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Matara Electoral District (1947–1989)

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

Members of Parliament

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Key

  Independent   SLFP   UNP   Communist Party

Election Member Party Term
1947 H. D. Abeygoonewardane CCP 1947-1952
1952 Mahanama Samaraweera 1952-1956
1956 SLFP 1956-1960
1960 (March) Justin C. Wijayawardhene UNP 1960
1960 (July) Mahanama Samaraweera SLFP 1960-1965
1965 B. Y. Tudawe CCP 1965-1970
1970 1970-1977
1977 S. K. Piyadasa UNP 1970-1989

Elections

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1947 Parliamentary General Election

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Results of the 1st parliamentary election held between 23 August 1947 and 20 September 1947:[2]

Candidate Party Symbol Votes %
H. D. Abeygoonewardane Communist Party of Ceylon Pineapple 11,970 57.31
W. Gunasekera Umbrella 5,279 25.27
G. Weeratunga Scales 2,261 10.83
K. K. D. Silva Cartwheel 442 2.12
Valid Votes 20,352 97.44
Rejected Votes 535 2.56
Total Polled 20,887 100.00
Registered Electors 39,930
Turnout 52.31

1952 Parliamentary General Election

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Results of the 2nd parliamentary election held between 24 May 1952 and 30 May 1952:[3]

Candidate Party Symbol Votes %
Mahanama Samaraweera Communist Party of Ceylon Star 11,861 42.41
Edward Benjamin Senaratne Umbrella 10,785 38.56
Suriya Patabendige Albert de Silva Elephant 2,565 9.17
Yapa Sirisena Rajapaksa Hand 2,265 8.10
Valid Votes 27,476 98.23
Rejected Votes 494 1.77
Total Polled 27,970 100.00
Registered Electors 41,166
Turnout 67.94

1956 Parliamentary General Election

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Results of the 3rd parliamentary election held between 5 April 1956 and 10 April 1956:[4]

Candidate Party Symbol Votes %
Mahanama Samaraweera Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand 18,571 59.83
D. H. Pandita Gunawardene United National Party Elephant 7,342 23.65
E. H. P. Gawrapala Star 4,894 15.77
Valid Votes 30,807 99.25
Rejected Votes 232 0.75
Total Polled 31,039 100.00
Registered Electors 47,068
Turnout 65.95

1960 (March) Parliamentary General Election

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Results of the 4th parliamentary election held on 19 March 1960:[5]

Candidate Party Symbol Votes %
Justin C. Wijayawardhene United National Party Elephant 8,409 36.56
Mahanama Samaraweera Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand 6,533 28.41
B. Y. Tudawe Communist Party of Ceylon Star 5,702 24.79
K. K. de Silva Umbrella 2,151 9.35
Dayananda Kumarapperuma Eye 204 0.89
Valid Votes 22,999 99.35
Rejected Votes 151 0.65
Total Polled 23,150 100.00
Registered Electors 30,640
Turnout 75.55

1960 (July) Parliamentary General Election

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Results of the 5th parliamentary election held on 20 July 1960:[6]

Candidate Party Symbol Votes %
Mahanama Samaraweera Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand 13,105 56.0
Justin C. Wijayawardhena United National Party Elephant 10,200 43.59
Valid Votes 23,305 99.59
Rejected Votes 96 0.41
Total Polled 23,401 100.00
Registered Electors 30,640
Turnout 76.37

1965 Parliamentary General Election

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Results of the 6th parliamentary election held on 22 March 1965:[7]

Candidate Party Symbol Votes %
B. Y. Tudawe Communist Party of Ceylon Star 15,207 51.27
Mahanama Samaraweera Sun 14,287 48.17
Valid Votes 29,494 99.44
Rejected Votes 167 0.56
Total Polled 29,661 100.00
Registered Electors 37,399
Turnout 79.31

1970 Parliamentary General Election

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Results of the 7th parliamentary election held on 27 May 1970:[8]

Candidate Party Symbol Votes %
B. Y. Tudawe Communist Party of Ceylon Star 20,764 58.37
S. K. Piyadasa United National Party Elephant 14,580 40.98
E. P. Wijethunga Bell 160 0.45
Valid Votes 35,504 99.80
Rejected Votes 70 0.20
Total Polled 35,574 100.00
Registered Electors 41,751
Turnout 85.21

1977 Parliamentary General Election

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Results of the 8th parliamentary election held on 21 July 1977:[9]

Candidate Party Symbol Votes %
S. K. Piyadasa United National Party Elephant 23,222 55.96
B. Y. Tudawe Communist Party of Ceylon Star 12,585 30.33
Bandula Abeysuriya Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand 4,781 11.52
V. P. S. Abeysinghe Eye 623 1.50
Nandasiri Hettiarachchi Flower 201 0.48
Valid Votes 41,412 99.80
Rejected Votes 84 0.20
Total Polled 41,496 100.00
Registered Electors 48,354
Turnout 85.82

References

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  1. ^ "The Electoral System". Parliament of Sri Lanka.
  2. ^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1947" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-09-24.
  3. ^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1952" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-09-24.
  4. ^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1956" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-09-24.
  5. ^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 19 March 1960" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka.[permanent dead link‍]
  6. ^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 20 July 1960" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka.[permanent dead link‍]
  7. ^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1965" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka.[permanent dead link‍]
  8. ^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1970" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka.[permanent dead link‍]
  9. ^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1977" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka.[permanent dead link‍]

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