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Balangoda electoral district was an electoral district of Sri Lanka between August 1947 and February 1989. The district was named after the town of Balangoda 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] Balangoda electoral district was replaced by the Ratnapura multi-member electoral district at the 1989 general elections, the first under the proportional representation system. The Balangoda electoral district was one of five multi-member constituencies, with two members, the others were Ambalangoda-Balapitiya, Badulla, Colombo Central and Kadugannawa. [2]

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Members of Parliament

Key

  Independent   SLFP   UNP

ElectionMember 1PartyTermMember 2PartyTerm
1947 Alexander Francis Molamure UNP 1947 - 1951 E. W. Mathew UNP 1947 - 1952
1951 by-election Jayaweera Kuruppu 1951 - 1952
1952 Alexander Francis Molamure Jr 1952 - 19561952 - 1956
1956 V. T. G. Karunaratne SLFP 1956 - 1960 M. P. Jothipala LSSP 1956 - 1960
1960 (March) Clifford Ratwatte 1960 - 1966 M. L. M. Aboosally UNP 1960 - 1970
1960 (July)
1965
1966 by-election Mallika Ratwatte 1966 - 1977
1970 M. Sita Seneviratne 1970 - 1977
1977 M. L. M. Aboosally UNP 1977 - 1989 Mallika Ratwatte SLFP 1977 - 1989

Elections

1947 Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 1st parliamentary election held between 23 August 1947 and 20 September 1947: [3]

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Alexander Francis Molamure United National Party House23,07637.36
E. W. Mathew United National Party Elephant13,76722.29
W. A. P. Jayatilake Lanka Sama Samaja Party Hand9,83315.92
M. Rajendram Independent Pair of Scales7,32911.86
W. S. Thurai Raja Independent Chair3,8706.27
Valid Votes57,87593.69
Rejected Votes3,8996.31
Total Polled61,774100.00
Registered Electors63,438
Turnout097.38

1951 Parliamentary By Election

Results of the parliamentary by-election held 28 April 1951: [4]

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Jayaweera Kuruppu United National Party House22,16259.67
M. P. Jothipala Lanka Sama Samaja Party Lamp13,44036.19
S. Sri KandamHand9362.52
Valid Votes36,54198.39
Rejected Votes5981.61
Total Polled37,139100.00
Registered Electors63,438
Turnout58.54

1952 Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 2nd parliamentary election held between 24 May 1952 and 30 May 1952: [5]

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Alexander Francis Molamure Jr United National Party Lamp32,23342.09
E. W. Mathew United National Party House20,71027.05
M. P. Jothipala Lanka Sama Samaja Party Elephant16,64021.73
C. V. Ranawaka Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand3,3374.36
Valid Votes72,92095.23
Rejected Votes3,6534.77
Total Polled76,573100.00
Registered Electors56,096
Turnout1.37

1956 Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 3rd parliamentary election held between 5 April 1956 and 10 April 1956: [6]

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
V. T. G. Karunaratne Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand36,59128.22
M. P. Jothipala Lanka Sama Samaja Party Key20,03215.45
E. W. Mathew United National Party Aeroplane15,75912.16
A. F. Molamure United National Party Elephant13,87310.70
S. Sirikandan Independent Lamp5320.41
Valid Votes126,96197.92
Rejected Votes2,6912.08
Total Polled129,652100.00
Registered Electors100,326
Turnout1.29

1960 (March) Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 4th parliamentary election held on 19 March 1960: [7]

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Clifford Ratwatte Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand9,49451.07
M. L. M. Aboosally Mortar5,05127.17
W. J .A. Wimaladharma United National Party Elephant1,8439.91
S. GodakumburaCartwheel8944.81
D. B. J. GodageKey7684.13
R. F. DelaBell2281.23
L. M. Gunasekera BandaUmbrella2021.09
Valid Votes18,480 99.40
Rejected Votes1120.60
Total Polled18,592100.00
Registered Electors22,687
Turnout81.95

1960 (July) Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 5th parliamentary election held on 20 July 1960: [8]

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Clifford Ratwatte Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand11,20160.94
M. L. M. Aboosally United National Party Elephant7,07738.50
Valid Votes18,27899.45
Rejected Votes1020.56
Total Polled18,380100.00
Registered Electors22,687
Turnout81.02

1965 Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 6th parliamentary election held on 22 March 1965: [9]

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Clifford Ratwatte Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand14,49855.54
M. L. M. Aboosally United National Party Elephant11,27443.19
H. M. BandaranayakeCartwheel1140.44
T. H. GunadasaSun1130.43
Valid Votes25,99999.59
Rejected Votes1070.41
Total Polled26,106100.00
Registered Electors30,050
Turnout86.88

1966 Parliamentary By Election

Results of the parliamentary by-election held 24 October 1966: [4]

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Mallika Ratwatte Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand14,47152.28
M. L. M. Aboosally United National Party Elephant12,73145.99
N. PiyadasaMortar3381.22
Valid Votes27,54099.49
Rejected Votes1410.51
Total Polled27,681100.00
Registered Electors30,050
Turnout92.12

1970 Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 7th parliamentary election held on 27 May 1970: [10]

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Mallika Ratwatte Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand18,80860.86
Seetha Seneviratne United National Party Elephant11,61937.60
S. SrikandamEye2220.72
B. DelgodaChair1760.57
Valid Votes30,82599.74
Rejected Votes800.26
Total Polled30,905100.00
Registered Electors34,715
Turnout89.03

1977 Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 8th parliamentary election held on 21 July 1977: [11]

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
M. L. M. Aboosally United National Party Elephant19,50252.18
Mallika Ratwatte Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand15,82942.35
A. WilliamKey1,6764.48
W. S. ArachchiBell2580.69
Valid Votes37,26599.70
Rejected Votes1110.30
Total Polled37,376100.00
Registered Electors41,554
Turnout89.95

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  4. 1 2 "Results of the Parliamentary By Elections held between 1947 - 1988" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 12 October 2017.[ permanent dead link ]
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