Attanagalla electoral district was an electoral district of Sri Lanka between August 1947 and February 1989. The district was named after the town of Attanagalla in present-day Gampaha District, 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. Attanagalla electoral district was replaced by the Gampaha multi-member electoral district at the 1989 general elections, the first under the PR system, though Attanagalla continues to be a polling division of the multi-member electoral district.
Members of Parliament Key
ElectionMemberPartyTerm 1947 S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike United National Party 1947-1952 1952Sri Lanka Freedom Party 1952-1956 1956 1956-1959 1960James Peter Obeyesekere III 1960-1960 1960 1960-1965 1965 Sirimavo R. D. Bandaranaike 1965-1970 1970 1970-1977 1977 1977-1980 1980 (Nom) Lakshman Jayakody 1980-1989
Elections 1947 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 1st parliamentary election held between 23 August 1947 and 20 September 1947 for the district:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes%S. W. R. D. BandaranaikeUnited National PartyHand31,46386.23Chandra GunasekeraLanka Sama Samaja PartyElephant4,60912.63Valid Votes36,07298.86Rejected Votes417 1.14Total Polled36,489 100.00Registered Electors55,948Turnout65.22
1952 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 2nd parliamentary election held between 24 May 1952 and 30 May 1952 for the district:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes% S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike Sri Lanka Freedom Party Elephant 38,478 85.94A. W. G. SeneviratneUnited National Party Star5,93413.25Valid Votes44,41299.20Rejected Votes360 0.80Total Polled44,772 100.00Registered Electors58,322Turnout76.77
1956 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 3rd parliamentary election held between 5 April 1956 and 10 April 1956 for the district:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes%S. W. R. D. BandaranaikeSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand45,01691.82A. W. G. SeneviratneUnited National Party Elephant3,0196.16I. TinsiIndependentUmbrella6211.27Valid Votes48,65699.25Rejected Votes369 0.75Total Polled49,025 100.00Registered Electors64,310Turnout76.23
1960 (March) Parliamentary General Election Results of the 4th parliamentary election held on 19 March 1960 for the district:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes%James Peter Obeyesekere IIISri Lanka Freedom PartyHand20,98573.30A. W. G. SeneviratneUnited National Party Elephant5,66819.80Gemunu Kulasekera Key1,5595.45Mahanama Wickremasinghe Orange2540.89Valid Votes28,46699.43Rejected Votes1620.57Total Polled28,628 100.00Registered Electors35,783Turnout80.00
1960 (July) Parliamentary General Election Results of the 5th parliamentary election held on 20 July 1960 for the district:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes%James Peter Obeyesekere IIISri Lanka Freedom PartyHand22,49181.84A. W. G. SeneviratneUnited National Party Elephant4,87017.72Valid Votes27,36199.56Rejected Votes121 0.44Total Polled27,482 100.00Registered Electors35,783Turnout76.80
1965 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 6th parliamentary election held on 22 March 1965 for the district:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes%Sirimavo BandaranaikeSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand26,15071.88A. W. G. SeneviratneUnited National Party Elephant9,61526.43J. KasturiarachiMahajana Eksath PeramunaCart Wheel2880.79U.H.D.S. Wijetunga Clock1850.51Valid Votes36,23899.61Rejected Votes142 0.39Total Polled36,380 100.00Registered Electors42,735Turnout85.13
1970 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 7th parliamentary election held on 27 May 1970 for the district:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes%Sirimavo BandaranaikeSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand31,61275.25J. R. P. SuriyapperumaUnited National Party Elephant9,88923.54R. A. D. W. Ratnasekera Ship3490.83Valid Votes41,85099.62Rejected Votes161 0.38Total Polled42,011 100.00Registered Electors48,908Turnout85.90
1977 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 8th parliamentary election held on 21 July 1977 for the district:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes%Sirimavo Bandaranaike Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand30,22658.87A. W. G. Seneviratne United National Party Elephant19,56338.10Chandra GunasekeraLanka Sama Samaja Party Key1,0672.08T. A. D. K. Thambugala Star3350.65Valid Votes51,19199.70Rejected Votes152 0.30Total Polled51,343 100.00Registered Electors58,236Turnout88.16
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