Welimada Electoral District Explained

Welimada electoral district was an electoral district of Sri Lanka between August 1947 and February 1989. The district was named after the town of Welimada 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] Welimada electoral district was replaced by the Badulla multi-member electoral district at the 1989 general elections, the first under the proportional representation system, though Badulla continues to be a polling division of the multi-member electoral district.

Members of Parliament

Key

ElectionMemberPartyTerm
1947K. D. Sugathadasa1947-1952
1952M. B. BambarapaneIndependent1952-1956
1956Mahajana Eksath Peramuna1956-1957
1957 by-electionIndependent1957-1960
1960 (March)National Liberation Front1960
1960 (July)1960-1962
1962 by-election1962-1965
1965Percy SamaraweeraIndependent1965-1966
1966 by-election1966-1968
1968 by-election1968-1970
1970R. M. BandaraSri Lanka Freedom Party1970-1977
1977Percy SamaraweeraUnited National Party1977-1988
1988 by-electionRavindra SamaraweeraUnited National Party1988-1989 [2]

Elections

1947 Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 1st parliamentary election held between 23 August 1947 and 20 September 1947 for the district:[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 4,242 40.86
A. G. Divitotawela Hand 4,220 40.64
W. Pinto Umbrella 1,517 14.61
align=left colspan=3Valid Votes9,97996.11
align=left colspan=3Rejected Votes404 3.89
align=left colspan=3Total Polled10,383100.00
align=left colspan=3Registered Electors19,978
align=left colspan=4Turnout51.97

1952 Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 2nd parliamentary election held between 24 May 1952 and 30 May 1952 for the district:[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"%
Key 6,314 40.69
K. D. David Perera Umbrella 5,118 32.98
Elephant 3,327 21.44
G. P. Perera Hand 423 2.73
align=left colspan=3Valid Votes15,18297.83
align=left colspan=3Rejected Votes337 2.17
align=left colspan=3Total Polled15,519100.00
align=left colspan=3Registered Electors21,220
align=left colspan=4Turnout73.13

1956 Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 3rd parliamentary election held between 5 April 1956 and 10 April 1956 for the district:[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"%
Mahajana Eksath PeramunaHand 12,336 69.98
United National PartyElephant 4,318 24.50
M. D. Perera Cartwheel 770 4.37
align=left colspan=3Valid Votes17,42498.85
align=left colspan=3Rejected Votes203 1.15
align=left colspan=3Total Polled17,627 100.00
align=left colspan=3Registered Electors27,774
align=left colspan=4Turnout63.47

1957 Parliamentary By-election

Results of the parliamentary by-election held on 7 September 1957 for the district:[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"%
Cartwheel 14,069 80.55
M. B. A. Jayasundara Hand 2,616 14.98
K. L. Dalpathadu Elephant 642 3.68
align=left colspan=3Valid Votes17,32799.20
align=left colspan=3Rejected Votes140
align=left colspan=3Total Polled17,467 100.00
align=left colspan=3Registered Electors27,774
align=left colspan=4Turnout62.89

1960 (March) Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 4th parliamentary election held on 19 March 1960 for the district:[7]

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 6,539 53.83
A. G. Divitotawela United National PartyElephant 3,838 31.59
M. B. A. Jayasundera Cartwheel 554 4.56
Wilfred de Silva Key 549 4.52
K. M. K. P. S. A. Moulana Ladder 229 1.89
B. Gabriel Perera Scales 159 1.31
D. B. S. Dambadeniya Umbrella 72 0.59
align=left colspan=3Valid Votes11,94098.29
align=left colspan=3Rejected Votes208 1.71
align=left colspan=3Total Polled12,148100.00
align=left colspan=3Registered Electors14,799
align=left colspan=4Turnout82.09

1960 (July) Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 5th parliamentary election held on 20 July 1960 for the district:[8]

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 7,557 64.67
K. N. M. Punchi Banda Elephant 4,023 34.43
align=left colspan=3Valid Votes11,58099.09
align=left colspan=3Rejected Votes106 0.91
align=left colspan=3Total Polled11,686 100.00
align=left colspan=3Registered Electors14,799
align=left colspan=4Turnout78.96

1962 Parliamentary By-election

Results of the parliamentary by-election held on 28 June 1962 for the district:[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"%
National Liberation Front Aeroplane 8,352 51.81
Elephant 5,178 32.12
P. B. Ratnayake Hand 2,496 15.48
align=left colspan=3Valid Votes16,02699.42
align=left colspan=3Rejected Votes94 0.58
align=left colspan=3Total Polled16,120 100.00
align=left colspan=3Registered Electors
align=left colspan=4Turnout

1965 Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 6th parliamentary election held on 22 March 1965 for the district:[9]

align=left width="180"Candidate!align=left width="180"Party!align=left width="120"Symbol!align=left width="60"Votes!align=left width="60"%
Lamp 8,908 52.454
National Liberation Front Aeroplane 7,919 46.62
align=left colspan=3Valid Votes16,82799.07%
align=left colspan=3Rejected Votes158 0.93
align=left colspan=3Total Polled16,985 100.00
align=left colspan=3Registered Electors20,122
align=left colspan=4Turnout84.41

1970 Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 7th parliamentary election held on 27 May 1970 for the district:[10]

align=left width="180"Candidate!align=left width="180"Party!align=left width="120"Symbol!align=left width="60"Votes!align=left width="60"%
uncontested
align=left colspan=3Valid Votes--
align=left colspan=3Rejected Votesalign=center- align=center-
align=left colspan=3Total Polledalign=center- align=center-
align=left colspan=3Registered Electors
align=left colspan=4Turnoutalign=center-

1977 Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 8th parliamentary election held on 21 July 1977 for the district:[11]

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 16,314 63.84
Hand 8,633 33.78
B. M. M. Banda Star 386 1.51
A. R. Wijesinghe Cartwheel 106 0.41
align=left colspan=3Valid Votes25,43999.55
align=left colspan=3Rejected Votes116 0.45
align=left colspan=3Total Polled25,555 100.00
align=left colspan=3Registered Electors28,652
align=left colspan=4Turnout89.19

Notes and References

  1. Web site: The Electoral System. Parliament of Sri Lanka.
  2. Web site: Hon. Ravindra Samaraweera, M.P.. Parliament of Sri Lanka.
  3. Web site: Result of Parliamentary General Election 1947 . Department of Elections, Sri Lanka . 1 September 2017 .
  4. Web site: Result of Parliamentary General Election 1952 . Department of Elections, Sri Lanka . 1 September 2017 .
  5. Web site: Result of Parliamentary General Election 1956 . Department of Elections, Sri Lanka . 1 September 2017.
  6. Web site: Results of Parliamentary By-Elections held 1947 - 1988 . Department of Elections, Sri Lanka . 4 September 2017 .
  7. Web site: Result of Parliamentary General Election March 1960 . Department of Elections, Sri Lanka . 1 September 2017 .
  8. Web site: Result of Parliamentary General Election July 1960 . Department of Elections, Sri Lanka . 1 September 2017 .
  9. Web site: Result of Parliamentary General Election 1965 . Department of Elections, Sri Lanka . 1 September 2017 .
  10. Web site: Result of Parliamentary General Election 1970 . Department of Elections, Sri Lanka . 1 September 2017 .
  11. Web site: Result of Parliamentary General Election 1977 . Department of Elections, Sri Lanka . 1 September 2017.