Uva Paranagama Electoral District

Uva Paranagama electoral district was an electoral district of Sri Lanka between March 1960 and February 1989. The district was named after the town of Uva Paranagama in Badulla District, Uva 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] Uva Paranagama electoral district was replaced by the Badulla 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) Kusuma Rajaratne NLF 1960
1960 (July) 1960-1965
1965 1965-1970
1970 S. B. Delungahawatta SLFP 1970-1977
1977 R. M. Karunaratne UNP 1977-1989

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:[2]

Candidate Party Symbol Votes %
Kusuma Rajaratne National Liberation Front Aeroplane 4,662 40.40
M. B. Bambarapane United National Party Elephant 2,695 23.35
S. B. Delungahawatte Independent Rooster 1,790 15.51
D. C. Wijesooriya Independent Ladder 855 7.41
M. Danister Perera Sun 440 3.81
E. B. Dimbulane Rabbit 429 3.72
Henry Dharmasena Cartwheel 352 3.05
K. V. Don Sugathadasa Umbrella 209 1.81
Valid Votes 11,432 99.06
Rejected Votes 108 0.94
Total Polled 11,540 100.00
Registered Electors 14,519
Turnout 79.48

1960 (July) Parliamentary General Election

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

Candidate Party Symbol Votes %
Kusuma Rajaratne National Liberation Front Aeroplane 6,473 56.88
S. B. Delungahawatta United National Party Elephant 4,830 42.44
Valid Votes 11,303 99.32
Rejected Votes 78 0.68
Total Polled 11,381 100.00
Registered Electors 14,519
Turnout 78.39

1965 Parliamentary General Election

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

Candidate Party Symbol Votes %
Kusuma Rajaratne National Liberation Front Aeroplane 6,839 44.26
M. B. Bambarapane Independent Lamp 4,888 31.63
S. B. Delungahawatta Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand 3,558 23.02
Valid Votes 15,285 98.91
Rejected Votes 168 1.09
Total Polled 15,453 100.00
Registered Electors 18,630
Turnout 82.95

1970 Parliamentary General Election

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

Candidate Party Symbol Votes %
S. B. Delungahawatta Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand 9,245 46.91
R. M. Karunaratne United National Party Elephant 7,530 38.20
R. M. G. Samaranayake Umbrella 2,143 10.87
W. D. Jothiratne Bell 249 10.87
E. B. Dimbulana Chair 245 1.24
D. M. Appuhamy Lamp 210 1.07
Valid Votes 19,622 99.55
Rejected Votes 88 0.45
Total Polled 19,710 100.00
Registered Electors 22,384
Turnout 88.05

1977 Parliamentary General Election

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

Candidate Party Symbol Votes %
R. M. Karunaratne United National Party Elephant 15,108 62.47
S. B. Delungahawatte Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand 8,134 33.63
Karunapala Ratnayake Key 260 1.08
Gamini Samaranayake Umbrella 190 0.79
M. D. Perera Aeroplane 141 0.58
Tissa Deshapriya Herath Lamp 130 0.54
Nissanaka Bandaranayake Cartwheel 45 0.19
Gunapala Badrage Scales 40 0.17
Valid Votes 24,048 99.43
Rejected Votes 137 0.57
Total Polled 24,185
Registered Electors 26,908 100.00
Turnout 89.88

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 28 June 2018.
  3. ^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 20 July 1960" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 8 May 2017.
  4. ^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1965" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 28 June 2018.
  5. ^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1970" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 28 June 2018.
  6. ^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1977" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 28 June 2018.