Galagedara Electoral District

Galagedara electoral district was an electoral district of Sri Lanka between March 1960 and February 1989. The district was named after the town of Galagedara in Kandy 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] electoral district was replaced by the Kandy 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. S. Marikkar Sri Lanka Freedom Party
1960 (July) K. Abdul Jabbar
1965 W. M. G. T. Banda United National Party
1970 Tamara Kumari Ilangaratne Sri Lanka Freedom Party
1977 W. M. G. T. Banda United National Party

Elections

1960 (March) Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Valid Votes
Rejected Votes
Total Polled100.00
Registered Electors
Turnout

1960 (July) Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Valid Votes
Rejected Votes
Total Polled100.00
Registered Electors
Turnout

1965 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Valid Votes
Rejected Votes
Total Polled100.00
Registered Electors
Turnout

1970 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Valid Votes
Rejected Votes
Total Polled100.00
Registered Electors
Turnout

1977 Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 7th parliamentary election held on 21 July 1977:[6]

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Valid Votes
Rejected Votes
Total Polled100.00
Registered Electors
Turnout

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 5 July 2018.
  3. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 20 July 1960" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 5 July 2018.
  4. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1965" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 5 July 2018.
  5. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1970" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 5 July 2018.
  6. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1977" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 5 July 2018.

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