Rathgama Electoral District

Rathgama electoral district was an electoral district of Sri Lanka between March 1960 and February 1989. The district was named after the town of Rathgama in Galle District, Southern 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] Rathgama electoral district was replaced by the Galle multi-member electoral district at the 1989 general elections.

Members of Parliament

Key

  Independent     Sri Lanka Freedom Party     United National Party  

ElectionMemberPartyTerm
1960 (March) M. P. de Zoysa MEP
1960 (July)
1961 by-election Edwin Thilakeratne SLFP
1965
1970 M. G. Mendis LSSP
1977 Edwin Thilakaratne UNP

Elections

1960 (March) Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
M. P. de ZoysaHand7,70029.84
Norman WaidyaratneElephant6,93826.89
M. G. MendisStar5,78122.41
Barbet de SilvaKey3,87415.01
Sampson SenanayakeUmbrella1,1834.59
M. J. MendisFlower1890.73
Valid Votes25,66599.47
Rejected Votes1360.53
Total Polled25,801100.00
Registered Electors33,492
Turnout77.04

1960 (July) Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
M. P. de ZoysaHand11,58347.12
Norman WaidyaratneElephant9,39038.20
T. W. PandithaCartwheel2,3909.72
K. G. P. JayatilakeEye1,1214.56
Valid Votes24,48499.61
Rejected Votes970.39
Total Polled24,581100.00
Registered Electors33,492
Turnout73.39

1961 Parliamentary By Election

Following the resignation of M. P. de Zoysa, who accepted a position in the senate, a by election for the seat was held on 29 March 1961:[4]

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Edwin ThilakeratneHand10,06146.95
Norman WaidyaratneElephant9,64645.01
M. G. MendisStar6,81631.80
K. Justin de SilvaCartwheel5122.39
Valid Votes21,34799.61
Rejected Votes840.39
Total Polled21,431100.00
Registered Electors33,492
Turnout63.99

1965 Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 6th parliamentary election held on 22 March 1965:[5]

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Edwin ThilakaratneSun15,69647.68
M. G. MendisStar14,81344.99
M. P. de ZoysaLamp2,5457.73
Valid Votes32,72799.42
Rejected Votes1910.58
Total Polled32,918100.00
Registered Electors40,242
Turnout81.80

1970 Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 7th parliamentary election held on 27 May 1970:[6]

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
M. G. MendisLanka Sama Samaja PartyStar24,64464.79
Edwin ThilakaratneUnited National PartyElephant13,01734.22
Hemachcndra GodageScales1520.4
H. K. Martin Mendis RajapakseCockerel1200.32
Valid Votes37,93399.73
Rejected Votes1020.27
Total Polled38,035100.00
Registered Electors43,536
Turnout87.36

1977 Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 8th parliamentary election held on 21 July 1977:[7]

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Edwin ThilakaratneUnited National PartyElephant22,48653.25
M. G. MendisStar15,73437.26
M. P. de ZoysaEye3,4498.17
E. H. PanditharatneScales4461.06
Valid Votes42,11599.73
Rejected Votes1130.27
Total Polled42,228100.00
Registered Electors48,840
Turnout86.46

References
  1. "The Electoral System". Parliament of Sri Lanka.
  2. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 19 March 1960" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka.
  3. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 20 July 1960" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 24 May 2017.
  4. "Results of the Parliamentary By Elections between 1947 and 1988" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 24 May 2017.
  5. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1965" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 24 May 2017.
  6. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1970" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 24 May 2017.
  7. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1977" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 24 May 2017.

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