Uva Paranagama Electoral District

Uva Paranagama electoral district was an electoral district of Sri Lanka between March 1960 and February 1989. The district was named after the town of Uva Paranagama 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] Uva Paranagama 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) Kusuma Rajaratne NLF 1960
1960 (July) 1960-1965
1965 1965-1970
1970 S. B. Delungahawatta SLFP 1970-1977
1977 R. M. Karunaratne UNP 1977-1989

Elections

1960 (March) Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Kusuma RajaratneNational Liberation FrontAeroplane4,66240.40
M. B. BambarapaneUnited National PartyElephant2,69523.35
S. B. DelungahawatteIndependentRooster1,79015.51
D. C. WijesooriyaIndependentLadder8557.41
M. Danister PereraSun4403.81
E. B. DimbulaneRabbit4293.72
Henry DharmasenaCartwheel3523.05
K. V. Don SugathadasaUmbrella2091.81
Valid Votes11,43299.06
Rejected Votes1080.94
Total Polled11,540100.00
Registered Electors14,519
Turnout79.48

1960 (July) Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Kusuma RajaratneNational Liberation FrontAeroplane6,47356.88
S. B. DelungahawattaUnited National PartyElephant4,83042.44
Valid Votes11,30399.32
Rejected Votes780.68
Total Polled11,381100.00
Registered Electors14,519
Turnout78.39

1965 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Kusuma RajaratneNational Liberation FrontAeroplane6,83944.26
M. B. BambarapaneIndependentLamp4,88831.63
S. B. DelungahawattaSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand3,55823.02
Valid Votes15,28598.91
Rejected Votes1681.09
Total Polled15,453100.00
Registered Electors18,630
Turnout82.95

1970 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
S. B. DelungahawattaSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand9,24546.91
R. M. KarunaratneUnited National PartyElephant7,53038.20
R. M. G. SamaranayakeUmbrella2,14310.87
W. D. JothiratneBell24910.87
E. B. DimbulanaChair2451.24
D. M. AppuhamyLamp2101.07
Valid Votes19,62299.55
Rejected Votes880.45
Total Polled19,710100.00
Registered Electors22,384
Turnout88.05

1977 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
R. M. KarunaratneUnited National PartyElephant15,10862.47
S. B. DelungahawatteSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand8,13433.63
Karunapala RatnayakeKey2601.08
Gamini SamaranayakeUmbrella1900.79
M. D. PereraAeroplane1410.58
Tissa Deshapriya HerathLamp1300.54
Nissanaka BandaranayakeCartwheel450.19
Gunapala BadrageScales400.17
Valid Votes24,04899.43
Rejected Votes1370.57
Total Polled24,185
Registered Electors26,908100.00
Turnout89.88

References
  1. "The Electoral System". Parliament of Sri Lanka.
  2. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 19 March 1960" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 28 June 2018.
  3. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 20 July 1960" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 8 May 2017.
  4. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1965" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 28 June 2018.
  5. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1970" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 28 June 2018.
  6. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1977" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 28 June 2018.

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