Mirigama Electoral District

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Mirigama electoral district was an electoral district of Sri Lanka between August 1947 and February 1989. The district was named after the town of Mirigama in present-day 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] Mirigama electoral district was replaced by the Gampaha multi-member electoral district at the 1989 general elections, the first under the PR system, though Mirigama 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 Don Stephen Senanayake UNP 1947-1952
1952 John Amaratunga 1952-1956
1956 Vimala Wijewardene SLFP 1956-1960
1960 A. A. E. Jayasinghe 1960-1960
1960 Wijayabahu Wijayasinha 1960-1965
1965 Siva Obeyesekere 1965-1970
1970 1970-1977
1977 Mahendra S. Wijeratne UNP 1977-1989

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%
Don Stephen Senanayake Elephant26,76271.49%
Edmund Samarakkody Bolshevik–Leninist Party Lamp10,67328.51%
Valid Votes37,435100.00%
Rejected Votes462
Total Polled37,897
Registered Electors55,474
Turnout68.31%

1952 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
John Amaratunga Elephant27,44761.06%
James Peter Obeyesekere III Hand17,50238.94%
Valid Votes44,949100.00%
Rejected Votes304
Total Polled45,253
Registered Electors56,728
Turnout79.77%

1956 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Vimala Wijewardene Hand36,19375.62%
John Amaratunga Elephant10,89622.76%
H. P. JayawardanePair of Spectacles3990.83%
A. A. Stanley DiasPair of Scales3750.78%
Valid Votes47,863100.00%
Rejected Votes234
Total Polled48,097
Registered Electors63,440
Turnout75.81%

1960 (March) Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
A. E. Jayasinghe Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand12,43042.75%
W. D. Senanayake United National Party Elephant12,30442.32%
K. Ratnayake Mahajana Eksath Peramuna Cart Wheel4,34014.93%
Valid Votes29,074100.00%
Rejected Votes189
Total Polled29,263
Registered Electors37,086
Turnout78.91%

1960 (July) Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Wijayabahu Wijayasinha Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand15,42451.45%
W. D. Senanayake United National Party Elephant13,93446.48%
E. A. JayasingheChair3451.15%
Tilaka KulasekeraCart Wheel2760.92%
Valid Votes29,979100.00%
Rejected Votes113
Total Polled30,092
Registered Electors37,086
Turnout81.14%

1965 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Siva Obeyesekere Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand17,87246.90%
Wijayabahu Wijayasinha United National Party Elephant17,02844.69%
K. P. P. KarunanayakeChair1,9565.13%
M. K. W. FonsekaOmnibus1,0152.66%
M. B. Ratnayake Mahajana Eksath Peramuna Cart Wheel2350.62%
Valid Votes38,106100.00%
Rejected Votes183
Total Polled38,289
Registered Electors44,575
Turnout85.90%

1970 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Siva Obeyesekere Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand24,87255.99%
W. S. Karunaratne United National Party Elephant19,54944.01%
Valid Votes44,421100.00%
Rejected Votes135
Total Polled44,556
Registered Electors50,721
Turnout87.85%

1977 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Mahendra Wijeratne Elephant30,87757.91%
J. P. Obeysekera Hand21,08039.54%
Narada JayakodyKey1,1782.21%
J. JayasingheLamp1800.34%
Valid Votes53,315100.00%
Rejected Votes187
Total Polled53,502
Registered Electors60,810
Turnout87.98%

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