Dambulla electoral district was an electoral district of Sri Lanka between August 1947 and February 1989. The district was named after the town of Dambulla in Matale District, Central 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. Dambulla electoral district was replaced by the Matale multi-member electoral district at the 1989 general elections, the first under the PR system, though Dambulla continues to be a polling division of the multi-member electoral district.
Members of Parliament Key
ElectionMemberPartyTerm 1947H. B. TenneIndependent1947-1956 1952 1956Tikiri Banda TennekoonSri Lanka Freedom Party1956-1977 1960 (March) 1960 (July) 1965 1970 1977 K. W. R. M. Ekanayake 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%H. B. Tenne IndependentElephant6,84657.46Edward de SilvaCommunist Party of Sri Lanka Star3,90932.81A. G. G. PereraLanka Equal Society PartyKey8617.23Valid Votes11,61697.50Rejected Votes2982.50Total Polled11,914100.00Registered Electors26,388Turnout45.15
1952 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 2nd parliamentary election held between 24 May 1952 and 30 May 1952:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes%H. B. TenneSri Lanka Freedom PartyEye8,29454.02D. B. Ellepola Hand3,44222.42P. B. Ranaraja Elephant2,89718.87T. B. WegodapolaCommunist Party of Sri Lanka Star4092.66Valid Votes15,04297.97Rejected Votes3122.03Total Polled15,354100.00Registered Electors30,193Turnout50.85
1956 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 3rd parliamentary election held between 5 April 1956 and 10 April 1956:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes%Tikiri Banda TennekoonSri Lanka Freedom Party Hand14,68871.36H. B. TenneUnited National Party Elephant5,53326.88Valid Votes20,22198.24Rejected Votes3631.76Total Polled20,584100.00Registered Electors37,345Turnout55.12
1960 (March) Parliamentary General Election Results of the 4th parliamentary election held on 19 March 1960:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes%Tikiri Banda TennekoonSri Lanka Freedom Party Hand10,79262.28D. B. EllepolaUnited National Party Elephant3,95222.81P. V. P. KulatillekeLanka Equal Society PartyKey7224.17L. D. Banda Lamp5273.04Leslie Kulatunga Cockerel3021.74T. M. Varusavithana Umbrella2961.71H. Ariyasena Eye2311.33G. D. Ranaweera Sun2281.32Upali KulatungaMahajana Eksath Peramuna Cart Wheel1050.61Valid Votes17,15599.00Rejected Votes1731.00Total Polled17,328100.00Registered Electors21,416Turnout80.91
1960 (July) Parliamentary General Election Results of the 5th parliamentary election held on 20 July 1960:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes%Tikiri Banda TennekoonSri Lanka Freedom Party Hand11,60068.14T. B. LenadoraUnited National Party Elephant5,28431.04Valid Votes16,88499.18Rejected Votes1400.82Total Polled17,024100.00Registered Electors21,416Turnout79.49
1965 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 6th parliamentary election held on 22 March 1965:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes%Tikiri Banda TennekoonSri Lanka Freedom Party Hand12,48251.37K. W. R. M. EkanayakeUnited National Party Elephant11,30846.54R. K. Nimal Karunaratne Sun2661.09Valid Votes24,05699.00Rejected Votes2421.00Total Polled24,298100.00Registered Electors28,267Turnout85.96
1970 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 7th parliamentary election held on 27 May 1970:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes%Tikiri Banda TennekoonSri Lanka Freedom Party Hand17,01056.22K. W. R. M. EkanayakeUnited National Party Elephant13,12343.37Valid Votes30,13399.58Rejected Votes1260.42Total Polled30,259100.00Registered Electors33,503Turnout90.32
1977 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 8th parliamentary election held on 21 July 1977 for the district:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes%K. W. R. M. Ekanayake Elephant24,79359.28Tikiri Banda Tennekoon Hand15,96438.17D. S. Wijewardena Key7451.78T. B. Tennekoon Lamp1830.44Valid Votes41,68599.66Rejected Votes1420.34Total Polled41,827100.00Registered Electors46,052Turnout90.83
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