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

Members of Parliament

Key

  Independent   SLFP   UNP

ElectionMemberPartyTerm
1947 Albert Peries United National Party 1947-1952
1952 1952-1956
1956 Hugh Fernando Independent 1956-1960
1960 (March) Albert Peries United National Party 1960
1960 (July) 1960-1965
1965 1965-1970
1970 Protus Tissera Sri Lanka Freedom Party 1970-1977
1977 Harold Herath United National Party 1977-1982

Elections

1947 Parliamentary General Election

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Albert PeriesUnited National PartyBicycle11,03654.32
D. Peter PereraKey8,12440.00
W. A. V. JayatilakeElephant8184.03
Valid Votes19,97898.33
Rejected Votes3391.67
Total Polled20,317100.00
Registered Electors34,025
Turnout59.71

1952 Parliamentary General Election

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Albert PeriesUnited National PartyBicycle14,59350.17
Hugh FernandoIndependentStar14,28749.12
Valid Votes28,88099.28
Rejected Votes2080.72
Total Polled29,088100.00
Registered Electors35,933
Turnout80.95

1956 Parliamentary General Election

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Hugh FernandoIndependentFlower17,60754.54
Albert PeriesUnited National PartyBicycle14,51044.95
Valid Votes32,11799.50
Rejected Votes1630.50
Total Polled32,280100.00
Registered Electors39,783
Turnout81.14

1960 (March) Parliamentary General Election

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

1960 (July) Parliamentary General Election

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

1965 Parliamentary General Election

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Albert PeriesUnited National PartyElephant16,06659.45
Protus TisseraSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand10,65739.43
W. F. C. WeerasuriyaLamp1500.56
Valid Votes26,87399.44
Rejected Votes1520.56
Total Polled27,025100.00
Registered Electors31,528
Turnout85.72

1970 Parliamentary General Election

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Protus TisseraSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand16,43752.00
Hugh FernandoUnited National PartyElephant14,98747.40
W. George FernandoBell1310.41
Valid Votes31,55599.80
Rejected Votes620.20
Total Polled31,617100.00
Registered Electors35,496
Turnout89.07

1977 Parliamentary General Election

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Harold HerathUnited National PartyElephant20,22855.59
Protus TisseraSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand13,78037.87
Hugh FernandoFlower1,3993.85
Alex FernandoKey4261.17
D. M. AriyaratneChair3270.90
U. A. WilliamRabbit1110.31
Arunadeva WarnakulasuriyaCartwheel840.23
Lodwin FernandoScales320.09
Valid Votes36,30799.79
Rejected Votes780.21
Total Polled36,385100.00
Registered Electors41,386
Turnout87.92

References

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

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