Wattala Electoral District

Wattala electoral district was an electoral district of Sri Lanka between March 1960 and February 1989. The district was named after the town of Wattala in 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.[1] Wattala electoral district was replaced by the Gampaha multi-member electoral district at the 1989 general elections.

Members of Parliament

Key

  Independent     Sri Lanka Freedom Party     United National Party  

Election Member Party Term
1960 (March) D. Shelton Jayasinghe United National Party 1960 - 1970
1960 (July)
1965
1970 A. D. J. L. Leo Sri Lanka Freedom Party 1970 - 1977
1977 D. Shelton Jayasinghe United National Party 1977 - 1989

Elections

1960 (March) Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 4th parliamentary election held on 19 March 1960 for the district:[2]

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
D. Shelton JayasingheUnited National PartyElephant9,66540.03
D. J. WeerackodyHand5,52022.86
Stanley MendisKey3,19813.24
Vincent RajapaksaTumbler2,94112.18
C. M. JayawardenaUmbrella1,6816.96
L. Wewala PandithaStar5712.36
A. S. JayamahaCockerel2200.91
K. G. JayaweeraLamp1470.61
Valid Votes23,94399.16
Rejected Votes2030.84
Total Polled24,146100.00
Registered Electors30,201
Turnout79.95

1960 (July) Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 5th parliamentary election held on 20 July 1960 for the district:[3]

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
D. Shelton JayasingheUnited National PartyElephant11,63349.27
A. D. J. L. LeoSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand11,52948.83
W. S. PereraCartwheel2871.22
D. J. WeerackodyButterfly940.40
Valid Votes23,54399.71
Rejected Votes680.29
Total Polled23,611100.00
Registered Electors30,201
Turnout78.18

1965 Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 6th parliamentary election held on 22 March 1965 for the district:[4]

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
D. Shelton JayasingheUnited National PartyElephant17,64954.77
A. D. J. L. LeoSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand14,07643.69
D. G. B. JosephCartwheel1840.57
Valid Votes31,90999.03
Rejected Votes3120.97
Total Polled32,221100.00
Registered Electors38,456
Turnout83.79

1970 Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 7th parliamentary election held on 27 May 1970 for the district:[5]

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
A. D. J. L. LeoSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand21,85652.50
D. Shelton JayasingheUnited National PartyElephant19,66747.24
Valid Votes41,52399.75
Rejected Votes1060.25
Total Polled41,629100.00
Registered Electors48,875
Turnout85.17

1977 Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 8th parliamentary election held on 21 July 1977 for the district:[6]

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
D. Shelton JayasingheUnited National PartyElephant26,35562.77
A. D. J. L. LeoSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand14,67734.95
D. J. R. J. JayakodyKey6251.49
Nelson FernandoFlower2080.50
B. J. M. RodrigoShip320.08
Valid Votes41,89799.78
Rejected Votes920.22
Total Polled41,989100.00
Registered Electors48,749
Turnout86.13

References
  1. "The Electoral System". Parliament of Sri Lanka.
  2. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 19 March 1960" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka.
  3. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 20 July 1960" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka.
  4. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1965" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka.
  5. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1970" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka.
  6. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1977" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka.

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