Agalawatte electoral district was an electoral district of Sri Lanka between August 1947 and February 1989. The district was named after the town of Agalawatte 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. Agalawatte electoral district was replaced by the Kalutara multi-member electoral district at the 1989 general elections, the first under the PR system, though Agalawatte continues to be a polling division of the multi-member electoral district.
Members of Parliament Key
ElectionMemberPartyTerm 1947 S. A. Silva Lanka Sama Samaja Party 1947–1952 1952 C. W. W. Kannangara United National Party 1952–1956 1956Anil MoonesingheLanka Sama Samaja Party 1956–1960 1960 (March) 1960-1960 1960 (July) 1960–1965 1965 1965–1967 1967 (by-election)Colvin R. de Silva 1967–1970 1970 1970–1977 1977 Merill Kariyawasam United National Party 1977–1989
Elections 1947 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 1st parliamentary election held between 23 August 1947 and 20 September 1947:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes%S. A. SilvaLanka Sama Samaja Party Chair4,13528.02D. D. AthulathmudaliUnited National PartyBicycle3,35622.75A. A. PereraIndependentUmbrella3,29522.33P. A. WijegunawardeneIndependent Elephant1,87712.72D. M. AthulathmudaligeIndependentClock8285.61W. Percy CoreaIndependentHouse6444.37Valid Votes14,13595.80Rejected Votes6204.20Total Polled14,755100.00Registered Electors35,803Turnout41.21
1952 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 2nd parliamentary election held between 24 May 1952 and 30 May 1952:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes%C. W. W. KannangaraUnited National Party Chair13,65949.13S. A. SilvaLanka Sama Samaja Party Star6,62723.84A. P. JayasuriyaSri Lanka Freedom Party Elephant3,48012.52W. H. BodhidasIndependent Key3,24011.65Benjo David MuthukudaIndependent Lamp4401.58Valid Votes27,44698.72Rejected Votes3561.28Total Polled27,802100.00Registered Electors36,088Turnout77.04
1956 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 3rd parliamentary election held between 5 April 1956 and 10 April 1956:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes%Anil MoonesingheLanka Sama Samaja Party Key20,20868.80A. D. P. A. Wijegunawardena Elephant7,48725.49V. D. Chandrasinghe Cartwheel1,0663.63V. W. Henry de Mel Chair3531.20Valid Votes29,11499.12Rejected Votes2600.88Total Polled29,374100.00Registered Electors40,699Turnout72.17
1960 (March) Parliamentary General Election Results of the 4th parliamentary election held on 19 March 1960:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes%Anil MoonesingheLanka Sama Samaja Party Key12,00744.51Wilmot JayanettiUnited National Party Elephant8,12730.13A. D. JayasenaSri Lanka Freedom Party Hand2,5609.49Walter Wijegunawardena Cockerel2,2148.21P. K. D. ChandradasaMahajana Eksath Peramuna Cartwheel1,6776.22Upatissa Gunawardena Eye2230.83Valid Votes26,80899.37Rejected Votes1700.63Total Polled26,978100.00Registered Electors34,009Turnout79.33
1960 (July) Parliamentary General Election Results of the 5th parliamentary election held on 20 July 1960:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes%Anil MoonesingheLanka Sama Samaja Party Key15,66862.33Wilmot JayanettiUnited National Party Elephant9,36437.25Valid Votes25,03299.57Rejected Votes1070.43Total Polled25,139100.00Registered Electors34,009Turnout73.92
1965 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 6th parliamentary election held on 22 March 1965:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes%Anil MoonesingheLanka Sama Samaja Party Key20,75256.68G. D. DavidUnited National Party Elephant15,55542.49Valid Votes36,30799.17Rejected Votes3040.83Total Polled36,611100.00Registered Electors43,921Turnout83.36
1970 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 7th parliamentary election held on 27 May 1970:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes%Colvin R. de SilvaLanka Sama Samaja Party Key25,16455.43G. D. MahindasomaUnited National Party Elephant19,97844.00A. D. P. Karunatilleke Bell1540.34Valid Votes45,29699.77Rejected Votes1060.23Total Polled45,402100.00Registered Electors51,367Turnout88.39
1977 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 8th parliamentary election held on 21 July 1977:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes%Merill KariyawasamUnited National PartyElephant27,18157.22Colvin R. de SilvaLanka Sama Samaja PartyKey15,80533.27Ananda Pasqual Hand3,9188.25Titus Silva Chair3580.75K. L. Premadasa Sarathkumara Cartwheel1260.27Valid Votes47,38899.76Rejected Votes1140.24Total Polled47,502100.00Registered Electors54,931Turnout86.48
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