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Passara Electoral District

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The Passara electoral district was an electoral district of Sri Lanka between March 1960 and February 1989. The district was named after the town of Passara in Badulla District, Uva 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] The Passara electoral district was replaced by the Badulla 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

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Key

  Independent   SLFP   UNP

Election Member Party Term
1960 (March) S. A. Peeris United National Party 1960
1960 (July) Amarananda Ratnayake Sri Lanka Freedom Party 1960-1965
1965 S. A. Peeris United National Party 1965-1970
1970 S. A. S. Somapala Sri Lanka Freedom Party 1970-1977
1977 W. M. Karunaratne United National Party 1977-1989

Elections

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1960 (March) Parliamentary General Election

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Results of the 4th parliamentary election held on 19 March 1960:[2]

Candidate Party Symbol Votes %
S. A. Peeris United National Party Elephant 3,286 38.02
Amarananda Ratnayake Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand 3,216 37.21
Doyle Kularatne Key 1,253 14.50
C. B. W. Palagolle Cartwheel 418 4.84
G. Daya Gunasekera Umbrella 308 3.56
Valid Votes 8,481 98.14
Rejected Votes 161 1.86
Total Polled 8,642 100.00
Registered Electors 11,511
Turnout 75.08

1960 (July) Parliamentary General Election

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Results of the 5th parliamentary election held on 20 July 1960:[3]

Candidate Party Symbol Votes %
Amarananda Ratnayake Sri Lanka Freedom Party Elephant 4,700 52.90
S. A. Peeris United National Party Hand 4,098 46.13
Valid Votes 8,798 99.03
Rejected Votes 86 0.97
Total Polled 8,884 100.00
Registered Electors 11,511
Turnout 77.18

1965 Parliamentary General Election

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Results of the 6th parliamentary election held on 22 March 1965:[4]

Candidate Party Symbol Votes %
S. A. Peeris United National Party Hand 6,022 50.79
Amarananda Ratnayake Sri Lanka Freedom Party Elephant 5,694 48.03
Valid Votes 11,716 98.82
Rejected Votes 140 1.18
Total Polled 11,856 100.00
Registered Electors 14,459
Turnout 82.00

1970 Parliamentary General Election

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Results of the 7th parliamentary election held on 27 May 1970:[5]

Candidate Party Symbol Votes %
S. A. S. Somapala Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand 8,382 57.44
Lilian Peeris United National Party Elephant 5,798 39.73
Pin Siri Fernando Bell 176 1.21
Ratnam Kumaravel Sewing Machine 114 0.78
Valid Votes 14,470 99.16
Rejected Votes 122 0.84
Total Polled 14,592 100.00
Registered Electors 16,461
Turnout 88.65

1977 Parliamentary General Election

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Candidate Party Symbol Votes %
W. M. Karunaratne United National Party Elephant 10,451 59.21
S. Seneviratne Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand 5,993 33.95
R. B. Dissanayake Star 402 2.28
A. Ratnayake Lamp 362 2.05
P. Wimalasuriya Omnibus 186 1.05
R. M. Punchibanda Flower 95 0.54
Valid Votes 17,489 99.08
Rejected Votes 162 0.92
Total Polled 17,651 100.00
Registered Electors 19,925
Turnout 88.59

References

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  1. ^ "The Electoral System". Parliament of Sri Lanka.
  2. ^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 19 March 1960" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 3 July 2018.[permanent dead link]
  3. ^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 20 July 1960" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 3 July 2018.[permanent dead link]
  4. ^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1965" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 3 July 2018.[permanent dead link]
  5. ^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1970" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 3 July 2018.[permanent dead link]