Wariyapola Electoral District

Wariyapola electoral district was an electoral district of Sri Lanka between August 1947 and February 1989. The district was named after the town of Wariyapola in Kurunegala District, North Western 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] Wariyapola electoral district was replaced by the Kurunegala multi-member electoral district at the 1989 general elections, the first under the proportional representation system.

Members of Parliament

Key

  Independent     Sri Lanka Freedom Party     United National Party  

ElectionMemberPartyTerm
1947 Ivan Dassanayake UNP 1947 - 1952
1952 1952 - 1956
1956 A. M. Adikari SLFP 1956 - 1960
1960 (March) 1960
1960 (July) 1960 - 1965
1965 D. M. Tilakaratna Bandara UNP 1965 - 1970
1970 M. A. J. Wijesinghe SLFP 1970 - 1977
1977 Amarawathie Piyaseeli Ratnayake UNP 1977 - 1989

Elections

1947 Parliamentary General Election

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Ivan Dassanayake[[ ]]Key12,06379.45
C. M. Edwin de Silva[[ ]]Elephant2,15814.21
H. Poorten[[ ]]Umbrella4853.19
T. G. R. de Silva[[ ]]Star2131.40
Valid Votes14,91998.25
Rejected Votes2651.75
Total Polled15,184100.00
Registered Electors31,886
Turnout47.62

1952 Parliamentary General Election

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Ivan DassanayakeUnited National PartyElephant19,62278.51
A. M. Adikari[[ ]]Umbrella7,09028.37
Samuel Benadict Pieris[[ ]]Lamp3501.40
Valid Votes24,79699.21
Rejected Votes1980.79
Total Polled24,994100.00
Registered Electors35,625
Turnout70.16

1956 Parliamentary General Election

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
A. M. AdikariSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand19,47060.30
Ivan DassanayakeUnited National PartyElephant12,65739.20
Valid Votes32,12799.50
Rejected Votes1620.50
Total Polled32,289100.00
Registered Electors42,751
Turnout75.53

1960 (March) Parliamentary General Election

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
A. M. AdikariSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand11,89451.48
Ivan DassanayakeUnited National PartyElephant9,17239.70
Lewie AriyasingheKey1,0784.67
Paiyadasa VitharaneStar2861.24
S. M. AbeysekeraUmbrella2711.17
M. P. H. J. WijayawardhanaEye2611.13
Valid Votes22,29699.38
Rejected Votes1440.62
Total Polled23,106100.00
Registered Electors29,197
Turnout79.14

1960 (July) Parliamentary General Election

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
A. M. AdikariSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand13,36355.36
Ivan DassanayakeUnited National PartyElephant10,62444.02
B. D. R. JayasenaCartwheel850.35
Valid Votes24,07299.73
Rejected Votes650.27
Total Polled24,137100.00
Registered Electors29,199
Turnout82.66

1965 Parliamentary General Election

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1970 Parliamentary General Election

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1977 Parliamentary General Election

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References

  1. ↑ "The Electoral System". Parliament of Sri Lanka.

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