Ambalangoda-Balapitiya Electoral District Explained

Ambalangoda-Balapitiya electoral district was an electoral district of Sri Lanka between August 1947 and March 1960. The district was named after the towns of Ambalangoda and Balapitiya in Galle District, Southern Province. The electorate was a two-member seat. 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] Ambalangoda-Balapitiya electoral district was replaced by the Galle 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	P. H. William de Silva	LSSP
		Arthur de Zoysa	UNP
	1952	Ian de Zoysa
		P. H. William de Silva	LSSP
	1956	M. P. de Zoysa	MEP
		P. H. William de Silva

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"	%
		Umbrella	37,650	36.28
		Eye	26,764	25.79
		House	17,520	16.88
P. A. Premadasa		Spoon	9,086	8.76
D. Stanley de Zoysa		Pair of Scales	3,927	3.78
S. Abeygunawardena		Cartwheel	3,105	2.99
K. T. E. de Silva		Flower	2,000	1.93
D. J. Prematilleke		Elephant	1,002	0.97
align=left colspan=3	Valid Votes	101,504	97.81
align=left colspan=3	Rejected Votes	2,724	2.19
align=left colspan=3	Total Polled	103,778	100.00
align=left colspan=3	Registered Electors	104,843
align=left colspan=4	Turnout	98.98

1950 Parliamentary By Election

Results of the 1950 by-election held on 20 May 1950:^[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"	%
		Key	23,558	49.41
		Bird	21,590	45.28
J. Sumanasena		Butterfly	1,429	2.99
S. D. S. Goonetilleke		Umbrella	600	1.26
align=left colspan=3	Valid Votes	47,177	98.94
align=left colspan=3	Rejected Votes	505	1.06
align=left colspan=3	Total Polled	47,682	100.00
align=left colspan=3	Registered Electors	104,843
align=left colspan=4	Turnout	45.48

1952 Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 2nd parliamentary election held between 24 May 1952 and 30 May 1952:^[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"	%
	United National Party	Lamp	37,901	29.80
		Eye	33,803	26.58
A. H. E. Fernando	Sri Lanka Freedom Party	Elephant	18,657	14.67
M. H. Saddhasena		Hand	16,945	13.33
	Sri Lanka Freedom Party	Star	12,496	9.83
		Key	6,017	4.73
S. D. S. Goonetilleka		Umbrella	1,335	1.05
align=left colspan=3	Valid Votes	127,154	97.74
align=left colspan=3	Rejected Votes	2,942	2.26
align=left colspan=3	Total Polled	130,096	100.00
align=left colspan=3	Registered Electors	92,398
align=left colspan=4	Turnout

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	45,626	35.19
	Mahajana Eksath Peramuna	Cartwheel	43,769	33.76
	Sri Lanka Freedom Party	Elephant	22,959	17.71
Sommie Ranasinghe		Umbrella	12,811	9.88
N. C. D. de Silva		Eye	1,796	1.38
align=left colspan=3	Valid Votes	126,961	97.92
align=left colspan=3	Rejected Votes	2,691	2.08
align=left colspan=3	Total Polled	129,652
align=left colspan=3	Registered Electors	100,326
align=left colspan=4	Turnout

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 . 9 May 2017 .
3. Web site: Results of the Parliamentary By Elections held between 1947 - 1988 . Department of Elections, Sri Lanka . 24 May 2017 .
4. Web site: Result of Parliamentary General Election 1952 . Department of Elections, Sri Lanka . 9 May 2017 .
5. Web site: Result of Parliamentary General Election 1956 . Department of Elections, Sri Lanka . 9 May 2017 .