Senkadagala electoral district was an electoral district of Sri Lanka between March 1960[1] and February 1989. The district was named after the town of Senkadagala in Kandy 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.[2] Senkadagala electoral district was replaced by the Kandy multi-member electoral district at the 1989 general elections.

Members of Parliament

Key

  Independent   SLFP   UNP

ElectionMemberPartyTerm
1960 (March) Noel Wimalasena   UNP
1960 (July) Shelton Ranaraja   SLFP
1965 Noel Wimalasena   UNP
1970 Noel Wimalasena   UNP
1977 Shelton Ranaraja   UNP

Elections

1960 (March) Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 4th parliamentary election held on 19 March 1960:[3]

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Noel WimalasenaUnited National PartyElephant5,83148.25
Piyasena TennakoonCartwheel4,67438.68
D. W. de S. GamageSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand1,40811.65
Sirisena PetiyagodaLadder1180.98
Valid Votes12,031 99.55
Rejected Votes540.45
Total Polled12,085
Registered Electors16,550
Turnout73.02

1960 (July) Parliamentary General Election

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Shelton RanarajaSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand6,10050.1[4]
Noel WimalasenaUnited National PartyElephant6,07549.9[4]
Valid Votes12,17599.53
Rejected Votes580.47
Total Polled12,233
Registered Electors16,550
Turnout73.9

1965 Parliamentary General Election

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Noel WimalasenaUnited National PartyElephant10,191
Piyasena TennakoonSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand6,821
S. W. Y. B. N. B. BeddewalaAeroplane145
Valid Votes 100.00
Rejected Votes
Total Polled
Registered Electors
Turnout

1970 Parliamentary General Election

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Noel WimalasenaUnited National PartyElephant10,91750.6[5]
Anuruddha RatwatteSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand10,59248.93[5]
M. B. C. E. SriwardhanaJanatha Vimukthi PeramunaBell680.31[5]
Valid Votes21,57799.69
Rejected Votes670.31
Total Polled21,644
Registered Electors25,780
Turnout83.96

1977 Parliamentary General Election

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Shelton RanarajaUnited National PartyElephant17,97257.53[6]
Anuruddha RatwatteSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand12,38139.63[6]
Wijayadasa WickremaratneLanka Sama Samaja PartyKey8852.83[6]
Valid Votes31,23899.74
Rejected Votes810.26
Total Polled31,319
Registered Electors36,735
Turnout85.26

References

  1. ↑ Ferdinando, Shamindra (24 April 2005). "UNP re-organisation: Media men to the fore". The Island. Retrieved 19 January 2017.
  2. ↑ "The Electoral System". Parliament of Sri Lanka.
  3. ↑ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1960 (March)" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka.
  4. 1 2 "Result of Parliamentary General Election 20 July 1960" (PDF). Election Commission of Sri Lanka.
  5. 1 2 3 "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1970" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka.
  6. 1 2 3 "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1977" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka.

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