Kalawewa Electoral District

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

Members of Parliament[]

Key

  Independent     Sri Lanka Freedom Party     UNP  

Election Member Party Term
1947 S. H. Mahadiulwewa UNP 1947-1952
1952 1952-1956
1956 M. S. Dissanayake SLFP 1956-1960
1960 (March) R. B. Ratnamalala 1960
1960 (July) 1960-1965
1965 1965-1970
1970 1970-1977
1977 A. M. S. Adikari UNP 1977-1989

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 %
S. H. Mahadiulwewa Elephant 4,621 54.31
S. B. Ratwatte Hand 3,730 43.84
Valid Votes 8,351 98.16
Rejected Votes 157 1.84
Total Polled 8,508 100.00
Registered Electors 15,957
Turnout 53.32

1952 Parliamentary General Election[]

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

Candidate Party Symbol Votes %
S. H. Mahadiulwewa Elephant 5,674 42.72
S. B. Ratwatte Star 4,137 31.15
Asoka Jayaratne Key 2,894 2.18
Percy Alwin Abeykoon Hand 333 2.51
Valid Votes 13,038 98.16
Rejected Votes 245 1.84
Total Polled 13,283 100.00
Registered Electors 19,521
Turnout 68.04

1956 Parliamentary General Election[]

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

Candidate Party Symbol Votes %
M. S. Dissanayake Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand 12,418 65.31
Richard Aluvihare United National Party Elephant 6,449 33.92
Valid Votes 18,867 99.23
Rejected Votes 146 0.77
Total Polled 19,013 100.00
Registered Electors 24,594
Turnout 77.31

1960 (March) Parliamentary General Election[]

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

Candidate Party Symbol Votes %
R. B. Ratnamalala Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand
Valid Votes
Rejected Votes
Total Polled 100.00
Registered Electors
Turnout

1960 (July) Parliamentary General Election[]

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

Candidate Party Symbol Votes %
Valid Votes
Rejected Votes
Total Polled 100.00
Registered Electors
Turnout

1965 Parliamentary General Election[]

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

Candidate Party Symbol Votes %
Valid Votes
Rejected Votes
Total Polled 100.00
Registered Electors
Turnout

1970 Parliamentary General Election[]

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

Candidate Party Symbol Votes %
Valid Votes
Rejected Votes
Total Polled 100.00
Registered Electors
Turnout

1977 Parliamentary General Election[]

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

Candidate Party Symbol Votes %
Valid Votes
Rejected Votes
Total Polled 100.00
Registered Electors
Turnout

References[]

  1. ^ "The Electoral System". Parliament of Sri Lanka.
  2. ^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1947" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 31 October 2017.[permanent dead link]
  3. ^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1952" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 31 October 2017.[permanent dead link]
  4. ^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1956" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 31 October 2017.[permanent dead link]
  5. ^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election March 1960" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 31 October 2017.[permanent dead link]
  6. ^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election July 1960" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 31 October 2017.[permanent dead link]
  7. ^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1965" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 31 October 2017.[permanent dead link]
  8. ^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1970" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 31 October 2017.[permanent dead link]
  9. ^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1977" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 31 October 2017.

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