Welimada Electoral District

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

Members of Parliament

Key

  Independent     Sri Lanka Freedom Party     United National Party  

ElectionMemberPartyTerm
1947 K. D. Sugathadasa 1947-1952
1952 M. B. Bambarapane Independent 1952-1956
1956 K. M. P. Rajaratne Mahajana Eksath Peramuna 1956-1957
1957 by-election Kusuma Rajaratne Independent 1957-1960
1960 (March) K. M. P. Rajaratne National Liberation Front 1960
1960 (July) 1960-1962
1962 by-election 1962-1965
1965 Percy Samaraweera Independent 1965-1966
1966 by-election 1966-1968
1968 by-election 1968-1970
1970 R. M. Bandara Sri Lanka Freedom Party 1970-1977
1977 Percy Samaraweera United National Party 1977-1988
1988 by-election Ravindra Samaraweera United National Party 1988-1989 [2]

Elections

1947 Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 1st parliamentary election held between 23 August 1947 and 20 September 1947 for the district:[3]

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
K. D. SugathadasaIndependentCartwheel4,24240.86
A. G. DivitotawelaUnited National PartyHand4,22040.64
W. PintoUmbrella1,51714.61
Valid Votes9,97996.11
Rejected Votes4043.89
Total Polled10,383100.00
Registered Electors19,978
Turnout51.97

1952 Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 2nd parliamentary election held between 24 May 1952 and 30 May 1952 for the district:[4]

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
M. B. BambarapaneIndependentKey6,31440.69
K. D. David PereraUnited National PartyUmbrella5,11832.98
K. M. P. RajaratneSri Lanka Freedom PartyElephant3,32721.44
G. P. PereraLanka Sama Samaja PartyHand4232.73
Valid Votes15,18297.83
Rejected Votes3372.17
Total Polled15,519100.00
Registered Electors21,220
Turnout73.13

1956 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
K. M. P. RajaratneMahajana Eksath PeramunaHand12,33669.98
M. B. BambarapaneUnited National PartyElephant4,31824.50
M. D. PereraCartwheel7704.37
Valid Votes17,42498.85
Rejected Votes2031.15
Total Polled17,627100.00
Registered Electors27,774
Turnout63.47

1957 Parliamentary By-election

Results of the parliamentary by-election held on 7 September 1957 for the district:[6]

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Kusuma RajaratneIndependentCartwheel14,06980.55
M. B. A. JayasundaraSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand2,61614.98
K. L. DalpathaduUnited National PartyElephant6423.68
Valid Votes17,32799.20
Rejected Votes140
Total Polled17,467100.00
Registered Electors27,774
Turnout62.89

1960 (March) Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 4th parliamentary election held on 19 March 1960 for the district:[7]

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
K. M. P. RajaratneNational Liberation FrontAeroplane6,53953.83
A. G. DivitotawelaUnited National PartyElephant3,83831.59
M. B. A. JayasunderaCartwheel5544.56
Wilfred de SilvaKey5494.52
K. M. K. P. S. A. MoulanaLadder2291.89
B. Gabriel PereraScales1591.31
D. B. S. DambadeniyaUmbrella720.59
Valid Votes11,94098.29
Rejected Votes2081.71
Total Polled12,148100.00
Registered Electors14,799
Turnout82.09

1960 (July) Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 5th parliamentary election held on 20 July 1960 for the district:[8]

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
K. M. P. RajaratneNational Liberation FrontAeroplane7,55764.67
K. N. M. Punchi BandaUnited National PartyElephant4,02334.43
Valid Votes11,58099.09
Rejected Votes1060.91
Total Polled11,686100.00
Registered Electors14,799
Turnout78.96

1962 Parliamentary By-election

Results of the parliamentary by-election held on 28 June 1962 for the district:[6]

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
K. M. P. RajaratneNational Liberation FrontAeroplane8,35251.81
Percy SamaraweeraUnited National PartyElephant5,17832.12
P. B. RatnayakeSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand2,49615.48
Valid Votes16,02699.42
Rejected Votes940.58
Total Polled16,120100.00
Registered Electors
Turnout

1965 Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 6th parliamentary election held on 22 March 1965 for the district:[9]

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Percy SamaraweeraIndependentLamp8,90852.454
K. M. P. RajaratneNational Liberation FrontAeroplane7,91946.62
Valid Votes16,82799.07%
Rejected Votes1580.93
Total Polled16,985100.00
Registered Electors20,122
Turnout84.41

1970 Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 7th parliamentary election held on 27 May 1970 for the district:[10]

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
R. M Bandarauncontested
Valid Votes--
Rejected Votes--
Total Polled--
Registered Electors
Turnout-

1977 Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 8th parliamentary election held on 21 July 1977 for the district:[11]

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Percy SamaraweeraUnited National PartyElephant16,31463.84
R. M BandaraSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand8,63333.78
B. M. M. BandaStar3861.51
A. R. WijesingheCartwheel1060.41
Valid Votes25,43999.55
Rejected Votes1160.45
Total Polled25,555100.00
Registered Electors28,652
Turnout89.19

References
  1. "The Electoral System". Parliament of Sri Lanka.
  2. "Hon. Ravindra Samaraweera, M.P." Parliament of Sri Lanka.
  3. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1947" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 1 September 2017.
  4. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1952" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 1 September 2017.
  5. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1956" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 1 September 2017.
  6. "Results of Parliamentary By-Elections held 1947 - 1988" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 4 September 2017.
  7. "Result of Parliamentary General Election March 1960" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 1 September 2017.
  8. "Result of Parliamentary General Election July 1960" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 1 September 2017.
  9. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1965" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 1 September 2017.
  10. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1970" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 1 September 2017.
  11. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1977" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 1 September 2017.

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