Ratnapura Electoral District (1947–1989)

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Ratnapura electoral district was an electoral district of Sri Lanka between August 1947 and February 1989. The district was named after the city of Ratnapura in Ratnapura District, Sabaragamuwa 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] Ratnapura electoral district was replaced by the Ratnapura multi-member electoral district at the 1989 general elections, the first under the proportional representation system, Ratnapura 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 C. E. Attygalle UNP 1947 - 1952
1952 1952 - 1956
1956 Jayaweera Kuruppu SLFP 1956 - 1960
1960 (March) H. Weragama UNP 1960
1960 (July) Dhanapala Weerasekera SLFP 1960 - 1965
1965 Dhanapala Attygalle UNP 1965 - 1970
1970 Nanda Ellawala SLFP 1970- 1977
1977 G. V. Punchinilame UNP 1977 - 1989

Elections

1947 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Cyril Eugene Attygalle United National Party Cup6,60350.06
A. H. Wijetunge Lanka Sama Samaja Party Cartwheel4,80436.42
J. W. Rodrigo Independent Umbrella5874.45
K. A. Dalpatadu Independent Scales4303.26
Valid Votes12,92497.99
Rejected Votes2652.01
Total Polled13,189100.00
Registered Electors25,961
Turnout50.80

1952 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Cyril Eugene Attygalle United National Party Elephant11,19153.82
Arthur Reginald Perera Communist Party of Ceylon Star9,38045.11
Valid Votes20,57198.93
Rejected Votes2221.07
Total Polled20,793100.00
Registered Electors27,578
Turnout75.40

1956 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Jayaweera Kuruppu Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand16,64470.75
Cyril Eugene Attygalle United National Party Elephant6,28626.72
D. A. KarunaratneGlasses4051.72
Valid Votes23,33599.20
Rejected Votes1890.08
Total Polled23,524100.00
Registered Electors32,335
Turnout72.75

1960 (March) Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
H. Weragama United National Party Elephant7,43434.78
Victor Abeyaratne Mahajana Eksath Peramuna Cartwheel5,38525.19
Sarath Muttetuwegama Communist Party of Ceylon Star4,11719.26
Kamani MeedeniyaKey3,04714.26
Dharmasiri KuruppuBook1,1925.58
B. JayasuriyaUmbrella1070.50
Valid Votes21,28299.57
Rejected Votes920.43
Total Polled21,374100.00
Registered Electors27,677
Turnout77.23

1960 (July) Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Dhanapala Weerasekera Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand12,97760.69
H. Weragama United National Party Elephant8,01337.47
Nimal Karunatilake Mahajana Eksath Peramuna Cartwheel3321.55
Valid Votes21,32299.71
Rejected Votes610.29
Total Polled21,383100.00
Registered Electors27,677
Turnout77.26

1965 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Dhanapala Attygalle United National Party Elephant11,46339.22
Sarath Muttetuwegama Lamp8,86030.31
Dharmaprema Jayawardena Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand8,58029.35
Ananda WijeratneSun1800.62
Siripala WeerawardhanaScales680.23
Valid Votes29,15199.73
Rejected Votes780.27
Total Polled29,229100.00
Registered Electors36,027
Turnout81.13

1970 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Nanda Ellawala Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand22,63364.54
P. B. Wijesundara United National Party Elephant12,00234.23
K. V. DharmadasaChair1900.54
K.T. Manis SinghoBell1590.45
Valid Votes34,98499.76
Rejected Votes830.24
Total Polled35,067100.00
Registered Electors42,004
Turnout83.49

1977 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
G. V. Punchinilame United National Party Elephant23,52552.50
Nanda Ellawala Communist Party of Ceylon Star16,02235.75
Piyadasa Pelendagama Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand5,00011.16
Mahinda AabeysekeraScales1570.35
Valid Votes44,68399.72
Rejected Votes1230.28
Total Polled44,807100.00
Registered Electors51,679
Turnout86.70

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References

  1. "The Electoral System". Parliament of Sri Lanka.
  2. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1947" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 10 October 2017.
  3. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1952" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 10 October 2017.
  4. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1956" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 10 October 2017.
  5. "Result of Parliamentary General Election March 1960" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 10 October 2017.
  6. "Result of Parliamentary General Election July 1960" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 10 October 2017.
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  8. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1970" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 10 October 2017.
  9. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1977" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 10 October 2017.