Matara Electoral District (1947–1989)

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

Members of Parliament

Key

  Independent   SLFP   UNP   Communist Party

ElectionMemberPartyTerm
1947 H. D. Abeygoonewardane CCP 1947-1952
1952 Mahanama Samaraweera 1952-1956
1956 SLFP 1956-1960
1960 (March) Justin C. Wijayawardhene UNP 1960
1960 (July) Mahanama Samaraweera SLFP 1960-1965
1965 B. Y. Tudawe CCP 1965-1970
1970 1970-1977
1977 S. K. Piyadasa UNP 1970-1989

Elections

1947 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
H. D. AbeygoonewardaneCommunist Party of CeylonPineapple11,97057.31
W. GunasekeraUmbrella5,27925.27
G. WeeratungaScales2,26110.83
K. K. D. SilvaCartwheel4422.12
Valid Votes20,35297.44
Rejected Votes5352.56
Total Polled20,887100.00
Registered Electors39,930
Turnout52.31

1952 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Mahanama SamaraweeraCommunist Party of CeylonStar11,86142.41
Edward Benjamin SenaratneUmbrella10,78538.56
Suriya Patabendige Albert de SilvaElephant2,5659.17
Yapa Sirisena RajapaksaHand2,2658.10
Valid Votes27,47698.23
Rejected Votes4941.77
Total Polled27,970100.00
Registered Electors41,166
Turnout67.94

1956 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Mahanama SamaraweeraSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand18,57159.83
D. H. Pandita GunawardeneUnited National PartyElephant7,34223.65
E. H. P. GawrapalaStar4,89415.77
Valid Votes30,80799.25
Rejected Votes2320.75
Total Polled31,039100.00
Registered Electors47,068
Turnout65.95

1960 (March) Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Justin C. WijayawardheneUnited National PartyElephant8,40936.56
Mahanama SamaraweeraSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand6,53328.41
B. Y. TudaweCommunist Party of CeylonStar5,70224.79
K. K. de SilvaUmbrella2,1519.35
Dayananda KumarapperumaEye2040.89
Valid Votes22,99999.35
Rejected Votes1510.65
Total Polled23,150100.00
Registered Electors30,640
Turnout75.55

1960 (July) Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Mahanama SamaraweeraSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand13,10556.0
Justin C. WijayawardhenaUnited National PartyElephant10,20043.59
Valid Votes23,30599.59
Rejected Votes960.41
Total Polled23,401100.00
Registered Electors30,640
Turnout76.37

1965 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
B. Y. TudaweCommunist Party of CeylonStar15,20751.27
Mahanama SamaraweeraSun14,28748.17
Valid Votes29,49499.44
Rejected Votes1670.56
Total Polled29,661100.00
Registered Electors37,399
Turnout79.31

1970 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
B. Y. TudaweCommunist Party of CeylonStar20,76458.37
S. K. PiyadasaUnited National PartyElephant14,58040.98
E. P. WijethungaBell1600.45
Valid Votes35,50499.80
Rejected Votes700.20
Total Polled35,574100.00
Registered Electors41,751
Turnout85.21

1977 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
S. K. PiyadasaUnited National PartyElephant23,22255.96
B. Y. TudaweCommunist Party of CeylonStar12,58530.33
Bandula AbeysuriyaSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand4,78111.52
V. P. S. AbeysingheEye6231.50
Nandasiri HettiarachchiFlower2010.48
Valid Votes41,41299.80
Rejected Votes840.20
Total Polled41,496100.00
Registered Electors48,354
Turnout85.82

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

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