Matale Electoral District (1947–1989)

This article is about the former electoral district in Sri Lanka. For other uses, see Matale (disambiguation).

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

Members of Parliament

Key

  Independent     Sri Lanka Freedom Party     United National Party  

ElectionMemberPartyTerm
1947 V. T. Nanayakkara 1947-1952
1952 Bernard Aluwihare United National Party 1952-1956
1956 Nimal Karunatilake 1956-1960
1960 (March) Bernard Aluwihare United National Party 1960-1965
1960 (July)
1965 Alick Aluwihare 1965-1970
1970 Richard Udugama Sri Lanka Freedom Party 1970-1977
1977 Alick Aluwihare 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%
V. T. Nanayakkara Eye11,53049.21%
Bernard Aluwihare Star9,52540.66%
T. B. Wegodapola Lamp2,37310.13%
Valid Votes23,428100.00%
Rejected Votes285
Total Polled23,713
Registered Electors37,847
Turnout62.65%

1952 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Bernard Aluwihare Flower12,31458.05%
V. T. Nanayakkara House8,89841.95%
Valid Votes21,212100.00%
Rejected Votes229
Total Polled21,441
Registered Electors29,272
Turnout73.25%

1956 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Nimal Karunatilake Hand12,96855.56%
Bernard Aluwihare Elephant10,37244.44%
Valid Votes23,340100.00%
Rejected Votes175
Total Polled23,515
Registered Electors33,081
Turnout71.08%

1960 (March) Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Bernard AluwihareUnited National Party Elephant8,02250.41%
T. D. GunaratneSri Lanka Freedom Party Hand6,11338.41%
M. B. RatnayakeMahajana Eksath Peramuna Cart Wheel8925.60%
S. B. WijeratneCommunist Party Star5043.17%
A. K. Sumanapala Umbrella1540.97%
Jinadasa Wickremasuriya Sun1170.74%
Upali Monaravila Keppetipola Clock1130.71%
Valid Votes15,915100.00%
Rejected Votes131
Total Polled16,046
Registered Electors20,739
Turnout77.37%

1960 (July) Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Bernard AluwihareUnited National Party Elephant8,96154.47%
T. D. GunaratneSri Lanka Freedom Party Hand7,48945.53%
Valid Votes16,450100.00%
Rejected Votes105
Total Polled16,555
Registered Electors20,739
Turnout79.83%

1965 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Alick AluwihareUnited National Party Elephant13,50259.94%
W. DorakumburaSri Lanka Freedom Party Hand9,02540.06%
Valid Votes22,527100.00%
Rejected Votes212
Total Polled22,739
Registered Electors27,414
Turnout82.95%

1970 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Richard UdugamaSri Lanka Freedom Party Hand13,42851.24%
Alick AluwihareUnited National Party Elephant12,77848.76%
Valid Votes26,206100.00%
Rejected Votes120
Total Polled26,326
Registered Electors30,396
Turnout86.61%

1977 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Alick Aluwihare Elephant21,94570.01%
Chandrasena Munaweera Hand9,03928.84%
R. G. Karunaratne Eye3611.15%
Valid Votes31,345100.00%
Rejected Votes156
Total Polled31,501
Registered Electors36,395
Turnout86.55%

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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