Rakwana Electoral District Explained

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

Members of Parliament

Key

ElectionMemberPartyTerm
1960 (March)V. T. G. KarunaratneSri Lanka Freedom Party1960
1960 (July)1960-1965
1965H. KularatneUnited National Party1965-1970
1970Sri Lanka Freedom Party1970-1977
1977H. KularatneUnited National Party1977-1989

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"%
Hand 4,766 31.70
Elephant 4,542 30.21
T. Wijayanayaka Key 2,740 18.23
D. D. Wellala Book 1,201 7.99
C. C. Wickremasinghe Cartwheel 1,029 6.85
Warnakulage Leelaratne Lamp 251 1.67
K. G. B. Ariyasinghe Mortar 194 1.29
Wijaya Tamanegama Umbrella 184 1.22
align=left colspan=3Valid Votes14,90799.16
align=left colspan=3Rejected Votes126 0.84
align=left colspan=3Total Polled15,033 100.00
align=left colspan=3Registered Electors19,377
align=left colspan=4Turnout77.58

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 8,356 55.55
Elephant 6,341 42.75
M. W. Weerakkody Clock 172 1.14
M. Sooriyabandara Cartwheel 106 0.71
align=left colspan=3Valid Votes14,97599.55
align=left colspan=3Rejected Votes68 0.45
align=left colspan=3Total Polled15,043 100.00
align=left colspan=3Registered Electors19,377
align=left colspan=4Turnout77.63

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 10,667 49.23
Hand 10,334 47.69
P. B. Ratnayake Chair 380 1.39
Cartwheel 142 0.66
D. R. Malwenne Sun 60 0.28
align=left colspan=3Valid Votes21,58396.01
align=left colspan=3Rejected Votes85 0.39
align=left colspan=3Total Polled21,668 100.00
align=left colspan=3Registered Electors25,402
align=left colspan=4Turnout85.30

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 14,455 55.98
Elephant 11,270 43.65
align=left colspan=3Valid Votes25,72599.63
align=left colspan=3Rejected Votes95 0.37
align=left colspan=3Total Polled25,820
align=left colspan=3Registered Electors28,974
align=left colspan=4Turnout89.11

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 21,511 57.03
Hand 14,663 38.87
A. G. B. Amarasingh Key 1,278 3.39
A. S. Piyasinghe Lamp 171 0.45
align=left colspan=3Valid Votes37,59399.63
align=left colspan=3Rejected Votes127 0.37
align=left colspan=3Total Polled37,720 100.00
align=left colspan=3Registered Electors41,998
align=left colspan=4Turnout89.81

Notes and References

  1. Web site: The Electoral System. Parliament of Sri Lanka.
  2. Web site: Result of Parliamentary General Election 1960-03-19. Department of Elections, Sri Lanka.
  3. Web site: Result of Parliamentary General Election 1960-07-20. Department of Elections, Sri Lanka.
  4. Web site: Result of Parliamentary General Election 1965. Department of Elections, Sri Lanka.
  5. Web site: Result of Parliamentary General Election 1970. Department of Elections, Sri Lanka.
  6. Web site: Result of Parliamentary General Election 1977. Department of Elections, Sri Lanka.