Alutnuwara Electoral District Explained

Alutnuwara electoral district was an electoral district of Sri Lanka between August 1947 and March 1960. The district was named after the town of Alutnuwara in Ratnapura 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] Alutnuwara electoral district was replaced by the Ratnapura multi-member electoral district at the 1989 general elections, the first under the proportional representation system.

Members of Parliament

Key

Election		Member	Party	Term
	1947	D. Ramanujam	CIC	1947-1952
	1952	J. A. Rambukpota	UNP	1952-155
	1955 by-election	E. B. Dimbulane		1955-1956
	1956	K. D. Goonaratne	SLFP	1956-1960

Elections

1947 Parliamentary General Election

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

align=left width="180"	Candidate!	align=left width="180"	Party!	align=left width="120"	Symbol!	align=left width="60"	Votes!	align=left width="60"	%
		Lamp	2,772	46.64
		Pair of Scales	1,335	22.46
T. M. A. Ratnayake	Independent	Star	567	9.54
C. E. Kumbalwela		Umbrella	522	8.78
W. H. Ratnayaka	Independent	Elephant	310	5.22
P. B. M. Bandaranayake	Independent	Hand	147	2.47
align=left colspan=3	Valid Votes	5,653	95.12
align=left colspan=3	Rejected Votes	290	4.88
align=left colspan=3	Total Polled	5,943	100.00
align=left colspan=3	Registered Electors	16,487
align=left colspan=4	Turnout	36.05

1952 Parliamentary General Election

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

align=left width="180"	Candidate!	align=left width="180"	Party!	align=left width="120"	Symbol!	align=left width="60"	Votes!	align=left width="60"	%
		align=Left	Key	3,595	50.94
	Independent	Pair of Scales	815	11.55
M. B. Kotagama	Independent	Elephant	814	11.54
K. B. Herath		Hand	800	11.34
Cuda Banda Bibile	NLSSP	Lamp	640	9.07
Paramasivam Arunachalam	Independent	Star	185	2.62
align=left colspan=3	Valid Votes	6,849	97.05
align=left colspan=3	Rejected Votes	208	2.95
align=left colspan=3	Total Polled	7,057	100.00
align=left colspan=3	Registered Electors	16,190
align=left colspan=4	Turnout	43.59

1955 Parliamentary By-Election

Results of the parliamentary by-election held on 28 May 1955:^[4]

align=left width="180"	Candidate!	align=left width="180"	Party!	align=left width="120"	Symbol!	align=left width="60"	Votes!	align=left width="60"	%
		Umbrella	5,291	57.71
Daya Gunasekera		Hand	2,177	23.74
C. B. Palagolla		Elephant	954	10.41
K. B. Herath	Communist Party	Star	504	5.50
align=left colspan=3	Valid Votes	8,926	97.35
align=left colspan=3	Rejected Votes	243	2.65
align=left colspan=3	Total Polled	9,169	100.00
align=left colspan=3	Registered Electors	16,190
align=left colspan=3	Turnout	56.63

1956 Parliamentary General Election

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

align=left width="180"	Candidate!	align=left width="180"	Party!	align=left width="120"	Symbol!	align=left width="60"	Votes!	align=left width="60"	%
		Hand	5,339	64.15
		Elephant	2,891	34.74
align=left colspan=3	Valid Votes	8,230	98.88
align=left colspan=3	Rejected Votes	93	1.12
align=left colspan=3	Total Polled	8,323	100.00
align=left colspan=3	Registered Electors	19,717
align=left colspan=4	Turnout	42.21

Notes and References

1. Web site: The Electoral System. Parliament of Sri Lanka.
2. Web site: Result of Parliamentary General Election 1947. Department of Elections, Sri Lanka.
3. Web site: Result of Parliamentary General Election 1952. Department of Elections, Sri Lanka.
4. Web site: Result of the Parliamentary By-Elections held between 1947 - 1988. Department of Elections, Sri Lanka.
5. Web site: Result of Parliamentary General Election 1956. Department of Elections, Sri Lanka.