Kundasale Electoral District

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

Members of Parliament

Key

  Independent   SLFP   UNP

ElectionMemberPartyTerm
1960 (March) U. P. Y. Jinadasa Sri Lanka Freedom Party 1960
1960 (July) 1960-1965
1965 R. P. Wijesiri United National Party 1965-1970
1970 U. P. Y. Jinadasa Sri Lanka Freedom Party 1970-1977
1977 D. M. Chandrapala United National Party 1977-1983

Elections

1960 (March) Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
U. P. Y. JinadasaSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand7,12149.79
S. B. UdurawanaUnited National PartyElephant4,43831.03
C. B. DehigamaEye8726.10
Dharmasena SamarawickremaUmbrella5583.90
K. B. KandekumburaLadder4693.28
W. T. B. KaraliaddeClock3642.55
H. Don SirinayakeCartwheel3032.12
Valid Votes14,12598.76
Rejected Votes1771.24
Total Polled14,302100.00
Registered Electors17,265
Turnout82.84

1960 (July) Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
U. P. Y. JinadasaSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand8,09654.99
Aloysius WeerakoonUnited National PartyElephant6,51044.21
Valid Votes14,60699.21
Rejected Votes1160.78
Total Polled14,722100.00
Registered Electors17,265
Turnout85.27

1965 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
R. P. WijesiriUnited National PartyElephant10,62461.65
U. P. Y. JinadasaSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand9,64155.95
W. M. D. B. WeerakoonCartwheel1781.03
Valid Votes17,16099.58
Rejected Votes720.41
Total Polled17,232100.00
Registered Electors19,715
Turnout87.41

1970 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
U. P. Y. JinadasaSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand13,31753.84
R. P. WijesiriUnited National PartyElephant11,20845.31
Lionel KulatungeBell1160.47
Valid Votes24,64199.62
Rejected Votes940.38
Total Polled24,735100.00
Registered Electors27,297
Turnout90.61

1977 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
D. M. ChandrapalaUnited National PartyElephant18,91860.94
U. P. Y. JinadasaSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand11,73237.79
Udaya SenanayakeKey3921.26
Valid Votes30,96199.74
Rejected Votes810.26
Total Polled31,042100.00
Registered Electors35,074
Turnout88.50

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 16 June 2020.
  3. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 20 July 1960" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 16 June 2020.
  4. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1965" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 16 June 2020.
  5. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1970" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 16 June 2020.
  6. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1977" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 16 June 2020.

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