Matugama electoral district was an electoral district of Sri Lanka between August 1947 and February 1989. The district was named after the town of Matugama in Kalutara 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. Matugama electoral district was replaced by the Kalutara multi-member electoral district at the 1989 general elections, the first under the PR system, though Matugama continues to be a polling division of the multi-member electoral district.
Members of Parliament Key
ElectionMemberPartyTerm 1947Wilmot A. Perera Independent 1947–1952 1952 Viplavakari Lanka Sama Samaja Party 1952–1956 1956Dayasena Turnolius PasqualSri Lanka Freedom Party 1956–1960 1960 (March) 1960-1960 1960 (July) 1960–1965 1965 1965–1970 1970 1970–1977 1977 Reginald V. Wijegunaratne United National Party 1977–1983 1983 (by-election) Anil K. Moonesinghe Sri Lanka Freedom Party 1983–1989
Elections 1947 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 1st parliamentary election held between 23 August 1947 and 20 September 1947 for the district:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes%Wilmot A. Perera Elephant19,75352.65C. W. W. Kannangara Star16,13943.02R. A. Munasinghage Lamp1,0912.91Valid Votes36,98398.57Rejected Votes5351.43Total Polled37,518100.00Registered Electors48,407Turnout77.51
1952 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 2nd parliamentary election held between 24 May 1952 and 30 May 1952 for the district:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes%Wilmot A. Perera Key18,16853.11D. D. Athulathmudali Chair15,66645.79Valid Votes33,83498.90Rejected Votes3761.10Total Polled34,210100.00Registered Electors46,219Turnout74.02
1956 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 3rd parliamentary election held between 5 April 1956 and 10 April 1956 for the district:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes%Dayasena Turnolius Pasqual Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand25,79870.70A. C. GooneratneUnited National Party Elephant6,18916.96Reginald Perera Cartwheel3,92010.74W. M. Bibile Fonseka Umbrella2890.79Valid Votes36,19699.19Rejected Votes2960.81Total Polled36,492100.00Registered Electors52,095Turnout70.05
1960 (March) Parliamentary General Election Results of the 4th parliamentary election held on 19 March 1960 for the district:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes%Dayasena Turnolius Pasqual Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand7,09928.64Ratnapala TirimanneUnited National Party Elephant5,73723.14Edmund JayanettiMahajana Eksath Peramuna Cartwheel5,67022.87D. S. L. Vithanage Key5,54422.37M. G. N. de S. Gunawardena Lamp3201.29Udaya Jayatileke Eye2651.07Valid Votes24,63599.38Rejected Votes1540.62Total Polled24,789100.00Registered Electors32,377Turnout76.56
1960 (July) Parliamentary General Election Results of the 5th parliamentary election held on 20 July 1960 for the district:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes%Dayasena Turnolius Pasqual Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand14,79061.81De Alwis SeneviratneUnited National Party Elephant7,75232.40Simon Lewis Cartwheel1,2945.41Valid Votes23,83699.61Rejected Votes940.39Total Polled23,930100.00Registered Electors32,377Turnout73.91
1965 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 6th parliamentary election held on 22 March 1965 for the district:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes%Dayasena Turnolius PasqualSri Lanka Freedom Party Hand18,12256.16M. D. J. Dissanayake Chair7,02621.78K. Bandula JayasingheMahajana Eksath Peramuna Cartwheel5,90918.31D. P. Samaraweera Sun8652.68Valid Votes31,92298.93Rejected Votes3441.07Total Polled32,266100.00Registered Electors40,399Turnout79.87
1970 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 7th parliamentary election held on 27 May 1970 for the district:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes%Dayasena Turnolius Pasqual Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand24,71863.66Reginald V. WijegunaratneMahajana Eksath Peramuna Cartwheel13,99836.05Valid Votes38,71699.70Rejected Votes1150.30Total Polled38,831100.00Registered Electors46,066Turnout84.29
1977 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 8th parliamentary election held on 21 July 1977 for the district:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes%Reginald V. WijegunaratneUnited National PartyElephant25,48455.06Dayasena Turnolius Pasqual Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand10,49722.68Anil Moonesinghe Key9,93221.46Thomas Kulatunga Cartwheel1960.42Valid Votes46,10999.63Rejected Votes1720.37Total Polled46,281100.00Registered Electors53,238Turnout86.93
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