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

Members of Parliament

Key

  Independent   SLFP   UNP

ElectionMemberPartyTerm
1960 (March) T. B. Ilangaratne Sri Lanka Freedom Party 1960
1960 (July) 1960-65
1965 M. A. Daniel United National Party 1965-70
1970 Piyasena Tennakoon Sri Lanka Freedom Party 1970-77
1977 M. A. Daniel United National Party 1977-82
1982 Rupa Sriyani Daniel 1982-89

Elections

1960 (March) Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
T. B. IlangaratneSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand5,57039.29
R. M. C. RatnayakeUnited National PartyElephant2,90920.52
M. A. DanielIndependentShip2,34916.57
P. M. JayaratneUmbrella1,2228.62
M. B. JayasingheKey1,0287.25
Premaratne TennekoonCartwheel4002.82
K. B. DissanayakeClock3472.45
Indrapala BulathsinghalaEye1571.11
Valid Votes13,98298.62
Rejected Votes1951.38
Total Polled14,177100.00
Registered Electors17,579
Turnout80.65

1960 (July) Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
T. B. IlangaratneSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand7,18149.95
M. A. DanielUnited National PartyElephant7,05549.07
Valid Votes14,23699.02
Rejected Votes1410.98
Total Polled14,377100.00
Registered Electors17,579
Turnout81.79

1965 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
M. A. DanielUnited National PartyElephant10,62253.21
T. B. IlangaratneSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand9,21946.18
Valid Votes19,84199.39
Rejected Votes1220.61
Total Polled19,963100.00
Registered Electors22,478
Turnout88.81

1970 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Piyasena TennakoonSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand13,07155.21
M. A. DanielUnited National PartyElephant10,45444.15
Valid Votes23,52599.36
Rejected Votes1510.64
Total Polled23,676100.00
Registered Electors26,489
Turnout89.38

1977 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
M. A. DanielUnited National PartyElephant17,35561.13
Piyasena TennakoonSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand10,60537.35
Jayampathi WickremaratnaKey3521.24
Valid Votes28,31299.72
Rejected Votes800.28
Total Polled28,392100.00
Registered Electors31,716
Turnout89.52

In April 1982 Daniel resigned his seat in parliament, following inquiries relating to his involvement in alleged gold-smuggling activities. His sister, Rupa Sriyani, was appointed by the United National Party as his replacement.

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 4 December 2018.
  3. ↑ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 20 July 1960" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 4 December 2018.
  4. ↑ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1965" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 4 December 2018.
  5. ↑ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1970" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 4 December 2018.
  6. ↑ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1977" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 4 December 2018.

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