Electoral district of Sri Lanka
Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia electoral district, later renamed Dehiwala was an electoral district of Sri Lanka between March 1960 and February 1989. The district was named after the city of Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia 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.[1] Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia electoral district was replaced by the Colombo multi-member electoral district at the 1989 general elections.
Members of Parliament
Key
Independent SLFP UNP
Elections
1960 (March) Parliamentary General Election
Results of the 4th parliamentary election held on 19 March 1960 for the district:[2]
Candidate |
Party |
Symbol |
Votes |
%
|
S. de Silva Jayasinghe |
|
Elephant |
12,971 |
40.88
|
Colvin R. de Silva |
|
Key |
8,599 |
27.10
|
Andrew Fernando |
|
Hand |
6,378 |
20.10
|
K. K. A. E. Britto |
|
Star |
3,222 |
10.15
|
T. D. L. Aponso |
|
Umbrella |
420 |
1.32
|
Valid Votes |
31,590 |
99.56
|
Rejected Votes |
140 |
0.44
|
Total Polled |
31,730 |
100.00
|
Registered Electors |
43,172 |
|
Turnout |
73.50
|
1960 (July) Parliamentary General Election
Results of the 5th parliamentary election held on 20 July 1960 for the district:[3]
Candidate |
Party |
Symbol |
Votes |
%
|
Colvin R. de Silva |
|
Key |
16,002 |
51.36
|
S. de Silva Jayasinghe |
|
Elephant |
14,892 |
47.80
|
D. B. de S. Jayawardena |
|
Rabbit |
156 |
0.50
|
Valid Votes |
31,050 |
99.65
|
Rejected Votes |
108 |
0.35
|
Total Polled |
31,158 |
100.00
|
Registered Electors |
43,172 |
|
Turnout |
72.17
|
1965 Parliamentary General Election
Results of the 6th parliamentary election held on 22 March 1965 for the district:[4]
Candidate |
Party |
Symbol |
Votes |
%
|
S. de Silva Jayasinghe |
|
Elephant |
24,652 |
53.19
|
Colvin R. de Silva |
|
Key |
21,363 |
46.10
|
Somadasa Siriwardhana |
|
Cartwheel |
248 |
0.54
|
Valid Votes |
46,263 |
99.83
|
Rejected Votes |
81 |
0.17
|
Total Polled |
46,344 |
100.00
|
Registered Electors |
56,366 |
|
Turnout |
82.22
|
1970 Parliamentary General Election
Results of the 7th parliamentary election held on 27 May 1970 for the district:[5]
Candidate |
Party |
Symbol |
Votes |
%
|
Vivienne Goonewardena |
|
Key |
29,430 |
51.63
|
S. de Silva Jayasinghe |
|
Elephant |
27,463 |
48.18
|
Valid Votes |
56,893 |
98.81
|
Rejected Votes |
106 |
0.19
|
Total Polled |
56,999 |
100.00
|
Registered Electors |
70,236 |
|
Turnout |
81.15
|
1977 Parliamentary General Election
Results of the 8th parliamentary election held on 21 July 1977 for the district:[6]
1977 Parliamentary By Election
Results of the Ceylonese parliamentary by-election, held on 11 November 1977:[7]
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