Bandarawela Electoral District

Bandarawela electoral district was an electoral district of Sri Lanka between August 1947 and February 1989. The district was named after the town of Bandarawela 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] Bandarawela electoral district was replaced by the Badulla 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 K. V. Nadarajah 1947 - 1952
1952 K. D. Sugathadasa UNP 1952 - 1956
1956 Y. G. Jayasinghe LSSP 1956 - 1960
1960 (March) J. G. Gunasekera SLFP 1960 - 1965
1960 (July)
1965 R. M. Appuhamy 1965 - 1977
1970
1977 R. M. Appuhamy UNP 1977 - 1989

Elections

1947 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
K. V. NadarajahIndependentHand5,09260.55
M. P. YapaIndependentUmbrella2,89734.45
K. B. H. AdhikaritilakIndependentElephant1812.15
Valid Votes8,17097.16
Rejected Votes2392.84
Total Polled8,409100.0
Registered Electors14,311
Turnout58.76

1952 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
K. D. SugathadasaUnited National PartyWheel6,39261.84
Y. G. JayasingheLanka Sama Samaja PartyHand2,26621.92
L. JayasunderaStar8398.12
Tikiri Bandara PethiyagodaSri Lanka Freedom PartyElephant6706.48
Valid Votes10,16798.36
Rejected Votes1691.64
Total Polled10,336100.00
Registered Electors13,950
Turnout74.09

1956 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Y. G. JayasingheLanka Sama Samaja PartyKey6,80562.93
Sumanadasa RatnayakeElephant2,66224.62
Gladwin KotelawalaCartwheel1,27811.82
Valid Votes10,74599.36
Rejected Votes690.64
Total Polled10,814100.00
Registered Electors16,751
Turnout64.56

1960 (March) Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
J. G. GunasekeraSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand5,60349.56
Gladwin KotelawalaUnited National PartyElephant2,90925.73
D. S. WickremasingheKey1,47613.06
M. J. PeerisUmbrella4574.04
Chandra S. PereraCartwheel3763.33
T. M. GunasekeraEye1921.70
E. M. W. GawarammanaClock1411.25
Valid Votes11,15498.66
Rejected Votes1521.34
Total Polled11,306100.00
Registered Electors14,106
Turnout80.15

1960 (July) Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
J. G. GunasekeraSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand6,62161.05
S. D. RatnayakeUnited National PartyElephant4,14738.24
Valid Votes10,76899.28
Rejected Votes780.72
Total Polled10,846100.00
Registered Electors14,106
Turnout76.89

1965 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
R. M. AppuhamySri Lanka Freedom PartyHand8,63649.55
Cyril Mathew CaluvadewageUnited National PartyElephant8,48848.70
A. M. HerathTable1821.04
Valid Votes17,30699.30
Rejected Votes1220.70
Total Polled17,428100.00
Registered Electors21,935
Turnout79.45

1970 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
R. M. AppuhamySri Lanka Freedom PartyHand11,50956.73
R. M. AppuhamyUnited National PartyElephant8,56942.23
J. G. GunasekeraLamp1320.65
Valid Votes20,21099.61
Rejected Votes790.39
Total Polled20,289100.00
Registered Electors22,912
Turnout88.55

1977 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
R. M. AppuhamyUnited National PartyElephant14,10657.64
R. M. AppuhamySri Lanka Freedom PartyHand9,52938.94
D. S. WickremasingheKey6052.47
K. A. KarunaratneEye1320.54
Valid Votes24,37299.60
Rejected Votes990.40
Total Polled24,471100.00
Registered Electors28,103
Turnout87.08

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

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