Mulkirigala Electoral District

Mulkirigala electoral district was an electoral district of Sri Lanka between March 1960 and February 1989. The district was named after the town of Mulkirigala in Hambantota 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] Mulkirigala electoral district was replaced by the Hambantota multi-member electoral district at the 1989 general elections.

Members of Parliament

Key

  Independent     Sri Lanka Freedom Party     United National Party  

ElectionMemberPartyTerm
1960 (March) George Rajapaksa 1960
1960 (July) SLFP 1960-1965
1965 1965-1970
1970 1970-1976
1976 by-election Lakshman Rajapaksa 1976-1977
1977 T. D. Fransisku United National Party 1977-1989

Elections

1960 (March) Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
George RajapaksaCartwheel13,53350.53
Premaratne WelivitigodaStar5,35519.99
Chandra AtapattuElephant5,00118.67
G. W. KulatungaCockrel8963.35
J. M. M. BandaraRadio6322.36
Edwin DahanayakaHand5141.92
C. A. MathewUmbrella3261.22
D. A. Sirisena WeerasingheFlower1730.65
K. L. Don AndrayasSun1350.50
Valid Votes26,56599.19
Rejected Votes2160.81
Total Polled26,781100.00
Registered Electors32,499
Turnout82.41

1960 (July) Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
George RajapaksaHand17,31768.47
Thomaratne Don PranceeskuElephant7,82630.95
Valid Votes25,14399.42
Rejected Votes1470.58
Total Polled25,290100.00
Registered Electors32,499
Turnout77.81

1965 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
George RajapaksaHand18,24554.39
T. D. FransiskuElephant15,08544.97
Valid Votes33,33099.37
Rejected Votes2130.63
Total Polled33,543100.00
Registered Electors40,050
Turnout83.75

1970 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
George RajapaksaHand22,56957.29
T. D. FransiskuElephant16,64342.24
Valid Votes39,21299.53
Rejected Votes1850.47
Total Polled39,397100.00
Registered Electors45,870
Turnout85.89

1976 Parliamentary By Election

Following the death of the sitting member, George Rajapaksa on 18 June 1976 a parliamentary by election was held on 26 August 1976:[6]

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Lakshman RajapaksaSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand27,11052.71
T. D. FransiskuUnited National PartyElephant23,10944.93
Neale RajapaksaChair7501.46
Sepala RajapaksaLamp2970.58
Valid Votes51,26699.68
Rejected Votes1640.32
Total Polled51,430100.00
Registered Electors
Turnout

1977 Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 8th parliamentary election held on 21 July 1977:[7]

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
T. D. FransiskuUnited National PartyElephant22,63854.75
Basil RajapaksaSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand17,70042.81
Neale RajapaksaCartwheel4251.03
Amara WellappiliKey2970.72
K. V. A. KulatungaRabbit1430.35
Valid Votes41,20399.65
Rejected Votes1430.35
Total Polled41,346100.00
Registered Electors46,551
Turnout88.82

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 17 May 2017.
  3. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 20 July 1960" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka.
  4. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1965" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 17 May 2017.
  5. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1970" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka.
  6. "Result of Parliamentary By Election 1976" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 17 May 2017.
  7. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1977" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka.

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