Agalawatte Electoral District

This article is about the former electoral district in Sri Lanka. For the town, see Agalawatte.

Agalawatte electoral district was an electoral district of Sri Lanka between August 1947 and February 1989. The district was named after the town of Agalawatte in Kalutara District, 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] Agalawatte electoral district was replaced by the Kalutara multi-member electoral district at the 1989 general elections, the first under the PR system, though Agalawatte continues to be a polling division of the multi-member electoral district.

Members of Parliament

Key

  Independent     Lanka Sama Samaja Party     United National Party  

ElectionMemberPartyTerm
1947 Sam A. Silva 1947-1952
1952 C. W. W. Kannangara Ceylon National Congress 1952-1956
1956 Anil Moonesinghe Lanka Sama Samaja Party 1956-1970
1960
1960
1965
1970 Colvin R. de Silva 1970-1977
1977 Merill Kariyawasam United National Party 1977-1989

Elections

1947 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Sam A. Silva Chair4,13529.25%
D. D. Athulathmudali Bicycle3,35623.74%
A. A. Perera Umbrella3,29523.31%
P. A. Wijegunawardene Elephant1,87713.28%
D. M. Athulathmudalige Clock8285.86%
Percy Corea House6444.56%
Valid Votes14,135100.00%
Rejected Votes620
Total Polled14,755
Registered Electors35,803
Turnout41.21%

1952 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
C. W. W. Kannangara Chair13,65949.77%
Sam A. Silva Star6,62724.15%
A. P. Jayasuriya Elephant3,48012.70%
W. H. Bodhidas Key3,24011.80%
Benjo David Muthukuda Lamp4401.60%
Valid Votes27,446100.00%
Rejected Votes356
Total Polled27,802
Registered Electors36,088
Turnout77.04%

1956 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Anil MoonesingheLanka Sama Samaja Party Key20,20869.41%
A. D. P. A. Wijegunawardena Elephant7,48725.72%
V. D. Chandrasinghe Cart Wheel1,0663.66%
V. W. Henry de Mel Chair3531.21%
Valid Votes29,114100.00%
Rejected Votes260
Total Polled29,374
Registered Electors40,699
Turnout72.17%

1960 (March) Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Anil MoonesingheLanka Sama Samaja Party Key12,00744.79%
Wilmot JayanettiUnited National Party Elephant8,12730.32%
A. D. JayasenaSri Lanka Freedom Party Hand2,5609.55%
Walter Wijegunawardena Cockerel2,2148.26%
P. K. D. ChandradasaMahajana Eksath Peramuna Cart Wheel1,6776.26%
Upatissa Gunawardena Eye2230.83%
Valid Votes26,808100.00%
Rejected Votes170
Total Polled26,978
Registered Electors34,009
Turnout79.33%

1960 (July) Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Anil MoonesingheLanka Sama Samaja Party Key15,66862.59%
Wilmot JayanettiUnited National Party Elephant9,36437.41%
Valid Votes25,032100.00%
Rejected Votes107
Total Polled25,139
Registered Electors34,009
Turnout73.92%

1965 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Anil MoonesingheLanka Sama Samaja Party Key20,75257.16%
G. D. DavidUnited National Party Elephant15,55542.84%
Valid Votes36,307100.00%
Rejected Votes304
Total Polled36,611
Registered Electors43,921
Turnout83.36%

1970 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Colvin R. de SilvaLanka Sama Samaja Party Key25,16455.55%
G. D. MahindasomaUnited National Party Elephant19,97844.11%
A. D. P. Karunatilleke Bell1540.34%
Valid Votes45,296100.00%
Rejected Votes106
Total Polled45,402
Registered Electors51,367
Turnout88.39%

1977 Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 8th parliamentary election held on 21 July 1977 for the district:[9]

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Merill KariyawasamUnited National PartyElephant27,18157.36%
Colvin R. de SilvaLanka Sama Samaja PartyKey15,80533.35%
Ananda Pasqual Hand3,9188.27%
Titus Silva Chair3580.76%
K. L. Premadasa Sarathkumara Cart Wheel1260.27%
Valid Votes47,388100.00%
Rejected Votes114
Total Polled47,502
Registered Electors54,931
Turnout86.48%

References

  1. ↑ "The Electoral System". Parliament of Sri Lanka.
  2. ↑ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1947" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka.
  3. ↑ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1952" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka.
  4. ↑ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1956" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka.
  5. ↑ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1960-03-19" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka.
  6. ↑ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1960-07-20" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka.
  7. ↑ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1965" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka.
  8. ↑ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1970" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka.
  9. ↑ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1977" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka.

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