamp 982 5.19Valid Votes18,59698.23Rejected Votes335 1.77Total Polled18,931 100.00Registered Electors27,177 Turnout69.66
1956 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 3rd parliamentary election held between 5 April 1956 and 10 April 1956 for the district:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes%Edmund Samarakkody Lanka Sama Samaja Party Key 14,954 63.78C. Dervin Fernando United National Party Elephant 8,311 35.44Valid Votes23,26599.22Rejected Votes 183 0.78Total Polled 23,448 100.00Registered Electors 32,694 Turnout 71.72
1960 (March) Parliamentary General Election Results of the 4th parliamentary election held on 19 March 1960 for the district:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes% Soma Wickremanayake Lanka Sama Samaja Party Key 6,606 37.07 A. F. Wijemanne United National Party Elephant 6,060 34.01 C. P. Ranasinghe Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand 2,072 11.63 A. P. Ranatunge Mahajana Eksath Peramuna Cartwheel 1,540 8.64 M. G. Jayawardena Cockrel 1,198 6.72 M. G. H. Jayawardena Umbrella 235 1.32Valid Votes17,71199.38Rejected Votes110 0.62Total Polled17,821 100.00Registered Electors23,658 Turnout75.33
1960 (July) Parliamentary General Election Results of the 5th parliamentary election held on 20 July 1960 for the district:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes% Soma Wickremanayake Lanka Sama Samaja Party Key 8,593 50.18 A. F. Wijemanne United National Party Elephant 7,990 46.65 Kusumasiri Gunawardena Mahajana Eksath Peramuna Cartwheel 481 2.81Valid Votes17,06499.64Rejected Votes62 0.36Total Polled17,126 100.00Registered Electors23,658 Turnout72.39
1965 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 6th parliamentary election held on 22 March 1965 for the district:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes% Dhanapala Weerasekera Key 13,299 50.81 Kapilasena Ratnayake United National Party Elephant 12,466 47.63 U. E. Perera Mahajana Eksath Peramuna Cartwheel 176 0.67 M. G. Jayawardene Umbrella 76 0.29Valid Votes26,01799.40Rejected Votes157 0.60Total Polled26,174 100.00Registered Electors31,064 Turnout84.26
1970 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 7th parliamentary election held on 27 May 1970 for the district:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes% Dhanapala Weerasekera Lanka Sama Samaja Party Key 17,091 56.07 M. S. Themis United National Party Elephant 12,884 42.27 T. H. Fernando Samajawadi Mahajana Peramuna Bell 355 1.17Valid Votes30,33099.50Rejected Votes153 0.50Total Polled30,483100.00Registered Electors34,941 Turnout87.24
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