Weligama Electoral District

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

Members of Parliament

Key

  Independent     Sri Lanka Freedom Party     United National Party  

ElectionMemberPartyTerm
1947 Montague Jayawickrama United National Party 1947 - 1956
1952
1956 Panini Ilangakoon Sri Lanka Freedom Party 1956 -1960
1960 (March) Montague Jayawickrama United National Party 1960 - 1970
1960 (July)
1965
1970 Panini Ilangakoon Sri Lanka Freedom Party 1970 1977
1977 Montague Jayawickrama United National Party 1977 -1989

Elections

1947 Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 1st parliamentary election held between 23 August 1947 and 20 September 1947:[2]

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Montague JayawickramaUnited National PartyUmbrella11,25542.95
Edward SenaratneStar7,46828.50
A. B. SeneviratneElephant5,21219.89
E. Y. D. AbeygunawardenaKey1,4225.43
D. L. SenaratneHand4131.58
Valid Votes25,77098.35
Rejected Votes4331.65
Total Polled26,203100.00
Registered Electors51,174
Turnout51.20

1952 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Montague JayawickramaUnited National PartyUmbrella16,39753.78
Panini IlangakoonSri Lanka Freedom PartyStar13,80645.28
Valid Votes30,20399.06
Rejected Votes2860.94
Total Polled30,489100.00
Registered Electors40,727
Turnout74.86

1956 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Panini IlangakoonSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand18,64857.27
Montague JayawickramaUnited National PartyElephant13,65941.95
Valid Votes32,30799.23
Rejected Votes2520.77
Total Polled32,559100.00
Registered Electors44,610
Turnout72.99

1960 (March) Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Montague JayawickremaUnited National PartyElephant14,27052.44
Panini IlangakoonSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand10,24037.63
D. WickremaratnaStar1,7096.28
D. B. de S. JayawardenaUmbrella4471.64
G. P. J. NanayakkaraEye2710.99
A. G. PiyasinghePair of Scales1280.47
Valid Votes27,06599.46
Rejected Votes1470.54
Total Polled27,212100.00
Registered Electors37,119
Turnout73.31

1960 (July) Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Montague JayawickremaUnited National PartyElephant15,28154.29
Panini IlangakoonSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand12,74145.26
Valid Votes28,02299.55
Rejected Votes1260.45
Total Polled28,148100.00
Registered Electors37,119
Turnout75.83

1965 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Montague JayawickremaUnited National PartyElephant18,31652.66
Panini IlangakoonSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand16,27146.78
Valid Votes34,58799.43
Rejected Votes1970.57
Total Polled34,784100.00
Registered Electors44,912
Turnout78.71

1970 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Panini IlangakoonSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand22,63558.09
S. S. PereraUnited National PartyElephant16,22441.64
Valid Votes38,85999.73
Rejected Votes1070.27
Total Polled38,966100.00
Registered Electors47,309
Turnout82.36

1977 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Montague JayawickremaUnited National PartyElephant25,44055.95
Chulpadmendra DahanayakeSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand16,34335.94
H. G. S. RatnaweeraCommunist Party of Sri LankaStar3,5607.83
Valid Votes45,34399.72
Rejected Votes1280.28
Total Polled45,471100.00
Registered Electors54,430
Turnout83.54

References
  1. "The Electoral System". Parliament of Sri Lanka.
  2. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1947" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 8 May 2017.
  3. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1952" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 8 May 2017.
  4. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1956" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 8 May 2017.
  5. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 19 March 1960" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 8 May 2017.
  6. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 20 July 1960" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 8 May 2017.
  7. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1965" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 8 May 2017.
  8. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1970" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 8 May 2017.
  9. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1977" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 8 May 2017.

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