Tissamaharama Electoral District

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

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Members of Parliament

Key

  Independent   SLFP   UNP

ElectionMemberPartyTerm
1960 (March) Lakshman Rajapaksa Mahajana Eksath Peramuna
1960 (July)
1965 Charles Edirisuriya Sri Lanka Freedom Party
1970 Tennyson Edirisuriya
1977 P. M. B. Cyril United National Party

Elections

1960 (March) Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Lakshman Rajapaksa Mahajana Eksath Peramuna Cartwheel10,66544.83
Charles Edirisuriya Elephant7,25330.23
Piyadasa WeeraratnePair of Scales2,1088.79
R. G. W. NilaweeraHand1,6606.92
Danister SerasingheSun1,0574.41
Albert EdiriwickremasuriyaUmbrella7543.14
E. G. WijesingheEye2911.21
Valid Votes23,78899.15
Rejected Votes2040.85
Total Polled23,992100.00
Registered Electors32,024
Turnout74.92

1960 (July) Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Lakshman Rajapaksa Cartwheel12,55154.32
Charles Edirisuriya Elephant10,42645.12
Valid Votes22,97799.44
Rejected Votes1300.56
Total Polled23,107100.00
Registered Electors32,024
Turnout72.16

1965 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Charles Edirisuriya Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand14,29545.60
Lakshman Rajapaksa IndependentCartwheel14,05944.85
Ubewarna Nimal RohanaFlower2,7198.67
Valid Votes31,07399.12
Rejected Votes2760.88
Total Polled31,349100.00
Registered Electors40,724
Turnout76.98

1970 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Tennyson Edirisuriya Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand18,57643.25
Lakshman Rajapaksa IndependentUmbrella13,12130.55
Charles Edirisuriya United National Party Elephant5,91913.78
Thassim Mohamed RiyalChair2,7336.36
Weerasin Gunasekera EdmundButterfly2,2695.28
Ubewarna Nimal RohanaBell1690.39
Valid Votes42,78799.61
Rejected Votes1670.39
Total Polled42,954100.00
Registered Electors51,500
Turnout83.41

1977 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
P. M. B. Cyril United National Party Elephant20,87953.00
Lakshman Rajapaksa Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand13,10933.28
Tennyson Edirisuriya Star5,20613.22
Valid Votes39,35499.99
Rejected Votes1600.01
Total Polled39,394100.00
Registered Electors45,888
Turnout85.85

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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 16 May 2017.
  3. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 20 July 1960" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 16 May 2017.
  4. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1965" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 16 May 2017.
  5. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1970" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 17 May 2017.
  6. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1977" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 17 May 2017.