Mawanella electoral district was an electoral district of Sri Lanka between August 1947 and February 1989. The district was named after the town of Mawanella 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] Mawanella electoral district was replaced by the Kegalle multi-member electoral district at the 1989 general elections, the first under the proportional representation system.

Members of Parliament

Key

  Independent   SLFP   UNP

ElectionMemberPartyTerm
1947 Harris Leuke Ratwatte UNP 1947-1952
1952 C. R. Beligammana SLFP 1952-1956
1956 1956-1960
1960 (March) P. B. Bandaranayake UNP 1960
1960 (July) P. R. Ratnayake SLFP 1960-1965
1965 C. R. Beligammana UNP 1965-1970
1970 P. R. Ratnayake SLFP 1970-1977
1977 C. R. Beligammana UNP 1977-1989

Elections

1947 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Harris Leuke RatwatteUnited National PartyUmbrella9,44251.87
C. R. BeligammanaIndependentHand7,05538.76
B. AbeyaratneIndependentKey7294.01
S. M. A. MaulanaIndependentElephant7153.93
Valid Votes17,94198.57
Rejected Votes2611.43
Total Polled18,202100.00
Registered Electors34,491
Turnout52.77

1952 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
C. R. BeligammanaSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand14,22554.45
Harris Leuke RatwatteUnited National PartyElephant10,84741.52
N. H. SeelawathieIndependentWheel7392.83
Valid Votes25,81198.80
Rejected Votes3131.20
Total Polled26,124100.00
Registered Electors36,231
Turnout72.10

1956 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
C. R. BeligammanaSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand20,12560.69
N. H. KeerthiratneUnited National PartyElephant12,56437.89
M. S. MohideenCartwheel2000.60
Valid Votes32,88999.18
Rejected Votes2710.82
Total Polled33,160100.00
Registered Electors40,777
Turnout81.32

1960 (March) Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
P. B. BandaranayakeUnited National PartyElephant7,23833.22
C. R. BeligammanaIndependentLamp5,92527.19
P. R. RatnayakeSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand5,63325.85
A. A. ShauketalyKey8553.92
A. K. VidyasekeraStar7943.64
N. R. B. DaswatteScales5272.42
K. M. D. SeneviratneCartwheel4552.09
G. T. AbeykoonUmbrella1260.58
S. H. Ahamed UdayarLadder1170.54
Valid Votes21,67099.45
Rejected Votes1200.55
Total Polled21,790100.00
Registered Electors27,869
Turnout78.19

1960 (July) Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
P. R. RatnayakeSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand9,21841.91
P. B. BandaranayakeUnited National PartyElephant8,72439.66
C. R. BeligammanaIndependentLamp3,95517.98
Valid Votes21,89799.55
Rejected Votes990.45
Total Polled21,996100.00
Registered Electors27,869
Turnout78.93

1965 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
C. R. BeligammanaUnited National PartyElephant17,37858.19
P. R. RatnayakeSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand12,32841.28
S. A. S. PereraIndependentCartwheel710.24
Valid Votes29,77799.72
Rejected Votes850.28
Total Polled29,862100.00
Registered Electors34,847
Turnout85.70

1970 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
P. R. RatnayakeSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand19,24255.60
C. R. BeligammanaUnited National PartyElephant14,50442.21
M. I. M. MaujoudIndependentBell4751.38
Valid Votes34,22199.59
Rejected Votes1420.41
Total Polled34,363100.00
Registered Electors38,938
Turnout88.25

1977 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
C. R. BeligammanaUnited National PartyElephant21,21157.50
P. R. RatnayakeSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand14,63239.67
P. P. VictorKey9812.66
Valid Votes36,82499.82
Rejected Votes650.18
Total Polled36,889100.00
Registered Electors41,536
Turnout88.81

References

  1. ↑ "The Electoral System". Parliament of Sri Lanka.
  2. ↑ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1947" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 12 June 2018.
  3. ↑ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1952" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 12 June 2018.
  4. ↑ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1956" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 12 June 2018.
  5. ↑ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 19 March 1960" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 12 June 2018.
  6. ↑ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 20 July 1960" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 12 June 2018.
  7. ↑ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1965" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 12 June 2018.
  8. ↑ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1970" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 12 June 2018.
  9. ↑ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1977" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 12 June 2018.

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