Mahara Electoral District

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

Members of Parliament

Key

  Independent     Sri Lanka Freedom Party     United National Party  

ElectionMemberPartyTerm
1960 (March) S. K. K. Suriarachchi Sri Lanka Freedom Party 1960
1960 (July) 1960-1965
1965 1965-1970
1970 1970-1977
1977 Tudor Gunasekara United National Party 1977-1983
1983 parliamentary by-election Kamalawarana Jayakody United National Party 1983-1988

Elections

1960 (March) Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
S. K. K. SuriarachchiSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand15,09851.99
Siridatta JayakodyUnited National PartyElephant9,00230.99
G. P. AbeywickremaCartwheel1,9716.79
J. B. SiriwardenaKey1,5615.38
Olive AmarasekeraUmbrella3861.33
J. A. K. PereraStar2971.02
R. A. RupasingheLamp1860.64
D. R. JayamanneScales1470.51
D. C. JayakodyBook850.29
Valid Votes28,82399.25
Rejected Votes2180.75
Total Polled29,041100.00
Registered Electors35,120
Turnout82.69

1960 (July) Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
S. K. K. SuriarachchiHand17,79165.07
Oscar de LeveraElephant8,99132.88
Dayapani SeneviratneCartwheel4161.52
Valid Votes27,19899.47
Rejected Votes1450.53
Total Polled27,143100.00
Registered Electors35,120
Turnout77.86

1965 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
S. K. K. SuriarachchiSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand20,57355.49
D. S. GunasekeraUnited National PartyElephant15,66542.25
Reginald PieriesChair6331.71
Valid Votes36,87199.45
Rejected Votes2040.55
Total Polled37,075100.00
Registered Electors43,874
Turnout84.50

1970 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
S. K. K. SuriarachchiSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand27,67961.88
Tudor GunasekaraUnited National PartyElephant16,88337.75
Valid Votes44,56299.63
Rejected Votes1670.37
Total Polled44,729100.00
Registered Electors51,464
Turnout86.91

1977 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Tudor GunasekaraUnited National PartyElephant25,01651.42
S. K. K. SuriarachchiSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand22,38446.01
J. A. K. PereraStar9351.92
K. P. D. KarunawansaChair1010.21
Ananda MaddumageLamp980.20
Valid Votes48,53499.75
Rejected Votes1210.25
Total Polled48,655100.00
Registered Electors54,264
Turnout89.66

1983 Parliamentary By-Election

In early 1983 Gunasekara resigned as the member for Mahara,[7] with nominations being called to fill the vacancy, closing 22 April. The results of the 1983 parliamentary by-election held on 18 May for the electorate:[8]

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Kamalawarana JayakodyUnited National PartyElephant24,94447.99
Vijaya KumaranatungaSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand24,89947.90
S. K. K. SuriarachchiIndependentScales1,8373.53
R. P. G. RajapakseButterfly760.15
Loku Pulukkuttige PremadasaChair480.09
Valid Votes51,80499.66
Rejected Votes1770.34
Total Polled51,981100.00
Registered Electors65,660
Turnout79.17

References
  1. "The Electoral System". Parliament of Sri Lanka.
  2. "Result of Parliamentary General Election March 1960" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 6 January 2019.
  3. "Result of Parliamentary General Election July 1960" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 6 January 2019.
  4. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1965" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 6 January 2019.
  5. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1970" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 6 January 2019.
  6. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1977" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka.
  7. "Daily Report: South Asia". 83 (22–40). Foreign Broadcast Information Service. 1983: 22. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  8. "Result of the Parliamentary By-Elections held between 1947 and 1988" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka.

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