Kegalle Electoral District (1947–1989)

Kegalle electoral district was an electoral district of Sri Lanka between August 1947 and February 1989. The district was named after the city of Kegalle 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] Kegalle electoral district was replaced by the Kegalle multi-member electoral district at the 1989 general elections, the first under the proportional representation system, Kegalle 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 N. H. Keerthiratne UNP
1952
1956 P. B. G. Kalugalla SLFP
1960 (March)
1960 (July)
1965
1970
1977 N. A. Seneviratne UNP

Elections

1947 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
N. H. KeerthiratneElephant14,55066.28
R. V. DedigamaKey7,05932.16
Valid Votes21,60998.44
Rejected Votes3431.56
Total Polled21,952100.00
Registered Electors41,791
Turnout52.053

1952 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
N. H. KeerthiratneStar16,44364.36
Lionel SamarakkodyHand8,35832.71
K. A. SiriratneElephant4031.58
Valid Votes25,208 98.67
Rejected Votes3411.33
Total Polled25,549100.00
Registered Electors35,428
Turnout72.12

1956 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
P. B. G. KalugallaSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand21,75473.66
Winston WickremasingheUnited National PartyElephant8,83029.90
Valid Votes28,27199.12
Rejected Votes2600.88
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 for the district:[5]

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
P. B. G. KalugallaSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand10,57248.25
N. H. KeerthiratneUnited National PartyElephant8,96440.91
Stephen PereraKey1,0644.86
Tissa WijeratneStar6532.98
Herbert VithanageLamp1820.83
H. Dharmasiri FonsekaUmbrella1770.81
K. A. Vincent PereraPair of Scales1440.66
Valid Votes21,75699.30
Rejected Votes1540.70
Total Polled21,910100.00
Registered Electors26,829
Turnout81.67

1960 (July) Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
P. B. G. KalugallaSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand11,74154.17
N. H. KeerthiratneUnited National PartyElephant9,84745.43
Valid Votes21,58899.60
Rejected Votes870.40
Total Polled21,675100.00
Registered Electors26,829
Turnout80.79

1965 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
P. B. G. KalugallaSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand15,64453.67
Nimal KarunatilakeUnited National PartyElephant13,28345.57
Valid Votes28,92799.23
Rejected Votes2240.77
Total Polled29,151100.00
Registered Electors34,451
Turnout84.62

1970 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
P. B. G. KalugallaSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand21,00963.13
N. A. SeneviratneUnited National PartyElephant11,97735.99
M. AthurupanaBell2390.72
Valid Votes33,22599.83
Rejected Votes560.17
Total Polled33,281100.00
Registered Electors38,206
Turnout87.11

1977 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
N. A. SeneviratneUnited National PartyElephant17,40351.43
P. B. G. KalugallaSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand15,33945.33
P. M. G. WijesuriyaKey1,0213.02
Valid Votes33,76399.78
Rejected Votes750.22
Total Polled33,838100.00
Registered Electors38,396
Turnout88.13

References
  1. "The Electoral System". Parliament of Sri Lanka.
  2. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1947" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 19 June 2017.
  3. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1952" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 19 June 2017.
  4. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1956" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 19 June 2017.
  5. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 19 March 1960" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 19 June 2017.
  6. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 20 July 1960" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 17 June 2017.
  7. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1965" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 19 June 2017.
  8. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1970" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 19 June 2017.
  9. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1977" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 19 June 2017.

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