Kegalle Electoral District (1947–1989)

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

Members of Parliament

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Key

  Independent   SLFP   UNP

Election Member Party Term
1947 N. H. Keerthiratne UNP
1952
1956 P. B. G. Kalugalla SLFP
1960 (March)
1960 (July)
1965
1970
1977 N. A. Seneviratne UNP

Elections

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1947 Parliamentary General Election

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

Candidate Party Symbol Votes %
N. H. Keerthiratne Elephant 14,550 66.28
R. V. Dedigama Key 7,059 32.16
Valid Votes 21,609 98.44
Rejected Votes 343 1.56
Total Polled 21,952 100.00
Registered Electors 41,791
Turnout 52.053

1952 Parliamentary General Election

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

Candidate Party Symbol Votes %
N. H. Keerthiratne Star 16,443 64.36
Lionel Samarakkody Hand 8,358 32.71
K. A. Siriratne Elephant 403 1.58
Valid Votes 25,208 98.67
Rejected Votes 341 1.33
Total Polled 25,549 100.00
Registered Electors 35,428
Turnout 72.12

1956 Parliamentary General Election

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

Candidate Party Symbol Votes %
P. B. G. Kalugalla Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand 21,754 73.66
Winston Wickremasinghe United National Party Elephant 8,830 29.90
Valid Votes 28,271 99.12
Rejected Votes 260 0.88
Total Polled 29,531 100.00
Registered Electors 39,972
Turnout 73.88

1960 (March) Parliamentary General Election

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

Candidate Party Symbol Votes %
P. B. G. Kalugalla Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand 10,572 48.25
N. H. Keerthiratne United National Party Elephant 8,964 40.91
Stephen Perera Key 1,064 4.86
Tissa Wijeratne Star 653 2.98
Herbert Vithanage Lamp 182 0.83
H. Dharmasiri Fonseka Umbrella 177 0.81
K. A. Vincent Perera Pair of Scales 144 0.66
Valid Votes 21,756 99.30
Rejected Votes 154 0.70
Total Polled 21,910 100.00
Registered Electors 26,829
Turnout 81.67

1960 (July) Parliamentary General Election

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

Candidate Party Symbol Votes %
P. B. G. Kalugalla Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand 11,741 54.17
N. H. Keerthiratne United National Party Elephant 9,847 45.43
Valid Votes 21,588 99.60
Rejected Votes 87 0.40
Total Polled 21,675 100.00
Registered Electors 26,829
Turnout 80.79

1965 Parliamentary General Election

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

Candidate Party Symbol Votes %
P. B. G. Kalugalla Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand 15,644 53.67
Nimal Karunatilake United National Party Elephant 13,283 45.57
Valid Votes 28,927 99.23
Rejected Votes 224 0.77
Total Polled 29,151 100.00
Registered Electors 34,451
Turnout 84.62

1970 Parliamentary General Election

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

Candidate Party Symbol Votes %
P. B. G. Kalugalla Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand 21,009 63.13
N. A. Seneviratne United National Party Elephant 11,977 35.99
M. Athurupana Bell 239 0.72
Valid Votes 33,225 99.83
Rejected Votes 56 0.17
Total Polled 33,281 100.00
Registered Electors 38,206
Turnout 87.11

1977 Parliamentary General Election

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Results of the 8th parliamentary election held on 21 July 1977 for the district:[9]

Candidate Party Symbol Votes %
N. A. Seneviratne United National Party Elephant 17,403 51.43
P. B. G. Kalugalla Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand 15,339 45.33
P. M. G. Wijesuriya Key 1,021 3.02
Valid Votes 33,763 99.78
Rejected Votes 75 0.22
Total Polled 33,838 100.00
Registered Electors 38,396
Turnout 88.13

References

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  1. ^ "The Electoral System". Parliament of Sri Lanka.
  2. ^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1947" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 19 June 2017.[permanent dead link]
  3. ^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1952" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 19 June 2017.[permanent dead link]
  4. ^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1956" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 19 June 2017.[permanent dead link]
  5. ^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 19 March 1960" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 19 June 2017.[permanent dead link]
  6. ^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 20 July 1960" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 17 June 2017.[permanent dead link]
  7. ^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1965" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 19 June 2017.[permanent dead link]
  8. ^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1970" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 19 June 2017.[permanent dead link]
  9. ^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1977" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 19 June 2017.