Agalawatte Electoral District

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

This article is about the former electoral district in Sri Lanka. For the town, see Agalawatte.

Members of Parliament

Key

  Independent     Lanka Sama Samaja Party     United National Party  

ElectionMemberPartyTerm
1947 S. A. Silva Lanka Sama Samaja Party 1947-1952
1952 C. W. W. Kannangara United National Party 1952-1956
1956 Anil Moonesinghe Lanka Sama Samaja Party 1956-1960
1960 (March) 1960-1960
1960 (July) 1960-1965
1965 1965-1967
1967 (by-election) Colvin R. de Silva 1967-1970
1970 1970-1977
1977 Merill Kariyawasam United National Party 1977-1989

Elections

1947 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
S. A. SilvaLanka Sama Samaja PartyChair4,13528.02
D. D. AthulathmudaliUnited National PartyBicycle3,35622.75
A. A. PereraIndependentUmbrella3,29522.33
P. A. WijegunawardeneIndependentElephant1,87712.72
D. M. AthulathmudaligeIndependentClock8285.61
W. Percy CoreaIndependentHouse6444.37
Valid Votes14,13595.80
Rejected Votes6204.20
Total Polled14,755100.00
Registered Electors35,803
Turnout41.21

1952 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
C. W. W. KannangaraUnited National PartyChair13,65949.13
S. A. SilvaLanka Sama Samaja PartyStar6,62723.84
A. P. JayasuriyaSri Lanka Freedom PartyElephant3,48012.52
W. H. BodhidasIndependentKey3,24011.65
Benjo David MuthukudaIndependentLamp4401.58
Valid Votes27,44698.72
Rejected Votes3561.28
Total Polled27,802100.00
Registered Electors36,088
Turnout77.04

1956 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Anil MoonesingheLanka Sama Samaja PartyKey20,20868.80
A. D. P. A. WijegunawardenaElephant7,48725.49
V. D. ChandrasingheCartwheel1,0663.63
V. W. Henry de MelChair3531.20
Valid Votes29,11499.12
Rejected Votes2600.88
Total Polled29,374100.00
Registered Electors40,699
Turnout72.17

1960 (March) Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Anil MoonesingheLanka Sama Samaja PartyKey12,00744.51
Wilmot JayanettiUnited National PartyElephant8,12730.13
A. D. JayasenaSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand2,5609.49
Walter WijegunawardenaCockerel2,2148.21
P. K. D. ChandradasaMahajana Eksath PeramunaCartwheel1,6776.22
Upatissa GunawardenaEye2230.83
Valid Votes26,80899.37
Rejected Votes1700.63
Total Polled26,978100.00
Registered Electors34,009
Turnout79.33

1960 (July) Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Anil MoonesingheLanka Sama Samaja PartyKey15,66862.33
Wilmot JayanettiUnited National PartyElephant9,36437.25
Valid Votes25,03299.57
Rejected Votes1070.43
Total Polled25,139100.00
Registered Electors34,009
Turnout73.92

1965 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Anil MoonesingheLanka Sama Samaja PartyKey20,75256.68
G. D. DavidUnited National PartyElephant15,55542.49
Valid Votes36,30799.17
Rejected Votes3040.83
Total Polled36,611100.00
Registered Electors43,921
Turnout83.36

1970 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Colvin R. de SilvaLanka Sama Samaja PartyKey25,16455.43
G. D. MahindasomaUnited National PartyElephant19,97844.00
A. D. P. KarunatillekeBell1540.34
Valid Votes45,29699.77
Rejected Votes1060.23
Total Polled45,402100.00
Registered Electors51,367
Turnout88.39

1977 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Merill KariyawasamUnited National PartyElephant27,18157.22
Colvin R. de SilvaLanka Sama Samaja PartyKey15,80533.27
Ananda PasqualHand3,9188.25
Titus SilvaChair3580.75
K. L. Premadasa SarathkumaraCartwheel1260.27
Valid Votes47,38899.76
Rejected Votes1140.24
Total Polled47,502100.00
Registered Electors54,931
Turnout86.48

References
  1. "The Electoral System". Parliament of Sri Lanka. Archived from the original on 2010-11-27.
  2. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1947" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
  3. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1952" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
  4. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1956" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
  5. "Result of Parliamentary General Election March 1960" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
  6. "Result of Parliamentary General Election July 1960" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
  7. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1965" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
  8. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1970" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
  9. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1977" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 28 June 2017.

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