Dedigama Electoral District

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

Members of Parliament

Key

  Independent     United National Party     Mahajana Eksath Peramuna  

ElectionMemberPartyTerm
1947 Dudley Senanayake United National Party
1952
1956 Maithripala Herath Mahajana Eksath Peramuna
1960 (March) Dudley Senanayake United National Party
1960 (July)
1965
1970
1973 (by-election) Rukman Senanayake
1977 Nissanka P. Wijeyeratne

Elections

1947 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Dudley SenanayakeUnited National PartyHand20,17085.14
B. J. FernandoElephant3,30813.96
Valid Votes23,47899.10
Rejected Votes2130.90
Total Polled23,691100.00
Registered Electors29,556
Turnout80.16

1952 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Dudley SenanayakeUnited National PartyElephant21,20675.13
Hector WijetungaStar5,64720.01
Darrell PeirisHand1,1364.02
Valid Votes27,98999.16
Rejected Votes2370.84
Total Polled28,226100.00
Registered Electors34,764
Turnout81.19

1956 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Maithripala HerathSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand22,81677.26
Wimala I. KannangaraUnited National PartyElephant6,36021.54
W. A. MunasingheUmbrella1910.65
Valid Votes29,36799.44
Rejected Votes1640.56
Total Polled29,531100.00
Registered Electors39,972
Turnout73.88

1960 (March) Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Dudley SenanayakeUnited National PartyElephant12,20849.52
W. A. MunasingheSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand5,62922.83
Athauda SeneviratneLanka Sama Samaja PartyKey4,38317.78
Maithripala HerathCartwheel2,2899.28
Valid Votes24,50999.41
Rejected Votes1460.59
Total Polled24,655100.00
Registered Electors29,061
Turnout84.84

1960 (July) Parliamentary General Election

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


CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Dudley SenanayakeUnited National PartyElephant13,34053.12
Deshapriya SenanayakeSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand11,68346.52
Valid Votes25,02399.63
Rejected Votes920.37
Total Polled25,115100.00
Registered Electors29,061
Turnout86.42

1965 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Dudley SenanayakeUnited National PartyElephant17,98755.02
Deshapriya SenanayakeSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand14,55844.53
Valid Votes32,54599.54
Rejected Votes1490.46
Total Polled32,694100.00
Registered Electors36,072
Turnout90.64

1970 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Dudley SenanayakeUnited National PartyElephant19,51351.29
Deshapriya SenanayakeSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand18,44648.48
Valid Votes37,95999.77
Rejected Votes890.23
Total Polled38,048100.00
Registered Electors41,595
Turnout91.47

1977 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Nissanka P. WijeyeratneUnited National PartyElephant24,43654.07
Deshapriya SenanayakeSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand17,70439.18
A. R. Victor RajapakseChair2,0714.58
M. J. F. RatnayakeKey8291.83
A. R. WijeratneLadder1520.34
Valid Votes45,05099.69
Rejected Votes1240.31
Total Polled45,192100.00
Registered Electors50,729
Turnout89.09

References
  1. "The Electoral System". Parliament of Sri Lanka.
  2. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1947" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 10 February 2020.
  3. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1952" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 10 February 2020.
  4. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1956" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 10 February 2020.
  5. "Result of Parliamentary General Election March 1960" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 10 February 2020.
  6. "Result of Parliamentary General Election July 1960" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 10 February 2020.
  7. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1965" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 10 February 2020.
  8. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1970" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 10 February 2020.
  9. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1977" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 10 February 2020.

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