Yatiyantota Electoral District Explained

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

Members of Parliament

Key

ElectionMemberPartyTerm
1960 (March)N. M. Perera1960
1960 (July)1960-1965
19651965-1970
19701970-1977
1977K. Vincent PereraUnited National Party1977-1989

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"%
Key 10,432 52.25
G. L. Kotelawela Elephant 7,761 38.87
Higgoda Dharmasena Star 820 4.11
C. L. B. Ratnayake Hand 731 3.66
S. J. Dharmapala Umbrella 87 0.44
align=left colspan=3Valid Votes19,83199.32
align=left colspan=3Rejected Votes135 0.68
align=left colspan=3Total Polled19,966 100.00
align=left colspan=3Registered Electors23,908
align=left colspan=4Turnout83.51

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"%
Key 10,311 52.07
G. L. Kotelawela Elephant 9,196 46.44
S. M. Munasinghe Cartwheel 202 1.02
align=left colspan=3Valid Votes19,70999.54
align=left colspan=3Rejected Votes92 0.46
align=left colspan=3Total Polled19,801 100.00
align=left colspan=3Registered Electors23,908
align=left colspan=4Turnout82.82

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"%
Key 14,826 52.40
G. L. Kotelawela Elephant 13,131 46.41
K. A. Wijesekera Cartwheel 130 0.46
align=left colspan=3Valid Votes28,08799.27
align=left colspan=3Rejected Votes207 0.73
align=left colspan=3Total Polled28,294 100.00
align=left colspan=3Registered Electors32,197
align=left colspan=4Turnout87.88

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"%
Key 17,520 56.27
G. L. Kotelawela Elephant 13,531 43.46
align=left colspan=3Valid Votes31,05199.72
align=left colspan=3Rejected Votes86 0.28
align=left colspan=3Total Polled31,137 100.00
align=left colspan=3Registered Electors34,938
align=left colspan=4Turnout89.12

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 17,545 52.04
Key 15,028 44.57
Dharmasiri Muthuthanthirige Hand 897 2.66
T.D.S. Wickrema Book 122 0.36
Dharmasri Fonsek Flower 77 0.23
Vijaya Ratnayake Cartwheel 48 0.14
align=left colspan=3Valid Votes33,60899.68
align=left colspan=3Rejected Votes109 0.32
align=left colspan=3Total Polled33,717 100.00
align=left colspan=3Registered Electors38,405
align=left colspan=4Turnout87.79

Notes and References

  1. Web site: The Electoral System. Parliament of Sri Lanka.
  2. Web site: Result of Parliamentary General Election 1960-03-19 . Department of Elections, Sri Lanka . 30 June 2021 .
  3. Web site: Result of Parliamentary General Election July 1960 . Department of Elections, Sri Lanka . 30 June 2021 .
  4. Web site: Result of Parliamentary General Election 1965 . Department of Elections, Sri Lanka . 30 June 2021 .
  5. Web site: Result of Parliamentary General Election 1970 . Department of Elections, Sri Lanka . 30 June 2021 .
  6. Web site: Result of Parliamentary General Election 1977 . Department of Elections, Sri Lanka . 30 June 2021 .