Horowpothana Electoral District

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

Members of Parliament

Key

  Independent     Sri Lanka Freedom Party     United National Party  

ElectionMemberPartyTerm
1947 T. B. Poholiyadde UNP 1947-1952
1952 1952-1956
1956 E. L. B. Hurulle 1956-1960
1960 (March) 1960
1960 (July) 1960-1965
1965 1965-1970
1970 T. B. Herath SLFP 1970-1977
1977 E. L. B. Hurulle UNP 1977-1988

Elections

1947 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
T. B. PoholiyaddeUnited National PartyElephant3,39943.89
P. M. K. TennakoonLanka Sama Samaja PartyBicycle1,82023.50
H. M. K. BandaraUnited National PartyHand1,25516.20
M. P. de SoysaUnited National PartyStar1,06313.72
Valid Votes7,53797.31
Rejected Votes2082.69
Total Polled7,745100.00
Registered Electors12,751
Turnout60.74

1952 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
T. B. PoholiyaddeUnited National PartyElephant4,766
Valid Votes
Rejected Votes
Total Polled100.00
Registered Electors
Turnout

1956 Parliamentary General Election

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

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

1960 (March) Parliamentary General Election

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

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:[6]

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:[7]

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:[8]

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

1977 Parliamentary General Election

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

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 1947" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 31 October 2017.
  3. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1952" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 31 October 2017.
  4. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1956" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 31 October 2017.
  5. "Result of Parliamentary General Election March 1960" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 31 October 2017.
  6. "Result of Parliamentary General Election July 1960" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 31 October 2017.
  7. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1965" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 31 October 2017.
  8. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1970" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 31 October 2017.
  9. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1977" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 31 October 2017.

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