Bingiriya Electoral District

Bingiriya electoral district was an electoral district of Sri Lanka between August 1947 and February 1989. The district was named after the town of Bingiriya in Kurunegala District, North Western 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. Bingiriya electoral district was replaced by the Kurunegala multi-member electoral district at the 1989 general elections, the first under the proportional representation system.

Members of Parliament

Key

  Independent   SLFP   UNP

Election		Member	Party	Term
	1947	T. B. Subasinghe	LSSP
	1952
	1956
	1960 (March)
	1960 (July)
	1965
	1970
	1977

Elections

1947 Parliamentary General Election

Candidate	Party	Symbol	Votes	%
T. B. Subasinghe	Lanka Sama Samaja Party	Chair	10,410
G. E. Arthanayake		Umbrella	814
L. W. Weerasinghe		Lamp	684
S. M. Gunarath Banda		Key	617
A. R. Wijekoon		Hand	105
Valid Votes				100.00%
Rejected Votes			316
Total Polled			12,946
Registered Electors			36,156
Turnout

1952 Parliamentary General Election

Candidate	Party	Symbol	Votes	%
Valid Votes				100.00%
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Total Polled
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1956 Parliamentary General Election

Candidate	Party	Symbol	Votes	%
Valid Votes				100.00%
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1960 (March) Parliamentary General Election

Candidate	Party	Symbol	Votes	%
Valid Votes				100.00%
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Total Polled
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1960 (July) Parliamentary General Election

Candidate	Party	Symbol	Votes	%
Valid Votes				100.00%
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Total Polled
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1965 Parliamentary General Election

Candidate	Party	Symbol	Votes	%
Valid Votes				100.00%
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1970 Parliamentary General Election

Candidate	Party	Symbol	Votes	%
Valid Votes				100.00%
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1977 Parliamentary General Election

Candidate	Party	Symbol	Votes	%
Valid Votes				100.00%
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