Kuliyapitiya Electoral District

Kuliyapitiya electoral district was an electoral district of Sri Lanka between March 1960 and February 1989. The district was named after the town of Kuliyapitiya 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.^[1] Kuliyapitiya electoral district was replaced by the Kurunegala multi-member electoral district at the 1989 general elections.

Members of Parliament

Key

Independent SLFP UNP

	Member	Term
1960 (March)	I. M. R. A. Iriyagolle	1960
1960 (July)	G. W. Samarasinghe	1960-1965
1965	I. M. R. A. Iriyagolle	1965-1970
1970	G. W. Samarasinghe	1970-1977
1977	Lionel Jayatillake

Candidate	Symbol	Votes	%
I. M. R. A. Iriyagolle	Elephant	17,246	52.90
G. W. Samarasinghe	Hand	14,428	44.25
A. T. Somaratna	Cartwheel	809	2.48
Valid Votes		32,483	99.63
Rejected Votes		119	0.37
Total Polled		32,602	100.00
Registered Electors		38,252
Turnout			85.23

Candidate	Symbol	Votes	%
G. W. Samarasinghe	Hand	19,963	52.32
I. M. R. A. Iriyagolle	Elephant	18,055	47.32
Valid Votes		38,018	99.64
Rejected Votes		136	0.36
Total Polled		38,154
Registered Electors		42,974
Turnout			88.78

Candidate	Symbol	Votes	%
Lionel Jayatillake	Elephant	26,000	59.21
Wijayasiri Samarasinghe	Hand	16,927	38.55
W. A. Abeysinghe	Star	853	1.94
Valid Votes		43,780	99.70
Rejected Votes		134	0.30
Total Polled		43,914	100.00
Registered Electors		48,552
Turnout			90.45