Habaraduwa Electoral District

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

Members of Parliament

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Key

  Independent   SLFP   UNP

Election Member Party Term
1960 (March) Prins Gunasekera MEP 1960
1960 (July) D. S. Goonesekera SLFP 1960-65
1965 Prins Gunasekera Ind 1965-70
1970 SLFP 1970-77
1977 P. Sumathiratne UNP 1977-89

Elections

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1960 (March) Parliamentary General Election

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

Candidate Party Symbol Votes %
Prins Gunasekera Mahajana Eksath Peramuna Cartwheel 7,217 29.55
D. A. B. Gunasekera United National Party Elephant 7,100 29.07
D. S. Goonesekera Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand 4,801 19.66
Eddy Gunasekera Umbrella 2,141 8.77
M. K. Piyasena Key 1,165 4.77
Kithsiri Kumarasinghe Sun 1,036 4.24
P. Malalgoda Eye 591 2.42
Leo B. Senaratne Sewing Machine 193 0.79
Valid Votes 24,244 99.27
Rejected Votes 179 0.73
Total Polled 24,423 100.00
Registered Electors 32,732
Turnout 74.62

1960 (July) Parliamentary General Election

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

Candidate Party Symbol Votes %
D. S. Goonesekera Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand 13,194 54.42
B. D. A. Goonasekera United National Party Elephant 8,546 35.25
Prins Gunasekera Mahajana Eksath Peramuna Cartwheel 2,404 9.92
Valid Votes 24,140 99.57
Rejected Votes 104 0.43
Total Polled 24,244 100.00
Registered Electors 32,732
Turnout 74.07

1965 Parliamentary General Election

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

Candidate Party Symbol Votes %
Prins Gunasekera Independent Lamp 13,838 43.29
G. V. S. de Silva United National Party Elephant 13,745 42.99
D. S. Goonesekera Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand 4,178 13.07
Valid Votes 31,761 99.35
Rejected Votes 208 0.65
Total Polled 31,969 100.00
Registered Electors 39,833
Turnout 80.26

1970 Parliamentary General Election

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

Candidate Party Symbol Votes %
Prins Gunasekera Sri Lanka Freedom Party[nb 1] Hand 22,932 62.92
G. V. S. de Silva United National Party Elephant 13,260 36.38
V. Palliyaguru Bell 176 0.48
Valid Votes 36,368 99.78
Rejected Votes 79 0.22
Total Polled 36,447 100.00
Registered Electors 42,986
Turnout 84.79
  1. ^ In 1971 Gunasekera left the SLFP and continued as an independent member of parliament.

1977 Parliamentary General Election

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

Candidate Party Symbol Votes %
P. Sumathiratne United National Party Elephant 20,354 56.71
Sarath Wickrama Dias Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand 15,032 41.88
George Ratnayaka Star 390 1.09
Valid Votes 35,787 99.71
Rejected Votes 103 0.29
Total Polled 35,890 100.00
Registered Electors 40,357
Turnout 88.93

References

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  1. ^ "The Electoral System". Parliament of Sri Lanka.
  2. ^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 19 March 1960" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 14 December 2018.
  3. ^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 20 July 1960" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 14 December 2018.
  4. ^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1965" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 14 December 2018.
  5. ^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1970" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 14 December 2018.
  6. ^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1977" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 14 December 2018.