Hambantota Electoral District (1947–1960)

Hambantota electoral district was an electoral district of Sri Lanka between August 1947 and March 1960. The district was named after the city of Hambantota in Hambantota 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] Hambantota electoral district was replaced by the Hambantota multi-member electoral district at the 1989 general elections, the first under the PR system, though Hambantota continues to be a polling division of the multi-member electoral district.

Members of Parliament

Key

  Independent     Sri Lanka Freedom Party     United National Party  

ElectionMemberPartyTerm
1947 Lakshman Rajapaksa Communist Party of Ceylon 1947-1952
1952 Charles Edirisuriya 1952-1956
1956 Lakshman Rajapaksa 1956-1960

Elections

1947 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Lakshman RajapaksaCommunist Party of CeylonStar8,74046.80
Charles EdirisuriyaHand8,34044.66
G. K. W. PereraCartwheel1,3016.97
Valid Votes18,38198.42
Rejected Votes2951.58
Total Polled18,676100.00
Registered Electors31,841
Turnout58.65

1952 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Charles EdirisuriyaKey14,49455.76
Lakshman RajapaksaUmbrella10,65840.27
Jayadasa PathiratneStar4181.58
Jayadeva AmarasingheElephant3671.39
P. H. Mendis De SilvaHand1990.75
Valid Votes26,13698.75
Rejected Votes3301.24
Total Polled26,466100.00
Registered Electors37,079
Turnout71.38

1956 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Lakshman RajapaksaHand20,93168.57
Charles EdirisuriyaElephant9,37730.72
Valid Votes30,30899.30
Rejected Votes2150.70
Total Polled30,523100.00
Registered Electors44,124
Turnout69.18

References
  1. "The Electoral System". Parliament of Sri Lanka. Archived from the original on 2010-11-27.
  2. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1947" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 16 May 2017.
  3. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1952" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 16 May 2017.
  4. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1956" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 16 May 2017.

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