Rakwana Electoral District

Rakwana electoral district was an electoral district of Sri Lanka between March 1960 and February 1989. The district was named after the town of Rakwana in Ratnapura District, Sabaragamuwa 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. Rakwana electoral district was replaced by the Ratnapura multi-member electoral district at the 1989 general elections.

Members of Parliament

Key

  Independent   SLFP   UNP

Election		Member	Party	Term
	1960 (March)
	1960 (July)
	1965
	1970
	1977

Elections

1960 (March) Parliamentary General Election

Candidate	Party	Symbol	Votes	%
Valid Votes				100.00%
Rejected Votes
Total Polled
Registered Electors
Turnout

1960 (July) Parliamentary General Election

Candidate	Party	Symbol	Votes	%
Valid Votes				100.00%
Rejected Votes
Total Polled
Registered Electors
Turnout

1965 Parliamentary General Election

Candidate	Party	Symbol	Votes	%
Valid Votes				100.00%
Rejected Votes
Total Polled
Registered Electors
Turnout

1970 Parliamentary General Election

Candidate	Party	Symbol	Votes	%
Valid Votes				100.00%
Rejected Votes
Total Polled
Registered Electors
Turnout

1977 Parliamentary General Election

Candidate	Party	Symbol	Votes	%
Valid Votes				100.00%
Rejected Votes
Total Polled
Registered Electors
Turnout