Hanguranketha Electoral District Explained

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

Members of Parliament

Key

Election		Member	Party	Term
	1960 (March)	M. D. Banda	United National Party	1960
	1960 (July)			1960-1965
	1965	George Abeyagoonasekera		1965-1970
	1970	P. B. Unantenne	Sri Lanka Freedom Party	1970-1977
	1977	George Abeyagoonasekera	United National Party	1977-1989

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"	%
		Elephant	7,119	48.98
David G. S. Soysa		Star	3,712	25.54
		Clock	2,323	15.98
H. M. P. Banda		Cartwheel	957	6.58
D. P. Abeykoon Jayasekera		Umbrella	190	1.31
align=left colspan=3	Valid Votes	14,301	98.38
align=left colspan=3	Rejected Votes	235	1.62
align=left colspan=3	Total Polled	14,536	100.00
align=left colspan=3	Registered Electors	19,089
align=left colspan=4	Turnout	76.15

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"	%
		Elephant	8,040	53.93
		Hand	6,418	43.05
D. G. S. Soysa		Ship	329	2.21
align=left colspan=3	Valid Votes	14,787	99.19
align=left colspan=3	Rejected Votes	121	0.81
align=left colspan=3	Total Polled	14,908	100.00
align=left colspan=3	Registered Electors	19,089
align=left colspan=4	Turnout	78.10

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"	%
		Elephant	9,164	50.91
		Hand	8,207	45.59
D. G. S. Soysa		Butterfly	958	5.32
align=left colspan=3	Valid Votes	17,831	99.06
align=left colspan=3	Rejected Votes	169	0.94
align=left colspan=3	Total Polled	18,000	100.00
align=left colspan=3	Registered Electors	20,470
align=left colspan=4	Turnout	87.93

1970 Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 7th parliamentary election held on 27 May 1970:^[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	13,889	56.37
		Elephant	10,581	42.94
align=left colspan=3	Valid Votes	24,470	99.31
align=left colspan=3	Rejected Votes	169	0.69
align=left colspan=3	Total Polled	24,639	100.00
align=left colspan=3	Registered Electors	27,089
align=left colspan=4	Turnout	90.96

1977 Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 8th parliamentary election held on 21 July 1977:^[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"	%
		Elephant	17,750	59.37
		Hand	10,750	35.96
V. T .Wijekoon		Butterfly	499	1.67
S. B. Dissanayaka		Star	422	1.41
Alfred Karunatileke		Chair	175	0.59
Nimal Gunasekera		Lamp	121	0.41
align=left colspan=3	Valid Votes	29,717	99.40
align=left colspan=3	Rejected Votes	180	0.60
align=left colspan=3	Total Polled	29,897	100.00
align=left colspan=3	Registered Electors	33,574
align=left colspan=4	Turnout	89.05

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 . 29 April 2017 .
3. Web site: Result of Parliamentary General Election July 1960 . Department of Elections, Sri Lanka . 29 April 2017 .
4. Web site: Result of Parliamentary General Election 1965 . Department of Elections, Sri Lanka . 29 April 2017 .
5. Web site: Result of Parliamentary General Election 1970 . Department of Elections, Sri Lanka . 29 April 2017 .
6. Web site: Result of Parliamentary General Election 1977 . Department of Elections, Sri Lanka . 29 April 2017.