Ampara Electoral District (1960–1989) Explained

Ampara Electoral District (Amparai Electoral District) was an electoral district of Sri Lanka between March 1960 and February 1989. The district was named after the town of Ampara in Ampara District, Eastern 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] Ampara electoral district was replaced by the Ampara (Amparai) multi-member electoral district at the 1989 general elections, the first under the PR system, though Ampara continues to be a polling division of the multi-member electoral district.

Members of Parliament

Key

ElectionMemberPartyTerm
1960 (March)Wijayabahu WijayasinhaSri Lanka Freedom Party1960-1960
1960 (July)Indrasena de Zoysa1960-1965
1965Senerath Somaratne1965-1977
1970
1977Petikirige DayaratnaUnited National Party1977-1989

Elections

1960 (March) Parliamentary General Election

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

align=left colspan=2 width="180"Candidate!align=left width="180"Party!align=left width="120"Symbol!align=left width="60"Votes!align=left width="60"%
bgcolor=  Wijayabahu WijayasinhaSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand4,23732.09%
bgcolor=  M. S. BakmiwewaMahajana Eksath PeramunaCart Wheel3,82929.00%
bgcolor=  D. P. GoonatilakeUnited National PartyElephant2,96222.43%
bgcolor=  A. S. de SilvaLanka Sama Samaja PartyKey1,57711.94%
K. P. Augo SinghoIndependentSun2461.86%
bgcolor=  D. WickramaarachchigeLanka Democratic Party[3] Umbrella1841.39%
H. M. AppuhamyCockerel880.67%
Indradasa SamaranayakeOrange800.61%
align=left colspan=4Valid Votes13,203100.00%
align=left colspan=4Rejected Votes188
align=left colspan=4Total Polled13,391
align=left colspan=4Registered Electors19,535
align=left colspan=4Turnout68.55%

1960 (July) Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 5th parliamentary election held on 20 July 1960:[4]

align=left colspan=2 width="180"Candidate!align=left width="180"Party!align=left width="120"Symbol!align=left width="60"Votes!align=left width="60"%
bgcolor=  Indrasena de ZoysaSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand5,71044.79%
bgcolor=  D. P. GoonatilakeUnited National PartyElephant3,71329.13%
bgcolor=  M. S. BakmiwewaMahajana Eksath PeramunaCart Wheel3,32526.08%
align=left colspan=4Valid Votes12,748100.00%
align=left colspan=4Rejected Votes79
align=left colspan=4Total Polled12,827
align=left colspan=4Registered Electors19,535
align=left colspan=4Turnout65.66%

1965 Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 6th parliamentary election held on 22 March 1965:[5]

align=left colspan=2 width="180"Candidate!align=left width="180"Party!align=left width="120"Symbol!align=left width="60"Votes!align=left width="60"%
bgcolor=  Senerath SomaratneSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand10,07741.20%
bgcolor=  Kalanasiri SundasingheUnited National PartyElephant7,85732.12%
bgcolor=  M. S. BakmiwewaMahajana Eksath PeramunaCart Wheel6,52426.67%
align=left colspan=4Valid Votes24,458100.00%
align=left colspan=4Rejected Votes290
align=left colspan=4Total Polled24,748
align=left colspan=4Registered Electors32,914
align=left colspan=4Turnout75.19%

1970 Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 7th parliamentary election held on 27 May 1970:[6]

align=left colspan=2 width="180"Candidate!align=left width="180"Party!align=left width="120"Symbol!align=left width="60"Votes!align=left width="60"%
bgcolor=  Senerath SomaratneSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand18,57055.97%
bgcolor=  Petikirige DayaratnaUnited National PartyElephant14,19442.78%
Y. S. MinorisChair4141.25%
align=left colspan=4Valid Votes33,178100.00%
align=left colspan=4Rejected Votes220
align=left colspan=4Total Polled33,398
align=left colspan=4Registered Electors42,029
align=left colspan=4Turnout79.46%

1977 Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 8th parliamentary election held on 21 July 1977:[7]

align=left colspan=2 width="180"Candidate!align=left width="180"Party!align=left width="120"Symbol!align=left width="60"Votes!align=left width="60"%
Petikirige DayaratnaElephant24,58159.18%
Senerath SomaratneHand16,00938.54%
A. Seelaratne De SilvaKey9452.28%
align=left colspan=4Valid Votes41,535100.00%
align=left colspan=4Rejected Votes161
align=left colspan=4Total Polled41,696
align=left colspan=4Registered Electors49,006
align=left colspan=4Turnout85.08%

References & footnotes

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: The Electoral System . . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20101127041829/http://parliament.lk/about_us/electoral_system.jsp . 2010-11-27 .
  2. Web site: Result of Parliamentary General Election 1960-03-19 . Department of Elections, Sri Lanka . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150712194326/http://www.slelections.gov.lk/pdf/Results_1960_03_19%20GENERAL%20ELECTION.PDF . 2015-07-12 .
  3. Also known as the Lanka Prajathanthravadi Pakshaya
  4. Web site: Result of Parliamentary General Election 1960-07-20 . Department of Elections, Sri Lanka . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150924115611/http://www.slelections.gov.lk/pdf/Results_1960_07_20%20GENERAL%20ELECTION.PDF . 2015-09-24 .
  5. Web site: Result of Parliamentary General Election 1965 . Department of Elections, Sri Lanka . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150713003440/http://www.slelections.gov.lk/pdf/Results_1965%20GENERAL%20ELECTION.PDF . 2015-07-13 .
  6. Web site: Result of Parliamentary General Election 1970 . https://web.archive.org/web/20091209231958/http://www.slelections.gov.lk/pdf/Results_1970%20GENERAL%20ELECTION.PDF . dead . 2009-12-09 . Department of Elections, Sri Lanka .
  7. Web site: Result of Parliamentary General Election 1977 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110717002624/http://www.slelections.gov.lk/pdf/General%20Election%201977.PDF . dead . 2011-07-17 . Department of Elections, Sri Lanka .

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