Alutnuwara Electoral District

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Alutnuwara electoral district was an electoral district of Sri Lanka between August 1947 and March 1960. The district was named after the town of Alutnuwara in Ratnapura District, Sabaragamuwa 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] Alutnuwara electoral district was replaced by the Ratnapura multi-member electoral district at the 1989 general elections, the first under the proportional representation system.

Members of Parliament[]

Key

  Independent     Sri Lanka Freedom Party     United National Party  

Election Member Party Term
1947 D. Ramanujam CIC 1947-1952
1952 J. A. Rambukpota UNP 1952-155
1955 by-election E. B. Dimbulane 1955-1956
1956 K. D. Goonaratne SLFP 1956-1960

Elections[]

1947 Parliamentary General Election[]

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

Candidate Party Symbol Votes %
D. Ramanujam Ceylon India Congress Lamp 2,772 46.64
K. D. Goonaratne Independent Pair of Scales 1,335 22.46
T. M. A. Ratnayake Independent Star 567 9.54
C. E. Kumbalwela United National Party Umbrella 522 8.78
W. H. Ratnayaka Independent Elephant 310 5.22
P. B. M. Bandaranayake Independent Hand 147 2.47
Valid Votes 5,653 95.12
Rejected Votes 290 4.88
Total Polled 5,943 100.00
Registered Electors 16,487
Turnout 36.05

1952 Parliamentary General Election[]

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

Candidate Party Symbol Votes %
J. A. Rambukpota United National Party Key 3,595 50.94
K. D. Goonaratne Independent Pair of Scales 815 11.55
M. B. Kotagama Independent Elephant 814 11.54
K. B. Herath Lanka Sama Samaja Party Hand 800 11.34
Cuda Banda Bibile NLSSP Lamp 640 9.07
Paramasivam Arunachalam Independent Star 185 2.62
Valid Votes 6,849 97.05
Rejected Votes 208 2.95
Total Polled 7,057 100.00
Registered Electors 16,190
Turnout 43.59

1955 Parliamentary By-Election[]

Results of the parliamentary by-election held on 28 May 1955:[4]

Candidate Party Symbol Votes %
E. B. Dimbulane United National Party Umbrella 5,291 57.71
Daya Gunasekera Lanka Sama Samaja Party Hand 2,177 23.74
C. B. Palagolla Sri Lanka Freedom Party Elephant 954 10.41
K. B. Herath Communist Party Star 504 5.50
Valid Votes 8,926 97.35
Rejected Votes 243 2.65
Total Polled 9,169 100.00
Registered Electors 16,190
Turnout 56.63

1956 Parliamentary General Election[]

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

Candidate Party Symbol Votes %
K. D. Goonaratne Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand 5,339 64.15
E. B. Dimbulane United National Party Elephant 2,891 34.74
Valid Votes 8,230 98.88
Rejected Votes 93 1.12
Total Polled 8,323 100.00
Registered Electors 19,717
Turnout 42.21

References[]

  1. ^ "The Electoral System". Parliament of Sri Lanka.
  2. ^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1947" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka.[permanent dead link]
  3. ^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1952" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka.[permanent dead link]
  4. ^ "Result of the Parliamentary By-Elections held between 1947 - 1988" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka.[permanent dead link]
  5. ^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1956" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka.[permanent dead link]

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