Bandaragama Electoral District

Bandaragama electoral district was an electoral district of Sri Lanka between March 1960 and February 1989. The district was named after the town of Bandaragama 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] Bandaragama electoral district was replaced by the Kalutara multi-member electoral district at the 1989 general elections.

Members of Parliament

Key

 Independent    Sri Lanka Freedom Party    United National Party  

ElectionMemberPartyTerm
1960 (March) D. C. W. Kannangara United National Party 1960
1960 (July) K.D. David Perera Sri Lanka Freedom Party 1960 - 1970
1965
1970 Herbert Wickramasinghe 1970 - 1977
1977 Senaraja Samaranayake United National Party 1977 - 1989

Elections

1960 (March) Parliamentary General Election

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
D.C.W. Kannangara United National Party Elephant 10,154
K.D. David Perera Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand 7,031
R.A.K. Perera Cart Wheel 6,027
D.W.Wijesooriya Key 5,113
Pushpakumara Premaratne Star 783
Austin D. Perera Umbrella 634
Valid Votes29,742100.00%
Rejected Votes 181
Total Polled 29,923
Registered Electors 37,279
Turnout

1960 (July) Parliamentary General Election

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
K.D. David Perera Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand
D.C.W. Kannangara United National Party Elephant
R.A. Karunapala Perera Cart Wheel
Valid Votes29,803100.00%
Rejected Votes 98
Total Polled 29,901
Registered Electors 37,279
Turnout

1965 Parliamentary General Election

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
K.D. David Perera Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand 20,897
D.C.W. Kannangara United National Party Elephant 17,476
R.A. Karunapala Perera Cart Wheel 504
Valid Votes38,877100.00%
Rejected Votes 428
Total Polled 39,305
Registered Electors 45,512
Turnout

1970 Parliamentary General Election

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Herbert Wickramasinghe Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand 27,562
D.C.W. Kannangara United National Party Elephant 15,593
P.R. Ranaraja Bell 521
Valid Votes43,676100.00%
Rejected Votes 138
Total Polled 43,814
Registered Electors 51,062
Turnout

1977 Parliamentary General Election

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Senaraja Samaranayake United National Party Elephant 28,097 55.17%
Herbert Wickremasihnghe Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand 19,795 38.87%
Vithanage Premachandra Perera Key 3,034 5.96%
Valid Votes50,926100.00%
Rejected Votes 123
Total Polled 51,049
Registered Electors 57,420
Turnout 89%

References

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