Mahara Electoral District

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

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Members of Parliament

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  Independent   SLFP   UNP

ElectionMemberPartyTerm
1960 (March) S. K. K. Suriarachchi Sri Lanka Freedom Party 1960
1960 (July) 1960-1965
1965 1965-1970
1970 1970-1977
1977 Tudor Gunasekara United National Party 1977-1983
1983 parliamentary by-election Kamalawarana Jayakody United National Party 1983-1988

Elections

1960 (March) Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
S. K. K. Suriarachchi Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand15,09851.99
Siridatta Jayakody United National Party Elephant9,00230.99
G. P. AbeywickremaCartwheel1,9716.79
J. B. SiriwardenaKey1,5615.38
Olive AmarasekeraUmbrella3861.33
J. A. K. PereraStar2971.02
R. A. RupasingheLamp1860.64
D. R. JayamanneScales1470.51
D. C. JayakodyBook850.29
Valid Votes28,82399.25
Rejected Votes2180.75
Total Polled29,041100.00
Registered Electors35,120
Turnout82.69

1960 (July) Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
S. K. K. Suriarachchi Hand17,79165.07
Oscar de LeveraElephant8,99132.88
Dayapani SeneviratneCartwheel4161.52
Valid Votes27,19899.47
Rejected Votes1450.53
Total Polled27,143100.00
Registered Electors35,120
Turnout77.86

1965 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
S. K. K. Suriarachchi Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand20,57355.49
D. S. Gunasekera United National Party Elephant15,66542.25
Reginald PieriesChair6331.71
Valid Votes36,87199.45
Rejected Votes2040.55
Total Polled37,075100.00
Registered Electors43,874
Turnout84.50

1970 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
S. K. K. Suriarachchi Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand27,67961.88
Tudor Gunasekara United National Party Elephant16,88337.75
Valid Votes44,56299.63
Rejected Votes1670.37
Total Polled44,729100.00
Registered Electors51,464
Turnout86.91

1977 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Tudor Gunasekara United National Party Elephant25,01651.42
S. K. K. Suriarachchi Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand22,38446.01
J. A. K. PereraStar9351.92
K. P. D. KarunawansaChair1010.21
Ananda MaddumageLamp980.20
Valid Votes48,53499.75
Rejected Votes1210.25
Total Polled48,655100.00
Registered Electors54,264
Turnout89.66

1983 Parliamentary By-Election

In early 1983 Gunasekara resigned as the member for Mahara, [7] with nominations being called to fill the vacancy, closing 22 April. The results of the 1983 parliamentary by-election held on 18 May for the electorate: [8]

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Kamalawarana Jayakody United National Party Elephant24,94447.99
Vijaya Kumaranatunga Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand24,89947.90
S. K. K. Suriarachchi Independent Scales1,8373.53
R. P. G. RajapakseButterfly760.15
Loku Pulukkuttige PremadasaChair480.09
Valid Votes51,80499.66
Rejected Votes1770.34
Total Polled51,981100.00
Registered Electors65,660
Turnout79.17

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References

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  2. "Result of Parliamentary General Election March 1960" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 6 January 2019.
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