Matugama Electoral District

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Matugama electoral district was an electoral district of Sri Lanka between August 1947 and February 1989. The district was named after the town of Matugama in Kalutara 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] Matugama electoral district was replaced by the Kalutara multi-member electoral district at the 1989 general elections, the first under the PR system, though Matugama continues to be a polling division of the multi-member electoral district.

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Members of Parliament

Key

  Independent   SLFP   UNP

ElectionMemberPartyTerm
1947 Wilmot A. Perera Independent 1947-1952
1952 Viplavakari Lanka Sama Samaja Party 1952-1956
1956 Dayasena Turnolius Pasqual Sri Lanka Freedom Party 1956-1960
1960 (March) 1960-1960
1960 (July) 1960-1965
1965 1965-1970
1970 1970-1977
1977 Reginald V. Wijegunaratne United National Party 1977-1983
1983 (by-election) Anil K. Moonesinghe Sri Lanka Freedom Party 1983-1989

Elections

1947 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Wilmot A. Perera Elephant19,75352.65
C. W. W. Kannangara Star16,13943.02
R. A. MunasinghageLamp1,0912.91
Valid Votes36,98398.57
Rejected Votes5351.43
Total Polled37,518100.00
Registered Electors48,407
Turnout77.51

1952 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Wilmot A. Perera Key18,16853.11
D. D. AthulathmudaliChair15,66645.79
Valid Votes33,83498.90
Rejected Votes3761.10
Total Polled34,210100.00
Registered Electors46,219
Turnout74.02

1956 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Dayasena Turnolius Pasqual Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand25,79870.70
A. C. Gooneratne United National Party Elephant6,18916.96
Reginald Perera Cartwheel3,92010.74
W. M. Bibile FonsekaUmbrella2890.79
Valid Votes36,19699.19
Rejected Votes2960.81
Total Polled36,492100.00
Registered Electors52,095
Turnout70.05

1960 (March) Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Dayasena Turnolius Pasqual Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand7,09928.64
Ratnapala Tirimanne United National Party Elephant5,73723.14
Edmund Jayanetti Mahajana Eksath Peramuna Cartwheel5,67022.87
D. S. L. VithanageKey5,54422.37
M. G. N. de S. GunawardenaLamp3201.29
Udaya JayatilekeEye2651.07
Valid Votes24,63599.38
Rejected Votes1540.62
Total Polled24,789100.00
Registered Electors32,377
Turnout76.56

1960 (July) Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Dayasena Turnolius Pasqual Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand14,79061.81
De Alwis Seneviratne United National Party Elephant7,75232.40
Simon LewisCartwheel1,2945.41
Valid Votes23,83699.61
Rejected Votes940.39
Total Polled23,930100.00
Registered Electors32,377
Turnout73.91

1965 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Dayasena Turnolius Pasqual Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand18,12256.16
M. D. J. DissanayakeChair7,02621.78
K. Bandula Jayasinghe Mahajana Eksath Peramuna Cartwheel5,90918.31
D. P. SamaraweeraSun8652.68
Valid Votes31,92298.93
Rejected Votes3441.07
Total Polled32,266100.00
Registered Electors40,399
Turnout79.87

1970 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Dayasena Turnolius Pasqual Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand24,71863.66
Reginald V. Wijegunaratne Mahajana Eksath Peramuna Cartwheel13,99836.05
Valid Votes38,71699.70
Rejected Votes1150.30
Total Polled38,831100.00
Registered Electors46,066
Turnout84.29

1977 Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 8th parliamentary election held on 21 July 1977 for the district: [9]

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Reginald V. Wijegunaratne United National Party Elephant25,48455.06
Dayasena Turnolius Pasqual Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand10,49722.68
Anil Moonesinghe Key9,93221.46
Thomas KulatungaCartwheel1960.42
Valid Votes46,10999.63
Rejected Votes1720.37
Total Polled46,281100.00
Registered Electors53,238
Turnout86.93

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