Ruwanwella Electoral District

Ruwanwella electoral district was an electoral district of Sri Lanka between August 1947 and February 1989. The district was named after the town of Ruwanwella in Kegalle District, Sabaragamuwa 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] Ruwanwella electoral district was replaced by the Kegalle multi-member electoral district at the 1989 general elections, the first under the proportional representation system.

Members of Parliament

Key

  Independent     Lanka Sama Samaja Party     United National Party     Sri Lanka Freedom Party  

ElectionMemberPartyTerm
1947 N. M. Perera Lanka Sama Samaja Party
1952
1956
1960 (March) H. G. Somabandu
1960 (July) P. C. Imbulana United National Party
1965
1970 Athauda Seneviratne Lanka Sama Samaja Party
1977 P. C. Imbulana United National Party

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%
N. M. PereraLanka Sama Samaja PartyHouse10,06557.76
P. C. ImbulanaUnited National PartyHand5,02928.86
W. R. DharmasenaElephant1,5839.08
Valid Votes16,85796.73
Rejected Votes5693.27
Total Polled17,426100.00
Registered Electors29,177
Turnout59.73

1952 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
N. M. PereraLanka Sama Samaja PartyHouse10,60151.78
P. C. ImbulanaUnited National PartyElephant9,55847.41
Valid Votes20,15998.46
Rejected Votes3161.54
Total Polled20,475100.00
Registered Electors25,930
Turnout78.96

1956 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
N. M. PereraLanka Sama Samaja PartyKey14,08363.68
R. PremadasaElephant7,85535.52
Valid Votes21,93899.20
Rejected Votes1780.80
Total Polled22,116100.00
Registered Electors29,954
Turnout73.83

1960 (March) Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
H. G. SomabanduKey9,88347.97
P. C. ImbulanaUnited National PartyElephant9,22144.76
M. G. TennakoonCartwheel1,3706.65
Valid Votes20,47499.38
Rejected Votes1270.62
Total Polled20,601100.00
Registered Electors25,198
Turnout81.76

1960 (July) Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
P. C. ImbulanaUnited National PartyElephant10,82753.20
H. G. SomabanduKey9,45246.45
Valid Votes20,27999.65
Rejected Votes710.35
Total Polled20,350100.00
Registered Electors25,198
Turnout80.76

1965 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
P. C. ImbulanaUnited National PartyElephant14,18150.59
Athauda SeneviratneLanka Sama Samaja PartyKey13,76449.10
Valid Votes27,94599.70
Rejected Votes850.30
Total Polled28,030100.00
Registered Electors32,580
Turnout86.03

1970 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Athauda SeneviratneLanka Sama Samaja PartyKey17,37754.48
P. C. ImbulanaUnited National PartyElephant14,44145.28
Valid Votes31,818 99.76
Rejected Votes780.24
Total Polled31,896100.00
Registered Electors35,268
Turnout90.44

1977 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
P. C. ImbulanaUnited National PartyElephant19,98953.86
Athauda SeneviratneLanka Sama Samaja PartyKey15,92242.90
G. L. SamaratungaHand6731.81
B. SamarasekeraSpoon5291.43
Valid Votes37,02699.77
Rejected Votes870.23
Total Polled37,113100.00
Registered Electors41,578
Turnout89.26

References
  1. "The Electoral System". Parliament of Sri Lanka.
  2. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1947" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka.
  3. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1952" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka.
  4. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1956" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka.
  5. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 19 March 1960" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka.
  6. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 20 July 1960" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka.
  7. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1965" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka.
  8. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1970" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka.
  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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