Mawatagama Electoral District

Mawatagama electoral district was an electoral district of Sri Lanka between March 1960 and February 1989. The district was named after the town of Mawatagama 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] Mawatagama electoral district was replaced by the Kurunegala multi-member electoral district at the 1989 general elections, the first under the proportional representation system, 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
1960 (March) E. M. R. B. Ekanayake United National Party
1960 (July) D. P. Wickremasinghe Sri Lanka Freedom Party
1965 Herath Ekanayake United National Party
1970 D. P. Wickramasinghe Sri Lanka Freedom Party
1977 G. M. Premachandra United National Party

Elections

1960 (March) Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
E. M. R. B. EkanayakeUNPElephant6,87737.48
D. P. WickremasingheSLFPHand6,55535.73
Sarat WanigasekeraStar2,01911.00
D. D. WaidyasekeraKey8464.61
P. S. RanasingheStar6723.66
S. PiyasenaCartwheel5743.13
R. JanisUmbrella2801.53
D.S. HandungeEye2581.41
Valid Votes18,08198.54
Rejected Votes2681.46
Total Polled18,349100.00
Registered Electors22,967
Turnout79.89

1960 (July) Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
D. P. WickremasingheSLFPHand10,64756.13
E. M. R. B. EkanayakeUNPElephant7,96441.98
Linton GunatungeCartwheel2231.18
Valid Votes18,83499.28
Rejected Votes1360.72
Total Polled18,970100.00
Registered Electors22,967
Turnout82.60

1965 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Herath EkanayakeUNPElephant12,28549.84
D. P. WickremasingheSLFPHand11,76747.73
P. S. RanasingheSun2791.13
Y. A. SomaratnaCartwheel1870.76
Valid Votes24,51899.46
Rejected Votes1320.54
Total Polled24,650100.00
Registered Electors28,245
Turnout87.27

1970 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
D. P. WickramasingheSLFPHand16,60857.65
Herath EkanayakeUNPElephant12,11242.04
Valid Votes28,72099.69
Rejected Votes880.31
Total Polled28,808100.00
Registered Electors32,562
Turnout88.47

1977 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
G. M. PremachandraUNPElephant20,39255.79
D. P. WickremasingheSLFPHand15,60842.70
N. B. KaluhendiwelaStar2370.65
W. Sunil FernandoLamp1630.45
Valid Votes36,40099.58
Rejected Votes1520.42
Total Polled36,552100.00
Registered Electors40,303
Turnout90.32

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 27 April 2017.
  3. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 20 July 1960" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 27 April 2017.
  4. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1965" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 27 April 2017.
  5. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1970" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 27 April 2017.
  6. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1977" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 27 April 2017.

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