Uva Paranagama Electoral District Explained

Uva Paranagama electoral district was an electoral district of Sri Lanka between March 1960 and February 1989. The district was named after the town of Uva Paranagama 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] Uva Paranagama 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)	Kusuma Rajaratne	NLF	1960
	1960 (July)			1960-1965
	1965			1965-1970
	1970	S. B. Delungahawatta	SLFP	1970-1977
	1977	R. M. Karunaratne	UNP	1977-1989

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"	%
	National Liberation Front	Aeroplane	4,662	40.40
		Elephant	2,695	23.35
		Rooster	1,790	15.51
D. C. Wijesooriya		Ladder	855	7.41
M. Danister Perera		Sun	440	3.81
E. B. Dimbulane		Rabbit	429	3.72
Henry Dharmasena		Cartwheel	352	3.05
K. V. Don Sugathadasa		Umbrella	209	1.81
align=left colspan=3	Valid Votes	11,432	99.06
align=left colspan=3	Rejected Votes	108	0.94
align=left colspan=3	Total Polled	11,540	100.00
align=left colspan=3	Registered Electors	14,519
align=left colspan=4	Turnout	79.48

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"	%
	National Liberation Front	Aeroplane	6,473	56.88
		Elephant	4,830	42.44
align=left colspan=3	Valid Votes	11,303	99.32
align=left colspan=3	Rejected Votes	78	0.68
align=left colspan=3	Total Polled	11,381	100.00
align=left colspan=3	Registered Electors	14,519
align=left colspan=4	Turnout	78.39

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"	%
	National Liberation Front	Aeroplane	6,839	44.26
		Lamp	4,888	31.63
		Hand	3,558	23.02
align=left colspan=3	Valid Votes	15,285	98.91
align=left colspan=3	Rejected Votes	168	1.09
align=left colspan=3	Total Polled	15,453	100.00
align=left colspan=3	Registered Electors	18,630
align=left colspan=4	Turnout	82.95

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	9,245	46.91
		Elephant	7,530	38.20
R. M. G. Samaranayake		Umbrella	2,143	10.87
W. D. Jothiratne		Bell	249	10.87
E. B. Dimbulana		Chair	245	1.24
D. M. Appuhamy		Lamp	210	1.07
align=left colspan=3	Valid Votes	19,622	99.55
align=left colspan=3	Rejected Votes	88	0.45
align=left colspan=3	Total Polled	19,710	100.00
align=left colspan=3	Registered Electors	22,384
align=left colspan=4	Turnout	88.05

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	15,108	62.47
		Hand	8,134	33.63
Karunapala Ratnayake		Key	260	1.08
Gamini Samaranayake		Umbrella	190	0.79
M. D. Perera		Aeroplane	141	0.58
Tissa Deshapriya Herath		Lamp	130	0.54
Nissanaka Bandaranayake		Cartwheel	45	0.19
Gunapala Badrage		Scales	40	0.17
align=left colspan=3	Valid Votes	24,048	99.43
align=left colspan=3	Rejected Votes	137	0.57
align=left colspan=3	Total Polled	24,185
align=left colspan=3	Registered Electors	26,908	100.00
align=left colspan=4	Turnout	89.88

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. 28 June 2018.
3. Web site: Result of Parliamentary General Election 20 July 1960 . Department of Elections, Sri Lanka . 8 May 2017.
4. Web site: Result of Parliamentary General Election 1965. Department of Elections, Sri Lanka . 28 June 2018.
5. Web site: Result of Parliamentary General Election 1970. Department of Elections, Sri Lanka . 28 June 2018.
6. Web site: Result of Parliamentary General Election 1977. Department of Elections, Sri Lanka . 28 June 2018.