Ja-Ela Electoral District

This article is about the former electoral district in Sri Lanka. For town, see Ja-Ela.

Ja-Ela electoral district was an electoral district of Sri Lanka between August 1947 and February 1989. The district was named after the town of Ja-Ela in present-day 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] Ja-Ela electoral district was replaced by the Gampaha multi-member electoral district at the 1989 general elections, the first under the PR system, though Ja-Ela continues to be a polling division of the multi-member electoral district.

Members of Parliament

Key

 Independent    Sri Lanka Freedom Party    United National Party  

ElectionMemberPartyTerm
1947 D. P. Jayasuriya Sri Lanka Freedom Party 1947-1952
1952 1952-1956
1956 Stanley de Zoysa Sri Lanka Freedom Party 1956-1960
1960 G. J. Paris Perera United National Party 1960-1960
1960 1960-1965
1965 1965-1970
1970 1970-1977
1977 M. Joseph Michael Perera 1977-1989

Elections

1947 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
D.P. Jayasuriya Hand11,13350.08%
P.N. Siriwardena Umbrella8,40637.82%
Stanley Mendis Elephant1,9138.61%
F. Nettisinghe House7773.50%
Valid Votes22,229100.00%
Rejected Votes393
Total Polled22,622
Registered Electors51,274
Turnout44.12%

1952 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
D.P. Jayasuriya Star18,21258.12%
Lassin Wewala Panditha Elephant6,30820.13%
S. Stock Anthony House5,79018.48%
D.F. Hettiaratchyge Hand1,0253.27%
Valid Votes31,335100.00%
Rejected Votes357
Total Polled31,692
Registered Electors55,368
Turnout57.24%

1956 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Stanley de Zoysa Hand24,38155.27%
G.J. Paris Perera Elephant19,13243.37%
Don Martin Jayamahamudalige Bicycle5961.35%
Valid Votes44,109100.00%
Rejected Votes205
Total Polled44,314
Registered Electors61,091
Turnout72.54%

1960 (March) Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
G.J. Paris PereraUnited National PartyElephant11,96043.84%
D. Oliver JayasuriyaSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand8,76532.13%
Stanley de Zoysa Umbrella4,22415.48%
Edward de Silva Key2,3318.54%
Valid Votes27,280100.00%
Rejected Votes170
Total Polled27,450
Registered Electors34,002
Turnout80.73%

1960 (July) Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
G.J. Paris PereraUnited National PartyElephant13,62250.34%
D. Oliver JayasuriyaSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand10,89840.27%
Stanley de ZoysaLanka Prajathanthravadi PakshayaUmbrella2,3088.53%
D.G.B. Joseph Cart Wheel2340.86%
Valid Votes27,062100.00%
Rejected Votes119
Total Polled27,181
Registered Electors34,002
Turnout79.94%

1965 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
G.J. Paris PereraUnited National PartyElephant21,86761.22%
D. Oliver JayasuriyaSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand13,85038.78%
Valid Votes35,717100.00%
Rejected Votes133
Total Polled35,850
Registered Electors43,432
Turnout82.54%

1970 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
G.J. Paris PereraUnited National PartyElephant21,65749.69%
Shelton AmarasekeraSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand19,76245.34%
Peter Mendis Lamp2,1664.97%
Valid Votes43,585100.00%
Rejected Votes71
Total Polled43,656
Registered Electors52,066
Turnout83.85%

1977 Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 8th parliamentary election held on 21 July 1977 for the district:[9]

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
M. Joseph Michael Perera Elephant31,05449.69%
Peter Mendis Hand14,80245.34%
L.D. Silva Key1,7374.97%
Valid Votes47,593100.00%
Rejected Votes130
Total Polled47,723
Registered Electors56,839
Turnout83.96%

References

  1. "The Electoral System". Parliament of Sri Lanka.
  2. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1947" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka.
  3. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1952" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka.
  4. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1956" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka.
  5. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1960-03-19" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka.
  6. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1960-07-20" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka.
  7. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1965" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka.
  8. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1970" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka.
  9. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1977" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka.

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