Yatinuwara Electoral District Explained

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

Members of Parliament

Key

Election		Member	Party	Term
	1960 (March)	S. S. Abeysundara	United National Party	1960
	1960 (July)	U. B. Weerasekera	Sri Lanka Freedom Party	190-1964
	1965	S. S. Abeysundara	United National Party	1965-1970
	1970	Hector Kobbekaduwa	Sri Lanka Freedom Party	1970-1977
	1977	S. S. Abeysundara	United National Party	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"	%
		Elephant	4,352
		Hand	4,159
		Sun	3,156
align=left colspan=3	Valid Votes
align=left colspan=3	Rejected Votes	155
align=left colspan=3	Total Polled	16,527	100.00
align=left colspan=3	Registered Electors	20,983
align=left colspan=4	Turnout

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

1977 Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 7th 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"	%
align=left colspan=3	Valid Votes
align=left colspan=3	Rejected Votes
align=left colspan=3	Total Polled		100.00
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 19 March 1960 . Department of Elections, Sri Lanka . 5 July 2018 .
3. Web site: Result of Parliamentary General Election 20 July 1960. Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. 5 July 2018 .
4. Web site: Result of Parliamentary General Election 1965. Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. 5 July 2018 .
5. Web site: Result of Parliamentary General Election 1970 . Department of Elections, Sri Lanka . 5 July 2018 .
6. Web site: Result of Parliamentary General Election 1977 . Department of Elections, Sri Lanka . 5 July 2018 .