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

Members of Parliament

Key

  Independent   SLFP   UNP

ElectionMemberPartyTerm
1960 (March) W. A. Karunasena SLFP 1960
1960 (July) 1960-1965
1965 1965-1967
1970 Dharmadasa Wanniarachchi 1970-1977
1977 Chandrasekera Gankanda UNP 1977-1989

Elections

1960 (March) Parliamentary General Election

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
W. A. KarunasenaSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand4,53530.42
E. C. J. AtukoraleUnited National PartyElephant4,23128.38
M. P. JothipalaMahajana Eksath PeramunaKey3,68524.72
G. H. N. KulasooriyaCartwheel2,22814.95
D. Sunil YasapalaUmbrella1420.95
Valid Votes14,82199.42
Rejected Votes870.58
Total Polled14,908100.00
Registered Electors19,384
Turnout76.91

1960 (July) Parliamentary General Election

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
W. A. KarunasenaSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand8,39055.57
E. C. J. AtukoraleUnited National PartyElephant5,36935.56
M. P. JothipalaMahajana Eksath PeramunaCartwheel1,2548.31
Valid Votes15,01399.44
Rejected Votes850.56
Total Polled15,098100.00
Registered Electors19,384
Turnout77.89

1965 Parliamentary General Election

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
W. A. KarunasenaSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand11,91756.24
Seetha SeneviratneUnited National PartyElephant8,57740.48
M. P. JothipalaMahajana Eksath PeramunaCartwheel5222.46
P. H. K. A. RanansingheSun970.46
Valid Votes21,113 99.65
Rejected Votes750.35
Total Polled21,188100.00
Registered Electors24,729
Turnout85.68

1970 Parliamentary General Election

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Dharmadasa WanniarachchiSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand15,54461.65
P. PelendagamaUnited National PartyElephant9,57137.96
Valid Votes25,11599.60
Rejected Votes1000.40
Total Polled25,215100.00
Registered Electors28,970
Turnout87.04

1977 Parliamentary General Election

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Chandrasekera GankandaUnited National PartyElephant15,23353.16
Dharmadasa WanniarachchiSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand12,67644.24
H. K. ChandradasaKey5521.93
W. M. Lesley PereraBell630.22
Valid Votes28,52499.55
Rejected Votes1290.45
Total Polled28,653100.00
Registered Electors32,200
Turnout88.98

References

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

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