Attanagalla Electoral District

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This article is about the former electoral district in Sri Lanka. For town, see Attanagalla.

Attanagalla electoral district was an electoral district of Sri Lanka between August 1947 and February 1989. The district was named after the town of Attanagalla 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] Attanagalla electoral district was replaced by the Gampaha multi-member electoral district at the 1989 general elections, the first under the PR system, though Attanagalla 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 S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike United National Party 1947-1952
1952 Sri Lanka Freedom Party 1952-1956
1956 1956-1959
1960 James Peter Obeyesekere III 1960-1960
1960 1960-1965
1965 Sirimavo R. D. Bandaranaike 1965-1970
1970 1970-1977
1977 1977-1980
Lakshman Jayakody 1980-1989

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 %
S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike United National Party Hand 31,463 86.23
Chandra Gunasekera Lanka Sama Samaja Party Elephant 4,609 12.63
Valid Votes 36,072 98.86
Rejected Votes 417 1.14
Total Polled 36,489 100.00
Registered Electors 55,948
Turnout 65.22

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 %
S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike Sri Lanka Freedom Party Elephant 38,478 85.94
A. W. G. Seneviratne United National Party Star 5,934 13.25
Valid Votes 44,412 99.20
Rejected Votes 360 0.80
Total Polled 44,772 100.00
Registered Electors 58,322
Turnout 76.77

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 %
S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand 45,016 91.82
A. W. G. Seneviratne United National Party Elephant 3,019 6.16
I. Tinsi Independent Umbrella 621 1.27
Valid Votes 48,656 99.25
Rejected Votes 369 0.75
Total Polled 49,025 100.00
Registered Electors 64,310
Turnout 76.23

1960 (March) Parliamentary General Election[]

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

Candidate Party Symbol Votes %
James Peter Obeyesekere III Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand 20,985 73.30
A. W. G. Seneviratne United National Party Elephant 5,668 19.80
Gemunu Kulasekera Key 1,559 5.45
Mahanama Wickremasinghe Orange 254 0.89
Valid Votes 28,466 99.43
Rejected Votes 162 0.57
Total Polled 28,628 100.00
Registered Electors 35,783
Turnout 80.00

1960 (July) Parliamentary General Election[]

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

Candidate Party Symbol Votes %
James Peter Obeyesekere III Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand 22,491 81.84
A. W. G. Seneviratne United National Party Elephant 4,870 17.72
Valid Votes 27,361 99.56
Rejected Votes 121 0.44
Total Polled 27,482 100.00
Registered Electors 35,783
Turnout 76.80

1965 Parliamentary General Election[]

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

Candidate Party Symbol Votes %
Sirimavo Bandaranaike Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand 26,150 71.88
A. W. G. Seneviratne United National Party Elephant 9,615 26.43
J. Kasturiarachi Mahajana Eksath Peramuna Cart Wheel 288 0.79
U.H.D.S. Wijetunga Clock 185 0.51
Valid Votes 36,238 99.61
Rejected Votes 142 0.39
Total Polled 36,380 100.00
Registered Electors 42,735
Turnout 85.13

1970 Parliamentary General Election[]

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

Candidate Party Symbol Votes %
Sirimavo Bandaranaike Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand 31,612 75.25
J. R. P. Suriyapperuma United National Party Elephant 9,889 23.54
R. A. D. W. Ratnasekera Ship 349 0.83
Valid Votes 41,850 99.62
Rejected Votes 161 0.38
Total Polled 42,011 100.00
Registered Electors 48,908
Turnout 85.90

1977 Parliamentary General Election[]

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

Candidate Party Symbol Votes %
Sirimavo Bandaranaike Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand 30,226 58.87
A. W. G. Seneviratne United National Party Elephant 19,563 38.10
Chandra Gunasekera Lanka Sama Samaja Party Key 1,067 2.08
T. A. D. K. Thambugala Star 335 0.65
Valid Votes 51,191 99.70
Rejected Votes 152 0.30
Total Polled 51,343 100.00
Registered Electors 58,236
Turnout 88.16

References[]

  1. ^ "The Electoral System". Parliament of Sri Lanka. Archived from the original on 2010-11-27.
  2. ^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1947" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-12-09.
  3. ^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1952" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-12-09.
  4. ^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1956" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-12-09.
  5. ^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1960-03-19" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-12-09.
  6. ^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1960-07-20" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-12-09.
  7. ^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1965" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka.
  8. ^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1970" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka.
  9. ^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1977" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka.

Coordinates: 7°06′43″N 80°07′58″E / 7.1119°N 80.1328°E / 7.1119; 80.1328

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