Udugama electoral district was an electoral district of Sri Lanka between August 1947 and March 1960. The district was named after the town of Udugama in Galle District, Southern 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] Udugama electoral district was replaced by the Galle multi-member electoral district at the 1989 general elections, the first under the proportional representation system.

Members of Parliament

Key

  Independent   SLFP   UNP   LSSP

ElectionMemberPartyTerm
1947 D. S. Goonesekera UNP 1947 - 1952
1952 Neal de Alwis LSSP 1952 - 1956
1956 D. S. Goonesekera SLFP 1956 - 1960

Elections

1947 Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 1st parliamentary election held between 23 August 1947 and 20 September 1947:[2]

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
D. S. GoonesekeraUnited National PartyStar8,95745.06
Neal de AlwisLanka Sama Samaja PartyClock3,49317.57
D. E. HettiarachchiKey3,14815.84
P. L. N. RaddalgodaTree2,00310.08
B. KulasingheEye7833.94
C. G. E. Bertram De SilvaHand7193.62
H. G. Hendrick De SilvaFlower4232.13
Valid Votes19,52698.22
Rejected Votes3541.78
Total Polled19,880100.00
Registered Electors36,893
Turnout53.89

1952 Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 2nd parliamentary election held between 24 May 1952 and 30 May 1952:[3]

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Neal de AlwisLanka Sama Samaja PartyUmbrella11,18142.88
D. S. GoonesekeraStar8,44632.39
Edwin Dias NagahawatteElephant6,16023.63
Valid Votes25,78798.90
Rejected Votes2861.10
Total Polled26,073100.00
Registered Electors38,240
Turnout68.18

1956 Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 3rd parliamentary election held between 5 April 1956 and 10 April 1956:[4]

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
D. S. GoonesekeraSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand12,41140.87
Neal de AlwisLanka Sama Samaja PartyLamp10,10033.26
E. D. WickramatillekeUmbrella5,87519.34
E. D. NagahawatteUnited National PartyElephant1,7375.72
Valid Votes30,12399.19
Rejected Votes2470.81
Total Polled30,370100.00
Registered Electors43,101
Turnout70.46

References

  1. ↑ "The Electoral System". Parliament of Sri Lanka.
  2. ↑ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1947" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 30 April 2017.
  3. ↑ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1952" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka.
  4. ↑ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1956" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka.

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