Kuliyapitiya Electoral District

Kuliyapitiya electoral district was an electoral district of Sri Lanka between March 1960 and February 1989. The district was named after the town of Kuliyapitiya in Kurunegala District, North Western 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] Kuliyapitiya electoral district was replaced by the Kurunegala multi-member electoral district at the 1989 general elections.

Members of Parliament

Key

 Independent    Sri Lanka Freedom Party    United National Party  

ElectionMemberPartyTerm
1960 (March) I. M. R. A. Iriyagolle 1960
1960 (July) 1960-1965
1965 1965-1970
1970 G. W. Samarasinghe 1970-1977
1977 Lionel Jayatillake

Elections

1960 (March) Parliamentary General Election

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Valid Votes 100.00%
Rejected Votes
Total Polled
Registered Electors
Turnout

1960 (July) Parliamentary General Election

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Valid Votes 100.00%
Rejected Votes
Total Polled
Registered Electors
Turnout

1965 Parliamentary General Election

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
I. M. R. A. IriyagolleElephant17,24652.90
G. W. SamarasingheHand14,42844.25
A. T. SomaratnaCartwheel8092.48
Valid Votes32,48399.63
Rejected Votes1190.37
Total Polled32,602100.00
Registered Electors38,252
Turnout85.23

1970 Parliamentary General Election

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
G. W. SamarasingheHand19,96352.32
I. M. R. A. IriyagolleElephant18,05547.32
Valid Votes38,01899.64
Rejected Votes1360.36
Total Polled38,154
Registered Electors42,974
Turnout88.78

1977 Parliamentary General Election

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Lionel JayatillakeElephant26,00059.21
Wijayasiri SamarasingheHand16,92738.55
W. A. AbeysingheStar8531.94
Valid Votes43,78099.70
Rejected Votes1340.30
Total Polled43,914100.00
Registered Electors48,552
Turnout90.45

References

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