Bentara-Elpitiya electoral district was an electoral district of Sri Lanka between March 1960 and February 1989. The district was named after the towns of Bentara(Bentota) and Elpitiya 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] Bentara-Elpitiya electoral district was replaced by the Galle multi-member electoral district at the 1989 general elections.

Members of Parliament

Key

  Independent   SLFP   UNP

ElectionMemberPartyTerm
1960 (March) R. G. Samaranayake United National Party 1960
1960 (July) Albert Kariyawasam Sri Lanka Freedom Party 1960-1965
1965 R. G. Samaranayake United National Party 1965-1966
1966 parliamentary by-election Albert Kariyawasam Sri Lanka Freedom Party 1966-1970
1970 1970-1977
1977 Rupasena Karunatillake United National Party 1977-1989

Elections

1960 (March) Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
R. G. SamaranayakeUnited National PartyElephant7,76924.03
Albert KariyawasamMahajana Eksath PeramunaCartwheel7,17722.20
Henry AbeywickremaSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand4,31913.36
Leslie SirimanneSun3,72711.53
K. A. WimalapalaCommunist Party of CeylonStar3,67811.37
J. D. A. JayasekeraMortar1,6525.11
K. SurasenaLanka Sama Samaja PartyKey1,5224.71
P. A. PremadasaCockrel1,1413.53
D. B. Wickrema ArachchiUmbrella8042.49
D. K. MahavithanaLamp1920.59
P. A. Dharmasena WijeratneEye1800.56
Valid Votes32,16199.46
Rejected Votes1750.54
Total Polled32,336100.00
Registered Electors41,412
Turnout78.08

1960 (July) Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Albert KariyawasamSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand18,34958.03
R. G. SamaranayakeUnited National PartyElephant12,36239.10
J. D. A. JayasekeraMahajana Eksath PeramunaCartwheel8192.59
Valid Votes31,53099.72
Rejected Votes880.28
Total Polled31,618100.00
Registered Electors41,412
Turnout76.35

1965 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
R. G. SamaranayakeUnited National PartyElephant22,08549.47
Albert KariyawasamSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand21,08447.23
J. P. GajanayakeMahajana Eksath PeramunaCartwheel1,1722.63
Valid Votes44,34199.32
Rejected Votes3040.68
Total Polled44,645100.00
Registered Electors52,449
Turnout85.12

1966 Parliamentary By-Election

Results of the parliamentary by-election, held on 24 October 1966:[5]

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Albert KariyawasamSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand24,13251.57
C. W. SamaranayakaUnited National PartyElephant22,45547.99
Valid Votes46,58799.56
Rejected Votes2060.44
Total Polled46,793100.00
Registered Electors56,158
Turnout83.32

1970 Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 7th parliamentary election held on 27 May 1970:[6]

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Albert KariyawasamSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand29,80156.63
Rupasena KarunatillakeUnited National PartyElephant22,70943.15
Valid Votes52,51099.78
Rejected Votes1140.22
Total Polled52,624100.00
Registered Electors59,022
Turnout89.16

1977 Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 8th parliamentary election held on 21 July 1977:[7]

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Rupasena KarunatillakeUnited National PartyElephant26,67959.61
Albert KariyawasamSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand14,82533.12
Peter JayasekeraCommunist Party of CeylonStar2,8426.35
Sirisena JayasekeraLamp1090.24
K. A. ChandrasenaEye970.22
Ariyadasa P. ThanthrigeUmbrella760.17
Valid Votes44,62899.71
Rejected Votes1300.29
Total Polled44,758100.00
Registered Electors51,656
Turnout86.65

References

  1. ↑ "The Electoral System". Parliament of Sri Lanka.
  2. ↑ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 19 March 1960" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 21 June 2017.
  3. ↑ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1960-07-20" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-09-24.
  4. ↑ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1965" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-07-13.
  5. ↑ "Results of the by Elections Subsequent to Parliamentary General Election of 1965" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 26 May 2021.
  6. ↑ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1970" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka.
  7. ↑ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1977" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-17.

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