Pelmadulla Electoral District Explained

Pelmadulla electoral district was an electoral district of Sri Lanka between March 1960 and February 1989. The district was named after the town of Pelmadulla 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] Pelmadulla electoral district was replaced by the Ratnapura multi-member electoral district at the 1989 general elections.

Members of Parliament

Key

Election		Member	Party	Term
	1960 (March)	W. A. Karunasena	SLFP	1960
	1960 (July)			1960-1965
	1965			1965-1967
	1970	Dharmadasa Wanniarachchi		1970-1977
	1977	Chandrasekera Gankanda	UNP	1977-1989

Elections

1960 (March) Parliamentary General Election

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	4,535	30.42
E. C. J. Atukorale		Elephant	4,231	28.38
		Key	3,685	24.72
G. H. N. Kulasooriya		Cartwheel	2,228	14.95
D. Sunil Yasapala		Umbrella	142	0.95
align=left colspan=3	Valid Votes	14,821	99.42
align=left colspan=3	Rejected Votes	87	0.58
align=left colspan=3	Total Polled	14,908	100.00
align=left colspan=3	Registered Electors	19,384
align=left colspan=4	Turnout	76.91

1960 (July) Parliamentary General Election

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	8,390	55.57
E. C. J. Atukorale		Elephant	5,369	35.56
		Cartwheel	1,254	8.31
align=left colspan=3	Valid Votes	15,013	99.44
align=left colspan=3	Rejected Votes	85	0.56
align=left colspan=3	Total Polled	15,098	100.00
align=left colspan=3	Registered Electors	19,384
align=left colspan=4	Turnout	77.89

1965 Parliamentary General Election

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	11,917	56.24
		Elephant	8,577	40.48
		Cartwheel	522	2.46
P. H. K. A. Ranansinghe		Sun	97	0.46
align=left colspan=3	Valid Votes	21,113	99.65
align=left colspan=3	Rejected Votes	75	0.35
align=left colspan=3	Total Polled	21,188	100.00
align=left colspan=3	Registered Electors	24,729
align=left colspan=4	Turnout	85.68

1970 Parliamentary General Election

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	15,544	61.65
		Elephant	9,571	37.96
align=left colspan=3	Valid Votes	25,115	99.60
align=left colspan=3	Rejected Votes	100	0.40
align=left colspan=3	Total Polled	25,215	100.00
align=left colspan=3	Registered Electors	28,970
align=left colspan=4	Turnout	87.04

1977 Parliamentary General Election

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	15,233	53.16
		Hand	12,676	44.24
H. K. Chandradasa		Key	552	1.93
W. M. Lesley Perera		Bell	63	0.22
align=left colspan=3	Valid Votes	28,524	99.55
align=left colspan=3	Rejected Votes	129	0.45
align=left colspan=3	Total Polled	28,653	100.00
align=left colspan=3	Registered Electors	32,200
align=left colspan=4	Turnout	88.98

Notes and References

1. Web site: The Electoral System. Parliament of Sri Lanka.