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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] Kurunegala multi-member electoral district at the 1989 general elections .
Members of Parliament
Key
Independent SLFP UNP
Elections
Candidate
Party
Symbol
Votes
%
Valid Votes 100.00%
Rejected Votes
Total Polled
Registered Electors
Turnout
Candidate
Party
Symbol
Votes
%
Valid Votes 100.00%
Rejected Votes
Total Polled
Registered Electors
Turnout
1965 Parliamentary General Election
Candidate
Party
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
1970 Parliamentary General Election
Candidate
Party
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
1977 Parliamentary General Election
Candidate
Party
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
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