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Polonnaruwa Electoral District (1947–1989)

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Polonnaruwa electoral district was an electoral district of Sri Lanka between August 1947 and February 1989. The district was named after the town of Polonnaruwa in Polonnaruwa District, North 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] Polonnaruwa electoral district was replaced by the Polonnaruwa multi-member electoral district at the 1989 general elections, the first under the proportional representation system, Polonnaruwa continues to be a polling division of the multi-member electoral district.

Members of Parliament

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Key

  Independent   SLFP   UNP

Election Member Party Term
1947 P. L. Bauddhasara UNP 1947 - 1952
1952 C. P. de Silva SLFP 1952 - 1956
1956 1956 - 1960
1960 (March) A. H. de Silva 1960
1960 (July) 1960 - 1965
1965 K. A. Leelaratne Wijesinghe 1965 - 1970
1970 1970 -1977
1977 H. G. P. Nelson UNP 1977 - 1989

Elections

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1947 Parliamentary General Election

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

Candidate Party Symbol Votes %
P. L. Bauddhasara United National Party Lamp 1,604 44.87
R. B. Wijeratne United National Party House 830 23.22
M. S. Abubucker Lanka Sama Samaja Party Elephant 818 22.88
S. M. Ismail United National Party Pair of Scales 108 3.02
P. D. S. Jayasekera United National Party Cup 68 1.90
S. Seneviratne United National Party Hand 45 1.26
Valid Votes 3,473 97.15
Rejected Votes 102 2.85
Total Polled 3,575 100.00
Registered Electors 5,838
Turnout 61.24

1952 Parliamentary General Election

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

Candidate Party Symbol Votes %
C. P. de Silva Sri Lanka Freedom Party Elephant 5,498 64.24
P. L. Bauddhasara United National Party Lamp 2,856 33.37
Ariyawansa Goonasekara Communist Party Star 129 1.51
Valid Votes 8,483 99.11
Rejected Votes 76 0.89
Total Polled 8,559 100.00
Registered Electors 15,796
Turnout 54.19

1956 Parliamentary General Election

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

Candidate Party Symbol Votes %
C. P. de Silva Hand 10,072 68.64
G. Lionel Kotalawala Elephant 3,948 26.91
D. J. Kuruppu Eye 479 3.26
Valid Votes 14,499 98.81
Rejected Votes 174 1.19
Total Polled 14,673 100.00
Registered Electors 26,727
Turnout 54.90

1960 (March) Parliamentary General Election

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

Candidate Party Symbol Votes %
A. H. de Silva Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand 7,107 54.00
P. L. Bauddhasara United National Party Elephant 3,981 30.25
K. A. Leelaratne Wijesinghe Key 989 7.52
D. B. W. Yapa Cartwheel 438 3.33
A. Suriya Arachchi Umbrella 412 3.13
Y. W. Peiris Lamp 107 1.29
Valid Votes 13,034 99.04
Rejected Votes 127 0.96
Total Polled 13,161 100.00
Registered Electors 17,654
Turnout 74.55

1960 (July) Parliamentary General Election

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

Candidate Party Symbol Votes %
A. H. de Silva Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand 7,540 58.26
P. L. Bauddhasara United National Party Elephant 5,321 41.12
Valid Votes 12,861 99.38
Rejected Votes 80 0.62
Total Polled 12,941 100.00
Registered Electors 17,654
Turnout 73.30

1965 Parliamentary General Election

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

Candidate Party Symbol Votes %
K. A. Leelaratne Wijesinghe Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand 7,840 44.31
A. H. de Silva Lanka Prajathanthravadi Pakshaya Sun 5,988 33.85
P. L. Bauddhasara Independent Lamp 3,773 21.33
Valid Votes 17,501 98.92
Rejected Votes 191
Total Polled 17,692 100.00
Registered Electors 22,938
Turnout 77.13

1970 Parliamentary General Election

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

Candidate Party Symbol Votes %
K. A. Leelaratne Wijesinghe Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand 11,927 52.30
Merril de Silva United National Party Elephant 10,802 47.36
Valid Votes 22,729 99.66
Rejected Votes 78 0.34
Total Polled 22,807 100.00
Registered Electors 27,452
Turnout 83.08

1977 Parliamentary General Election

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

Candidate Party Symbol Votes %
H. G. P. Nelson United National Party Elephant 14,941 58.80
K. A. Leelaratne Wijesinghe Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand 9,926 39.06
M. M. A. Shelton Moraes Ladder 219 0.86
H. A. Wipulasena Star 120 0.47
G. A. K. Arnolis Appu Lamp 67 0.26
D. G. Saranelis Dayawansa Tree 37 0.15
L. S. Wimalasekera Silva Clock 32 0.13
Valid Votes 25,342 99.73
Rejected Votes 69 0.27
Total Polled 25,411 100.00
Registered Electors 30,631
Turnout 82.96

References

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  1. ^ "The Electoral System". Parliament of Sri Lanka.
  2. ^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1947" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 31 October 2017.[permanent dead link]
  3. ^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1952" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 31 October 2017.[permanent dead link]
  4. ^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1956" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 31 October 2017.[permanent dead link]
  5. ^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election March 1960" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 31 October 2017.[permanent dead link]
  6. ^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election July 1960" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 31 October 2017.[permanent dead link]
  7. ^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1965" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 31 October 2017.[permanent dead link]
  8. ^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1970" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 31 October 2017.[permanent dead link]
  9. ^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1977" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 31 October 2017.[permanent dead link]