Ambalangoda Electoral District Explained

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

Members of Parliament

Key

ElectionMemberPartyTerm
1960 (March)Mahajana Eksath Peramuna1960
1960 (July)United National Party1960-1965
19651965-1970
1970L. C. de SilvaLanka Sama Samaja Party1970-1977
1977Raitor ThilakasekaraUnited National Party1977-1988

Elections

1960 (March) Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 4th parliamentary election held on 19 March 1960:[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"%
Cartwheel 8,716 38.33
Elephant 6,713 29.52
Wilson Wijetunga Hand 3,521 15.48
Eddie Fernando Pair of Scales 3,348 14.72
Piyasena Mahamadachchi Umbrella 216 0.95
M. H. E. Ariyapala Eye 154 0.68
align=left colspan=3Valid Votes22,66899.69
align=left colspan=3Rejected Votes71 0.31
align=left colspan=3Total Polled22,739100.00
align=left colspan=3Registered Electors28,618
align=left colspan=4Turnout82.95

1960 (July) Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 5th parliamentary election held on 20 July 1960:[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"%
Elephant 10,034 46.98
Cartwheel 8,045 37.67
P. W. Wilfred de Silva Key 3,215 15.05
align=left colspan=3Valid Votes21,29499.71
align=left colspan=3Rejected Votes62 0.29
align=left colspan=3Total Polled21,356 100.00
align=left colspan=3Registered Electors28,618
align=left colspan=4Turnout74.62

1965 Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 6th parliamentary election held on 22 March 1965:[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"%
Elephant 15,433 52.50
Hand 13,808 46.98
align=left colspan=3Valid Votes29,24199.48
align=left colspan=3Rejected Votes152 0.52
align=left colspan=3Total Polled29,393 100.00
align=left colspan=3Registered Electors35,335
align=left colspan=4Turnout83.18

1970 Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 7th parliamentary election held on 27 May 1970:[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"%
Key 22,356 64.40
United National PartyElephant 11,728 33.79
U. D. Kulasinghe Bell 544 1.57
align=left colspan=3Valid Votes34,62899.76
align=left colspan=3Rejected Votes82 0.23
align=left colspan=3Total Polled34,710 100.00
align=left colspan=3Registered Electors40,103
align=left colspan=4Turnout86.55

1977 Parliamentary General Election

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

align=left width="180"Candidate!align=left width="180"Party!align=left width="120"Symbol!align=left width="60"Votes!align=left width="60"%
Elephant 17,829 51.83
Key 9,654 28.06
A. M. Karunaratne Hand 6,748 19.62
S. M. Weihena Cartwheel 111 0.32
A. D. Peiris Chair 58 0.17
align=left colspan=3Valid Votes34,319 99.76
align=left colspan=3Rejected Votes81 0.24
align=left colspan=3Total Polled34,400
align=left colspan=3Registered Electors39,254
align=left colspan=4Turnout87.63

Notes and References

  1. Web site: The Electoral System. Parliament of Sri Lanka.
  2. Web site: Result of Parliamentary General Election 1960-03-19 . Department of Elections, Sri Lanka . 6 January 2019 .
  3. Web site: Result of Parliamentary General Election July 1960 . Department of Elections, Sri Lanka . 7 January 2019 .
  4. Web site: Result of Parliamentary General Election 1965 . Department of Elections, Sri Lanka . 8 January 2020 .
  5. Web site: Result of Parliamentary General Election 1970 . Department of Elections, Sri Lanka . 6 January 2019 .
  6. Web site: Result of Parliamentary General Election 1977 . Department of Elections, Sri Lanka .