Polgahawela Electoral District

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

Members of Parliament

Key

  Independent     Sri Lanka Freedom Party     United National Party  

ElectionMemberPartyTerm
1960 (March) Stephen Samarakkody SLFP 1960
1960 (July) 1960-1965
1965 M. D. Banda UNP 1956-1970
1970 Maithripala Herath SLFP 1970-1977
1977 J. A. D. S. R. Jayakody UNP 1977-1989

Elections

1960 (March) Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Stephen SamarakkodySri Lanka Freedom PartyHand6,03833.45
D. B. WelagedaraUnited National PartyElephant5,90132.69
Susil MoonesingheMahajana Eksath PeramunaCartwheel2,07911.52
P. S. AlfredLanka Sama Samaja PartyKey1,84110.20
Dhanapala KaluhendiwelaIndependentBook7544.18
Kalyanaratne HemachandraLanka Prajathanthravadi PakshayaUmbrella4102.27
Albert GalapattiScales4072.25
T. B. PotuheraIndependentSpectacles2081.15
P. B. BalasooriyaUnited FrontClock1680.93
P. B. AmarasingheIndependentEye1110.62
Valid Votes17,91799.25
Rejected Votes1360.75
Total Polled18,053100.00
Registered Electors22,288
Turnout80.10

1960 (July) Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Stephen SamarakkodySri Lanka Freedom PartyHand9,76054.03
D. B. WelagedaraUnited National PartyElephant7,93843.95
Ariyadasa SikurajapatiCartwheel3011.67
Valid Votes17,99999.65
Rejected Votes640.35
Total Polled18,063100.00
Registered Electors22,288
Turnout81.04

1965 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
M. D. BandaUnited National PartyElephant10,92845.74
Stephen SamarakkodySri Lanka Freedom PartyHand10,18342.62
H. Herath BandaUmbrella2,69511.28
Valid Votes23,80699.64
Rejected Votes850.36
Total Polled23,891100.00
Registered Electors27,684
Turnout86.30

1970 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Maithripala HerathSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand16,24358.65
M. D. BandaUnited National PartyElephant11,35841.01
Valid Votes27,60199.66
Rejected Votes950.34
Total Polled27,696100.00
Registered Electors31,044
Turnout89.22

1977 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
J. A. D. S. R. JayakodyUnited National PartyElephant20,12855.17
Maithripala HerathSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand15,60742.78
Kithsiri SenaratneKey3781.04
A. A. Siri AmarasingheLamp1560.43
D. M. RajapakseChair1170.32
Valid Votes36,38699.74
Rejected Votes950.26
Total Polled36,481100.00
Registered Electors40,614
Turnout89.82

References
  1. "The Electoral System". Parliament of Sri Lanka.
  2. "Result of Parliamentary General Election March 1960" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 11 June 2018.
  3. "Result of Parliamentary General Election July 1960" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 11 June 2018.
  4. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1965" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 11 June 2018.
  5. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1970" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 11 June 2018.
  6. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1977" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 11 June 2018.

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