Wariyapola Electoral District

Wariyapola electoral district was an electoral district of Sri Lanka between August 1947 and February 1989. The district was named after the town of Wariyapola in Kurunegala 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] Wariyapola electoral district was replaced by the Kurunegala multi-member electoral district at the 1989 general elections, the first under the proportional representation system.

Members of Parliament

Key

  Independent     Sri Lanka Freedom Party     United National Party  

ElectionMemberPartyTerm
1947 Ivan Dassanayake UNP 1947 - 1952
1952 1952 - 1956
1956 A. M. Adikari SLFP 1956 - 1960
1960 (March) 1960
1960 (July) 1960 - 1962
1962 M. A. J. Wijesinghe 1962 -1965
1965 D. M. Tilakaratna Bandara UNP 1965 - 1970
1970 M. A. J. Wijesinghe SLFP 1970 - 1977
1977 Amarawathie Piyaseeli Ratnayake UNP 1977 - 1989

Elections

1947 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Ivan DassanayakeKey12,06379.45
C. M. Edwin de SilvaElephant2,15814.21
H. PoortenUmbrella4853.19
T. G. R. de SilvaStar2131.40
Valid Votes14,91998.25
Rejected Votes2651.75
Total Polled15,184100.00
Registered Electors31,886
Turnout47.62

1952 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Ivan DassanayakeUnited National PartyElephant19,62278.51
A. M. AdikariUmbrella7,09028.37
Samuel Benadict PierisLamp3501.40
Valid Votes24,79699.21
Rejected Votes1980.79
Total Polled24,994100.00
Registered Electors35,625
Turnout70.16

1956 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
A. M. AdikariSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand19,47060.30
Ivan DassanayakeUnited National PartyElephant12,65739.20
Valid Votes32,12799.50
Rejected Votes1620.50
Total Polled32,289100.00
Registered Electors42,751
Turnout75.53

1960 (March) Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 4th parliamentary election held on 19 March 1960:[5]

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
A. M. AdikariSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand11,89451.48
Ivan DassanayakeUnited National PartyElephant9,17239.70
Lewie AriyasingheKey1,0784.67
Paiyadasa VitharaneStar2861.24
S. M. AbeysekeraUmbrella2711.17
M. P. H. J. WijayawardhanaEye2611.13
Valid Votes22,29699.38
Rejected Votes1440.62
Total Polled23,106100.00
Registered Electors29,197
Turnout79.14

1960 (July) Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 5th parliamentary election held on 20 July 1960:[6]

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
A. M. AdikariSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand13,36355.36
Ivan DassanayakeUnited National PartyElephant10,62444.02
B. D. R. JayasenaCartwheel850.35
Valid Votes24,07299.73
Rejected Votes650.27
Total Polled24,137100.00
Registered Electors29,199
Turnout82.66

1965 Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 6th parliamentary election held on 22 March 1965:[7]

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
D. M. Tilakaratna BandaraSri Lanka Freedom PartyElephant15,33650.0
M. A. J. WijesingheUnited National PartyHand14,90448.58
R. B. BalasuriyaCartwheel1490.49
K. Justin de SilvaSun1400.46
Valid Votes30,52999.51
Rejected Votes1490.49
Total Polled30,678100.00
Registered Electors35,978
Turnout85.27

1970 Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 7th parliamentary election held on 27 May 1970:[8]

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
M. A. J. WijesingheUnited National PartyHand22,30459.77
D. M. Tilakaratne BandaraSri Lanka Freedom PartyElephant14,68639.36
Ariyadasa SikurajapatiBell2230.60
Valid Votes37,21399.72
Rejected Votes1040.28
Total Polled37,317100.00
Registered Electors42,490
Turnout87.83

1977 Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 8th parliamentary election held on 21 July 1977:[9]

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

References
  1. "The Electoral System". Parliament of Sri Lanka.
  2. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1947" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 18 May 2017.
  3. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1952" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 18 May 2017.
  4. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1956" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 18 May 2017.
  5. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 19 March 1960" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 18 May 2017.
  6. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 20 July 1960" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 18 May 2017.
  7. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1965" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 18 May 2017.
  8. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1970" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 18 May 2017.
  9. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1977" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 18 May 2017.

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