Balapitiya Electoral District

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

Members of Parliament

Key

  Independent     Sri Lanka Freedom Party     United National Party  

ElectionMemberPartyTerm
1960 (March) Lakshman de Silva SLFP 1960
1960 (July) 1960-1965
1965 L. C. de Silva LSSP 1965-1968
1968 parliamentary by-election Lakshman de Silva UNP 1968-1970
1970 Weerasinghe de Silva LSSP 1970-1977
1977 Norman Waidyaratna UNP 1977-1989

Elections

1960 (March) Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Lakshman de SilvaSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand8,46532.86
L. C. de SilvaLanka Sama Samaja PartyKey7,81830.35
Ian de ZoysaUnited National PartyElephant6,23524.20
Dharmasekera WelaratneSun1,3045.06
A. S. de Zoysa JayatilakaUmbrella1,0273.99
Wijayananda LokusuriyaLamp5252.04
A. P. de ZoysaBuddhist Republican PartyFlower1450.56
Jayasena MunasingheCockrel1160.45
Valid Votes25,63599.51
Rejected Votes1260.49
Total Polled25,761100.00
Registered Electors34,384
Turnout74.92

1960 (July) Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Lakshman de SilvaSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand13,81255.31
V. T. de ZoysaUnited National PartyElephant10,84143.42
Jayasena MunasingheBuddhist Republican PartyFlower3171.27
Valid Votes24,970100.00
Rejected Votes-0.0
Total Polled24,970100.00
Registered Electors34,384
Turnout72.62

1965 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
L. C. de SilvaLanka Sama Samaja PartyKey16,61549.39
Lakshman de SilvaSri Lanka Freedom Socialist PartySun16,51949.10
Jayasena MunasingheLamp1640.49
P. L. V. GunawardaneEye1300.39
Valid Votes33,42899.36
Rejected Votes2140.64
Total Polled33,642100.00
Registered Electors41,823
Turnout80.44

1968 Parliamentary By-Election

In December 1967 the incumbent, Lokuge de Silva, was unseated on the ground that he had a contract with government. The results of the 1968 parliamentary by-election held on 17 December for the electorate:[5]

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Lakshman de SilvaUnited National PartyElephant19,48551.87
Weerasinghe de SilvaLanka Sama Samaja PartyKey17,95547.78
Valid Votes37,44099.67
Rejected Votes1240.33
Total Polled37,564100.00
Registered Electors44,043
Turnout85.29

1970 Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 7th parliamentary election held on 27 May 1970:[6]

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Weerasinghe de SilvaLanka Sama Samaja PartyKey22,65959.18
Lakshman de SilvaUnited National PartyElephant14,43137.69
E. M. M. WijeramaBell9512.48
Jayasena MunasingheShip1690.44
Valid Votes38,21099.80
Rejected Votes760.20
Total Polled38,286100.00
Registered Electors45,862
Turnout83.48

1977 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Norman WaidyaratnaUnited National PartyElephant15,74556.60
Weerasinghe de SilvaLanka Sama Samaja PartyKey6,80324.46
Lakshman de SilvaIndependentHand4,55616.38
H. P Sudarman de SilvaEye3431.23
W. S. M. M. AbeysekeraTable1560.56
S. de S. AlankaraLamp1280.46
Valid Votes27,73199.69
Rejected Votes870.31
Total Polled27,818100.00
Registered Electors33,016
Turnout84.26

References
  1. "The Electoral System". Parliament of Sri Lanka.
  2. "Result of Parliamentary General Election March 1960" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 6 January 2019.
  3. "Result of Parliamentary General Election July 1960" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 6 January 2019.
  4. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1965" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 6 January 2019.
  5. "Result of the Parliamentary By-Elections held between 1947 and 1988" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka.
  6. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1970" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 6 January 2019.
  7. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1977" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka.

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