Matara Electoral District (1947–1989)

Matara electoral district was an electoral district of Sri Lanka between August 1947 and February 1989. The district was named after the city of Matara in Matara 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] Matara electoral district was replaced by the Matara multi-member electoral district at the 1989 general elections, the first under the proportional representation system, Matara 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
1952
1956
1960 (March)
1960 (July)
1965
1970
1977

Elections

1947 Parliamentary General Election

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

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

1952 Parliamentary General Election

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

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

1956 Parliamentary General Election

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

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

1960 (July) Parliamentary General Election

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

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

1965 Parliamentary General Election

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

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

1970 Parliamentary General Election

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

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