Yatiyantota Electoral District

Yatiyantota' electoral district was an electoral district of Sri Lanka between March 1960 and February 1989. The district was named after the town of Yatiyantota in Kegalle 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] Yatiyantota electoral district was replaced by the Kegalle multi-member electoral district at the 1989 general elections.

Members of Parliament

Key

  Independent   SLFP   UNP

ElectionMemberPartyTerm
1960 (March) N. M. Perera Lanka Sama Samaja Party 1960
1960 (July) 1960-1965
1965 1965-1970
1970 1970-1977
1977 K. Vincent Perera United National Party 1977-1989

Elections

1960 (March) Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
N. M. PereraLanka Sama Samaja PartyKey10,43252.25
G. L. KotelawelaUnited National PartyElephant7,76138.87
Higgoda DharmasenaCommunist Party of CeylonStar8204.11
C. L. B. RatnayakeSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand7313.66
S. J. DharmapalaUmbrella870.44
Valid Votes19,83199.32
Rejected Votes1350.68
Total Polled19,966100.00
Registered Electors23,908
Turnout83.51

1960 (July) Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
N. M. PereraLanka Sama Samaja PartyKey10,31152.07
G. L. KotelawelaUnited National PartyElephant9,19646.44
S. M. MunasingheMahajana Eksath PeramunaCartwheel2021.02
Valid Votes19,70999.54
Rejected Votes920.46
Total Polled19,801100.00
Registered Electors23,908
Turnout82.82

1965 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
N. M. PereraLanka Sama Samaja PartyKey14,82652.40
G. L. KotelawelaUnited National PartyElephant13,13146.41
K. A. WijesekeraMahajana Eksath PeramunaCartwheel1300.46
Valid Votes28,08799.27
Rejected Votes2070.73
Total Polled28,294100.00
Registered Electors32,197
Turnout87.88

1970 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
N. M. PereraLanka Sama Samaja PartyKey17,52056.27
G. L. KotelawelaUnited National PartyElephant13,53143.46
Valid Votes31,05199.72
Rejected Votes860.28
Total Polled31,137100.00
Registered Electors34,938
Turnout89.12

1977 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
K. Vincent PereraUnited National PartyElephant17,54552.04
N. M. PereraLanka Sama Samaja PartyKey15,02844.57
Dharmasiri MuthuthanthirigeSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand8972.66
T.D.S. WickremaBook1220.36
Dharmasri FonsekFlower770.23
Vijaya RatnayakeCartwheel480.14
Valid Votes33,60899.68
Rejected Votes1090.32
Total Polled33,717100.00
Registered Electors38,405
Turnout87.79

References
  1. "The Electoral System". Parliament of Sri Lanka.
  2. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1960-03-19" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 30 June 2021.
  3. "Result of Parliamentary General Election July 1960" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 30 June 2021.
  4. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1965" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 30 June 2021.
  5. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1970" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 30 June 2021.
  6. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1977" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 30 June 2021.

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