- Matugama Electoral District
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This article is about the former electoral district in Sri Lanka. For the town, see Matugama.
Matugama electoral district was an electoral district of Sri Lanka between August 1947 and February 1989. The district was named after the town of Matugama in Kalutara 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] Matugama electoral district was replaced by the Kalutara multi-member electoral district at the 1989 general elections, the first under the PR system, though Matugama 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 % Wilmot A. Perera Elephant 19,753 53.41% C. W. W. Kannangara Star 16,139 43.64% R. A. Munasinghage Lamp 1,091 2.95% Valid Votes 36,983 100.00% Rejected Votes 535 Total Polled 37,518 Registered Electors 48,407 Turnout 77.51% 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 % Wilmot A. Perera Key 18,168 53.70% Athulathmudali Chair 15,666 46.30% Valid Votes 33,834 100.00% Rejected Votes 376 Total Polled 34,210 Registered Electors 46,219 Turnout 74.02% 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 % Dayasena Turnolius Pasqual Hand 25,798 71.27% A. C. Gooneratne Elephant 6,189 17.10% R. A. Reginald Perera Cart Wheel 3,920 10.83% W. M. Bibile Fonseka Umbrella 289 0.80% Valid Votes 36,196 100.00% Rejected Votes 296 Total Polled 36,492 Registered Electors 52,095 Turnout 70.05% 1960 (March) Parliamentary General Election
Results of the 4th parliamentary election held on 19 March 1960 for the district:[5]
Candidate Party Symbol Votes % Dayasena Turnolius Pasqual Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand 7,099 28.82% Ratnapala Tirimanne United National Party Elephant 5,737 23.29% Edmund Jayanetti Mahajana Eksath Peramuna Cart Wheel 5,670 23.02% D. S. L. Vithanage Key 5,544 22.50% M. G. N.. de S. Gunawardena Lamp 320 1.30% Udaya Jayatileke Eye 265 1.08% Valid Votes 24,635 100.00% Rejected Votes 154 Total Polled 24,789 Registered Electors 32,377 Turnout 76.56% 1960 (July) Parliamentary General Election
Results of the 5th parliamentary election held on 20 July 1960 for the district:[6]
Candidate Party Symbol Votes % Dayasena Turnolius Pasqual Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand 14,790 62.05% De Alwis Seneviratne United National Party Elephant 7,752 32.52% Simon Lewis Cart Wheel 1,294 5.43% Valid Votes 23,836 100.00% Rejected Votes 94 Total Polled 23,930 Registered Electors 32,377 Turnout 73.91% 1965 Parliamentary General Election
Results of the 6th parliamentary election held on 22 March 1965 for the district:[7]
Candidate Party Symbol Votes % Dayasena Turnolius Pasqual Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand 18,122 56.77% M. D. J. Dissanayake Chair 7,026 22.01% K. Bandula Jayasinghe Mahajana Eksath Peramuna Cart Wheel 5,909 18.51% D. P. Samaraweera Sun 865 2.71% Valid Votes 31,922 100.00% Rejected Votes 344 Total Polled 32,266 Registered Electors 40,399 Turnout 79.87% 1970 Parliamentary General Election
Results of the 7th parliamentary election held on 27 May 1970 for the district:[8]
Candidate Party Symbol Votes % Dayasena Turnolius Pasqual Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand 24,718 63.84% Reginald V. Wijegunaratne Mahajana Eksath Peramuna Cart Wheel 13,998 36.16% Valid Votes 38,716 100.00% Rejected Votes 115 Total Polled 38,831 Registered Electors 46,066 Turnout 84.29% 1977 Parliamentary General Election
Results of the 8th parliamentary election held on 21 July 1977 for the district:[9]
Candidate Party Symbol Votes % Reginald V. Wijegunaratne Elephant 25,484 55.27% Dayasena Turnolius Pasqual Hand 10,497 22.77% Anil Moonesinghe Key 9,932 21.54% Thomas Kulatunga Cart Wheel 196 0.43% Valid Votes 46,109 100.00% Rejected Votes 172 Total Polled 46,281 Registered Electors 53,238 Turnout 86.93% References
- ^ "The Electoral System". Parliament of Sri Lanka. http://www.parliament.lk/about_us/electoral_system.jsp.
- ^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1947". Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. http://www.slelections.gov.lk/pdf/Results_1947%20GENERAL%20ELECTION.PDF.
- ^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1952". Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. http://www.slelections.gov.lk/pdf/Results_1952%20GENERAL%20ELECTION.PDF.
- ^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1956". Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. http://www.slelections.gov.lk/pdf/Results_1956%20GENERAL%20ELECTION.PDF.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1965". Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. http://www.slelections.gov.lk/pdf/Results_1965%20GENERAL%20ELECTION.PDF.
- ^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1970". Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. http://www.slelections.gov.lk/pdf/Results_1970%20GENERAL%20ELECTION.PDF.
- ^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1977". Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. http://www.slelections.gov.lk/pdf/General%20Election%201977.PDF.
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