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Wattegama electoral district was an electoral district of Sri Lanka between August 1947 and July 1977. The district was named after the City of Wattegama 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] Wattegama electoral district was replaced by the Kandy multi-member electoral district at the 1989 general elections, the first under the proportional representation system, continues to be a polling division of the multi-member electoral district.

Members of Parliament

Key

  Independent   SLFP   UNP

Election Member Party Term
style="background-color: Template:United National Party/meta/color" | 1947 Abeyratne Ratnayaka United National Party 1947-1952
style="background-color: Template:United National Party/meta/color" | 1952 1952-1956
style="background-color: Template:Sri Lanka Freedom Party/meta/color" | 1956 Aloysius Weerakoon Sri Lanka Freedom Party 1956-1960
style="background-color: Template:Sri Lanka Freedom Party/meta/color" | 1960 (March) 1960
style="background-color: Template:United National Party/meta/color" | 1960 (July) Abeyratne Ratnayaka United National Party 1960-1965
style="background-color: Template:United National Party/meta/color" | 1965 Aloysius Weerakoon United National Party 1965-1970
style="background-color: Template:Sri Lanka Freedom Party/meta/color" | 1970 A. G. Fernando Sri Lanka Freedom Party 1970-1977

Elections

1947 Parliamentary General Election

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

Candidate Party Symbol Votes %
Abeyratne Ratnayaka United National Party Elephant 14,788 78.73
B. P. Percy Perera Hand 3,477 18.51
Valid Votes 18,265 97.24
Rejected Votes 519 2.76
Total Polled 18,784 100.00
Registered Electors 32,009
Turnout 58.68

1952 Parliamentary General Election

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

Candidate Party Symbol Votes %
Abeyratne Ratnayaka United National Party Elephant 14,264 62.29
P. N. Dharmasena Wheel 5,381 23.50
Charles Amunugama Key 2,903 12.68
Valid Votes 22,548 98.46
Rejected Votes 353 1.54
Total Polled 22,901 100.00
Registered Electors 31,840
Turnout 71.93

1956 Parliamentary General Election

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

Candidate Party Symbol Votes %
Aloysius Weerakoon Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand 14,657 56.12
Abeyratne Ratnayaka United National Party Elephant 11,109 42.54
Valid Votes 25,766 98.66
Rejected Votes 351 1.34
Total Polled 26,117 100.00
Registered Electors 36,461
Turnout 71.63

1960 (March) Parliamentary General Election

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

Candidate Party Symbol Votes %
Aloysius Weerakoon Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand 8,680 53.04
Abeyratne Ratnayaka United National Party Elephant 7,110 43.45
Vipula Dharmawardena Cartwheel 399 2.44
Valid Votes 61,189 98.93
Rejected Votes 176 1.07
Total Polled 16,365 100.00
Registered Electors 20,093
Turnout 81.45

1960 (July) Parliamentary General Election

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

Candidate Party Symbol Votes %
Abeyratne Ratnayaka United National Party Elephant 8,317 50.75
G. Wereke Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand 7,960 48.57
Valid Votes 16,277 99.32
Rejected Votes 112 0.68
Total Polled 16,389 100.00
Registered Electors 20,093
Turnout 81.57

1965 Parliamentary General Election

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

Candidate Party Symbol Votes %
Aloysius Weerakoon United National Party Elephant 12,373 56.02
A. G. Fernando Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand 9,461 42.83
M.G. Ukku Menike Samarakoon Butterfly 117 0.53
Valid Votes 21,951 99.38
Rejected Votes 137 0.62
Total Polled 22,088 100.00
Registered Electors 25,731
Turnout 85.84

1970 Parliamentary General Election

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

Candidate Party Symbol Votes %
A. G. Fernando Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand 12,840 48.64
Aloysius Weerakoon United National Party Elephant 10,869 41.18
C. Ratnayake Ladder 2,598 9.84
Valid Votes 26,307 99.66
Rejected Votes 90 0.34
Total Polled 26,397 100.00
Registered Electors 30,024
Turnout 87.92

References

  1. ^ "The Electoral System". Parliament of Sri Lanka.
  2. ^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1947" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 5 July 2018.
  3. ^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1952" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 5 July 2018.
  4. ^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1956" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 5 July 2018.
  5. ^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 19 March 1960" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 16 June 2020.
  6. ^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 20 July 1960" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 16 June 2020.
  7. ^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1965" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 16 June 2020.
  8. ^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1970" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 16 June 2020.

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