Attanagalla Electoral District

Attanagalla electoral district was an electoral district of Sri Lanka between August 1947 and February 1989. The district was named after the town of Attanagalla in present-day Gampaha District, Western 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] Attanagalla electoral district was replaced by the Gampaha multi-member electoral district at the 1989 general elections, the first under the PR system, though Attanagalla continues to be a polling division of the multi-member electoral district.

This article is about the former electoral district in Sri Lanka. For town, see Attanagalla.

Members of Parliament

Key

  Independent     Sri Lanka Freedom Party     United National Party  

ElectionMemberPartyTerm
1947 S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike United National Party 1947-1952
1952 Sri Lanka Freedom Party 1952-1956
1956 1956-1959
1960 James Peter Obeyesekere III 1960-1960
1960 1960-1965
1965 Sirimavo R. D. Bandaranaike 1965-1970
1970 1970-1977
1977 1977-1980
1980 (Nom) Lakshman Jayakody 1980-1989

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%
S. W. R. D. BandaranaikeUnited National PartyHand31,46386.23
Chandra GunasekeraLanka Sama Samaja PartyElephant4,60912.63
Valid Votes36,07298.86
Rejected Votes4171.14
Total Polled36,489100.00
Registered Electors55,948
Turnout65.22

1952 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
S. W. R. D. BandaranaikeSri Lanka Freedom PartyElephant38,47885.94
A. W. G. SeneviratneUnited National PartyStar5,93413.25
Valid Votes44,41299.20
Rejected Votes3600.80
Total Polled44,772100.00
Registered Electors58,322
Turnout76.77

1956 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
S. W. R. D. BandaranaikeSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand45,01691.82
A. W. G. SeneviratneUnited National PartyElephant3,0196.16
I. TinsiIndependentUmbrella6211.27
Valid Votes48,65699.25
Rejected Votes3690.75
Total Polled49,025100.00
Registered Electors64,310
Turnout76.23

1960 (March) Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 4th parliamentary election held on 19 March 1960 for the district:[5]

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
James Peter Obeyesekere IIISri Lanka Freedom PartyHand20,98573.30
A. W. G. SeneviratneUnited National PartyElephant5,66819.80
Gemunu KulasekeraKey1,5595.45
Mahanama WickremasingheOrange2540.89
Valid Votes28,46699.43
Rejected Votes1620.57
Total Polled28,628100.00
Registered Electors35,783
Turnout80.00

1960 (July) Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
James Peter Obeyesekere IIISri Lanka Freedom PartyHand22,49181.84
A. W. G. SeneviratneUnited National PartyElephant4,87017.72
Valid Votes27,36199.56
Rejected Votes1210.44
Total Polled27,482100.00
Registered Electors35,783
Turnout76.80

1965 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Sirimavo BandaranaikeSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand26,15071.88
A. W. G. SeneviratneUnited National PartyElephant9,61526.43
J. KasturiarachiMahajana Eksath PeramunaCart Wheel2880.79
U.H.D.S. WijetungaClock1850.51
Valid Votes36,23899.61
Rejected Votes1420.39
Total Polled36,380100.00
Registered Electors42,735
Turnout85.13

1970 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Sirimavo BandaranaikeSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand31,61275.25
J. R. P. SuriyapperumaUnited National PartyElephant9,88923.54
R. A. D. W. RatnasekeraShip3490.83
Valid Votes41,85099.62
Rejected Votes1610.38
Total Polled42,011100.00
Registered Electors48,908
Turnout85.90

1977 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Sirimavo BandaranaikeSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand30,22658.87
A. W. G. SeneviratneUnited National PartyElephant19,56338.10
Chandra GunasekeraLanka Sama Samaja PartyKey1,0672.08
T. A. D. K. ThambugalaStar3350.65
Valid Votes51,19199.70
Rejected Votes1520.30
Total Polled51,343100.00
Registered Electors58,236
Turnout88.16

References
  1. "The Electoral System". Parliament of Sri Lanka. Archived from the original on 2010-11-27.
  2. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1947" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-12-09.
  3. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1952" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-12-09.
  4. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1956" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-12-09.
  5. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1960-03-19" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-12-09.
  6. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1960-07-20" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-12-09.
  7. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1965" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka.
  8. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1970" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka.
  9. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1977" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka.

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