Attanagalla Electoral District Explained

Attanagalla electoral district was an electoral district of Sri Lanka between August 1947 and February 1989. The district was named after the town of Attanagalla in present-day Gampaha District, Western 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] Attanagalla electoral district was replaced by the Gampaha multi-member electoral district at the 1989 general elections, the first under the PR system, though Attanagalla continues to be a polling division of the multi-member electoral district.

Members of Parliament

Key

ElectionMemberPartyTerm
1947S. W. R. D. BandaranaikeUnited National Party1947-1952
1952Sri Lanka Freedom Party1952-1956
19561956-1959
1960James Peter Obeyesekere III1960-1960
19601960-1965
1965Sirimavo R. D. Bandaranaike1965-1970
19701970-1977
19771977-1980
1980 (Nom)Lakshman Jayakody1980-1989

Elections

1947 Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 1st parliamentary election held between 23 August 1947 and 20 September 1947 for the district:[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"%
S. W. R. D. BandaranaikeUnited National PartyHand31,46386.23
Chandra GunasekeraLanka Sama Samaja PartyElephant4,60912.63
align=left colspan=3Valid Votes36,07298.86
align=left colspan=3Rejected Votes4171.14
align=left colspan=3Total Polled36,489100.00
align=left colspan=3Registered Electors55,948
align=left colspan=4Turnout65.22

1952 Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 2nd parliamentary election held between 24 May 1952 and 30 May 1952 for the district:[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 Elephant38,478 85.94
A. W. G. SeneviratneStar5,93413.25
align=left colspan=3Valid Votes44,41299.20
align=left colspan=3Rejected Votes3600.80
align=left colspan=3Total Polled44,772100.00
align=left colspan=3Registered Electors58,322
align=left colspan=4Turnout76.77

1956 Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 3rd parliamentary election held between 5 April 1956 and 10 April 1956 for the district:[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"%
S. W. R. D. BandaranaikeSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand45,01691.82
A. W. G. SeneviratneElephant3,0196.16
I. TinsiIndependentUmbrella6211.27
align=left colspan=3Valid Votes48,65699.25
align=left colspan=3Rejected Votes3690.75
align=left colspan=3Total Polled49,025100.00
align=left colspan=3Registered Electors64,310
align=left colspan=4Turnout76.23

1960 (March) Parliamentary General Election

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

align=left width="190"Candidate!align=left width="180"Party!align=left width="120"Symbol!align=left width="60"Votes!align=left width="60"%
James Peter Obeyesekere IIISri Lanka Freedom PartyHand20,98573.30
A. W. G. SeneviratneElephant5,66819.80
Gemunu KulasekeraKey1,5595.45
Mahanama WickremasingheOrange2540.89
align=left colspan=3Valid Votes28,46699.43
align=left colspan=3Rejected Votes1620.57
align=left colspan=3Total Polled28,628100.00
align=left colspan=3Registered Electors35,783
align=left colspan=4Turnout80.00

1960 (July) Parliamentary General Election

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

align=left width="190"Candidate!align=left width="180"Party!align=left width="120"Symbol!align=left width="60"Votes!align=left width="60"%
James Peter Obeyesekere IIISri Lanka Freedom PartyHand22,49181.84
A. W. G. SeneviratneElephant4,87017.72
align=left colspan=3Valid Votes27,36199.56
align=left colspan=3Rejected Votes1210.44
align=left colspan=3Total Polled27,482100.00
align=left colspan=3Registered Electors35,783
align=left colspan=4Turnout76.80

1965 Parliamentary General Election

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

align=left width="190"Candidate!align=left width="180"Party!align=left width="120"Symbol!align=left width="60"Votes!align=left width="60"%
Sirimavo BandaranaikeSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand26,15071.88
A. W. G. SeneviratneElephant9,61526.43
J. KasturiarachiMahajana Eksath PeramunaCart Wheel2880.79
U.H.D.S. WijetungaClock1850.51
align=left colspan=3Valid Votes36,23899.61
align=left colspan=3Rejected Votes1420.39
align=left colspan=3Total Polled36,380100.00
align=left colspan=3Registered Electors42,735
align=left colspan=4Turnout85.13

1970 Parliamentary General Election

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

align=left width="190"Candidate!align=left width="180"Party!align=left width="120"Symbol!align=left width="60"Votes!align=left width="60"%
Sirimavo BandaranaikeSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand31,61275.25
J. R. P. SuriyapperumaElephant9,88923.54
R. A. D. W. RatnasekeraShip3490.83
align=left colspan=3Valid Votes41,85099.62
align=left colspan=3Rejected Votes1610.38
align=left colspan=3Total Polled42,011100.00
align=left colspan=3Registered Electors48,908
align=left colspan=4Turnout85.90

1977 Parliamentary General Election

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

align=left width="190"Candidate!align=left width="180"Party!align=left width="120"Symbol!align=left width="60"Votes!align=left width="60"%
Sirimavo BandaranaikeHand30,22658.87
A. W. G. SeneviratneElephant19,56338.10
Chandra GunasekeraKey1,0672.08
T. A. D. K. ThambugalaStar3350.65
align=left colspan=3Valid Votes51,19199.70
align=left colspan=3Rejected Votes1520.30
align=left colspan=3Total Polled51,343100.00
align=left colspan=3Registered Electors58,236
align=left colspan=4Turnout88.16

References

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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 1947 . https://web.archive.org/web/20091209231847/http://www.slelections.gov.lk/pdf/Results_1947%20GENERAL%20ELECTION.PDF . dead . 2009-12-09 . Department of Elections, Sri Lanka .
  3. Web site: Result of Parliamentary General Election 1952 . https://web.archive.org/web/20091209231904/http://www.slelections.gov.lk/pdf/Results_1952%20GENERAL%20ELECTION.PDF . dead . 2009-12-09 . Department of Elections, Sri Lanka .
  4. Web site: Result of Parliamentary General Election 1956 . https://web.archive.org/web/20091209232204/http://www.slelections.gov.lk/pdf/Results_1956%20GENERAL%20ELECTION.PDF . dead . 2009-12-09 . Department of Elections, Sri Lanka .
  5. Web site: Result of Parliamentary General Election 1960-03-19 . https://web.archive.org/web/20091209231748/http://www.slelections.gov.lk/pdf/Results_1960_03_19%20GENERAL%20ELECTION.PDF . dead . 2009-12-09 . Department of Elections, Sri Lanka .
  6. Web site: Result of Parliamentary General Election 1960-07-20 . https://web.archive.org/web/20091209232020/http://www.slelections.gov.lk/pdf/Results_1960_07_20%20GENERAL%20ELECTION.PDF . dead . 2009-12-09 . Department of Elections, Sri Lanka .
  7. Web site: Result of Parliamentary General Election 1965 . Department of Elections, Sri Lanka .
  8. Web site: Result of Parliamentary General Election 1970 . Department of Elections, Sri Lanka .
  9. Web site: Result of Parliamentary General Election 1977 . Department of Elections, Sri Lanka .

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