Kalawana electoral district was an electoral district of Sri Lanka between March 1960 and February 1989. The district was named after the town of Kalawana in Ratnapura District, Sabaragamuwa 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] Kalawana electoral district was replaced by the Ratnapura multi-member electoral district at the 1989 general elections.

Members of Parliament

Key

  Independent   SLFP   UNP   Communist Party

ElectionMemberPartyTerm
1960 (March) Abeyratne Pilapitiya United National Party 1960 - 1960
1960 (July) L. de S.A. Gunasekera Sri Lanka Freedom Party 1960 - 1965
1965 Abeyratne Pilapitiya United National Party 1965 - 1970
1970 Sarath Muttetuwegama Communist Party of Sri Lanka 1970-1977
1977 Abeyratne Pilapitiya United National Party 1977-1981
1981 by-election Sarath Muttetuwegama Communist Party of Sri Lanka 1981-1989

Elections

1960 (March) Parliamentary General Election

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Abeyratne PilapitiyaUnited National PartyElephant
Valid Votes 100.00%
Rejected Votes
Total Polled
Registered Electors
Turnout

1960 (July) Parliamentary General Election

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
L. de S.A. GunasekeraSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand
Valid Votes 100.00%
Rejected Votes
Total Polled
Registered Electors
Turnout

1965 Parliamentary General Election

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Abeyratne PilapitiyaUnited National PartyElephant
Valid Votes 100.00%
Rejected Votes
Total Polled
Registered Electors
Turnout

1970 Parliamentary General Election

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Sarath MuttetuwegamaCommunist Party of CeylonStar
Valid Votes 100.00%
Rejected Votes
Total Polled
Registered Electors
Turnout

1977 Parliamentary General Election

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Abeyratne PilapitiyaUnited National PartyElephant12,098
Sarath MuttetuwegamaCommunist Party of CeylonStar10,436
S. S. GauthamadasaSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand1,668
H. R. S. de ZoysaChair86
Valid Votes 100.00%
Rejected Votes61
Total Polled24,288100.00
Registered Electors26,964
Turnout

References

  1. "The Electoral System". Parliament of Sri Lanka.

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