Beliatta Electoral District

Beliatta electoral district was an electoral district of Sri Lanka between August 1947 and February 1989. The district was named after the town of Beliatta in Hambantota District, Southern 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] Beliatta electoral district was replaced by the Hambantota multi-member electoral district at the 1989 general elections, the first under the proportional representation system.

Members of Parliament

Key

 Independent    Sri Lanka Freedom Party    United National Party  

ElectionMemberPartyTerm
1947 D. A. Rajapaksa United National Party 1947 - 1960
1952 Sri Lanka Freedom Party
1956
1960 (March) D. P. Atapattu United National Party 1960
1960 (July) D. A. Rajapaksa Sri Lanka Freedom Party 1960 - 1965
1965 D. P. Atapattu United National Party 1965 - 1970
1970 Mahinda Rajapaksa Sri Lanka Freedom Party 1970 - 1977
1977 Ranjit Atapattu United National Party 1977 -1988

Elections

1947 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
D. A. Rajapaksa United National Party Hand 14,007
D. P. Atapattu Chair 5,985
Eddie Fernando Elephant 4,885
P. James de Silva Star 362
P.D.S. Wickremasinghe Key 270
Valid Votes25,509100.00%
Rejected Votes 433
Total Polled 25,942
Registered Electors 41,570
Turnout

1952 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
D. A. Rajapaksa Sri Lanka Freedom Party Umbrella 17,382
D. P. Atapattu United National Party Star 13,750
Valid Votes31,132100.00%
Rejected Votes 304
Total Polled 31,436
Registered Electors 41,578
Turnout

1956 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
D. A. Rajapaksa Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand 26,215
D. P. Atapattu United National Party Elephant 10,382
Valid Votes36,597100.00%
Rejected Votes 252
Total Polled 36,849
Registered Electors 49,456
Turnout

1960 (March) Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Valid Votes 100.00%
Rejected Votes
Total Polled
Registered Electors
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1960 (July) Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
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Registered Electors
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1965 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
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1970 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Mahinda Rajapaksa Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand 23,103
Ranjit Atapattu United National Party Elephant 16,477
Gunadasa Weerawarna Nilaweera Ship 678
Valid Votes40,258100.00%
Rejected Votes 163
Total Polled 40,421
Registered Electors 46,342
Turnout

1977 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Valid Votes 100.00%
Rejected Votes
Total Polled
Registered Electors
Turnout

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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