Dambulla Electoral District

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

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

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	%
H. B. Tenne		Elephant	6,846	58.94%
Edward de Silva		Star	3,909	33.65%
A. G. G. Perera		Key	861	7.41%
Valid Votes			11,616	100.00%
Rejected Votes			298
Total Polled			11,914
Registered Electors			26,388
Turnout			45.15%

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	%
H. B. Tenne		Eye	55.14%
D. B. Ellepola		Hand	3,442	22.88%
P. B. Ranaraja		Elephant	2,897	19.26%
T. B. Wegodapola		Star	409	2.72%
Valid Votes			15,042	100.00%
Rejected Votes			312
Total Polled			15,354
Registered Electors			30,193
Turnout			50.85%

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	%
Tikiri Banda Tennekoon		Hand	14,688	72.64%
H. B. Tenne		Elephant	5,533	27.36%
Valid Votes			20,221	100.00%
Rejected Votes			363
Total Polled			20,584
Registered Electors			37,345
Turnout			55.12%

1960 (March) Parliamentary General Election

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

Candidate	Party	Symbol	Votes	%
Tikiri Banda Tennekoon	Sri Lanka Freedom Party	Hand	10,792	62.91%
D. B. Ellepola	United National Party	Elephant	3,952	23.04%
P. V. P. Kulatilleke		Key	722	4.21%
L. D. Banda		Lamp	527	3.07%
Leslie Kulatunga		Cockerel	302	1.76%
T. M. Varusavithana		Umbrella	296	1.73%
H. Ariyasena		Eye	231	1.35%
G. D. Ranaweera		Sun	228	1.33%
Upali Kulatunga	Mahajana Eksath Peramuna	Cart Wheel	105	0.61%
Valid Votes			17,155	100.00%
Rejected Votes			173
Total Polled			17,328
Registered Electors			21,416
Turnout			80.91%

1960 (July) Parliamentary General Election

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

Candidate	Party	Symbol	Votes	%
Tikiri Banda Tennekoon	Sri Lanka Freedom Party	Hand	11,600	68.70%
T. B. Lenadora	United National Party	Elephant	5,284	31.30%
Valid Votes			16,884	100.00%
Rejected Votes			140
Total Polled			17,024
Registered Electors			21,416
Turnout			79.49%

1965 Parliamentary General Election

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

Candidate	Party	Symbol	Votes	%
Tikiri Banda Tennekoon	Sri Lanka Freedom Party	Hand	12,482	51.89%
K. W. R. M. Ekanayake	United National Party	Elephant	11,308	47.01%
R. K. Nimal Karunaratne		Sun	266	1.11%
Valid Votes			24,056	100.00%
Rejected Votes			242
Total Polled			24,298
Registered Electors			28,267
Turnout			85.96%

1970 Parliamentary General Election

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

Candidate	Party	Symbol	Votes	%
Tikiri Banda Tennekoon	Sri Lanka Freedom Party	Hand	17,010	56.45%
K. W. R. M. Ekanayake	United National Party	Elephant	13,123	43.55%
Valid Votes			30,133	100.00%
Rejected Votes			126
Total Polled			30,259
Registered Electors			33,503
Turnout			90.32%

1977 Parliamentary General Election

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

Candidate	Party	Symbol	Votes	%
K. W. R. M. Ekanayake		Elephant	24,793	59.48%
Tikiri Banda Tennekoon		Hand	15,964	38.30%
D. S. Wijewardena		Key	745	1.79%
T. B. Tennekoon		Lamp	183	0.44%
Valid Votes			41,685	100.00%
Rejected Votes			142
Total Polled			41,827
Registered Electors			46,052
Turnout			90.83%

References

1. ^ "The Electoral System". Parliament of Sri Lanka. http://www.parliament.lk/about_us/electoral_system.jsp. 
2. ^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1947". Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. http://www.slelections.gov.lk/pdf/Results_1947%20GENERAL%20ELECTION.PDF. 
3. ^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1952". Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. http://www.slelections.gov.lk/pdf/Results_1952%20GENERAL%20ELECTION.PDF. 
4. ^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1956". Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. http://www.slelections.gov.lk/pdf/Results_1956%20GENERAL%20ELECTION.PDF. 
5. ^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1960-03-19". Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. http://www.slelections.gov.lk/pdf/Results_1960_03_19%20GENERAL%20ELECTION.PDF. 
6. ^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1960-07-20". Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. http://www.slelections.gov.lk/pdf/Results_1960_07_20%20GENERAL%20ELECTION.PDF. 
7. ^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1965". Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. http://www.slelections.gov.lk/pdf/Results_1965%20GENERAL%20ELECTION.PDF. 
8. ^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1970". Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. http://www.slelections.gov.lk/pdf/Results_1970%20GENERAL%20ELECTION.PDF. 
9. ^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1977". Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. http://www.slelections.gov.lk/pdf/General%20Election%201977.PDF.