Horowpothana Electoral District Explained

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

Members of Parliament

Key

Election		Member	Party	Term
	1947	T. B. Poholiyadde	UNP	1947-1952
	1952			1952-1956
	1956	E. L. B. Hurulle		1956-1960
	1960 (March)			1960
	1960 (July)			1960-1965
	1965			1965-1970
	1970	T. B. Herath	SLFP	1970-1977
	1977	E. L. B. Hurulle	UNP	1977-1988

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"	%
		Elephant	3,399	43.89
P. M. K. Tennakoon		Bicycle	1,820	23.50
H. M. K. Bandara		Hand	1,255	16.20
M. P. de Soysa		Star	1,063	13.72
align=left colspan=3	Valid Votes	7,537	97.31
align=left colspan=3	Rejected Votes	208	2.69
align=left colspan=3	Total Polled	7,745	100.00
align=left colspan=3	Registered Electors	12,751
align=left colspan=4	Turnout	60.74

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"	%
		Elephant	4,766
align=left colspan=3	Valid Votes
align=left colspan=3	Rejected Votes
align=left colspan=3	Total Polled		100.00
align=left colspan=3	Registered Electors
align=left colspan=4	Turnout

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"	%
align=left colspan=3	Valid Votes
align=left colspan=3	Rejected Votes
align=left colspan=3	Total Polled		100.00
align=left colspan=3	Registered Electors
align=left colspan=4	Turnout

1960 (March) Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 4th parliamentary election held on 19 March 1960:^[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"	%
align=left colspan=3	Valid Votes
align=left colspan=3	Rejected Votes
align=left colspan=3	Total Polled		100.00
align=left colspan=3	Registered Electors
align=left colspan=4	Turnout

1960 (July) Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 5th parliamentary election held on 20 July 1960:^[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"	%
align=left colspan=3	Valid Votes
align=left colspan=3	Rejected Votes
align=left colspan=3	Total Polled		100.00
align=left colspan=3	Registered Electors
align=left colspan=4	Turnout

1965 Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 6th parliamentary election held on 22 March 1965:^[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"	%
align=left colspan=3	Valid Votes
align=left colspan=3	Rejected Votes
align=left colspan=3	Total Polled		100.00
align=left colspan=3	Registered Electors
align=left colspan=4	Turnout

1970 Parliamentary General Election

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

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 colspan=3	Valid Votes
align=left colspan=3	Rejected Votes
align=left colspan=3	Total Polled		100.00
align=left colspan=3	Registered Electors
align=left colspan=4	Turnout

1977 Parliamentary General Election

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

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 colspan=3	Valid Votes
align=left colspan=3	Rejected Votes
align=left colspan=3	Total Polled		100.00
align=left colspan=3	Registered Electors
align=left colspan=4	Turnout

Notes and References

1. Web site: The Electoral System. Parliament of Sri Lanka.
2. Web site: Result of Parliamentary General Election 1947 . Department of Elections, Sri Lanka . 31 October 2017 .
3. Web site: Result of Parliamentary General Election 1952 . Department of Elections, Sri Lanka . 31 October 2017 .
4. Web site: Result of Parliamentary General Election 1956 . Department of Elections, Sri Lanka . 31 October 2017 .
5. Web site: Result of Parliamentary General Election March 1960 . Department of Elections, Sri Lanka . 31 October 2017 .
6. Web site: Result of Parliamentary General Election July 1960 . Department of Elections, Sri Lanka . 31 October 2017 .
7. Web site: Result of Parliamentary General Election 1965 . Department of Elections, Sri Lanka . 31 October 2017 .
8. Web site: Result of Parliamentary General Election 1970 . Department of Elections, Sri Lanka . 31 October 2017 .
9. Web site: Result of Parliamentary General Election 1977 . Department of Elections, Sri Lanka . 31 October 2017.