Monaragala Electoral District (1960–1989)

Monaragala electoral district was an electoral district of Sri Lanka between March 1960 and February 1989. The district was named after the town of Monaragala in Monaragala District, Uva 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] Monaragala electoral district was replaced by the Monaragala multi-member electoral district at the 1989 general elections, the first under the proportional representation system, Monaragala continues to be a polling division of the multi-member electoral district.

Members of Parliament

Key

  Independent   SLFP   UNP

ElectionMemberPartyTerm
1960 (March) W. G. M. Albert Silva Sri Lanka Freedom Party 1960
1960 (July) 1960-1965
1965 Raja Welegama 1965-1970
1970 1970-1977
1977 R. M. Punchi Bandara United National Party 1970-1988

Elections

1960 (March) Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
W. G. M. Albert SilvaSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand3,73837.92
H. E. SenanayakeUnited National PartyElephant2,65126.90
D. KadurugamuwaLadder1,35913.79
D. C. K. NanayakkaraRooster4484.55
Earle AbeysuriyaUmbrella3783.84
R. A. TilakaratneLamp3633.68
N. B. DharmadasaSun3533.58
Donald RatnaweeraKey3083.13
K.H.M.T.M. de SilvaStar1011.03
Valid Votes9,69998.40
Rejected Votes1581.60
Total Polled9,857100.00
Registered Electors14,494
Turnout68.01

1960 (July) Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
W. G. M. Albert SilvaSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand5,47557.86
H. E. SenanayakeUnited National PartyElephant3,89641.17
Valid Votes9,37199.03
Rejected Votes920.97
Total Polled9,463100.00
Registered Electors14,494
Turnout65.29

1965 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Raja WelegamaSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand8,25746.14
L. R. M. D. KadurugamuwaUnited National PartyElephant6,79237.96
D. M. PunchibandaIndependentLamp1,0545.89
A. H. JayasenaIndependentUmbrella7454.16
W. G. M. Albert SilvaNational Liberation FrontAeroplane7013.92
Valid Votes17,54998.07
Rejected Votes3451.93
Total Polled17,894100.00
Registered Electors22,838
Turnout78.35

1970 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Raja WelegamaSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand17,34260.87
A. B. TalaguneUnited National PartyElephant10,43536.62
B. A. L. WijewardhanaShip4681.64
Valid Votes28,24599.13
Rejected Votes2470.87
Total Polled28,492100.00
Registered Electors35,446
Turnout80.38

1977 Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 8th parliamentary election held on 21 July 1977:[6]

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
R. M. Punchi BandaraUnited National PartyElephant12,31650.07
Raja WelegamaSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand10,37142.16
Ratnayake KeerthisingheStar8813.58
E. W. AriyapalaLamp4922.0
W. G. M. Albert SilvaCartwheel2971.21
R. M. SomaratneUmbrella780.32
Valid Votes24,43599.33
Rejected Votes1650.67
Total Polled24,600100.00
Registered Electors28,711
Turnout85.68

References
  1. "The Electoral System". Parliament of Sri Lanka.
  2. "Result of Parliamentary General Election March 1960" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 6 January 2019.
  3. "Result of Parliamentary General Election July 1960" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 6 January 2019.
  4. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1965" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 6 January 2019.
  5. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1970" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 6 January 2019.
  6. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1977" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka.

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