Matara Electoral District (1947–1989) Explained

Matara electoral district was an electoral district of Sri Lanka between August 1947 and February 1989. The district was named after the city of Matara 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] Matara electoral district was replaced by the Matara multi-member electoral district at the 1989 general elections, the first under the proportional representation system, Matara continues to be a polling division of the multi-member electoral district.

Members of Parliament

Key

ElectionMemberPartyTerm
1947H. D. AbeygoonewardaneCCP1947-1952
1952Mahanama Samaraweera1952-1956
1956SLFP1956-1960
1960 (March)Justin C. WijayawardheneUNP1960
1960 (July)Mahanama SamaraweeraSLFP1960-1965
1965CCP1965-1970
19701970-1977
1977S. K. PiyadasaUNP1970-1989

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"%
Communist Party of CeylonPineapple 11,970 57.31
W. Gunasekera Umbrella 5,279 25.27
G. Weeratunga Scales 2,261 10.83
K. K. D. Silva Cartwheel 442 2.12
align=left colspan=3Valid Votes20,35297.44
align=left colspan=3Rejected Votes535 2.56
align=left colspan=3Total Polled20,887 100.00
align=left colspan=3Registered Electors39,930
align=left colspan=4Turnout52.31

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"%
Mahanama SamaraweeraCommunist Party of CeylonStar 11,861 42.41
Edward Benjamin Senaratne Umbrella 10,785 38.56
Suriya Patabendige Albert de Silva Elephant 2,565 9.17
Yapa Sirisena Rajapaksa Hand 2,265 8.10
align=left colspan=3Valid Votes27,47698.23
align=left colspan=3Rejected Votes494 1.77
align=left colspan=3Total Polled27,970 100.00
align=left colspan=3Registered Electors41,166
align=left colspan=4Turnout67.94

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 align-right18,571 align-right59.83
D. H. Pandita Gunawardene Elephant align-right7,342 align-right23.65
E. H. P. Gawrapala Star align-right4,894 align-right15.77
align=left colspan=3Valid Votesalign-right30,807align-right99.25
align=left colspan=3Rejected Votesalign-right232 align-right0.75
align=left colspan=3Total Polledalign-right31,039 align-right100.00
align=left colspan=3Registered Electorsalign-right47,068 align-right
align=left colspan=4Turnoutalign-right65.95

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 8,409 36.56
Hand 6,533 28.41
Star 5,702 24.79
K. K. de Silva Umbrella 2,151 9.35
Dayananda Kumarapperuma Eye 204 0.89
align=left colspan=3Valid Votes22,99999.35
align=left colspan=3Rejected Votes151 0.65
align=left colspan=3Total Polled23,150100.00
align=left colspan=3Registered Electors30,640
align=left colspan=4Turnout75.55

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"%
Hand 13,105 56.0
Elephant 10,200 43.59
align=left colspan=3Valid Votes23,30599.59
align=left colspan=3Rejected Votes96 0.41
align=left colspan=3Total Polled23,401100.00
align=left colspan=3Registered Electors30,640
align=left colspan=4Turnout76.37

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"%
Star 15,207 51.27
Sun 14,287 48.17
align=left colspan=3Valid Votes29,49499.44
align=left colspan=3Rejected Votes167 0.56
align=left colspan=3Total Polled29,661 100.00
align=left colspan=3Registered Electors37,399
align=left colspan=4Turnout79.31

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"%
Star 20,764 58.37
Elephant 14,580 40.98
E. P. Wijethunga Bell 160 0.45
align=left colspan=3Valid Votes35,50499.80
align=left colspan=3Rejected Votes70 0.20
align=left colspan=3Total Polled35,574 100.00
align=left colspan=3Registered Electors41,751
align=left colspan=4Turnout85.21

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"%
Elephant 23,222 55.96
Star 12,585 30.33
Bandula Abeysuriya Hand 4,781 11.52
V. P. S. Abeysinghe Eye 623 1.50
Nandasiri Hettiarachchi Flower 201 0.48
align=left colspan=3Valid Votes41,41299.80
align=left colspan=3Rejected Votes84 0.20
align=left colspan=3Total Polled41,496 100.00
align=left colspan=3Registered Electors48,354
align=left colspan=4Turnout85.82

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 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150924115557/http://www.slelections.gov.lk/pdf/Results_1947%20GENERAL%20ELECTION.PDF . 2015-09-24 .
  3. Web site: Result of Parliamentary General Election 1952 . Department of Elections, Sri Lanka . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150924115603/http://www.slelections.gov.lk/pdf/Results_1952%20GENERAL%20ELECTION.PDF . 2015-09-24 .
  4. Web site: Result of Parliamentary General Election 1956 . Department of Elections, Sri Lanka . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150924115606/http://www.slelections.gov.lk/pdf/Results_1956%20GENERAL%20ELECTION.PDF . 2015-09-24 .
  5. Web site: Result of Parliamentary General Election 19 March 1960. Department of Elections, Sri Lanka.
  6. Web site: Result of Parliamentary General Election 20 July 1960. Department of Elections, Sri Lanka.
  7. Web site: Result of Parliamentary General Election 1965. Department of Elections, Sri Lanka.
  8. Web site: Result of Parliamentary General Election 1970. Department of Elections, Sri Lanka.
  9. Web site: Result of Parliamentary General Election 1977. Department of Elections, Sri Lanka.

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