Rakwana Electoral District

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

Members of Parliament

Key

  SLFP   UNP

ElectionMemberPartyTerm
1960 (March) V. T. G. Karunaratne Sri Lanka Freedom Party 1960
1960 (July) 1960-1965
1965 H. Kularatne United National Party 1965-1970
1970 V. T. G. Karunaratne Sri Lanka Freedom Party 1970-1977
1977 H. Kularatne United National Party 1977-1989

Elections

1960 (March) Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
V. T. G. KarunaratneSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand4,76631.70
H. KularatneUnited National PartyElephant4,54230.21
T. WijayanayakaKey2,74018.23
D. D. WellalaBook1,2017.99
C. C. WickremasingheCartwheel1,0296.85
Warnakulage LeelaratneLamp2511.67
K. G. B. AriyasingheMortar1941.29
Wijaya TamanegamaUmbrella1841.22
Valid Votes14,90799.16
Rejected Votes1260.84
Total Polled15,033100.00
Registered Electors19,377
Turnout77.58

1960 (July) Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
V. T. G. KarunaratneSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand8,35655.55
H. KularatneUnited National PartyElephant6,34142.75
M. W. WeerakkodyClock1721.14
M. SooriyabandaraCartwheel1060.71
Valid Votes14,97599.55
Rejected Votes680.45
Total Polled15,043100.00
Registered Electors19,377
Turnout77.63

1965 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
H. KularatneUnited National PartyElephant10,66749.23
V. T. G. KarunaratneSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand10,33447.69
P. B. RatnayakeChair3801.39
Don Edwin MalawaraarachchiCartwheel1420.66
D. R. MalwenneSun600.28
Valid Votes21,58396.01
Rejected Votes850.39
Total Polled21,668100.00
Registered Electors25,402
Turnout85.30

1970 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
V. T. G. KarunaratneSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand14,45555.98
H. KularatneUnited National PartyElephant11,27043.65
Valid Votes25,72599.63
Rejected Votes950.37
Total Polled25,820
Registered Electors28,974
Turnout89.11

1977 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
H. KularatneUnited National PartyElephant21,51157.03
V. T. G. KarunaratneSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand14,66338.87
A. G. B. AmarasinghKey1,2783.39
A. S. PiyasingheLamp1710.45
Valid Votes37,59399.63
Rejected Votes1270.37
Total Polled37,720100.00
Registered Electors41,998
Turnout89.81

References
  1. "The Electoral System". Parliament of Sri Lanka.
  2. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1960-03-19" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka.
  3. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1960-07-20" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka.
  4. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1965" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka.
  5. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1970" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka.
  6. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1977" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka.

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