Ambalangoda-Balapitiya Electoral District

Ambalangoda-Balapitiya electoral district was an electoral district of Sri Lanka between August 1947 and March 1960. The district was named after the towns of Ambalangoda and Balapitiya in Galle District, Southern Province. The electorate was a two-member seat. 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] Ambalangoda-Balapitiya electoral district was replaced by the Galle 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 P. H. William de Silva LSSP
Arthur de Zoysa UNP
1952 Ian de Zoysa
P. H. William de Silva LSSP
1956 M. P. de Zoysa MEP
P. H. William de Silva

Elections

1947 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
P. H. William de SilvaLanka Sama Samaja PartyUmbrella37,65036.28
Arthur de ZoysaUnited National PartyEye26,76425.79
P. de S. KularatneHouse17,52016.88
P. A. PremadasaSpoon9,0868.76
D. Stanley de ZoysaPair of Scales3,9273.78
S. AbeygunawardenaCartwheel3,1052.99
K. T. E. de SilvaFlower2,0001.93
D. J. PrematillekeElephant1,0020.97
Valid Votes101,50497.81
Rejected Votes2,7242.19
Total Polled103,778100.00
Registered Electors104,843
Turnout98.98

1950 Parliamentary By Election

Results of the 1950 by-election held on 20 May 1950:[3]

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Walwin de SilvaKey23,55849.41
Ian de ZoysaBird21,59045.28
J. SumanasenaButterfly1,4292.99
S. D. S. GoonetillekeUmbrella6001.26
Valid Votes47,17798.94
Rejected Votes5051.06
Total Polled47,682100.00
Registered Electors104,843
Turnout45.48

1952 Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 2nd parliamentary election held between 24 May 1952 and 30 May 1952:[4]

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Ian de ZoysaUnited National PartyLamp37,90129.80
P. H. William de SilvaLanka Sama Samaja PartyEye33,80326.58
A. H. E. FernandoSri Lanka Freedom PartyElephant18,65714.67
M. H. SaddhasenaHand16,94513.33
M. P. de ZoysaSri Lanka Freedom PartyStar12,4969.83
W. A. de SilvaKey6,0174.73
S. D. S. GoonetillekaUmbrella1,3351.05
Valid Votes127,15497.74
Rejected Votes2,9422.26
Total Polled130,096100.00
Registered Electors92,398
Turnout

1956 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
M. P. de ZoysaMahajana Eksath PeramunaHand45,62635.19
P. H. William de SilvaMahajana Eksath PeramunaCartwheel43,76933.76
Ian de ZoysaSri Lanka Freedom PartyElephant22,95917.71
Sommie RanasingheUmbrella12,8119.88
N. C. D. de SilvaEye1,7961.38
Valid Votes126,96197.92
Rejected Votes2,6912.08
Total Polled129,652
Registered Electors100,326
Turnout

References
  1. "The Electoral System". Parliament of Sri Lanka.
  2. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1947" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 9 May 2017.
  3. "Results of the Parliamentary By Elections held between 1947 - 1988" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 24 May 2017.
  4. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1952" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 9 May 2017.
  5. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1956" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 9 May 2017.

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