Dedigama Electoral District

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Dedigama electoral district was an electoral district of Sri Lanka between August 1947 and February 1989. The district was named after the town of Dedigama 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] Dedigama electoral district was replaced by the Kegalle multi-member electoral district at the 1989 general elections, the first under the proportional representation system.

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Members of Parliament

Key

  Independent   UNP   MEP

ElectionMemberPartyTerm
1947 Dudley Senanayake United National Party 1947-1952
1952 1952-1956
1956 Maithripala Herath Mahajana Eksath Peramuna 1956-1960
1960 (March) Dudley Senanayake United National Party 1960
1960 (July) 1960-1965
1965 1965-1970
1970 1970-1973
1973 (by-election) Rukman Senanayake 1973-1977
1977 Nissanka Wijeyeratne 1977-1989

Elections

1947 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Dudley Senanayake United National Party Hand20,17085.14
B. J. FernandoElephant3,30813.96
Valid Votes23,47899.10
Rejected Votes2130.90
Total Polled23,691100.00
Registered Electors29,556
Turnout80.16

1952 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Dudley Senanayake United National Party Elephant21,20675.13
Hector WijetungaStar5,64720.01
Darrell Peiris Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand1,1364.02
Valid Votes27,98999.16
Rejected Votes2370.84
Total Polled28,226100.00
Registered Electors34,764
Turnout81.19

1956 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Maithripala Herath Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand22,81677.26
Wimala I. Kannangara United National Party Elephant6,36021.54
W. A. MunasingheUmbrella1910.65
Valid Votes29,36799.44
Rejected Votes1640.56
Total Polled29,531100.00
Registered Electors39,972
Turnout73.88

1960 (March) Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Dudley Senanayake United National Party Elephant12,20849.52
W. A. Munasinghe Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand5,62922.83
Athauda Seneviratne Lanka Sama Samaja Party Key4,38317.78
Maithripala Herath Cartwheel2,2899.28
Valid Votes24,50999.41
Rejected Votes1460.59
Total Polled24,655100.00
Registered Electors29,061
Turnout84.84

1960 (July) Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Dudley Senanayake United National Party Elephant13,34053.12
Deshapriya Senanayake Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand11,68346.52
Valid Votes25,02399.63
Rejected Votes920.37
Total Polled25,115100.00
Registered Electors29,061
Turnout86.42

1965 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Dudley Senanayake United National Party Elephant17,98755.02
Deshapriya Senanayake Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand14,55844.53
Valid Votes32,54599.54
Rejected Votes1490.46
Total Polled32,694100.00
Registered Electors36,072
Turnout90.64

1970 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Dudley Senanayake United National Party Elephant19,51351.29
Dharmasiri Senanayake Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand18,44648.48
Valid Votes37,95999.77
Rejected Votes890.23
Total Polled38,048100.00
Registered Electors41,595
Turnout91.47

1973 Parliamentary by-election

Following the death of Dudley Senanayake in April 1973 a by-election for the seat of Dedigama was held on 9 July 1973: [9]

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Rukman Senanayake United National Party Elephant23,30654.61
Dharmasiri Senanayake Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand18,79844.05
Sirisena RajapakseChair2270.53
J. D. SugathadasaLamp2050.48
Valid Votes42,53699.67
Rejected Votes1390.33
Total Polled42,675100.00
Registered Electors
Turnout

1977 Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 8th parliamentary election held on 21 July 1977: [10]

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Nissanka Wijeyeratne United National Party Elephant24,43654.07
Dharmasiri Senanayake Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand17,70439.18
A. R. Victor RajapakseChair2,0714.58
M. J. F. RatnayakeKey8291.83
A. R. WijeratneLadder1520.34
Valid Votes45,05099.69
Rejected Votes1240.31
Total Polled45,192100.00
Registered Electors50,729
Turnout89.09

References

  1. ↑ "The Electoral System". Parliament of Sri Lanka.
  2. ↑ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1947" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 10 February 2020.
  3. ↑ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1952" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 10 February 2020.
  4. ↑ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1956" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 10 February 2020.
  5. ↑ "Result of Parliamentary General Election March 1960" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 10 February 2020.
  6. ↑ "Result of Parliamentary General Election July 1960" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 10 February 2020.
  7. ↑ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1965" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 10 February 2020.
  8. ↑ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1970" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 10 February 2020.
  9. ↑ "Results of the Parliamentary By-Elections held between 1947 – 198" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 29 October 2024.
  10. ↑ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1977" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 10 February 2020.

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