Bentara-Elpitiya Electoral District

Bentara-Elpitiya electoral district was an electoral district of Sri Lanka between March 1960 and February 1989. The district was named after the towns of Bentara(Bentota) and Elpitiya 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] Bentara-Elpitiya electoral district was replaced by the Galle multi-member electoral district at the 1989 general elections.

Members of Parliament

Key

  Independent     Sri Lanka Freedom Party     United National Party  

ElectionMemberPartyTerm
1960 (March) R. G. Samaranayake UNP 1960
1960 (July) K. H. G. Albert SLFP 1960-1965
1965 R. G. Samaranayake UNP 1965-1970
1970 Albert Kariyawasam SLFP 1970-1977
1977 Rupa Karunathilake UNP 1977-1989

Elections

1960 (March) Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
R. G. SamaranayakeElephant7,76924.03
K. H. G. AlbertCartwheel7,17722.20
Henry AbeywickremaHand4,31913.36
Leslie SirimanneSun3,72711.53
K. A. WimalapalaStar3,67811.37
J. D. A. JayasekeraMortar1,6525.11
K. SurasenaKey1,5224.71
P. A. PremadasaCockrel1,1413.53
D. B. Wickrema ArachchiUmbrella8042.49
D. K. MahavithanaLamp1920.59
P. A. Dharmasena WijeratneEye1800.56
Valid Votes32,16199.46
Rejected Votes1750.54
Total Polled32,336100.00
Registered Electors41,412
Turnout78.08

1960 (July) Parliamentary General Election

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

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1965 Parliamentary General Election

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

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1970 Parliamentary General Election

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

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1977 Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 8th parliamentary election held on 21 July 1977:[6]

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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 21 June 2017.
  3. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1960-07-20" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-09-24.
  4. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1965" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-07-13.
  5. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1970" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-12-09.
  6. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1977" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-17.

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