Buttala Electoral District

Buttala electoral district was an electoral district of Sri Lanka between August 1947 and March 1960. The district was named after the town of Buttala in Moneragala 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] Buttala electoral district is now represented by the Monaragala multi-member electoral district.

Members of Parliament

Key

  Independent     Sri Lanka Freedom Party     United National Party  

ElectionMemberPartyTerm
1947 Leo Fernando United National Party 1947 - 1954
1952
1955 by-election Gladwin Kotelawala 1955 - 1956
1956 W. G. M. Albert Silva Sri Lanka Freedom Party 1956 - 1960

Elections

1947 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Leo FernandoUnited National PartyUmbrella6,90377.40
T. D. AlexanderBicycle1,39515.64
G. P. PereraHouse3854.32
Valid Votes8,68397.35
Rejected Votes2362.65
Total Polled8,919100.00
Registered Electors17,151
Turnout52.00

1952 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Leo FernandoUnited National PartyUmbrella8,29670.13
W. G. M. Albert SilvaSri Lanka Freedom PartyElephant1,27210.75
S. M. JayawardenaWheel1,0298.70
Earl AbesuriyaStar9347.90
Valid Votes11,53197.47
Rejected Votes2992.53
Total Polled11,830100.00
Registered Electors20,127
Turnout58.78

1955 Parliamentary By Election

Results of the 1955 parliamentary by-election held on 5 March 1955, following the death of the sitting member, Sir Leo Fernando:[4]

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Gladwin KotelawalaUmbrella7,86569.00
Earl AbesuriyaStar3,36329.50
Valid Votes11,22898.50
Rejected Votes1711.50
Total Polled11,399100.00
Registered Electors20,127
Turnout56.64

1956 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
W. G. M. Albert SilvaSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand7,41663.56
Gladwin KotelawalaUnited National PartyElephant4,13535.44
Valid Votes11,50198.58
Rejected Votes1661.42
Total Polled11,667100.00
Registered Electors24,353
Turnout47.91

References
  1. "The Electoral System". Parliament of Sri Lanka.
  2. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1947" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 6 January 2019.
  3. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1952" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 6 January 2019.
  4. "Result of the Parliamentary By-Elections held between 1947 and 1988" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka.
  5. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1956" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 6 January 2019.

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