Mahiyangana Electoral District

Mahiyangana electoral district was an electoral district of Sri Lanka between March 1960 and February 1989. The district was named after the town of Mahiyangana in Badulla District, Uva 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] Mahiyangana electoral district was replaced by the Badulla 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. P. J. Seneviratne United National Party 1960
1960 (July) 1960-65
1965 1965-70
1970 D. D. E. Wickremaratne Sri Lanka Freedom Party 1970-77
1977 C. P. J. Seneviratne United National Party 1977-84
1985 By-election Lakshman Senewiratne 1985-89

Elections

1960 (March) Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
C. P. J. SeneviratneUnited National PartyElephant3,16435.94
K. D. GoonaratnaSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand2,80531.86
K. B. HerathMahajana Eksath PeramunaCartwheel1,78120.23
Marshall PereraLanka Sama Samaja PartyKey6066.88
B. P. WeerakoonSLDPOmnibus1711.94
Valid Votes8,52796.85
Rejected Votes2773.15
Total Polled8,804100.00
Registered Electors15,909
Turnout55.34

1960 (July) Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
C. P. J. SeneviratneUnited National PartyElephant4,81149.58
K. D. GoonaratnaSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand4,13542.61
K. B. HerathMahajana Eksath PeramunaCartwheel5996.17
Valid Votes9,54598.36
Rejected Votes1591.64
Total Polled9,704100.00
Registered Electors15,909
Turnout61.0

1965 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
C. P. J. SeneviratneUnited National PartyElephant7,29651.12
R. M. G. RatnayakeSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand6,25343.81
K. D. GunaratneAeroplane4603.22
Valid Votes14,00998.15
Rejected Votes2641.85
Total Polled14,273100.00
Registered Electors19,769
Turnout72.20

1970 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
D. D. E. WickremaratneSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand11,88654.98
C. P. J. SeneviratneUnited National PartyElephant9,33043.16
R. M. G. RatnayakeChair2191.01
Valid Votes21,43599.15
Rejected Votes1830.85
Total Polled21,618100.00
Registered Electors26,811
Turnout80.63

1977 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
C. P. J. SeneviratneUnited National PartyElephant14,10570.45
Navaratna Banda GalketiyaSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand5,30426.49
Kiribanda HerathCartwheel2571.28
K. H. M. Apopuhamy PiyarapanaLamp1880.94
Kingsley KodippiliKey740.37
Valid Votes19,92899.54
Rejected Votes930.46
Total Polled20,021100.00
Registered Electors23,026
Turnout86.95

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 7 August 2019.
  3. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 20 July 1960" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 7 August 2019.
  4. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1965" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 7 August 2019.
  5. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1970" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 7 August 2019.
  6. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1977" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 7 August 2019.

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