Laggala electoral district was an electoral district of Sri Lanka between March 1960 and February 1989. The district was named after the town of Laggala 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] Laggala electoral district was replaced by the Matale multi-member electoral district at the 1989 general elections.

Members of Parliament

Key

  Independent   SLFP   UNP

ElectionMemberPartyTerm
1960 (March) K. M. K. Banda Sri Lanka Freedom Party 1960
1960 (July) 1960-1965
1965 P. G. Muthubanda United National Party 1965-1970
1970 M. C. Gopallawa Sri Lanka Freedom Party 1970-1977
1977 J. G. Wijeratne Banda United National Party 1977-1989

Elections

1960 (March) Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 4th parliamentary election held on 19 March 1960:[2]

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
K. M. K. BandaSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand3,07339.16
P. B. EkanayakeUnited National PartyElephant1,54219.65
H. M. K. GunatilakeTumbler1,27416.24
D. Piyumasinghe YapaCartwheel871
Alfred SomaratneEye399
K. D. J. W. SumanasekeraKey346
W. Dias DesingheUmbrella117
Sydney TenneClock57
Valid Votes7,67997.86
Rejected Votes1682.14
Total Polled7,847100.00
Registered Electors11,000
Turnout71.34

1960 (July) Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 5th parliamentary election held on 20 July 1960:[3]

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
K. M. K. BandaSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand4,62956.61
P. G. MuthubandaUnited National PartyElephant3,43842.05
Valid Votes8,06798.66
Rejected Votes1101.34
Total Polled8,177100.00
Registered Electors11,000
Turnout74.34

1965 Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 6th parliamentary election held on 22 March 1965:[4]

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
P. G. MuthubandaUnited National PartyElephant6,342
K. M. K. BandaSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand4,767
H. M. MuthubandaSun325
L. P. BandaCartwheel176
Valid Votes
Rejected Votes
Total Polled100.00
Registered Electors
Turnout

1970 Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 7th parliamentary election held on 27 May 1970:[5]

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Valid Votes
Rejected Votes
Total Polled100.00
Registered Electors
Turnout

1977 Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 7th parliamentary election held on 21 July 1977:[6]

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Valid Votes
Rejected Votes
Total Polled100.00
Registered Electors
Turnout

References

  1. ↑ "The Electoral System". Parliament of Sri Lanka.
  2. ↑ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 19 March 1960" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 19 October 2021.
  3. ↑ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 20 July 1960" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 19 October 2021.
  4. ↑ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1965" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 19 October 2021.
  5. ↑ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1970" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 19 October 2021.
  6. ↑ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1977" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 19 October 2021.

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