Wellawatte-Galkissa Electoral District

This article is about the former electoral district in Sri Lanka. For the Colombo suburb, see Wellawatte.

Wellawatte-Galkissa electoral district was an electoral district of Sri Lanka between August 1947 and March 1960. The district was named after the suburbs of Wellawatte and Galkissa (Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia) in Colombo, Colombo District, Western Province.

Members of Parliament

Key

  Independent   Bolshevik–Leninist Party   LSSP   UNP

Election Member Party Term
1947 Colvin R. de Silva Bolshevik–Leninist Party 1947-1952
1952 S. de Silva Jayasinghe United National Party 1952-1956
1956 Colvin R. de Silva Lanka Sama Samaja Party 1956-1960

Elections

1947 Parliamentary General Election

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

Candidate Party Symbol Votes %
Colvin R. de Silva Bolshevik–Leninist Party Key 11,606 53.36
Gilbert Perera Cart Wheel 4,170 19.17
L. V. Gooneratne Star 4,121 18.95
Amaradasa Ratnapala Pair of Scales 1,327 6.10
S. J. F. D. Bandaranaike Lamp 224 1.03
A. P. de Zoysa Hand 103 0.47
Thomas de Silva Umbrella 72 0.33
Valid Votes 21,623 99.42
Rejected Votes 127 0.58
Total Polled 21,750 100.00
Registered Electors 38,664
Turnout 56.25

1952 Parliamentary General Election

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

Candidate Party Symbol Votes %
S. de Silva Jayasinghe United National Party Elephant 16,388 57.00
Colvin R. de Silva Lanka Sama Samaja Party Key 11,888 41.35
Richard Gotabhaya Senanayake Umbrella 228 0.79
Valid Votes 28,504 99.15
Rejected Votes 245 0.85
Total Polled 28,749 100.00
Registered Electors 43,276
Turnout 66.43

1956 Parliamentary General Election

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

Candidate Party Symbol Votes %
Colvin R. de Silva Lanka Sama Samaja Party Key 16,782 43.06
S. de Silva Jayasinghe United National Party Elephant 11,806 30.29
L. V. Gooneratne Hand 10,259 26.33
Valid Votes 38,847 99.68
Rejected Votes 124 0.32
Total Polled 38,971 100.00
Registered Electors 56,165
Turnout 69.39

References

  1. ^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1947" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka.
  2. ^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1952" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka.
  3. ^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1956" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka.

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