Dambulla Electoral District

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

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

Members of Parliament

Key

  Independent     Sri Lanka Freedom Party     United National Party  

ElectionMemberPartyTerm
1947 H. B. Tenne Independent 1947-1956
1952
1956 Tikiri Banda Tennekoon Sri Lanka Freedom Party 1956-1977
1960 (March)
1960 (July)
1965
1970
1977 K. W. R. M. Ekanayake United National Party 1977-1989

Elections

1947 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
H. B. TenneIndependentElephant6,84657.46
Edward de SilvaCommunist Party of Sri LankaStar3,90932.81
A. G. G. PereraLanka Equal Society PartyKey8617.23
Valid Votes11,61697.50
Rejected Votes2982.50
Total Polled11,914100.00
Registered Electors26,388
Turnout45.15

1952 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
H. B. TenneSri Lanka Freedom PartyEye8,29454.02
D. B. EllepolaHand3,44222.42
P. B. RanarajaElephant2,89718.87
T. B. WegodapolaCommunist Party of Sri LankaStar4092.66
Valid Votes15,04297.97
Rejected Votes3122.03
Total Polled15,354100.00
Registered Electors30,193
Turnout50.85

1956 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Tikiri Banda TennekoonSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand14,68871.36
H. B. TenneUnited National PartyElephant5,53326.88
Valid Votes20,22198.24
Rejected Votes3631.76
Total Polled20,584100.00
Registered Electors37,345
Turnout55.12

1960 (March) Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Tikiri Banda TennekoonSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand10,79262.28
D. B. EllepolaUnited National PartyElephant3,95222.81
P. V. P. KulatillekeLanka Equal Society PartyKey7224.17
L. D. BandaLamp5273.04
Leslie KulatungaCockerel3021.74
T. M. VarusavithanaUmbrella2961.71
H. AriyasenaEye2311.33
G. D. RanaweeraSun2281.32
Upali KulatungaMahajana Eksath PeramunaCart Wheel1050.61
Valid Votes17,15599.00
Rejected Votes1731.00
Total Polled17,328100.00
Registered Electors21,416
Turnout80.91

1960 (July) Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Tikiri Banda TennekoonSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand11,60068.14
T. B. LenadoraUnited National PartyElephant5,28431.04
Valid Votes16,88499.18
Rejected Votes1400.82
Total Polled17,024100.00
Registered Electors21,416
Turnout79.49

1965 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Tikiri Banda TennekoonSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand12,48251.37
K. W. R. M. EkanayakeUnited National PartyElephant11,30846.54
R. K. Nimal KarunaratneSun2661.09
Valid Votes24,05699.00
Rejected Votes2421.00
Total Polled24,298100.00
Registered Electors28,267
Turnout85.96

1970 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Tikiri Banda TennekoonSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand17,01056.22
K. W. R. M. EkanayakeUnited National PartyElephant13,12343.37
Valid Votes30,13399.58
Rejected Votes1260.42
Total Polled30,259100.00
Registered Electors33,503
Turnout90.32

1977 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
K. W. R. M. EkanayakeElephant24,79359.28
Tikiri Banda TennekoonHand15,96438.17
D. S. WijewardenaKey7451.78
T. B. TennekoonLamp1830.44
Valid Votes41,68599.66
Rejected Votes1420.34
Total Polled41,827100.00
Registered Electors46,052
Turnout90.83

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. Retrieved 18 September 2017.
  3. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1952" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 18 September 2017.
  4. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1956" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 18 September 2017.
  5. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 19 March 1960" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 18 September 2017.
  6. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 20 July 1960" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 18 September 2017.
  7. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1965" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 18 September 2017.
  8. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1970" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 18 September 2017.
  9. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1977" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 18 September 2017.

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