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Soranatota Electoral District

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Soranatota electoral district was an electoral district of Sri Lanka between March 1960 and July 1977. The district was named after the town of Soranatota 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] Soranatota electoral district was replaced by the Badulla multi-member electoral district at the 1989 general elections.

Members of Parliament

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Key

  Independent   SLFP   UNP

Election Member Party Term
1960 (March) K. Y. M. Wijeratne Banda SLFP 1960
1960 (July) S. B. Ekanayake UNP 1960 - 1965
1965 K. Y. M. Wijeratne Banda SLFP 1965 - 1989
1970

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 %
K. Y. M. Wijeratne Banda Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand 3,821 36.80
S. B. Ekanayake United National Party Elephant 3,229 31.10
Y. G. Jayasinghe Lanka Sama Samaja Party Key 1,434 13.81
K. G. Dias Cartwheel 725 6.98
T. B. Katugaha Sun 542 5.22
T. M. A. Ratnayake Omnibus 187 1.80
P. B. A. Lankatilaka Umbrella 112 1.08
Weerawanni Jinadasa Pair of Scales 103 0.99
Valid Votes 10,151 97.77
Rejected Votes 232 2.23
Total Polled 10,383 100.00
Registered Electors 14,074
Turnout 73.77

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 %
S. B. Ekanayake United National Party Elephant 4,539
K. Y. M. Wijeratne Banda Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand 4,330
K. D. Sugathadasa Lanka Prajathanthravadi Pakshaya Umbrella 1,017
B. D. P. Wijewardena Rooster
Valid Votes 100.00%
Rejected Votes
Total Polled
Registered Electors
Turnout

1965 Parliamentary General Election

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

Candidate Party Symbol Votes %
K. Y. M. Wijeratne Banda Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand 6,901
S. B. Ekanayake United National Party Elephant 6,023
K. D. Sugathadasa Lanka Prajathanthravadi Pakshaya Umbrella 903
W. H. B. Katubulla Aeroplane 522
Chandragupta Rambukpota Lamp 228
K. B. Herath Cartwheel 183
Valid Votes 100.00%
Rejected Votes 139
Total Polled
Registered Electors
Turnout

1970 Parliamentary General Election

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

Candidate Party Symbol Votes %
K. Y. M. Wijeratne Banda Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand
R. M. Abeykoon United National Party Elephant
S. B. Ekanayake Umbrella
Valid Votes 100.00%
Rejected Votes
Total Polled
Registered Electors
Turnout

References

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  1. ^ "The Electoral System". Parliament of Sri Lanka.
  2. ^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election March 1960" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 20 October 2017.
  3. ^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election July 1960" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 20 October 2017.
  4. ^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1965" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 20 October 2017.
  5. ^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1970" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 20 October 2017.