Mawatagama Electoral District

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Mawatagama electoral district was an electoral district of Sri Lanka between March 1960 and February 1989. The district was named after the town of Mawatagama in Kurunegala District, North 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] Mawatagama electoral district was replaced by the Kurunegala multi-member electoral district at the 1989 general elections, the first under the proportional representation system, 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
1960 (March) United National Party
1960 (July) Sri Lanka Freedom Party
1965 United National Party
1970 Sri Lanka Freedom Party
1977 G. M. Premachandra United National Party

Elections[]

1960 (March) Parliamentary General Election[]

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

Candidate Party Symbol Votes %
UNP Elephant 6,877 37.48
SLFP Hand 6,555 35.73
Sarat Wanigasekera Star 2,019 11.00
D. D. Waidyasekera Key 846 4.61
P. S. Ranasinghe Star 672 3.66
S. Piyasena Cartwheel 574 3.13
R. Janis Umbrella 280 1.53
D.S. Handunge Eye 258 1.41
Valid Votes 18,081 98.54
Rejected Votes 268 1.46
Total Polled 18,349 100.00
Registered Electors 22,967
Turnout 79.89

1960 (July) Parliamentary General Election[]

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

Candidate Party Symbol Votes %
SLFP Hand 10,647 56.13
UNP Elephant 7,964 41.98
Linton Gunatunge Cartwheel 223 1.18
Valid Votes 18,834 99.28
Rejected Votes 136 0.72
Total Polled 18,970 100.00
Registered Electors 22,967
Turnout 82.60

1965 Parliamentary General Election[]

Results of the 6th parliamentary election held on 22 March 1965:[4]

Candidate Party Symbol Votes %
UNP Elephant 12,285 49.84
SLFP Hand 11,767 47.73
P. S. Ranasinghe Sun 279 1.13
Y. A. Somaratna Cartwheel 187 0.76
Valid Votes 24,518 99.46
Rejected Votes 132 0.54
Total Polled 24,650 100.00
Registered Electors 28,245
Turnout 87.27

1970 Parliamentary General Election[]

Results of the 7th parliamentary election held on 27 May 1970:[5]

Candidate Party Symbol Votes %
SLFP Hand 16,608 57.65
UNP Elephant 12,112 42.04
Valid Votes 28,720 99.69
Rejected Votes 88 0.31
Total Polled 28,808 100.00
Registered Electors 32,562
Turnout 88.47

1977 Parliamentary General Election[]

Results of the 8th parliamentary election held on 21 July 1977:[6]

Candidate Party Symbol Votes %
G. M. Premachandra UNP Elephant 20,392 55.79
SLFP Hand 15,608 42.70
N. B. Kaluhendiwela Star 237 0.65
W. Sunil Fernando Lamp 163 0.45
Valid Votes 36,400 99.58
Rejected Votes 152 0.42
Total Polled 36,552 100.00
Registered Electors 40,303
Turnout 90.32

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 27 April 2017.[permanent dead link]
  3. ^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 20 July 1960" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 27 April 2017.[permanent dead link]
  4. ^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1965" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 27 April 2017.[permanent dead link]
  5. ^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1970" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 27 April 2017.[permanent dead link]
  6. ^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1977" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 27 April 2017.

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