Hakmana Electoral District

Hakmana electoral district was an electoral district of Sri Lanka between August 1947 and February 1989. The district was named after the town of Hakmana in Matara District, Southern 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] Hakmana electoral district was replaced by the Matara multi-member electoral district at the 1989 general elections, the first under the proportional representation system.

Members of Parliament

Key

  Independent   SLFP   UNP

ElectionMemberPartyTerm
1947 P. Kumarasiri Ceylon Communist Party 1947-1952
1952 C. A. Dharmapala United National Party 1952-1956
1956 1956-1960
1960 (March) Don Roy Rajapakse Mahajana Eksath Peramuna 1960
1960 (July) Sri Lanka Freedom Party 1960-1965
1965 Sirisena Hettige United National Party 1965-1970
1970 Don Roy Rajapakse Sri Lanka Freedom Party 1970-1977
1977 Harshanath Wanigasekera United National Party 1977-1989

Elections

1947 Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 1st parliamentary election held between 23 August 1947 and 20 September 1947:[2]

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
P. KumarasiriCeylon Communist PartyHand9,95839.47
C. A. DharmapalaUnited National PartyElephant6,15224.39
Percy WickremasingheCeylon Communist PartyStar5,05620.04
A. F. WijemanneChair2,3659.37
C. J. RanatungaCup8163.23
P. L. D. W. de SilvaKey4141.64
Valid Votes24,75198.11
Rejected Votes4761.89
Total Polled25,227100.00
Registered Electors44,414
Turnout56.8

1952 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
C. A. DharmapalaUnited National PartyElephant15,76249.84
S. A. WickramasingheCeylon Communist PartyStar12,60139.84
Leelaratne Ubayawansa JayasingheHand2,9819.43
Valid Votes31,34499.10
Rejected Votes2840.90
Total Polled31,628100.00
Registered Electors42,077
Turnout75.17

1956 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
C. A. DharmapalaUnited National PartyElephant13,29838.58
Percy WickremasingheCeylon Communist PartyStar10,59130.72
P. P. WickremasuriyaSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand10,25029.74
Valid Votes34,13999.04
Rejected Votes3320.96
Total Polled34,471
Registered Electors47,502
Turnout72.57

1960 (March) Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Don Roy RajapakseMahajana Eksath PeramunaCartwheel9,08341.80
Victor RatnayakeUnited National PartyElephant6,88431.68
P. Somawathie MathewUmbrella2,75812.69
Sepala RatnayakaCockerel1,5006.90
Tudor WakistaCommunist Party of CeylonStar1,3186.06
Valid Votes21,54399.13
Rejected Votes1890.87
Total Polled21,732100.00
Registered Electors27,277
Turnout79.67

1960 (July) Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Don Roy RajapakseSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand11,94955.92
Sirisena HettigeUnited National PartyElephant9,34043.71
Valid Votes21,28999.63
Rejected Votes800.37
Total Polled21,369100.00
Registered Electors27,277
Turnout78.34

1965 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Sirisena HettigeUnited National PartyElephant15,45052.35
Don Roy RajapakseSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand13,42745.49
H. S. D. SamarasekeraMahajana Eksath PeramunaCartwheel2320.79
M. G. SriyadasaUmbrella1790.61
Valid Votes29,28899.23
Rejected Votes2260.76
Total Polled29,514100.00
Registered Electors34,627
Turnout85.23

1970 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Don Roy RajapakseSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand21,69963.74
Harshanath WanigasekeraUnited National PartyElephant12,22635.91
Valid Votes33,92599.66
Rejected Votes1170.34
Total Polled34,042100.00
Registered Electors39,604
Turnout85.96

1977 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Harshanath WanigasekeraUnited National PartyElephant22,25353.22
Ariyaratne BulegodaSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand14,74735.27
Samarasinghe Eugin AlwisCommunist Party of Sri LankaStar2,3645.65
Ranjit Don RajapakseMahajana Eksath PeramunaCartwheel1,3393.20
Rubasin Jayasekera RobertBell7231.73
R. G. A. AndrayasChair2330.56
Valid Votes41,65999.63
Rejected Votes1570.37
Total Polled41,816100.00
Registered Electors48,009
Turnout87.10

References
  1. "The Electoral System". Parliament of Sri Lanka.
  2. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1947" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 2 April 2021.
  3. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1952" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 2 April 2021.
  4. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1956" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 2 April 2021.
  5. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 19 March 1960" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 2 April 2021.
  6. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 20 July 1960" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 2 April 2021.
  7. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1965" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 2 April 2021.
  8. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1970" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 2 April 2021.
  9. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1977" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 2 April 2021.

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