Mahiyangana Electoral District Explained

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

Members of Parliament

Key

Election		Member	Party	Term
	1960 (March)	C. P. J. Seneviratne		1960
	1960 (July)			1960–65
	1965			1965–70
	1970	D. D. E. Wickremaratne	Sri Lanka Freedom Party	1970–77
	1977	C. P. J. Seneviratne	United National Party	1977–84
	1985 By-election	Lakshman Senewiratne		1985–89

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	3,164	35.94
K. D. Goonaratna		Hand	2,805	31.86
K. B. Herath		Cartwheel	1,781	20.23
Marshall Perera		Key	606	6.88
B. P. Weerakoon	SLDP	Omnibus	171	1.94
align=left colspan=3	Valid Votes	8,527	96.85
align=left colspan=3	Rejected Votes	277	3.15
align=left colspan=3	Total Polled	8,804	100.00
align=left colspan=3	Registered Electors	15,909
align=left colspan=4	Turnout	55.34

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	4,811	49.58
K. D. Goonaratna		Hand	4,135	42.61
K. B. Herath		Cartwheel	599	6.17
align=left colspan=3	Valid Votes	9,545	98.36
align=left colspan=3	Rejected Votes	159	1.64
align=left colspan=3	Total Polled	9,704	100.00
align=left colspan=3	Registered Electors	15,909
align=left colspan=4	Turnout	61.0

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	7,296	51.12
R. M. G. Ratnayake		Hand	6,253	43.81
K. D. Gunaratne		Aeroplane	460	3.22
align=left colspan=3	Valid Votes	14,009	98.15
align=left colspan=3	Rejected Votes	264	1.85
align=left colspan=3	Total Polled	14,273	100.00
align=left colspan=3	Registered Electors	19,769
align=left colspan=4	Turnout	72.20

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	11,886	54.98
		Elephant	9,330	43.16
R. M. G. Ratnayake		Chair	219	1.01
align=left colspan=3	Valid Votes	21,435	99.15
align=left colspan=3	Rejected Votes	183	0.85
align=left colspan=3	Total Polled	21,618	100.00
align=left colspan=3	Registered Electors	26,811
align=left colspan=4	Turnout	80.63

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	14,105	70.45
Navaratna Banda Galketiya		Hand	5,304	26.49
Kiribanda Herath		Cartwheel	257	1.28
K. H. M. Apopuhamy Piyarapana		Lamp	188	0.94
Kingsley Kodippili		Key	74	0.37
align=left colspan=3	Valid Votes	19,928	99.54
align=left colspan=3	Rejected Votes	93	0.46
align=left colspan=3	Total Polled	20,021	100.00
align=left colspan=3	Registered Electors	23,026
align=left colspan=4	Turnout	86.95

Notes and References

1. Web site: The Electoral System. Parliament of Sri Lanka.
2. Web site: Result of Parliamentary General Election 19 March 1960 . Department of Elections, Sri Lanka . 7 August 2019.
3. Web site: Result of Parliamentary General Election 20 July 1960. Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. 7 August 2019.
4. Web site: Result of Parliamentary General Election 1965. Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. 7 August 2019.
5. Web site: Result of Parliamentary General Election 1970 . Department of Elections, Sri Lanka . 7 August 2019 .
6. Web site: Result of Parliamentary General Election 1977 . Department of Elections, Sri Lanka . 7 August 2019 .