Mawatagama Electoral District Explained

Mawatagama electoral district was an electoral district of Sri Lanka between March 1960 and February 1989. The district was named after the town of Mawatagama in Kurunegala District, North Western 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] Mawatagama electoral district was replaced by the Kurunegala multi-member electoral district at the 1989 general elections, the first under the proportional representation system, continues to be a polling division of the multi-member electoral district.

Members of Parliament

Key

ElectionMemberPartyTerm
1960 (March)United National Party
1960 (July)Sri Lanka Freedom Party
1965Herath EkanayakeUnited National Party
1970D. P. WickramasingheSri Lanka Freedom Party
1977G. M. PremachandraUnited National Party

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 6,877 37.48
Hand 6,555 35.73
Sarat Wanigasekera Star 2,019 11.00
D. D. Waidyasekera Key 846 4.61
P. S. Ranasinghe Star 672 3.66
S. Piyasena Cartwheel 574 3.13
R. Janis Umbrella 280 1.53
D.S. Handunge Eye 258 1.41
align=left colspan=3Valid Votes18,08198.54
align=left colspan=3Rejected Votes268 1.46
align=left colspan=3Total Polled18,349 100.00
align=left colspan=3Registered Electors22,967
align=left colspan=4Turnout79.89

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"%
Hand 10,647 56.13
Elephant 7,964 41.98
Linton Gunatunge Cartwheel 223 1.18
align=left colspan=3Valid Votes18,83499.28
align=left colspan=3Rejected Votes136 0.72
align=left colspan=3Total Polled18,970100.00
align=left colspan=3Registered Electors22,967
align=left colspan=4Turnout82.60

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 12,28549.84
Hand 11,767 47.73
P. S. Ranasinghe Sun 279 1.13
Y. A. Somaratna Cartwheel 187 0.76
align=left colspan=3Valid Votes24,51899.46
align=left colspan=3Rejected Votes132 0.54
align=left colspan=3Total Polled24,650100.00
align=left colspan=3Registered Electors28,245
align=left colspan=4Turnout87.27

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 16,608 57.65
Elephant 12,112 42.04
align=left colspan=3Valid Votes28,72099.69
align=left colspan=3Rejected Votes88 0.31
align=left colspan=3Total Polled28,808 100.00
align=left colspan=3Registered Electors32,562
align=left colspan=4Turnout88.47

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 20,392 55.79
Hand 15,608 42.70
N. B. Kaluhendiwela Star 237 0.65
W. Sunil Fernando Lamp 163 0.45
align=left colspan=3Valid Votes36,40099.58
align=left colspan=3Rejected Votes152 0.42
align=left colspan=3Total Polled36,552 100.00
align=left colspan=3Registered Electors40,303
align=left colspan=4Turnout90.32

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 . 27 April 2017 .
  3. Web site: Result of Parliamentary General Election 20 July 1960 . Department of Elections, Sri Lanka . 27 April 2017 .
  4. Web site: Result of Parliamentary General Election 1965 . Department of Elections, Sri Lanka . 27 April 2017 .
  5. Web site: Result of Parliamentary General Election 1970 . Department of Elections, Sri Lanka . 27 April 2017 .
  6. Web site: Result of Parliamentary General Election 1977 . Department of Elections, Sri Lanka . 27 April 2017 .