Soranatota Electoral District

Soranatota electoral district was an electoral district of Sri Lanka between March 1960 and July 1977. The district was named after the town of Soranatota in Badulla District, Uva 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] Soranatota electoral district was replaced by the Badulla multi-member electoral district at the 1989 general elections.

Members of Parliament

Key

  Independent     Sri Lanka Freedom Party     United National Party  

ElectionMemberPartyTerm
1960 (March) K. Y. M. Wijeratne Banda SLFP 1960
1960 (July) S. B. Ekanayake UNP 1960 - 1965
1965 K. Y. M. Wijeratne Banda SLFP 1965 - 1989
1970

Elections

1960 (March) Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
K. Y. M. Wijeratne BandaSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand3,82136.80
S. B. EkanayakeUnited National PartyElephant3,22931.10
Y. G. JayasingheLanka Sama Samaja PartyKey1,43413.81
K. G. DiasCartwheel7256.98
T. B. KatugahaSun5425.22
T. M. A. RatnayakeOmnibus1871.80
P. B. A. LankatilakaUmbrella1121.08
Weerawanni JinadasaPair of Scales1030.99
Valid Votes10,15197.77
Rejected Votes2322.23
Total Polled10,383100.00
Registered Electors14,074
Turnout73.77

1960 (July) Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
S. B. EkanayakeUnited National PartyElephant4,539
K. Y. M. Wijeratne BandaSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand4,330
K. D. SugathadasaLanka Prajathanthravadi PakshayaUmbrella1,017
B. D. P. WijewardenaRooster
Valid Votes 100.00%
Rejected Votes
Total Polled
Registered Electors
Turnout

1965 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
K. Y. M. Wijeratne BandaSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand6,901
S. B. EkanayakeUnited National PartyElephant6,023
K. D. SugathadasaLanka Prajathanthravadi PakshayaUmbrella903
W. H. B. KatubullaAeroplane522
Chandragupta RambukpotaLamp228
K. B. HerathCartwheel183
Valid Votes 100.00%
Rejected Votes139
Total Polled
Registered Electors
Turnout

1970 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
K. Y. M. Wijeratne BandaSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand
R. M. AbeykoonUnited National PartyElephant
S. B. EkanayakeUmbrella
Valid Votes 100.00%
Rejected Votes
Total Polled
Registered Electors
Turnout

References
  1. "The Electoral System". Parliament of Sri Lanka.
  2. "Result of Parliamentary General Election March 1960" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 20 October 2017.
  3. "Result of Parliamentary General Election July 1960" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 20 October 2017.
  4. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1965" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 20 October 2017.
  5. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1970" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 20 October 2017.

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