Mulkirigala Electoral District

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

Members of Parliament

Key

   Independent      Sri Lanka Freedom Party      United National Party   

Election		Member	Party	Term
	1960 (March)	George Rajapaksa		1960
	1960 (July)		SLFP	1960-1965
	1965			1965-1970
	1970			1970-1976
	1976 by-election	Lakshman Rajapaksa		1976-1977
	1977	T. D. Fransisku	United National Party	1977-1989

Elections

1960 (March) Parliamentary General Election

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

Candidate	Party	Symbol	Votes	%
George Rajapaksa		Cartwheel	13,533	50.53
Premaratne Welivitigoda		Star	5,355	19.99
Chandra Atapattu		Elephant	5,001	18.67
G. W. Kulatunga		Cockrel	896	3.35
J. M. M. Bandara		Radio	632	2.36
Edwin Dahanayaka		Hand	514	1.92
C. A. Mathew		Umbrella	326	1.22
D. A. Sirisena Weerasinghe		Flower	173	0.65
K. L. Don Andrayas		Sun	135	0.50
Valid Votes			26,565	99.19
Rejected Votes			216	0.81
Total Polled			26,781	100.00
Registered Electors			32,499
Turnout				82.41

1960 (July) Parliamentary General Election

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

Candidate	Party	Symbol	Votes	%
George Rajapaksa		Hand	17,317	68.47
Thomaratne Don Pranceesku		Elephant	7,826	30.95
Valid Votes			25,143	99.42
Rejected Votes			147	0.58
Total Polled			25,290	100.00
Registered Electors			32,499
Turnout				77.81

1965 Parliamentary General Election

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

Candidate	Party	Symbol	Votes	%
George Rajapaksa		Hand	18,245	54.39
T. D. Fransisku		Elephant	15,085	44.97
Valid Votes			33,330	99.37
Rejected Votes			213	0.63
Total Polled			33,543	100.00
Registered Electors			40,050
Turnout				83.75

1970 Parliamentary General Election

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

Candidate	Party	Symbol	Votes	%
George Rajapaksa		Hand	22,569	57.29
T. D. Fransisku		Elephant	16,643	42.24
Valid Votes			39,212	99.53
Rejected Votes			185	0.47
Total Polled			39,397	100.00
Registered Electors			45,870
Turnout				85.89

1976 Parliamentary By Election

Following the death of the sitting member, George Rajapaksa on 18 June 1976 a parliamentary by election was held on 26 August 1976: ^[6]

Candidate	Party	Symbol	Votes	%
Lakshman Rajapaksa	Sri Lanka Freedom Party	Hand	27,110	52.71
T. D. Fransisku	United National Party	Elephant	23,109	44.93
Neale Rajapaksa		Chair	750	1.46
Sepala Rajapaksa		Lamp	297	0.58
Valid Votes			51,266	99.68
Rejected Votes			164	0.32
Total Polled			51,430	100.00
Registered Electors
Turnout

1977 Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 8th parliamentary election held on 21 July 1977: ^[7]

Candidate	Party	Symbol	Votes	%
T. D. Fransisku	United National Party	Elephant	22,638	54.75
Basil Rajapaksa	Sri Lanka Freedom Party	Hand	17,700	42.81
Neale Rajapaksa		Cartwheel	425	1.03
Amara Wellappili		Key	297	0.72
K. V. A. Kulatunga		Rabbit	143	0.35
Valid Votes			41,203	99.65
Rejected Votes			143	0.35
Total Polled			41,346	100.00
Registered Electors			46,551
Turnout				88.82

References

1. "The Electoral System". Parliament of Sri Lanka.
2. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 19 March 1960" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 17 May 2017.^{[ permanent dead link ]}
3. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 20 July 1960" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka.^{[ permanent dead link ]}
4. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1965" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 17 May 2017.^{[ permanent dead link ]}
5. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1970" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka.^{[ permanent dead link ]}
6. "Result of Parliamentary By Election 1976" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 17 May 2017.^{[ permanent dead link ]}
7. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1977" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka.^{[ permanent dead link ]}