Beruwala Electoral District

Beruwala electoral district was an electoral district of Sri Lanka between March 1960 and February 1989. The district was named after the town of Beruwala in Kalutara District, Western 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] Beruwala electoral district was replaced by the Kalutara multi-member electoral district at the 1989 general elections.

Members of Parliament

Key

  Independent     Sri Lanka Freedom Party     United National Party  

ElectionMemberPartyTerm
1960 (March) Abdul Bakeer Markar United National Party 1960-1960
1960 (July) I. A. Cader Sri Lanka Freedom Party 1960-1965
1965 Abdul Bakeer Markar United National Party 1965-1970
1970 I. A. Cader Sri Lanka Freedom Party 1970-1977
1977 Abdul Bakeer Markar United National Party 1977-1989

Elections

1960 (March) Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Abdul Bakeer MarkarElephant9,33935.87
Alston JayasingheHand6,83926.27
D. F. GoonewardenaKey6,07423.33
Jameel HajiarSun1,4335.5
H. D. E. MichaelLadder9233.55
I. K. WijewardenaUmbrella6072.33
P. Musiniel de SilvaEye4041.55
S. JayasooriyaCartwheel2590.99
Valid Votes25,86899.35
Rejected Votes1690.65
Total Polled26,037100.00
Registered Electors34,673
Turnout75.09

1960 (July) Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
I. A. CaderHand13,96853.70
Abdul Bakeer MarkarElephant11,19743.05
S. B. S. de SilvaCartwheel3561.37
Alston JayasingheRabbit3491.34
Valid Votes25,87099.45
Rejected Votes1420.55
Total Polled26,012100.00
Registered Electors34,673
Turnout75.02

1965 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Abdul Bakeer MarkarElephant18,72951.74
I. A. CaderHand16,99846.96
D. F. GalhenaKey1400.39
Alston JayasingheCartwheel1280.35
Valid Votes35,98599.41
Rejected Votes2130.59
Total Polled36,198100.00
Registered Electors42,580
Turnout85.01

1970 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
I. A. CaderHand23,03654.19
Abdul Bakeer MarkarElephant19,09644.92
D. F. GalhenaFlower2740.65
Valid Votes42,40699.98
Rejected Votes1070.25
Total Polled42,513100.00
Registered Electors47,987
Turnout88.59

1977 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Abdul Bakeer MarkarElephant46,83348.26
R. G. SamaranayakeHand19,21119.80
G. I. D. DharmasekeraStar13,23113.64
Jabir Nowfel SalyCup10,14710.46
Tudor de SilvaLamp2,1672.23
Gunapala SenasingheFlower1,0031.03
D. A. AriyanandaButterfly5360.55
S. E. W. JayasuriyaUmbrella4780.49
H. Sevin de SilvaEye4520.47
Karunasena WijesundaraCartwheel3800.39
D. C. AmbepitiyaScales3590.37
Ariyadasa K. VithanageBell2770.29
Alston JayasingheChair1210.12
DisinerisBird1150.12
Reginald CoorayAeroplane540.06
Peter JayasuriyaBook430.04
Valid Votes95,45898.37
Rejected Votes1,5781.63
Total Polled97,036100.00
Registered Electors54,799
Turnout

References
  1. "The Electoral System". Parliament of Sri Lanka.
  2. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1960-03-19" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka.
  3. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1960-07-20" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka.
  4. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1965" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 27 April 2017.
  5. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1970" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka.
  6. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1977" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 28 April 2017.

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