Matale Electoral District (1947–1989)

Matale electoral district was an electoral district of Sri Lanka between August 1947 and February 1989. The district was named after the town of Matale in Matale 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] Matale electoral district was replaced by the Matale multi-member electoral district at the 1989 general elections, the first under the PR system, though Matale continues to be a polling division of the multi-member electoral district.

This article is about the former electoral district in Sri Lanka. For other uses, see Matale (disambiguation).

Members of Parliament

Key

  Independent   SLFP   UNP

ElectionMemberPartyTerm
1947 V. T. Nanayakkara 1947-1952
1952 Bernard Aluwihare United National Party 1952-1956
1956 Nimal Karunatilake Sri Lanka Freedom Party 1956-1960
1960 (March) Bernard Aluwihare United National Party 1960-1965
1960 (July)
1965 Alick Aluwihare 1965-1970
1970 Richard Udugama Sri Lanka Freedom Party 1970-1977
1977 Alick Aluwihare 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%
V. T. NanayakkaraEye11,53048.62
Bernard AluwihareStar9,52540.12
T. B. WegodapolaLamp2,37310.01
Valid Votes23,42898.80
Rejected Votes2851.20
Total Polled23,713100.00
Registered Electors37,847
Turnout62.65

1952 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Bernard AluwihareFlower12,31457.43
V. T. NanayakkaraHouse8,89841.95%
Valid Votes21,21298.93
Rejected Votes2291.07
Total Polled21,441100.00
Registered Electors29,272
Turnout73.25

1956 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Nimal KarunatilakeSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand12,96855.15
Bernard AluwihareUnited National PartyElephant10,37244.11
Valid Votes23,34099.26
Rejected Votes1750.74
Total Polled23,515100.00
Registered Electors33,081
Turnout71.08

1960 (March) Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Bernard AluwihareUnited National PartyElephant8,02249.99
T. D. GunaratneSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand6,11338.97
M. B. RatnayakeMahajana Eksath PeramunaCart Wheel8925.56
S. B. WijeratneCommunist PartyStar5043.14
A. K. SumanapalaUmbrella1540.96
Jinadasa WickremasuriyaSun1170.73
Upali Monaravila KeppetipolaClock1130.70
Valid Votes15,91599.18
Rejected Votes1310.82
Total Polled16,046100.00
Registered Electors20,739
Turnout77.37

1960 (July) Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Bernard AluwihareUnited National PartyElephant8,96154.13
T. D. GunaratneSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand7,48945.24
Valid Votes16,45099.37
Rejected Votes1050.63
Total Polled16,555100.00
Registered Electors20,739
Turnout79.83%

1965 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Alick AluwihareUnited National PartyElephant13,50259.38
W. DorakumburaSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand9,02539.70
Valid Votes22,52799.07
Rejected Votes2120.93
Total Polled22,739100.00
Registered Electors27,414
Turnout82.95

1970 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Richard UdugamaSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand13,42851.01
Alick AluwihareUnited National PartyElephant12,77848.54
Valid Votes26,20699.54
Rejected Votes1200.46
Total Polled26,326100.00
Registered Electors30,396
Turnout86.61

1977 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Alick AluwihareUnited National PartyElephant21,94569.66
Chandrasena MunaweeraSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand9,03928.69
R. G. KarunaratneEye3611.15
Valid Votes31,34599.50
Rejected Votes1560.50
Total Polled31,501100.00
Registered Electors36,395
Turnout86.55

References
  1. "The Electoral System". Parliament of Sri Lanka. Archived from the original on 2010-11-27.
  2. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1947" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 21 September 2017.
  3. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1952" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-09-24.
  4. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1956" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 21 September 2017.
  5. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 19 March 1960" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 21 September 2017.
  6. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 20 July 1960" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 21 September 2017.
  7. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1965" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 21 September 2017.
  8. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1970" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 21 September 2017.
  9. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1977" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 21 September 2017.

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