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Dehiowita Electoral District

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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.[1] 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

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Key

  Independent   SLFP   UNP   LSSP

Election Member Party Term
1947 Reginald Perera LSSP 1947-52
1952 Edmund Samarakkody 1952-56
1956 1956-60
1960 (March) Soma Wickremanayake 1960
1960 (July) 1960-65
1965 Dhanapala Weerasekera 1965-77
1970 1970-77

Elections

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1947 Parliamentary General Election

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Results of the 1st parliamentary election held between 23 August 1947 and 20 September 1947 for the district:[2]

Candidate Party Symbol Votes %
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 2.33
Valid Votes 12,571 96.66
Rejected Votes 434 3.34
Total Polled 13,005 100.00
Registered Electors 28,932
Turnout 44.95

1952 Parliamentary General Election

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

Candidate Party Symbol Votes %
Edmund Samarakkody Lanka Sama Samaja Party Star 8,848 46.74
Somaweera Gunasekera Tree 8,766 46.31
Effie Jayatillaka Lamp 982 5.19
Valid Votes 18,596 98.23
Rejected Votes 335 1.77
Total Polled 18,931 100.00
Registered Electors 27,177
Turnout 69.66

1956 Parliamentary General Election

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

Candidate Party Symbol Votes %
Edmund Samarakkody Lanka Sama Samaja Party Key 14,954 63.78
C. Dervin Fernando United National Party Elephant 8,311 35.44
Valid Votes 23,265 99.22
Rejected Votes 183 0.78
Total Polled 23,448 100.00
Registered Electors 32,694
Turnout 71.72

1960 (March) Parliamentary General Election

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

Candidate Party Symbol Votes %
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 1.32
Valid Votes 17,711 99.38
Rejected Votes 110 0.62
Total Polled 17,821 100.00
Registered Electors 23,658
Turnout 75.33

1960 (July) Parliamentary General Election

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

Candidate Party Symbol Votes %
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 2.81
Valid Votes 17,064 99.64
Rejected Votes 62 0.36
Total Polled 17,126 100.00
Registered Electors 23,658
Turnout 72.39

1965 Parliamentary General Election

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

Candidate Party Symbol Votes %
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 0.29
Valid Votes 26,017 99.40
Rejected Votes 157 0.60
Total Polled 26,174 100.00
Registered Electors 31,064
Turnout 84.26

1970 Parliamentary General Election

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

Candidate Party Symbol Votes %
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 1.17
Valid Votes 30,330 99.50
Rejected Votes 153 0.50
Total Polled 30,483 100.00
Registered Electors 34,941
Turnout 87.24

References

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  1. ^ "The Electoral System". Parliament of Sri Lanka.
  2. ^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1947" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 1 September 2017.[permanent dead link]
  3. ^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1952" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 1 September 2017.[permanent dead link]
  4. ^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1956" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 4 September 2017.[permanent dead link]
  5. ^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election March 1960" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 4 September 2017.
  6. ^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election July 1960" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 4 September 2017.
  7. ^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1965" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 4 September 2017.[permanent dead link]
  8. ^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1970" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 4 September 2017.[permanent dead link]