Kiriella Electoral District Explained

Kiriella electoral district was an electoral district of Sri Lanka between August 1947 and July 1977. The district was named after the town of Kiriella in Ratnapura District, Sabaragamuwa 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] Kiriella electoral district was replaced by the Ratnapura multi-member electoral district at the 1989 general elections, the first under the proportional representation system.

Members of Parliament

Key

ElectionMemberPartyTerm
1947Florence SenanayakeLSSP1947-52
1952A. E. B. KiriellaUNP1952-1956
1956Kusumasiri GunawardenaVLSSP1956-1960
1960 (March)A. E. B. KiriellaUNP1960
1960 (July)P. B. WijayasundaraLSSP1960-1965
19651965-1970
1970Vasudeva Nanayakkara1970-1977

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"%
Umbrella 5,535 35.52
T. K. W. Chandrasekera Butterfly 3,294 21.14
Tree 2,439 15.65
H. A. G. Kalatuwawa Pineapple 2,428 15.58
B. S. Ramachandra Scales 1,120 7.19
A. M. S. L. Patani Muhandiram Chair 366 2.35
align=left colspan=3Valid Votes15,18297.44
align=left colspan=3Rejected Votes399 2.56
align=left colspan=3Total Polled15,581 100.00
align=left colspan=3Registered Electors30,307
align=left colspan=4Turnout51.41

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"%
Chair 9,978 47.99
Umbrella 7,369 35.44
Star 3,192 15.35
align=left colspan=3Valid Votes20,53998.79
align=left colspan=3Rejected Votes251 1.21
align=left colspan=3Total Polled20,790 100.00
align=left colspan=3Registered Electors29,037
align=left colspan=4Turnout69.79

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"%
Hand 16,272 68.43
Elephant 6,309 26.53
H. Chandrapala Gunasekera Key 1,011 4.25
align=left colspan=3Valid Votes23,59299.22
align=left colspan=3Rejected Votes186 0.78
align=left colspan=3Total Polled23,778 100.00
align=left colspan=3Registered Electors33,008
align=left colspan=4Turnout72.04

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"%
Elephant 6,816 32.65
Key 5,270 25.25
W. L. D. Jayawardena Hand 4,654 22.30
Cartwheel 3,906 18.71
H. Attanayake Umbrella 131 0.63
align=left colspan=3Valid Votes20,77799.53
align=left colspan=3Rejected Votes98 0.47
align=left colspan=3Total Polled20,875 100.00
align=left colspan=3Registered Electors26,106
align=left colspan=4Turnout79.96

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"%
Key 10,708 53.58
Elephant 8,230 41.18
D. C. P. Beneragama Cartwheel 984 4.92
align=left colspan=3Valid Votes19,92299.67
align=left colspan=3Rejected Votes65 0.33
align=left colspan=3Total Polled19,987 100.00
align=left colspan=3Registered Electors26,106
align=left colspan=4Turnout76.56

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"%
Key 13,887 51.20
Elephant 11,620 42.84
H. A. Premaratne Cartwheel 1,167 4.30
U. D. Kulasinghe Sun 334 1.23
align=left colspan=3Valid Votes27,00899.58
align=left colspan=3Rejected Votes115 0.42
align=left colspan=3Total Polled27,123 100.00
align=left colspan=3Registered Electors32,011
align=left colspan=4Turnout84.73

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"%
Key 19,158 58.72
Leonard Kiriella Elephant 12,975 39.77
Chair 300 0.92
Arthur Daundasekera Samajawadi Mahajana Peramuna Bell 153 0.47
align=left colspan=3Valid Votes32,58699.88
align=left colspan=3Rejected Votes39 0.12
align=left colspan=3Total Polled32,625 100.00
align=left colspan=3Registered Electors36,789
align=left colspan=4Turnout88.68

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 . 10 February 2020 .
  3. Web site: Result of Parliamentary General Election 1952 . Department of Elections, Sri Lanka . 10 February 2020 .
  4. Web site: Result of Parliamentary General Election 1956 . Department of Elections, Sri Lanka . 10 February 2020 .
  5. Web site: Result of Parliamentary General Election March 1960 . Department of Elections, Sri Lanka . 10 February 2020 .
  6. Web site: Result of Parliamentary General Election July 1960 . Department of Elections, Sri Lanka . 10 February 2020 .
  7. Web site: Result of Parliamentary General Election 1965 . Department of Elections, Sri Lanka . 10 February 2020 .
  8. Web site: Result of Parliamentary General Election 1970 . Department of Elections, Sri Lanka . 10 February 2020 .

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