Ja-Ela Electoral District

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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  

Election Member Party Term
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]

Candidate Party Symbol Votes %
D.P. Jayasuriya Hand 11,133 50.08%
P.N. Siriwardena Umbrella 8,406 37.82%
Stanley Mendis Elephant 1,913 8.61%
F. Nettisinghe House 777 3.50%
Valid Votes 22,229 100.00%
Rejected Votes 393
Total Polled 22,622
Registered Electors 51,274
Turnout 44.12%

1952 Parliamentary General Election

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

Candidate Party Symbol Votes %
D.P. Jayasuriya Star 18,212 58.12%
Lassin Wewala Panditha Elephant 6,308 20.13%
S. Stock Anthony House 5,790 18.48%
D.F. Hettiaratchyge Hand 1,025 3.27%
Valid Votes 31,335 100.00%
Rejected Votes 357
Total Polled 31,692
Registered Electors 55,368
Turnout 57.24%

1956 Parliamentary General Election

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

Candidate Party Symbol Votes %
Stanley de Zoysa Hand 24,381 55.27%
G.J. Paris Perera Elephant 19,132 43.37%
Don Martin Jayamahamudalige Bicycle 596 1.35%
Valid Votes 44,109 100.00%
Rejected Votes 205
Total Polled 44,314
Registered Electors 61,091
Turnout 72.54%

1960 (March) Parliamentary General Election

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

Candidate Party Symbol Votes %
G.J. Paris Perera United National Party Elephant 11,960 43.84%
D. Oliver Jayasuriya Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand 8,765 32.13%
Stanley de Zoysa Umbrella 4,224 15.48%
Edward de Silva Key 2,331 8.54%
Valid Votes 27,280 100.00%
Rejected Votes 170
Total Polled 27,450
Registered Electors 34,002
Turnout 80.73%

1960 (July) Parliamentary General Election

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

Candidate Party Symbol Votes %
G.J. Paris Perera United National Party Elephant 13,622 50.34%
D. Oliver Jayasuriya Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand 10,898 40.27%
Stanley de Zoysa Lanka Prajathanthravadi Pakshaya Umbrella 2,308 8.53%
D.G.B. Joseph Cart Wheel 234 0.86%
Valid Votes 27,062 100.00%
Rejected Votes 119
Total Polled 27,181
Registered Electors 34,002
Turnout 79.94%

1965 Parliamentary General Election

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

Candidate Party Symbol Votes %
G.J. Paris Perera United National Party Elephant 21,867 61.22%
D. Oliver Jayasuriya Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand 13,850 38.78%
Valid Votes 35,717 100.00%
Rejected Votes 133
Total Polled 35,850
Registered Electors 43,432
Turnout 82.54%

1970 Parliamentary General Election

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

Candidate Party Symbol Votes %
G.J. Paris Perera United National Party Elephant 21,657 49.69%
Shelton Amarasekera Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand 19,762 45.34%
Peter Mendis Lamp 2,166 4.97%
Valid Votes 43,585 100.00%
Rejected Votes 71
Total Polled 43,656
Registered Electors 52,066
Turnout 83.85%

1977 Parliamentary General Election

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

Candidate Party Symbol Votes %
M. Joseph Michael Perera Elephant 31,054 49.69%
Peter Mendis Hand 14,802 45.34%
L.D. Silva Key 1,737 4.97%
Valid Votes 47,593 100.00%
Rejected Votes 130
Total Polled 47,723
Registered Electors 56,839
Turnout 83.96%

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