Kamburupitiya Electoral District

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

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Members of Parliament

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  UNP   Communist Party

ElectionMemberPartyTerm
1960 (March) Percy Wickremasinghe Communist Party of Ceylon 1960
1960 (July) 1960-1965
1965 1965-1970
1970 Aelian Mahanaga Nanayakkara 1970-1977
1977 Don Edwin Malawaraarachchi United National Party 1977-1978
1979 by-election Albert Silva 1979-1983
1983 by-election Chandrakumara Wijeya Gunawardena 1983-1989

Elections

1960 (March) Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Percy Wickremasinghe Communist Party of Ceylon Star9,44241.37
Archie Abeywardena United National Party Elephant6,03626.45
S. P. Jayawardane Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand4,41419.34
Yapa SurasenaKey2,41410.58
M. G. SriyapalaUmbrella3151.38
Valid Votes22,62199.12
Rejected Votes2020.88
Total Polled22,823100.00
Registered Electors29,927
Turnout76.26

1960 (July) Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Percy Wickremasinghe Communist Party of Ceylon Star14,02262.19
Archie Abeywardena United National Party Elephant8,43337.40
Valid Votes22,45599.58
Rejected Votes940.42
Total Polled22,549100.00
Registered Electors29,927
Turnout75.35

1965 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Percy Wickremasinghe Communist Party of Ceylon Star16,95557.57
Justin Wijayawardhene United National Party Elephant12,37941.93
Valid Votes29,33499.36
Rejected Votes1890.64
Total Polled29,523100.00
Registered Electors36,438
Turnout81.02

1970 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Aelian Mahanaga Nanayakkara Communist Party of Ceylon Star21,68562.95
C. A. Dharmapala United National Party Elephant12,43936.11
Buddhadasa RasaputramLamp2160.63
Valid Votes34,34099.69
Rejected Votes1070.31
Total Polled34,447100.00
Registered Electors40,548
Turnout84.95

1977 Parliamentary General Election

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

In September 1978 Malawaraachchi resigned from the United National Party with the party appointing Albert Silva to the parliamentary seat in November 1979.

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Don Edwin Malawaraarachchi United National Party Elephant22,30652.30
Aelian Mahanaga Nanayakkara Communist Party of Ceylon Star12,63029.60
Percy Wickremasinghe Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand7,53917.70
Valid Votes42,47599.57
Rejected Votes1830.43
Total Polled42,658100.00
Registered Electors49,592
Turnout86.02

1983 Parliamentary By-Election

On 10 February 1983 Albert Silva resigned and a by-election was subsequently conducted. Results of the 1983 Parliamentary by-election, held on 18 May 1983: [7]

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Chandrakumara Wijeya Gunawardena United National Party Elephant22,70754.66
Aelian Mahanaga Nanayakkara Communist Party of Ceylon Star16,08138.71
Premachandra MunasingheBell2,0624.96
D. E. Arachchi MalawaraScales4991.20
Samsan MallikarachchiEye1060.26
Valid Votes41,45599.79
Rejected Votes860.21
Total Polled41,541100.00
Registered Electors49,592
Turnout83.77

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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. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-07-13.
  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.
  7. ↑ "Results of the Parliamentary Elections held between 1947 – 1988" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 15 October 2021.

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