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

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Members of Parliament

Key

  Independent   SLFP   UNP

ElectionMemberPartyTerm
1960 (March) S. S. Abeysundara United National Party 1960
1960 (July) U. B. Weerasekera Sri Lanka Freedom Party 190-1964
1965 S. S. Abeysundara United National Party 1965-1970
1970 Hector Kobbekaduwa Sri Lanka Freedom Party 1970-1977
1977 S. S. Abeysundara United National Party 1977-1989

Elections

1960 (March) Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
S. S. Abeysundara Elephant4,352
Hector Kobbekaduwa Hand4,159
D.B. Wijetunga Sun3,156
Valid Votes
Rejected Votes155
Total Polled16,527100.00
Registered Electors20,983
Turnout

1960 (July) Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Valid Votes
Rejected Votes
Total Polled100.00
Registered Electors
Turnout

1965 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Valid Votes
Rejected Votes
Total Polled100.00
Registered Electors
Turnout

1970 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Valid Votes
Rejected Votes
Total Polled100.00
Registered Electors
Turnout

1977 Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 7th parliamentary election held on 21 July 1977: [6]

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Valid Votes
Rejected Votes
Total Polled100.00
Registered Electors
Turnout

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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 5 July 2018.
  3. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 20 July 1960" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 5 July 2018.
  4. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1965" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 5 July 2018.
  5. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1970" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 5 July 2018.
  6. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1977" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 5 July 2018.