Kiriella Electoral District

Kiriella electoral district was an electoral district of Sri Lanka between August 1947 and July 1977. The district was named after the town of Kiriella in Ratnapura District, Sabaragamuwa 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] Kiriella electoral district was replaced by the Ratnapura 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     Lanka Sama Samaja Party  

ElectionMemberPartyTerm
1947 Florence Senanayake LSSP 1947-52
1952 A. E. B. Kiriella UNP 1952-1956
1956 Kusumasiri Gunawardena VLSSP 1956-1960
1960 (March) A. E. B. Kiriella UNP 1960
1960 (July) P. B. Wijayasundara LSSP 1960-1965
1965 1965-1970
1970 Vasudeva Nanayakkara 1970-1977

Elections

1947 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Florence SenanayakeLanka Sama Samaja PartyUmbrella5,53535.52
T. K. W. ChandrasekeraUnited National PartyButterfly3,29421.14
A. E. B. KiriellaUnited National PartyTree2,43915.65
H. A. G. KalatuwawaIndependentPineapple2,42815.58
B. S. RamachandraIndependentScales1,1207.19
A. M. S. L. Patani MuhandiramChair3662.35
Valid Votes15,18297.44
Rejected Votes3992.56
Total Polled15,581100.00
Registered Electors30,307
Turnout51.41

1952 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
A. E. B. KiriellaUnited National PartyChair9,97847.99
Jayaweera KuruppuSri Lanka Freedom PartyUmbrella7,36935.44
Florence SenanayakeLanka Sama Samaja PartyStar3,19215.35
Valid Votes20,53998.79
Rejected Votes2511.21
Total Polled20,790100.00
Registered Electors29,037
Turnout69.79

1956 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Kusumasiri GunawardenaViplavakari Lanka Sama Samaja PartyHand16,27268.43
A. E. B. KiriellaUnited National PartyElephant6,30926.53
H. Chandrapala GunasekeraLanka Sama Samaja PartyKey1,0114.25
Valid Votes23,59299.22
Rejected Votes1860.78
Total Polled23,778100.00
Registered Electors33,008
Turnout72.04

1960 (March) Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
A. E. B. KiriellaUnited National PartyElephant6,81632.65
P. B. WijesundaraLanka Sama Samaja PartyKey5,27025.25
W. L. D. JayawardenaSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand4,65422.30
Kusumasiri GunawardenaCartwheel3,90618.71
H. AttanayakeIndependentUmbrella1310.63
Valid Votes20,77799.53
Rejected Votes980.47
Total Polled20,875100.00
Registered Electors26,106
Turnout79.96

1960 (July) Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
P. B. WijesundaraLanka Sama Samaja PartyKey10,70853.58
A. E. B. KiriellaUnited National PartyElephant8,23041.18
D. C. P. BeneragamaMahajana Eksath PeramunaCartwheel9844.92
Valid Votes19,92299.67
Rejected Votes650.33
Total Polled19,987100.00
Registered Electors26,106
Turnout76.56

1965 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
P. B. WijayasundaraLanka Sama Samaja PartyKey13,88751.20
A. E. B. KiriellaUnited National PartyElephant11,62042.84
H. A. PremaratneMahajana Eksath PeramunaCartwheel1,1674.30
U. D. KulasingheSun3341.23
Valid Votes27,00899.58
Rejected Votes1150.42
Total Polled27,123100.00
Registered Electors32,011
Turnout84.73

1970 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Vasudeva NanayakkaraLanka Sama Samaja PartyKey19,15858.72
Leonard KiriellaUnited National PartyElephant12,97539.77
A. E. B. KiriellaIndependentChair3000.92
Arthur DaundasekeraSamajawadi Mahajana PeramunaBell1530.47
Valid Votes32,58699.88
Rejected Votes390.12
Total Polled32,625100.00
Registered Electors36,789
Turnout88.68

References
  1. "The Electoral System". Parliament of Sri Lanka.
  2. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1947" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 10 February 2020.
  3. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1952" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 10 February 2020.
  4. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1956" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 10 February 2020.
  5. "Result of Parliamentary General Election March 1960" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 10 February 2020.
  6. "Result of Parliamentary General Election July 1960" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 10 February 2020.
  7. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1965" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 10 February 2020.
  8. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1970" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 10 February 2020.

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