Bandaragama Electoral District

Bandaragama electoral district was an electoral district of Sri Lanka between March 1960 and February 1989. The district was named after the town of Bandaragama 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] Bandaragama electoral district was replaced by the Kalutara multi-member electoral district at the 1989 general elections.

Members of Parliament

Key

  Independent   SLFP   UNP

ElectionMemberPartyTerm
1960 (March) D. C. W. Kannangara United National Party 1960-1960
1960 (July) K. D. David Perera Sri Lanka Freedom Party 1960-1965
1965 1965-1967
1967 (by-election) 1967-1969
1969 (by-election) George L. Kotelawala United National Party 1969-1970
1970 Herbert Wickramasinghe Sri Lanka Freedom Party 1970 - 1977
1977 Senaraja Samaranayake United National Party 1977 - 1989

Elections

1960 (March) Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
D. C. W. KannangaraUnited National PartyElephant10,15433.93
K. D. David PereraSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand7,03123.50
R. A. K. PereraCartwheel6,02720.14
D. W. WijesooriyaKey5,11317.09
Pushpakumara PremaratneStar7832.62
Austin D. PereraUmbrella6342.12
Valid Votes29,74299.40
Rejected Votes1810.60
Total Polled29,923100.00
Registered Electors37,279
Turnout92.70

1960 (July) Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
K. D. David PereraSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand17,51058.56
D. C. W. KannangaraUnited National PartyElephant11,84439.61
R. A. Karunapala PereraCartwheel4491.50
Valid Votes29,80399.67
Rejected Votes980.33
Total Polled29,901100.00
Registered Electors37,279
Turnout80.21

1965 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
K. D. David PereraSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand20,89753.17
D. C. W. KannangaraUnited National PartyElephant17,47644.46
R. A. Karunapala PereraCartwheel5041.28
Valid Votes38,87798.91
Rejected Votes4281.09
Total Polled39,305100.00
Registered Electors45,512
Turnout86.36

1967 Parliamentary By-Election

Following the 1965 parliamentary elections two election petitions were lodged with the courts seeking the election results be declared void on the grounds that Perera or persons acting on his behalf published false statements in relation to the personal character of D. C. W. Kannangara. They were initially dismissed by the Election Judge on 5 June 1966, whereupon an appeal was lodged by the claimants to the Supreme Court. The Supreme Court determined on 12 May 1967 that the Election Judge had misdirected himself in law and a fresh election for the seat of Bandaragama was called and held on 23 September 1967.[5]

Results of the 1967 parliamentary by-election held on 23 September 1967:[6]

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
K. D. David PereraSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand23,84056.01
George KotalawalaUnited National PartyElephant18,37243.16
E. A. BandaraScales2110.5
Valid Votes42,42399.66
Rejected Votes1430.34
Total Polled42,566100.00
Registered Electors45,512
Turnout93.53

1969 Parliamentary By-Election

Following the 1967 parliamentary by-election, a further petitions was lodged with the courts seeking the election results be declared void on the grounds that Perera should have been disqualified from running in the previous by-election, on the grounds that the Supreme Court ruling in 1967 disqualified him under the constitution. Following a hearing in June 1968 the Supreme Court decided the results of the 1967 by-election be declared void.[5]

1970 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Herbert WickramasingheSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand27,56262.90
D. C. W. KannangaraUnited National PartyElephant15,59335.59
P. R. RanarajaBell5211.19
Valid Votes43,67699.69
Rejected Votes1380.31
Total Polled43,814100.00
Registered Electors51,062
Turnout85.81

1977 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Senaraja SamaranayakeUnited National PartyElephant28,09755.04
Herbert WickremasihngheSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand19,79538.78
Vithanage Premachandra PereraKey3,0345.94
Valid Votes50,92699.76
Rejected Votes1230.24
Total Polled51,049100.00
Registered Electors57,420
Turnout88.90

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 3 October 2017.
  3. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 20 July 1960" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 1 June 2018.
  4. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1965" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 1 June 2018.
  5. "Election Petition No. 5 of 1967 — Electoral District No. 27 (Bandaragama)" (PDF). Supreme Court of Ceylon. June 1968. Retrieved 1 June 2018.
  6. "Results of Parliamentary By Elections held between 1947 - 1988" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 1 June 2018.
  7. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1970" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 1 June 2018.
  8. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1977" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 1 June 2018.

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