Balapitiya Electoral District Explained

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

Members of Parliament

Key

ElectionMemberPartyTerm
1960 (March)Lakshman de SilvaSLFP1960
1960 (July)1960-1965
1965LSSP1965-1968
1968 parliamentary by-electionLakshman de SilvaUNP1968-1970
1970Weerasinghe de SilvaLSSP1970-1977
1977Norman WaidyaratnaUNP1977-1989

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"%
Hand 8,465 32.86
L. C. de Silva Key 7,818 30.35
United National PartyElephant 6,235 24.20
Dharmasekera Welaratne Sun 1,304 5.06
A. S. de Zoysa Jayatilaka Umbrella 1,027 3.99
Wijayananda Lokusuriya Lamp 525 2.04
Flower 145 0.56
Jayasena Munasinghe Cockrel 116 0.45
align=left colspan=3Valid Votes25,63599.51
align=left colspan=3Rejected Votes126 0.49
align=left colspan=3Total Polled25,761100.00
align=left colspan=3Registered Electors34,384
align=left colspan=4Turnout74.92

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"%
Hand 13,812 55.31
Elephant 10,841 43.42
Jayasena Munasinghe Flower 317 1.27
align=left colspan=3Valid Votes24,970100.00
align=left colspan=3Rejected Votesalign=right- 0.0
align=left colspan=3Total Polled24,970 100.00
align=left colspan=3Registered Electors34,384
align=left colspan=4Turnout72.62

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"%
Key 16,615 49.39
Sun 16,519 49.10
Jayasena Munasinghe Lamp 164 0.49
P. L. V. Gunawardane Eye 130 0.39
align=left colspan=3Valid Votes33,42899.36
align=left colspan=3Rejected Votes214 0.64
align=left colspan=3Total Polled33,642 100.00
align=left colspan=3Registered Electors41,823
align=left colspan=4Turnout80.44

1968 Parliamentary By-Election

In December 1967 the incumbent, Lokuge de Silva, was unseated on the ground that he had a contract with government. The results of the 1968 parliamentary by-election held on 17 December for the electorate:[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"%
Elephant 19,485 51.87
Key 17,955 47.78
align=left colspan=3Valid Votes37,44099.67
align=left colspan=3Rejected Votes124 0.33
align=left colspan=3Total Polled37,564 100.00
align=left colspan=3Registered Electors44,043
align=left colspan=4Turnout85.29

1970 Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 7th parliamentary election held on 27 May 1970:[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"%
Key 22,659 59.18
Elephant 14,431 37.69
E. M. M. Wijerama Bell 951 2.48
Jayasena Munasinghe Ship 169 0.44
align=left colspan=3Valid Votes38,21099.80
align=left colspan=3Rejected Votes76 0.20
align=left colspan=3Total Polled38,286 100.00
align=left colspan=3Registered Electors45,862
align=left colspan=4Turnout83.48

1977 Parliamentary General Election

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

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 15,745 56.60
Lanka Sama Samaja PartyKey 6,803 24.46
Hand 4,556 16.38
H. P Sudarman de Silva Eye 343 1.23
W. S. M. M. Abeysekera Table 156 0.56
S. de S. Alankara Lamp 128 0.46
align=left colspan=3Valid Votes27,73199.69
align=left colspan=3Rejected Votes87 0.31
align=left colspan=3Total Polled27,818 100.00
align=left colspan=3Registered Electors33,016
align=left colspan=4Turnout84.26

Notes and References

  1. Web site: The Electoral System. Parliament of Sri Lanka.
  2. Web site: Result of Parliamentary General Election March 1960 . Department of Elections, Sri Lanka . 6 January 2019 .
  3. Web site: Result of Parliamentary General Election July 1960 . Department of Elections, Sri Lanka . 6 January 2019 .
  4. Web site: Result of Parliamentary General Election 1965 . Department of Elections, Sri Lanka . 6 January 2019 .
  5. Web site: Result of the Parliamentary By-Elections held between 1947 and 1988 . Department of Elections, Sri Lanka .
  6. Web site: Result of Parliamentary General Election 1970 . Department of Elections, Sri Lanka . 6 January 2019 .
  7. Web site: Result of Parliamentary General Election 1977 . Department of Elections, Sri Lanka .

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