Dambulla Electoral District Explained

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

Members of Parliament

Key

ElectionMemberPartyTerm
1947H. B. TenneIndependent1947-1956
1952
1956Tikiri Banda TennekoonSri Lanka Freedom Party1956-1977
1960 (March)
1960 (July)
1965
1970
1977K. W. R. M. EkanayakeUnited National Party1977-1989

Elections

1947 Parliamentary General Election

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"%
IndependentElephant6,84657.46
Edward de SilvaStar3,90932.81
A. G. G. PereraLanka Equal Society PartyKey8617.23
align=left colspan=3Valid Votes11,61697.50
align=left colspan=3Rejected Votes2982.50
align=left colspan=3Total Polled11,914100.00
align=left colspan=3Registered Electors26,388
align=left colspan=4Turnout45.15

1952 Parliamentary General Election

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"%
H. B. TenneSri Lanka Freedom PartyEye8,29454.02
D. B. EllepolaHand3,44222.42
P. B. RanarajaElephant2,89718.87
T. B. WegodapolaStar4092.66
align=left colspan=3Valid Votes15,04297.97
align=left colspan=3Rejected Votes3122.03
align=left colspan=3Total Polled15,354100.00
align=left colspan=3Registered Electors30,193
align=left colspan=4Turnout50.85

1956 Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 3rd parliamentary election held between 5 April 1956 and 10 April 1956:[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"%
Tikiri Banda TennekoonHand14,68871.36
H. B. TenneElephant5,53326.88
align=left colspan=3Valid Votes20,22198.24
align=left colspan=3Rejected Votes3631.76
align=left colspan=3Total Polled20,584100.00
align=left colspan=3Registered Electors37,345
align=left colspan=4Turnout55.12

1960 (March) Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 4th parliamentary election held on 19 March 1960:[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"%
Tikiri Banda TennekoonHand10,79262.28
D. B. EllepolaElephant3,95222.81
P. V. P. KulatillekeLanka Equal Society PartyKey7224.17
L. D. BandaLamp5273.04
Leslie KulatungaCockerel3021.74
T. M. VarusavithanaUmbrella2961.71
H. AriyasenaEye2311.33
G. D. RanaweeraSun2281.32
Upali KulatungaCart Wheel1050.61
align=left colspan=3Valid Votes17,15599.00
align=left colspan=3Rejected Votes1731.00
align=left colspan=3Total Polled17,328100.00
align=left colspan=3Registered Electors21,416
align=left colspan=4Turnout80.91

1960 (July) Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 5th parliamentary election held on 20 July 1960:[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"%
Tikiri Banda TennekoonHand11,60068.14
T. B. LenadoraElephant5,28431.04
align=left colspan=3Valid Votes16,88499.18
align=left colspan=3Rejected Votes1400.82
align=left colspan=3Total Polled17,024100.00
align=left colspan=3Registered Electors21,416
align=left colspan=4Turnout79.49

1965 Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 6th parliamentary election held on 22 March 1965:[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"%
Tikiri Banda TennekoonHand12,48251.37
K. W. R. M. EkanayakeElephant11,30846.54
R. K. Nimal KarunaratneSun2661.09
align=left colspan=3Valid Votes24,05699.00
align=left colspan=3Rejected Votes2421.00
align=left colspan=3Total Polled24,298100.00
align=left colspan=3Registered Electors28,267
align=left colspan=4Turnout85.96

1970 Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 7th parliamentary election held on 27 May 1970:[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"%
Tikiri Banda TennekoonHand17,01056.22
K. W. R. M. EkanayakeElephant13,12343.37
align=left colspan=3Valid Votes30,13399.58
align=left colspan=3Rejected Votes1260.42
align=left colspan=3Total Polled30,259100.00
align=left colspan=3Registered Electors33,503
align=left colspan=4Turnout90.32

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"%
K. W. R. M. EkanayakeElephant24,79359.28
Tikiri Banda TennekoonHand15,96438.17
D. S. WijewardenaKey7451.78
T. B. TennekoonLamp1830.44
align=left colspan=3Valid Votes41,68599.66
align=left colspan=3Rejected Votes1420.34
align=left colspan=3Total Polled41,827100.00
align=left colspan=3Registered Electors46,052
align=left colspan=4Turnout90.83

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. Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. 18 September 2017.
  3. Web site: Result of Parliamentary General Election 1952. Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. 18 September 2017.
  4. Web site: Result of Parliamentary General Election 1956. Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. 18 September 2017.
  5. Web site: Result of Parliamentary General Election 19 March 1960 . Department of Elections, Sri Lanka . 18 September 2017 .
  6. Web site: Result of Parliamentary General Election 20 July 1960. Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. 18 September 2017.
  7. Web site: Result of Parliamentary General Election 1965. Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. 18 September 2017.
  8. Web site: Result of Parliamentary General Election 1970 . Department of Elections, Sri Lanka . 18 September 2017 .
  9. Web site: Result of Parliamentary General Election 1977 . Department of Elections, Sri Lanka . 18 September 2017 .

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