Buttala electoral district was an electoral district of Sri Lanka between August 1947 and March 1960. The district was named after the town of Buttala in Moneragala District, Uva 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] Buttala electoral district is now represented by the Monaragala multi-member electoral district.
Key
| Election | Member | Party | Term | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1947 | Leo Fernando | United National Party | 1947 - 1954 | ||
| 1952 | |||||
| 1955 by-election | Gladwin Kotelawala | 1955 - 1956 | |||
| 1956 | W. G. M. Albert Silva | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | 1956 - 1960 | ||
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 | 6,903 | 77.40 | |||||||
| T. D. Alexander | Bicycle | 1,395 | 15.64 | ||||||
| G. P. Perera | House | 385 | 4.32 | ||||||
| align=left colspan=3 | Valid Votes | 8,683 | 97.35 | ||||||
| align=left colspan=3 | Rejected Votes | 236 | 2.65 | ||||||
| align=left colspan=3 | Total Polled | 8,919 | 100.00 | ||||||
| align=left colspan=3 | Registered Electors | 17,151 | |||||||
| align=left colspan=4 | Turnout | 52.00 |
Results of the 2nd parliamentary election held between 24 May 1952 and 30 May 1952:[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" | % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Umbrella | 8,296 | 70.13 | |||||||
| Elephant | 1,272 | 10.75 | |||||||
| S. M. Jayawardena | Wheel | 1,029 | 8.70 | ||||||
| Earl Abesuriya | Star | 934 | 7.90 | ||||||
| align=left colspan=3 | Valid Votes | 11,531 | 97.47 | ||||||
| align=left colspan=3 | Rejected Votes | 299 | 2.53 | ||||||
| align=left colspan=3 | Total Polled | 11,830 | 100.00 | ||||||
| align=left colspan=3 | Registered Electors | 20,127 | |||||||
| align=left colspan=4 | Turnout | 58.78 |
Results of the 1955 parliamentary by-election held on 5 March 1955, following the death of the sitting member, Sir Leo Fernando:[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" | % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Umbrella | 7,865 | 69.00 | |||||||
| Earl Abesuriya | Star | 3,363 | 29.50 | ||||||
| align=left colspan=3 | Valid Votes | 11,228 | 98.50 | ||||||
| align=left colspan=3 | Rejected Votes | 171 | 1.50 | ||||||
| align=left colspan=3 | Total Polled | 11,399 | 100.00 | ||||||
| align=left colspan=3 | Registered Electors | 20,127 | |||||||
| align=left colspan=4 | Turnout | 56.64 |
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 | 7,416 | 63.56 | |||||||
| Elephant | 4,135 | 35.44 | |||||||
| align=left colspan=3 | Valid Votes | 11,501 | 98.58 | ||||||
| align=left colspan=3 | Rejected Votes | 166 | 1.42 | ||||||
| align=left colspan=3 | Total Polled | 11,667 | 100.00 | ||||||
| align=left colspan=3 | Registered Electors | 24,353 | |||||||
| align=left colspan=4 | Turnout | 47.91 |