Habaraduwa Electoral District

Habaraduwa electoral district was an electoral district of Sri Lanka between March 1960 and February 1989. The district was named after the town of Habaraduwa 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] Habaraduwa 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) Prins Gunasekera MEP 1960
1960 (July) D. S. Goonesekera SLFP 1960-65
1965 Prins Gunasekera Ind 1965-70
1970 SLFP 1970-77
1977 P. Sumathiratne UNP 1977-89

Elections

1960 (March) Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Prins GunasekeraMahajana Eksath PeramunaCartwheel7,21729.55
D. A. B. GunasekeraUnited National PartyElephant7,10029.07
D. S. GoonesekeraSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand4,80119.66
Eddy GunasekeraUmbrella2,1418.77
M. K. PiyasenaKey1,1654.77
Kithsiri KumarasingheSun1,0364.24
P. MalalgodaEye5912.42
Leo B. SenaratneSewing Machine1930.79
Valid Votes24,24499.27
Rejected Votes1790.73
Total Polled24,423100.00
Registered Electors32,732
Turnout74.62

1960 (July) Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
D. S. GoonesekeraSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand13,19454.42
B. D. A. GoonasekeraUnited National PartyElephant8,54635.25
Prins GunasekeraMahajana Eksath PeramunaCartwheel2,4049.92
Valid Votes24,14099.57
Rejected Votes1040.43
Total Polled24,244100.00
Registered Electors32,732
Turnout74.07

1965 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Prins GunasekeraIndependentLamp13,83843.29
G. V. S. de SilvaUnited National PartyElephant13,74542.99
D. S. GoonesekeraSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand4,17813.07
Valid Votes31,76199.35
Rejected Votes2080.65
Total Polled31,969100.00
Registered Electors39,833
Turnout80.26

1970 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Prins GunasekeraSri Lanka Freedom Party[nb 1]Hand22,93262.92
G. V. S. de SilvaUnited National PartyElephant13,26036.38
V. PalliyaguruBell1760.48
Valid Votes36,36899.78
Rejected Votes790.22
Total Polled36,447100.00
Registered Electors42,986
Turnout84.79
  1. In 1971 Gunasekera left the SLFP and continued as an independent member of parliament.

1977 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
P. SumathiratneUnited National PartyElephant20,35456.71
Sarath Wickrama DiasSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand15,03241.88
George RatnayakaStar3901.09
Valid Votes35,78799.71
Rejected Votes1030.29
Total Polled35,890100.00
Registered Electors40,357
Turnout88.93

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 14 December 2018.
  3. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 20 July 1960" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 14 December 2018.
  4. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1965" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 14 December 2018.
  5. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1970" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 14 December 2018.
  6. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1977" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 14 December 2018.

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