Horana Electoral District

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

Members of Parliament

Key

MEP SLFP UNP

	Member	Party	Term
1947	A. P. Jayasuriya	United National Party	1947-1952
1952	M. D. H. Jayawardena	United National Party	1952-1956
1956	K. A. S. Palansuriya	Sri Lanka Freedom Party	1956-1960
1960	Ratnasiri Wickremanayake	Mahajana Eksath Peramuna	1960-1960
1960		Mahajana Eksath Peramuna (1960-1962) Sri Lanka Freedom Party (1962-1965)	1960-1965
1965		Sri Lanka Freedom Party	1965-1970
1970		Sri Lanka Freedom Party	1970-1977
1977	Indradasa Hettiarachchi	United National Party	1977-1989

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

Candidate	Symbol	Votes	%
A. P. Jayasuriya	Elephant	15,828	45.40
M. T. Peiris	Umbrella	15,163	44.36
A. Dharmapriya	Lamp	3,187	9.14
Valid Votes		34,178	98.03
Rejected Votes		687	1.97
Total Polled		34,865	100.00
Registered Electors		51,108
Turnout			68.22

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

Candidate	Symbol	Votes	%
M. D. H. Jayawardena	Elephant	21,746	50.59
Ariyadasa Jayawardana	Hand	8,249	19.19
Wilfred Senanayake	Bird	7,367	17.14
Esme Perera	Umbrella	5,145	11.97
Valid Votes		42,507	98.89
Rejected Votes		477	1.11
Total Polled		42,984	100.00
Registered Electors		53,927
Turnout			79.71

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

Candidate	Symbol	Votes	%
K. A. S. Palansuriya	Hand	29,780	60.51
M. D. H. Jayawardena	Elephant	19,125	38.86
Valid Votes		48,905	99.37
Rejected Votes		312	0.63
Total Polled		49,217	100.00
Registered Electors		60,680
Turnout			81.11

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

Candidate	Party	Symbol	Votes	%
Ratnasiri Wickremanayake	Mahajana Eksath Peramuna	Cartwheel	15,759	54.57
M. D. H. Jayawardena	United National Party	Elephant	10,649	36.87
H. D. Jinadasa		Key	1,721	5.96
Walter Peiris		Umbrella	353	1.22
G. M. Perera		Sun	210	0.73
Valid Votes			28,692	99.35
Rejected Votes			187	0.65
Total Polled			28,879	100.00
Registered Electors			33,713
Turnout				85.66

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

Candidate	Party	Symbol	Votes	%
Ratnasiri Wickremanayake		Orange	14,023	50.69
Indradasa Hettiarachchi	United National Party	Elephant	11,998	43.37
K. David		Cartwheel	1,555	5.62
Valid Votes			27,576	99.67
Rejected Votes			90	0.33
Total Polled			27,666	100.00
Registered Electors			33,713
Turnout				82.06

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

Candidate	Party	Symbol	Votes	%
Ratnasiri Wickremanayake	Sri Lanka Freedom Party	Hand	18,957	52.97
Indradasa Hettiarachchi	United National Party	Elephant	16,149	45.13
D. L. Gunawardena	Mahajana Eksath Peramuna	Cartwheel	491	1.37
Valid Votes			35,597	99.47
Rejected Votes			190	0.53
Total Polled			35,787	100.00
Registered Electors			40,763
Turnout				87.79

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

Candidate	Party	Symbol	Votes	%
Ratnasiri Wickremanayake	Sri Lanka Freedom Party	Hand	24,163	58.03
Indradasa Hettiarachchi	United National Party	Elephant	17,410	41.81
Valid Votes			41,573	99.84
Rejected Votes			68	0.16
Total Polled			41,641	100.00
Registered Electors			45,330
Turnout				91.86

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

Candidate	Symbol	Votes	%
Indradasa Hettiarachchi	Elephant	27,188	56.46
Ratnasiri Wickremanayake	Hand	19,453	40.40
Premalal Gunasekera	Star	1,090	2.26
Jayasena Jayasinghe	Lamp	302	0.63
Valid Votes		48,033	99.75
Rejected Votes		120	0.25
Total Polled		48,153	100.00
Registered Electors		53,138
Turnout			90.62

^ "The Electoral System". Parliament of Sri Lanka. Archived from the original on 2010-11-27.
^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1947" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 4 February 2022.
^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1952" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 4 February 2022.
^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1956" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 4 February 2022.
^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 19 March 1960" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 4 February 2022.
^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 20 July 1960" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 4 February 2022.
^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1965" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 4 February 2022.
^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1970" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 4 February 2022.
^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1977" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka.