Kamburupitiya Electoral District Explained

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

Members of Parliament

Key

ElectionMemberPartyTerm
1960 (March)Percy WickremasingheCommunist Party of Ceylon1960
1960 (July)1960-1965
19651965-1970
1970Aelian Mahanaga Nanayakkara1970-1977
1977Don Edwin MalawaraarachchiUnited National Party1977-1978
1979 by-electionAlbert Silva1979-1983
1983 by-election1983-1989

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"%
Star 9,442 41.37
Archie Abeywardena Elephant 6,036 26.45
S. P. Jayawardane Hand 4,414 19.34
Yapa Surasena Key 2,414 10.58
M. G. Sriyapala Umbrella 315 1.38
align=left colspan=3Valid Votes22,62199.12
align=left colspan=3Rejected Votes202 0.88
align=left colspan=3Total Polled22,823 100.00
align=left colspan=3Registered Electors29,927
align=left colspan=4Turnout76.26

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"%
Star 14,022 62.19
Archie Abeywardena Elephant 8,433 37.40
align=left colspan=3Valid Votes22,45599.58
align=left colspan=3Rejected Votes94 0.42
align=left colspan=3Total Polled22,549 100.00
align=left colspan=3Registered Electors29,927
align=left colspan=4Turnout75.35

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"%
Star 16,955 57.57
Elephant 12,379 41.93
align=left colspan=3Valid Votes29,33499.36
align=left colspan=3Rejected Votes189 0.64
align=left colspan=3Total Polled29,523 100.00
align=left colspan=3Registered Electors36,438
align=left colspan=4Turnout81.02

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"%
Star 21,685 62.95
Elephant 12,439 36.11
Buddhadasa Rasaputram Lamp 216 0.63
align=left colspan=3Valid Votes34,34099.69
align=left colspan=3Rejected Votes107 0.31
align=left colspan=3Total Polled34,447 100.00
align=left colspan=3Registered Electors40,548
align=left colspan=4Turnout84.95

1977 Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 8th parliamentary election held on 21 July 1977:[6]

In September 1978 Malawaraachchi resigned from the United National Party with the party appointing Albert Silva to the parliamentary seat in November 1979.

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 22,306 52.30
Star 12,630 29.60
Hand 7,539 17.70
align=left colspan=3Valid Votes42,47599.57
align=left colspan=3Rejected Votes183 0.43
align=left colspan=3Total Polled42,658 100.00
align=left colspan=3Registered Electors49,592
align=left colspan=4Turnout86.02

1983 Parliamentary By-Election

On 10 February 1983 Albert Silva resigned and a by-election was subsequently conducted. Results of the 1983 Parliamentary by-election, held on 18 May 1983:[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 22,707 54.66
Star 16,081
Premachandra Munasinghe Bell 2,062 38.66
D. E. Arachchi Malawara Scales 499 1.20
Samsan Mallikarachchi Eye 106 0.26
align=left colspan=3Valid Votes41,45599.79
align=left colspan=3Rejected Votes86 0.21
align=left colspan=3Total Polled41,541 100.00
align=left colspan=3Registered Electors49,592
align=left colspan=4Turnout83.77

Notes and References

  1. Web site: The Electoral System. Parliament of Sri Lanka.
  2. Web site: Result of Parliamentary General Election 1960-03-19. Department of Elections, Sri Lanka.
  3. Web site: Result of Parliamentary General Election 1960-07-20. Department of Elections, Sri Lanka.
  4. Web site: Result of Parliamentary General Election 1965 . Department of Elections, Sri Lanka . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150713003440/http://www.slelections.gov.lk/pdf/Results_1965%20GENERAL%20ELECTION.PDF . 2015-07-13 .
  5. Web site: Result of Parliamentary General Election 1970. Department of Elections, Sri Lanka.
  6. Web site: Result of Parliamentary General Election 1977. Department of Elections, Sri Lanka.
  7. Web site: Results of the Parliamentary Elections held between 1947 – 1988. Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. 15 October 2021.

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