Alutnuwara Electoral District

Alutnuwara electoral district was an electoral district of Sri Lanka between August 1947 and March 1960. The district was named after the town of Alutnuwara in Ratnapura 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] Alutnuwara electoral district was replaced by the Ratnapura multi-member electoral district at the 1989 general elections, the first under the proportional representation system.

Members of Parliament

Key

  Independent     Sri Lanka Freedom Party     United National Party  

ElectionMemberPartyTerm
1947 D. Ramanujam CIC 1947-1952
1952 J. A. Rambukpota UNP 1952-155
1955 by-election E. B. Dimbulane 1955-1956
1956 K. D. Goonaratne SLFP 1956-1960

Elections

1947 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
D. RamanujamCeylon India CongressLamp2,77246.64
K. D. GoonaratneIndependentPair of Scales1,33522.46
T. M. A. RatnayakeIndependentStar5679.54
C. E. KumbalwelaUnited National PartyUmbrella5228.78
W. H. RatnayakaIndependentElephant3105.22
P. B. M. BandaranayakeIndependentHand1472.47
Valid Votes5,65395.12
Rejected Votes2904.88
Total Polled5,943100.00
Registered Electors16,487
Turnout36.05

1952 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
J. A. RambukpotaUnited National PartyKey3,59550.94
K. D. GoonaratneIndependentPair of Scales81511.55
M. B. KotagamaIndependentElephant81411.54
K. B. HerathLanka Sama Samaja PartyHand80011.34
Cuda Banda BibileNLSSPLamp6409.07
Paramasivam ArunachalamIndependentStar1852.62
Valid Votes6,84997.05
Rejected Votes2082.95
Total Polled7,057100.00
Registered Electors16,190
Turnout43.59

1955 Parliamentary By-Election

Results of the parliamentary by-election held on 28 May 1955:[4]

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
E. B. DimbulaneUnited National PartyUmbrella5,29157.71
Daya GunasekeraLanka Sama Samaja PartyHand2,17723.74
C. B. PalagollaSri Lanka Freedom PartyElephant95410.41
K. B. HerathCommunist PartyStar5045.50
Valid Votes8,92697.35
Rejected Votes2432.65
Total Polled9,169100.00
Registered Electors16,190
Turnout56.63

1956 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
K. D. GoonaratneSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand5,33964.15
E. B. DimbulaneUnited National PartyElephant2,89134.74
Valid Votes8,23098.88
Rejected Votes931.12
Total Polled8,323100.00
Registered Electors19,717
Turnout42.21

References
  1. "The Electoral System". Parliament of Sri Lanka.
  2. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1947" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka.
  3. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1952" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka.
  4. "Result of the Parliamentary By-Elections held between 1947 - 1988" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka.
  5. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1956" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka.

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