Maturata Electoral District

Maturata electoral district was an electoral district of Sri Lanka between August 1947 and March 1960. The district was named after the town of Maturata in Kandy 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] Maturata electoral district was replaced by the Kandy multi-member electoral district at the 1989 general elections, the first under the proportional representation system.

Members of Parliament

Key

  Independent     Sri Lanka Freedom Party     United National Party  

ElectionMemberPartyTerm
1947 M. D. Banda United National Party 1947-1952
1952 1952-1956
1956 1956-1960

Elections

1947 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
M. D. BandaUnited National PartyStar12,43867.44
S. SomasunderamScales3,57219.37
I. C. S. GoonatillekeEye7984.33
E. W. A. de SilvaElephant4222.29
[E. GoonawardenaHand4042.19
I. B. ManiKey2291.24
Valid Votes17,86396.86
Rejected Votes5803.14
Total Polled18,443100.00
Registered Electors28,708
Turnout64.24

1952 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
M. D. BandaUnited National PartyUmbrella15,33383.32
I. C. S. GoonatillekeStar1,1226.10
Charles BartonScales9415.11
A. AbeykoonKey6873.73
Valid Votes18,08398.27
Rejected Votes3191.73
Total Polled18,402100.00
Registered Electors26,740
Turnout69.52

1956 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
M. D. BandaUnited National PartyElephant9,52351.23
S. W. Y. B. N. B. BeddewelaSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand8,08343.48
D. P. A. JayasekeraLamp7604.09
Valid Votes18,36698.80
Rejected Votes2241.20
Total Polled18,590100.00
Registered Electors31,149
Turnout59.68

References
  1. "The Electoral System". Parliament of Sri Lanka.
  2. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1947" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 5 July 2018.
  3. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1952" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 5 July 2018.
  4. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1956" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 5 July 2018.

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