Mirigama Electoral District

Mirigama electoral district was an electoral district of Sri Lanka between August 1947 and February 1989. The district was named after the town of Mirigama in present-day 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] Mirigama electoral district was replaced by the Gampaha multi-member electoral district at the 1989 general elections, the first under the PR system, though Mirigama continues to be a polling division of the multi-member electoral district.

This article is about the former electoral district in Sri Lanka. For town, see Mirigama.

Members of Parliament

Key

  Independent     Sri Lanka Freedom Party     United National Party  

ElectionMemberPartyTerm
1947 Don Stephen Senanayake UNP 1947-1952
1952 John Amaratunga 1952-1956
1956 Vimala Wijewardene SLFP 1956-1960
1960 A. A. E. Jayasinghe 1960-1960
1960 Wijayabahu Wijayasinghe 1960-1965
1965 Siva Obeyesekere 1965-1970
1970 1970-1977
1977 Mahendra S. Wijeratne UNP 1977-1989

Elections

1947 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Don Stephen SenanayakeElephant26,76271.49%
Edmund SamarakkodyBolshevik–Leninist PartyLamp10,67328.51%
Valid Votes37,435100.00%
Rejected Votes462
Total Polled37,897
Registered Electors55,474
Turnout68.31%

1952 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
John AmaratungaHand27,44761.06%
James Peter Obeyesekere IIIElephant17,50238.94%
Valid Votes44,949100.00%
Rejected Votes304
Total Polled45,253
Registered Electors56,728
Turnout79.77%

1956 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Vimala WijewardeneHand36,19375.62%
John AmaratungaElephant10,89622.76%
H. P. JayawardanePair of Spectacles3990.83%
A. A. Stanley DiasPair of Scales3750.78%
Valid Votes47,863100.00%
Rejected Votes234
Total Polled48,097
Registered Electors63,440
Turnout75.81%

1960 (March) Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 4th parliamentary election held on 19 March 1960 for the district:[5]

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
A. E. JayasingheSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand12,43042.75%
W. D. SenanayakeUnited National PartyElephant12,30442.32%
K. RatnayakeMahajana Eksath PeramunaCart Wheel4,34014.93%
Valid Votes29,074100.00%
Rejected Votes189
Total Polled29,263
Registered Electors37,086
Turnout78.91%

1960 (July) Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 5th parliamentary election held on 20 July 1960 for the district:[6]

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Wijayabahu WijayasinhaSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand15,42451.45%
W. D. SenanayakeUnited National PartyElephant13,93446.48%
E. A. JayasingheChair3451.15%
Tilaka KulasekeraCart Wheel2760.92%
Valid Votes29,979100.00%
Rejected Votes113
Total Polled30,092
Registered Electors37,086
Turnout81.14%

1965 Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 6th parliamentary election held on 22 March 1965 for the district:[7]

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Siva ObeyesekereSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand17,87246.90%
Wijayabahu WijayasinhaUnited National PartyElephant17,02844.69%
K. P. P. KarunanayakeChair1,9565.13%
M. K. W. FonsekaOmnibus1,0152.66%
M. B. RatnayakeMahajana Eksath PeramunaCart Wheel2350.62%
Valid Votes38,106100.00%
Rejected Votes183
Total Polled38,289
Registered Electors44,575
Turnout85.90%

1970 Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 7th parliamentary election held on 27 May 1970 for the district:[8]

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Siva ObeyesekereSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand24,87255.99%
W. S. KarunaratneUnited National PartyElephant19,54944.01%
Valid Votes44,421100.00%
Rejected Votes135
Total Polled44,556
Registered Electors50,721
Turnout87.85%

1977 Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 8th parliamentary election held on 21 July 1977 for the district:[9]

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Mahendra WijeratneElephant30,87757.91%
J. P. ObeysekeraHand21,08039.54%
Narada JayakodyKey1,1782.21%
J. JayasingheLamp1800.34%
Valid Votes53,315100.00%
Rejected Votes187
Total Polled53,502
Registered Electors60,810
Turnout87.98%

References
  1. "The Electoral System". Parliament of Sri Lanka. Archived from the original on 2010-11-27.
  2. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1947" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-09-24.
  3. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1952" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-09-24.
  4. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1956" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-09-24.
  5. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1960-03-19" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-07-12.
  6. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1960-07-20" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-09-24.
  7. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1965" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-07-13.
  8. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1970" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-12-09.
  9. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1977" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-17.

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