Wattegama Electoral District

Wattegama electoral district was an electoral district of Sri Lanka between August 1947 and July 1977. The district was named after the City of Wattegama in Kandy District, Central 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] Wattegama electoral district was replaced by the Kandy multi-member electoral district at the 1989 general elections, the first under the proportional representation system, 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 Abeyratne Ratnayaka United National Party 1947-1952
1952 1952-1956
1956 Aloysius Weerakoon Sri Lanka Freedom Party 1956-1960
1960 (March) 1960
1960 (July) Abeyratne Ratnayaka United National Party 1960-1965
1965 Aloysius Weerakoon United National Party 1965-1970
1970 A. G. Fernando Sri Lanka Freedom Party 1970-1977

Elections

1947 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Abeyratne RatnayakaUnited National PartyElephant14,78878.73
B. P. Percy PereraHand3,47718.51
Valid Votes18,26597.24
Rejected Votes5192.76
Total Polled18,784100.00
Registered Electors32,009
Turnout58.68

1952 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Abeyratne RatnayakaUnited National PartyElephant14,26462.29
P. N. DharmasenaWheel5,38123.50
Charles AmunugamaKey2,90312.68
Valid Votes22,54898.46
Rejected Votes3531.54
Total Polled22,901100.00
Registered Electors31,840
Turnout71.93

1956 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Aloysius WeerakoonSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand14,65756.12
Abeyratne RatnayakaUnited National PartyElephant11,10942.54
Valid Votes25,76698.66
Rejected Votes3511.34
Total Polled26,117100.00
Registered Electors36,461
Turnout71.63

1960 (March) Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Aloysius WeerakoonSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand8,68053.04
Abeyratne RatnayakaUnited National PartyElephant7,11043.45
Vipula DharmawardenaCartwheel3992.44
Valid Votes61,18998.93
Rejected Votes1761.07
Total Polled16,365100.00
Registered Electors20,093
Turnout81.45

1960 (July) Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Abeyratne RatnayakaUnited National PartyElephant8,31750.75
G. WerekeSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand7,96048.57
Valid Votes16,27799.32
Rejected Votes1120.68
Total Polled16,389100.00
Registered Electors20,093
Turnout81.57

1965 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Aloysius WeerakoonUnited National PartyElephant12,37356.02
A. G. FernandoSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand9,46142.83
M.G. Ukku Menike SamarakoonButterfly1170.53
Valid Votes21,95199.38
Rejected Votes1370.62
Total Polled22,088100.00
Registered Electors25,731
Turnout85.84

1970 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
A. G. FernandoSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand12,84048.64
Aloysius WeerakoonUnited National PartyElephant10,86941.18
C. RatnayakeLadder2,5989.84
Valid Votes26,30799.66
Rejected Votes900.34
Total Polled26,397100.00
Registered Electors30,024
Turnout87.92

References
  1. "The Electoral System". Parliament of Sri Lanka.
  2. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1947" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 5 July 2018.
  3. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1952" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 5 July 2018.
  4. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1956" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 5 July 2018.
  5. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 19 March 1960" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 16 June 2020.
  6. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 20 July 1960" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 16 June 2020.
  7. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1965" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 16 June 2020.
  8. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1970" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 16 June 2020.

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