Polonnaruwa Electoral District (1947–1989)

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

Members of Parliament

Key

  Independent   SLFP   UNP

ElectionMemberPartyTerm
1947 P. L. Bauddhasara UNP 1947 - 1952
1952 C. P. de Silva SLFP 1952 - 1956
1956 1956 - 1960
1960 (March) A. H. de Silva 1960
1960 (July) 1960 - 1965
1965 K. A. Leelaratne Wijesinghe 1965 - 1970
1970 1970 -1977
1977 H. G. P. Nelson UNP 1977 - 1989

Elections

1947 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
P. L. BauddhasaraUnited National PartyLamp1,60444.87
R. B. WijeratneUnited National PartyHouse83023.22
M. S. AbubuckerLanka Sama Samaja PartyElephant81822.88
S. M. IsmailUnited National PartyPair of Scales1083.02
P. D. S. JayasekeraUnited National PartyCup681.90
S. SeneviratneUnited National PartyHand451.26
Valid Votes3,47397.15
Rejected Votes1022.85
Total Polled3,575100.00
Registered Electors5,838
Turnout61.24

1952 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
C. P. de SilvaSri Lanka Freedom PartyElephant5,49864.24
P. L. BauddhasaraUnited National PartyLamp2,85633.37
Ariyawansa GoonasekaraCommunist PartyStar1291.51
Valid Votes8,48399.11
Rejected Votes760.89
Total Polled8,559100.00
Registered Electors15,796
Turnout54.19

1956 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
C. P. de SilvaHand10,07268.64
G. Lionel KotalawalaElephant3,94826.91
D. J. KuruppuEye4793.26
Valid Votes14,49998.81
Rejected Votes1741.19
Total Polled14,673100.00
Registered Electors26,727
Turnout54.90

1960 (March) Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
A. H. de SilvaSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand7,10754.00
P. L. BauddhasaraUnited National PartyElephant3,98130.25
K. A. Leelaratne WijesingheKey9897.52
D. B. W. YapaCartwheel4383.33
A. Suriya ArachchiUmbrella4123.13
Y. W. PeirisLamp1071.29
Valid Votes13,03499.04
Rejected Votes1270.96
Total Polled13,161100.00
Registered Electors17,654
Turnout74.55

1960 (July) Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
A. H. de SilvaSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand7,54058.26
P. L. BauddhasaraUnited National PartyElephant5,32141.12
Valid Votes12,86199.38
Rejected Votes800.62
Total Polled12,941100.00
Registered Electors17,654
Turnout73.30

1965 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
K. A. Leelaratne WijesingheSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand7,84044.31
A. H. de SilvaLanka Prajathanthravadi PakshayaSun5,98833.85
P. L. BauddhasaraIndependentLamp3,77321.33
Valid Votes17,50198.92
Rejected Votes191
Total Polled17,692100.00
Registered Electors22,938
Turnout77.13

1970 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
K. A. Leelaratne WijesingheSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand11,92752.30
Merril de SilvaUnited National PartyElephant10,80247.36
Valid Votes22,72999.66
Rejected Votes780.34
Total Polled22,807100.00
Registered Electors27,452
Turnout83.08

1977 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
H. G. P. NelsonUnited National PartyElephant14,94158.80
K. A. Leelaratne WijesingheSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand9,92639.06
M. M. A. Shelton MoraesLadder2190.86
H. A. WipulasenaStar1200.47
G. A. K. Arnolis AppuLamp670.26
D. G. Saranelis DayawansaTree370.15
L. S. Wimalasekera SilvaClock320.13
Valid Votes25,34299.73
Rejected Votes690.27
Total Polled25,411100.00
Registered Electors30,631
Turnout82.96

References
  1. "The Electoral System". Parliament of Sri Lanka.
  2. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1947" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 31 October 2017.
  3. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1952" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 31 October 2017.
  4. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1956" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 31 October 2017.
  5. "Result of Parliamentary General Election March 1960" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 31 October 2017.
  6. "Result of Parliamentary General Election July 1960" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 31 October 2017.
  7. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1965" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 31 October 2017.
  8. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1970" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 31 October 2017.
  9. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1977" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 31 October 2017.

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