Maturata electoral district was an electoral district of Sri Lanka between August 1947 and March 1960. The district was named after the town of Maturata in Kandy District, 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] Maturata electoral district was replaced by the Kandy multi-member electoral district at the 1989 general elections, the first under the proportional representation system.
Key
| Election | Member | Party | Term | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1947 | M. D. Banda | United National Party | 1947-1952 | |
| 1952 | 1952-1956 | |||
| 1956 | 1956-1960 | |||
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" | % | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Star | 12,438 | 67.44 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| S. Somasunderam | Scales | 3,572 | 19.37 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| I. C. S. Goonatilleke | Eye | 798 | 4.33 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| E. W. A. de Silva | Elephant | 422 | 2.29 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
[E. Goonawardena || align=left| || align=left|Hand || align=right|404 || align=right|2.19
|-
| align=left| I. B. Mani || align=left| || align=left|Key || align=right|229 || align=right|1.24
|-
| align=left colspan=3|'''Valid Votes'''||align=right|'''17,863'''||align=right|'''96.86 '''
|-
| align=left colspan=3|Rejected Votes|| align=right|580 || align=right|3.14
|-
| align=left colspan=3|Total Polled|| align=right|18,443 || align=right|100.00
|-
| align=left colspan=3|Registered Electors|| align=right|28,708 ||
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| align=left colspan=4|Turnout|| align=right|64.24
|}
===1952 Parliamentary General Election===
Results of the [[1952 Ceylonese parliamentary election|2nd parliamentary election]] held between 24 May 1952 and 30 May 1952:[3]
1956 Parliamentary General ElectionResults of the 3rd parliamentary election held between 5 April 1956 and 10 April 1956:[4]
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