Kesbewa electoral district was an electoral district of Sri Lanka between March 1960 and February 1989. The district was named after the town of Kesbewa 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. Kesbewa electoral district was replaced by the Colombo multi-member electoral district at the 1989 general elections.
Members of Parliament Key
ElectionMemberPartyTerm 1960 (March)Somaweera Chandrasiri SLNF 1960-1960 1960 (July)SLFP 1960-1965 1965 1965-1970 1970 1970-1971 1972 by-electionDharmasena AttygalleUNP 1972-1977 1977 1977-82 1983 by-election Gamini Lokuge 1983-89
Elections 1960 (March) Parliamentary General Election Results of the 4th parliamentary election held on 19 March 1960:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes% Somaweera Chandrasiri Sri Lanka National Front Spoon 11,115 38.58 Edmund Samarakkody Lanka Sama Samaja Party Key 7,433 25.80 P. L. F. Seneviratne United National Party Elephant 7,384 25.63 I. C. Perera Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand 2,353 8.17 Hemachandra Gunatilleke Independent Clock 236 0.82 L. D. B. Wanigasuriya Independent Cockrel 126 0.44Valid Votes28,64799.43Rejected Votes165 0.57Total Polled28,812 100.00Registered Electors36,188 Turnout79.62
1960 (July) Parliamentary General Election Results of the 5th parliamentary election held on 20 July 1960:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes% Somaweera Chandrasiri Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand 12,152 45.37 Bodhipala Waidyasekera United National Party Elephant 8,427 31.46 Ruban Perera Key 5,856 21.86 I. C. Perera Bell 240 0.90Valid Votes26,67599.59Rejected Votes111 0.41Total Polled26,786 100.00Registered Electors36,188 Turnout74.02
1965 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 6th parliamentary election held on 22 March 1965:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes% Somaweera Chandrasiri Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand 22,754 57.87 P. L. F. Seneviratne United National Party Elephant 15,751 40.06 W. J. Perera Cartwheel 583 1.48Valid Votes39,08899.42Rejected Votes228 0.58Total Polled39,316 100.00Registered Electors48,385 Turnout81.26
1970 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 7th parliamentary election held on 27 May 1970:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes% Somaweera Chandrasiri Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand 32,332 64.37 Dharmasena Attygalle United National Party Elephant 17,726 35.29Valid Votes50,05899.66Rejected Votes173 0.34Total Polled50,231 100.00Registered Electors62,441 Turnout80.45
1972 Parliamentary By-election Results of the parliamentary by-election held on 9 October 1972:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes% Dharmasena Attygalle United National Party Elephant 22,592 39.42 Subhas Chandrasiri Spoon 19,549 34.11 Dixon J. Perera Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand 14,269 24.90 W. G. Shelton Jayasekera Bell 332 0.56 B. D. Somapala Ladder 193 0.34 D. A. Preman Cartwheel 192 0.34Valid Votes57,06499.56Rejected Votes250 0.44Total Polled57,314 100.00Registered Electors62,441 Turnout91.79
1977 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 8th parliamentary election held on 21 July 1977:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes% Dharmasena Attygalle United National Party Elephant 24,850 51.39 Dixon J. Perera Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand 19,250 39.81 Malini Chandrasiri Key 3,814 7.89 T. N. Perera Bell 298 0.60Valid Votes48,21299.71Rejected Votes140 0.29Total Polled48,352 100.00Registered Electors57,237 Turnout84.48
1983 Parliamentary By-election Results of the parliamentary by-election held on 18 May 1983:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes% Gamini Lokuge United National Party Elephant 27,821 50.84 Dixon J. Perera Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand 23,962 43.79Subas Chandrasiri Vithanage Spoon 382 0.70 M. Wijayasiri Perera Tree 93 0.17 Thilakaratne Wettasinghe Flower 93 0.17Valid Votes54,31199.25Rejected Votes411 0.75Total Polled54,722 100.00Registered Electors57,237 Turnout95.61
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