Hanguranketha Electoral District

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

Members of Parliament

Key

  Independent     Sri Lanka Freedom Party     United National Party  

ElectionMemberPartyTerm
1960 (March) M. D. Banda United National Party 1960
1960 (July) 1960-1965
1965 George Abeyagoonasekera 1965-1970
1970 P. B. Unantenne Sri Lanka Freedom Party 1970-1977
1977 George Abeygoonasekera United National Party 1977-1989

Elections

1960 (March) Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
M. D. BandaElephant7,11948.98
David G. S. SoysaStar3,71225.54
P. B. UnantenneClock2,32315.98
H. M. P. BandaCartwheel9576.58
D. P. Abeykoon JayasekeraUmbrella1901.31
Valid Votes14,30198.38
Rejected Votes2351.62
Total Polled14,536100.00
Registered Electors19,089
Turnout76.15

1960 (July) Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
M. D. BandaUnited National PartyElephant8,04053.93
P. B. UnantenneSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand6,41843.05
D. G. S. SoysaShip3292.21
Valid Votes14,78799.19
Rejected Votes1210.81
Total Polled14,908100.00
Registered Electors19,089
Turnout78.10

1965 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
George AbeyagoonasekeraUnited National PartyElephant9,16450.91
P. B. UnantenneSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand8,20745.59
D. G. S. SoysaButterfly9585.32
Valid Votes17,83199.06
Rejected Votes1690.94
Total Polled18,000100.00
Registered Electors20,470
Turnout87.93

1970 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
P. B. UnantenneSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand13,88956.37
George AbeyagoonasekeraUnited National PartyElephant10,58142.94
Valid Votes24,47099.31
Rejected Votes1690.69
Total Polled24,639100.00
Registered Electors27,089
Turnout90.96

1977 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
George AbeyagoonasekeraUnited National PartyElephant17,75059.37
P. B. UnantenneSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand10,75035.96
V. T .WijekoonButterfly4991.67
S. B. DissanayakaStar4221.41
Alfred KarunatilekeChair1750.59
Nimal GunasekeraLamp1210.41
Valid Votes29,71799.40
Rejected Votes1800.60
Total Polled29,897100.00
Registered Electors33,574
Turnout89.05

References
  1. "The Electoral System". Parliament of Sri Lanka.
  2. "Result of Parliamentary General Election March 1960" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 29 April 2017.
  3. "Result of Parliamentary General Election July 1960" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 29 April 2017.
  4. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1965" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 29 April 2017.
  5. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1970" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 29 April 2017.
  6. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1977" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 29 April 2017.

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