Kotmale Electoral District

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

Members of Parliament

Key

  Independent   SLFP   UNP

ElectionMemberPartyTerm
1960 (March) J. D. Weerasekera Lanka Prajathanthravadi Pakshaya 1960
1960 (July) Sri Lanka Freedom Party 1960-1965
1965 D. B. Ranatunga United National Party 1965-1970
1970 J. D. Weerasekera Sri Lanka Freedom Party 1970-1977
1977 Ananda Dassanayake 1977-1989

Elections

1960 (March) Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
J. D. WeerasekeraLanka Prajathanthravadi PakshayaUmbrella4,64335.04
R. M. Dingiri Banda RanatungaUnited National PartyElephant3,72428.11
A. DissanayakeSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand3,44926.03
J. M. Heen BandaLanka Sama Samaja PartyKey6915.22
K. M. BandaraClock5243.96
Valid Votes13,03198.35
Rejected Votes2191.65
Total Polled13,250100.00
Registered Electors16,831
Turnout78.72

1960 (July) Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
J. D. WeerasekeraSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand7,85957.51
D. B. RanatungaUnited National PartyElephant5,68741.62
Valid Votes13,54699.13
Rejected Votes1190.87
Total Polled13,665100.00
Registered Electors16,831
Turnout81.19

1965 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
D. B. RanatungaUnited National PartyElephant10,56454.05
J. D. WeerasekeraSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand8,60744.04
M. S. EgodawelaSun1270.65
Valid Votes19,29898.74
Rejected Votes2471.26
Total Polled19,545100.00
Registered Electors22,876
Turnout85.44

1970 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
J. D. WeerasekeraSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand11,93651.76
D. B. RanatungaUnited National PartyElephant10,76846.69
O. M. WijewardhanaJanatha Vimukthi PeramunaBell2351.02
Valid Votes22,939 99.47
Rejected Votes1220.53
Total Polled23,061100.00
Registered Electors25,953
Turnout88.86

1977 Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 7th parliamentary election held on 21 July 1977:[6]

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Ananda DassanayakeSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand11,50542.36
D. B. SamaratungaUnited National PartyElephant7,64028.13
Wijesundare Bandara RanatungeUmbrella7,53627.75
G. RajagopalTree1130.42
W. B. RanatungeLamp990.37
P. KandiahEye670.25
O. M. WijayawardenaCartwheel590.22
Valid Votes27,01999.49
Rejected Votes1390.51
Total Polled27,158100.00
Registered Electors30,743
Turnout88.34

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 5 July 2018.
  3. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 20 July 1960" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 5 July 2018.
  4. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1965" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 5 July 2018.
  5. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1970" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 5 July 2018.
  6. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1977" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 5 July 2018.

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