Borella Electoral District

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

Members of Parliament

Key

  UNP   SLFP   LSSP

Election		Member	Party	Term
	1960 (March)	R. B. Lenora	United National Party	1960
	1960 (July)	W. Danister de Silva	Sri Lanka Freedom Party	1960-64
	1964 (by-election)	Vivienne Goonewardena	Lanka Sama Samaja Party	1964-65
	1965	M. H. Mohamed	United National Party	1965-70
	1970	Kusala Abhayawardana	Lanka Sama Samaja Party	1970-77
	1977	M. H. Mohamed	United National Party	1977-89

Elections

1960 (March) Parliamentary General Election

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

Candidate	Party	Symbol	Votes	%
R. B. Lenora	United National Party	Elephant	7,261	35.20
W. Danister de Silva	Sri Lanka Freedom Party	Hand	5,502	26.67
H. A. de S. Gunasekera		Key	3,914	18.96
M. S. Abu Bakr		Cartwheel	3,748	18.17
B.H.S. Jayawardena		Eye	1,656	8.03
H. L. Perera		Pair of Scales	-
Valid Votes			20,557	99.66
Rejected Votes			70	0.34
Total Polled			20,627	100.00
Registered Electors			28,423
Turnout				72.57

1960 (July) Parliamentary General Election

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

Candidate	Party	Symbol	Votes	%
W. Danister de Silva	Sri Lanka Freedom Party	Hand	11,409	56.40
R. B. Lenora	United National Party	Elephant	8,690	42.96
Valid Votes			20,099	99.37
Rejected Votes			128	0.63
Total Polled			20,227	100.00
Registered Electors			28,423
Turnout				71.16

1964 Parliamentary By Election

Results of the Ceylonese parliamentary by-election, held on 18 January 1964:^[4]

Candidate	Party	Symbol	Votes	%
Vivienne Goonewardena	Lanka Sama Samaja Party	Key	12,592	47.96
R. B. Lenora	United National Party	Elephant	12,106	46.11
Kamala de Silva	Sri Lanka Freedom Party	Hand	1,356	5.16
J. N. Ranatunga		Spoon	156	0.59
D. N. Samarakoon		Aeroplane	47	0.18
Valid Votes			26,194	99.76
Rejected Votes			63	0.24
Total Polled			26,257	100.00
Registered Electors			28,423
Turnout				92.38

1965 Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 6th parliamentary election held on 22 March 1965:^[5]

Candidate	Party	Symbol	Votes	%
M. H. Mohamed	United National Party	Elephant	14,910	51.70
Vivienne Goonewardena	Lanka Sama Samaja Party	Key	13,218	45.83
P. de Z. Sri Gunawardena		Cartwheel	374	1.30
D. C. Abeyewardena		Umbrella	100	0.35
Valid Votes			28,602	99.17
Rejected Votes			238	0.83
Total Polled			28,840	100.00
Registered Electors			37,542
Turnout				76.82

1970 Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 7th parliamentary election held on 27 May 1970:^[6]

Candidate	Party	Symbol	Votes	%
Kusala Abhayawardana	Lanka Sama Samaja Party	Key	16,421	50.05
M. H. Mohamed	United National Party	Elephant	15,829	48.24
M. A. Mansoor		Pair of Scales	510	1.55
Valid Votes			32,760	99.85
Rejected Votes			50	0.15
Total Polled			32,810	100.00
Registered Electors			42,849
Turnout				76.57

1977 Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 8th parliamentary election held on 21 July 1977:^[7]

Candidate	Party	Symbol	Votes	%
M. H. Mohamed	United National Party	Elephant	19,824	61.63
B. T. Douglas Perera	Sri Lanka Freedom Party	Hand	9,812	30.50
Dharmasena de Silva Kurukulasuriya	Lanka Sama Samaja Party	Key	2,304	7.16
A. G. Guruge		Flower	88	0.27
Valid Votes			32,028	99.57
Rejected Votes			139	0.43
Total Polled			32,167	100.00
Registered Electors			41,634
Turnout				77.26

References

1. "The Electoral System". Parliament of Sri Lanka.
2. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 19 March 1960" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 15 June 2017.^{[permanent dead link]}
3. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 20 July 1960" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 15 June 2017.^{[permanent dead link]}
4. "Results of the Parliamentary By Elections held between 1947 – 1988" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 15 June 2017.^{[permanent dead link]}
5. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1965" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 15 June 2017.^{[permanent dead link]}
6. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1970" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 15 June 2017.^{[permanent dead link]}
7. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1977" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 15 June 2017.^{[permanent dead link]}