Devinuwara Electoral District

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

Members of Parliament

Key

  Independent     Sri Lanka Freedom Party     United National Party  

ElectionMemberPartyTerm
1960 (March) C. A. Dharmapala
1960 (July) P. P. Wickremasuriya
1965 William de Silva
1970 Ronnie de Mel
1977

Elections

1960 (March) Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
C. A. DharmapalaElephant8,74833.43
P. P. WickremasuriyaHand6,72025.68
E. K. CyrilCockrel4,22316.14
L. U. JayasingheRabbit2,4259.27
Aelian NanayakkaraStar1,7436.66
U. H. AmarasenaCartwheel1,5946.09
D. J. MohottiBell2120.81
Charles GandaraUmbrella2100.80
P. HendavitaranaKey940.36
Valid Votes25,96999.22
Rejected Votes2030.78
Total Polled26,172100.00
Registered Electors34,254
Turnout76.41

1960 (July) Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
P. P. WickremasuriyaHand15,60359.95
C. A. DharmapalaElephant10,33239.70
Valid Votes25,93599.65
Rejected Votes910.35
Total Polled26,026100.00
Registered Electors34,254
Turnout75.98

1965 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
William de SilvaHand15,29547.87
P. P. WickremasuriyaSun14,30844.78
E. K. CyrilUmbrella1,3424.20
Charlis AbayasundaraChair4991.56
P. N. BamunusingheFlower3050.95
Valid Votes31,74999.37
Rejected Votes2030.63
Total Polled31,952100.00
Registered Electors40,956
Turnout78.02

1970 Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 7th parliamentary election held on 27 May 1970:[5]

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Ronnie de MelHand20,79857.99
P. P. WickremasuriyaElephant14,74741.12
H. P. D. WeerasingheBell2630.73
Valid Votes35,80899.86
Rejected Votes520.14
Total Polled35,860100.00
Registered Electors44,112
Turnout81.29

1977 Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 8th parliamentary election held on 21 July 1977:[6]

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Ronnie de MelElephant23,77655.87
H. W. DicksonHand14,33733.69
Mahindapala WijesekeraStar4,1639.78
S. E. WijesuriyaLamp1980.47
Valid Votes42,47499.81
Rejected Votes820.19
Total Polled42,556100.00
Registered Electors49,897
Turnout85.29

References
  1. "The Electoral System". Parliament of Sri Lanka.
  2. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 19 March 1960" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 23 May 2017.
  3. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 20 July 1960" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 23 May 2017.
  4. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1965" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 23 May 2017.
  5. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1970" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 23 May 2017.
  6. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1977" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 23 May 2017.

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