Ambalangoda Electoral District

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

Members of Parliament

Key

  Independent     Sri Lanka Freedom Party     United National Party  

ElectionMemberPartyTerm
1960 (March) William de Silva
1960 (July) P. de S. Kularatne
1965 M. H. Saddhasena
1970 L. C. de Silva
1977 Raitor Thilakasekara

Elections

1960 (March) Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
William de SilvaCartwheel8,71638.33
P. de S. KularatneElephant6,71329.52
Wilson WijetungaHand3,52115.48
Eddie FernandoPair of Scales3,34814.72
Piyasena MahamadachchiUmbrella2160.95
M. H. E. AriyapalaEye1540.68
Valid Votes22,66899.69
Rejected Votes710.31
Total Polled22,739100.00
Registered Electors28,618
Turnout82.95

1960 (July) Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
P. de S. KularatneElephant10,03446.98
William de SilvaCartwheel8,04537.67
P. W. Wilfred de SilvaKey3,21515.05
Valid Votes21,29499.71
Rejected Votes620.29
Total Polled21,356100.00
Registered Electors28,618
Turnout74.62

1965 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
M. H. SaddhasenaElephant15,43352.50
P. de S. KularatneHand13,80846.98
Valid Votes29,24199.48
Rejected Votes1520.52
Total Polled29,393100.00
Registered Electors35,335
Turnout83.18

1970 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
L. C. de SilvaKey22,35664.40
M. H. SaddhasenaElephant11,72833.79
U. D. KulasingheBell5441.57
Valid Votes34,62899.76
Rejected Votes820.23
Total Polled34,710100.00
Registered Electors40,103
Turnout86.55

1977 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Raitor ThilakasekaraElephant17,82951.83
L. C. de SilvaKey9,65428.06
A. M. KarunaratneHand6,74819.62
S. M. WeihenaCartwheel1110.32
A. D. PeirisChair580.17
Valid Votes34,319 99.76
Rejected Votes810.24
Total Polled34,400
Registered Electors39,254
Turnout87.63

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 13 April 2017.
  3. ↑ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1960-07-20" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 13 April 2017.
  4. ↑ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1965" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 13 April 2017.
  5. ↑ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1970" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 13 April 2017.
  6. ↑ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1977" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 13 April 2017.

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