Ambalangoda Electoral District

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

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Members of Parliament

Key

  Independent     Sri Lanka Freedom Party     United National Party   

ElectionMemberPartyTerm
1960 (March) William de Silva Mahajana Eksath Peramuna 1960
1960 (July) P. de S. Kularatne United National Party 1960-1965
1965 M. H. Saddhasena 1965-1970
1970 L. C. de Silva Lanka Sama Samaja Party 1970-1977
1977 Raitor Thilakasekara United National Party 1977-1988

Elections

1960 (March) Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
William de Silva Mahajana Eksath Peramuna Cartwheel8,71638.33
P. de S. Kularatne United National Party Elephant6,71329.52
Wilson Wijetunga Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand3,52115.48
Eddie FernandoPair of Scales3,34814.72
Piyasena MahamadachchiUmbrella2160.95
M. H. E. AriyapalaEye1540.68
Valid Votes22,66899.69
Rejected Votes710.31
Total Polled22,739100.00
Registered Electors28,618
Turnout82.95

1960 (July) Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
P. de S. Kularatne United National Party Elephant10,03446.98
William de Silva Mahajana Eksath Peramuna Cartwheel8,04537.67
P. W. Wilfred de Silva Lanka Sama Samaja Party Key3,21515.05
Valid Votes21,29499.71
Rejected Votes620.29
Total Polled21,356100.00
Registered Electors28,618
Turnout74.62

1965 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
M. H. Saddhasena United National Party Elephant15,43352.50
P. de S. Kularatne Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand13,80846.98
Valid Votes29,24199.48
Rejected Votes1520.52
Total Polled29,393100.00
Registered Electors35,335
Turnout83.18

1970 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
L. C. de Silva Lanka Sama Samaja Party Key22,35664.40
M. H. Saddhasena United National Party Elephant11,72833.79
U. D. KulasingheBell5441.57
Valid Votes34,62899.76
Rejected Votes820.23
Total Polled34,710100.00
Registered Electors40,103
Turnout86.55

1977 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Raitor Thilakasekara United National Party Elephant17,82951.83
L. C. de Silva Lanka Sama Samaja Party Key9,65428.06
A. M. Karunaratne Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand6,74819.62
S. M. WeihenaCartwheel1110.32
A. D. PeirisChair580.17
Valid Votes34,319 99.76
Rejected Votes810.24
Total Polled34,400
Registered Electors39,254
Turnout87.63

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References

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