Soranatota Electoral District Explained

Soranatota electoral district was an electoral district of Sri Lanka between March 1960 and July 1977. The district was named after the town of Soranatota in Badulla District, Uva 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] Soranatota electoral district was replaced by the Badulla multi-member electoral district at the 1989 general elections.

Members of Parliament

Key

Election		Member	Party	Term
	1960 (March)	K. Y. M. Wijeratne Banda	SLFP	1960
	1960 (July)		UNP	1960 - 1965
	1965	K. Y. M. Wijeratne Banda	SLFP	1965 - 1989
	1970

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"	%
	Sri Lanka Freedom Party	Hand	3,821	36.80
		Elephant	3,229	31.10
	Lanka Sama Samaja Party	Key	1,434	13.81
K. G. Dias		Cartwheel	725	6.98
T. B. Katugaha		Sun	542	5.22
T. M. A. Ratnayake		Omnibus	187	1.80
P. B. A. Lankatilaka		Umbrella	112	1.08
Weerawanni Jinadasa		Pair of Scales	103	0.99
align=left colspan=3	Valid Votes	10,151	97.77
align=left colspan=3	Rejected Votes	232	2.23
align=left colspan=3	Total Polled	10,383	100.00
align=left colspan=3	Registered Electors	14,074
align=left colspan=4	Turnout	73.77

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"	%
		Elephant	4,539
		Hand	4,330
		Umbrella	1,017
B. D. P. Wijewardena		Rooster
align=left colspan=3	Valid Votes		100.00%
align=left colspan=3	Rejected Votes
align=left colspan=3	Total Polled
align=left colspan=3	Registered Electors
align=left colspan=4	Turnout

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"	%
		Hand	6,901
		Elephant	6,023
		Umbrella	903
W. H. B. Katubulla		Aeroplane	522
Chandragupta Rambukpota		Lamp	228
K. B. Herath		Cartwheel	183
align=left colspan=3	Valid Votes		100.00%
align=left colspan=3	Rejected Votes	139
align=left colspan=3	Total Polled
align=left colspan=3	Registered Electors
align=left colspan=4	Turnout

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
		Elephant
		Umbrella
align=left colspan=3	Valid Votes		100.00%
align=left colspan=3	Rejected Votes
align=left colspan=3	Total Polled
align=left colspan=3	Registered Electors
align=left colspan=4	Turnout

Notes and References

1. Web site: The Electoral System. Parliament of Sri Lanka.
2. Web site: Result of Parliamentary General Election March 1960 . Department of Elections, Sri Lanka . 20 October 2017 .
3. Web site: Result of Parliamentary General Election July 1960 . Department of Elections, Sri Lanka . 20 October 2017 .
4. Web site: Result of Parliamentary General Election 1965 . Department of Elections, Sri Lanka . 20 October 2017 .
5. Web site: Result of Parliamentary General Election 1970 . Department of Elections, Sri Lanka . 20 October 2017 .