Weligama Electoral District

Weligama electoral district was an electoral district of Sri Lanka between August 1947 and February 1989. The district was named after the town of Weligama 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] Weligama electoral district was replaced by the Matara 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 Montague Jayawickrama United National Party 1947 - 1956
1952
1956 Panini Ilangakoon Sri Lanka Freedom Party 1956 -1960
1960 (March) Montague Jayawickrama United National Party 1960 - 1970
1960 (July)
1965
1970 Panini Ilangakoon Sri Lanka Freedom Party 1970 1977
1977 Montague Jayawickrama 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:[2]

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Montague Jayawickrama United National Party Umbrella 11,255
Edward Senaratne Star 7,468
A.B. Seneviratne Elephant 5,212
E.Y.D. Abeygunawardena Key 1,422
D.L. Senaratne Hand 413
Valid Votes25,770100.00%
Rejected Votes 433
Total Polled 26,203
Registered Electors 51,174
Turnout

1952 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Montague Jayawickrama United National Party Umbrella 16,397
Panini Ilangakoon Sri Lanka Freedom Party Star 13,806
Valid Votes30,203100.00%
Rejected Votes 286
Total Polled 30,489
Registered Electors 40,727
Turnout

1956 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Panini Ilangakoon Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand 18,648
Montague Jayawickrama United National Party Elephant 13,659
Valid Votes32,307100.00%
Rejected Votes 252
Total Polled 32,559
Registered Electors 44,610
Turnout

1960 (March) Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Montague Jayawickrema United National Party Elephant 14,270
Panini Ilangakoon Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand 10,240
D. Wickremaratna Star 1,709
D.B. de S. Jayawardena Umbrella 447
G.P.J. Nanayakkara Eye 271
A.G. Piyasinghe Pair of Scales 128
Valid Votes27,065100.00%
Rejected Votes 147
Total Polled 27,212
Registered Electors 37,119
Turnout

1960 (July) Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Montague Jayawickrema United National Party Elephant 15,281
Panini Ilangakoon Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand 12,741
Valid Votes28,022100.00%
Rejected Votes 126
Total Polled 28,148
Registered Electors 37,119
Turnout

1965 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Montague Jayawickrema United National Party Elephant 18,316
Panini Ilangakoon Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand 16,271
Valid Votes34,587100.00%
Rejected Votes 197
Total Polled 34,784
Registered Electors 44,912
Turnout

1970 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Panini Ilangakoon Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand 22,635
S.S. Perera United National Party Elephant 16,224
Valid Votes38,859100.00%
Rejected Votes 107
Total Polled 38,966
Registered Electors 47,309
Turnout

1977 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Montague Jayawickrema United National Party Elephant 25,440 56.11%
Chulpadmendra Dahanayake Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand 16,343 36.04%
H.G.S. Ratnaweera Communist Party of Sri Lanka Star 3,560 7.85%
Valid Votes45,343100.00%
Rejected Votes 128
Total Polled 45,471
Registered Electors 54,430
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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