Tissamaharama Electoral District Explained

Tissamaharama electoral district was an electoral district of Sri Lanka between March 1960 and February 1989. The district was named after the town of Tissamaharama in Hambantota District, Southern 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] Tissamaharama electoral district was replaced by the Hambantota multi-member electoral district at the 1989 general elections.

Members of Parliament

Key

Election		Member	Party	Term
	1960 (March)
	1960 (July)
	1965	Charles Edirisuriya	Sri Lanka Freedom Party
	1970	Tennyson Edirisuriya
	1977		United 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"	%
		Cartwheel	10,665	44.83
		Elephant	7,253	30.23
Piyadasa Weeraratne		Pair of Scales	2,108	8.79
R. G. W. Nilaweera		Hand	1,660	6.92
Danister Serasinghe		Sun	1,057	4.41
Albert Ediriwickremasuriya		Umbrella	754	3.14
E. G. Wijesinghe		Eye	291	1.21
align=left colspan=3	Valid Votes	23,788	99.15
align=left colspan=3	Rejected Votes	204	0.85
align=left colspan=3	Total Polled	23,992	100.00
align=left colspan=3	Registered Electors	32,024
align=left colspan=4	Turnout	74.92

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"	%
		Cartwheel	12,551	54.32
		Elephant	10,426	45.12
align=left colspan=3	Valid Votes	22,977	99.44
align=left colspan=3	Rejected Votes	130	0.56
align=left colspan=3	Total Polled	23,107	100.00
align=left colspan=3	Registered Electors	32,024
align=left colspan=4	Turnout	72.16

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"	%
	Sri Lanka Freedom Party	Hand	14,295	45.60
	Independent	Cartwheel	14,059	44.85
Ubewarna Nimal Rohana		Flower	2,719	8.67
align=left colspan=3	Valid Votes	31,073	99.12
align=left colspan=3	Rejected Votes	276	0.88
align=left colspan=3	Total Polled	31,349	100.00
align=left colspan=3	Registered Electors	40,724
align=left colspan=4	Turnout	76.98

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"	%
	Sri Lanka Freedom Party	Hand	18,576	43.25
	Independent	Umbrella	13,121	30.55
		Elephant	5,919	13.78
Thassim Mohamed Riyal		Chair	2,733	6.36
Weerasin Gunasekera Edmund		Butterfly	2,269	5.28
Ubewarna Nimal Rohana		Bell	169	0.39
align=left colspan=3	Valid Votes	42,787	99.61
align=left colspan=3	Rejected Votes	167	0.39
align=left colspan=3	Total Polled	42,954	100.00
align=left colspan=3	Registered Electors	51,500
align=left colspan=4	Turnout	83.41

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	20,879	53.00
		Hand	13,109	33.28
		Star	5,206	13.22
align=left colspan=3	Valid Votes	39,354	99.99
align=left colspan=3	Rejected Votes	160	0.01
align=left colspan=3	Total Polled	39,394	100.00
align=left colspan=3	Registered Electors	45,888
align=left colspan=4	Turnout	85.85

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. 16 May 2017.
3. Web site: Result of Parliamentary General Election 20 July 1960. Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. 16 May 2017.
4. Web site: Result of Parliamentary General Election 1965. Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. 16 May 2017.
5. Web site: Result of Parliamentary General Election 1970. Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. 17 May 2017.
6. Web site: Result of Parliamentary General Election 1977. Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. 17 May 2017.