Hambantota electoral district was an electoral district of Sri Lanka between August 1947 and March 1960. The district was named after the city of Hambantota in Hambantota District, Southern 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. Hambantota electoral district was replaced by the Hambantota multi-member electoral district at the 1989 general elections, the first under the PR system, though Hambantota continues to be a polling division of the multi-member electoral district.
Members of Parliament Key
ElectionMemberPartyTerm 1947 Lakshman Rajapaksa Communist Party of Ceylon 1947-1952 1952 Charles Edirisuriya 1952-1956 1956 Lakshman Rajapaksa 1956-1960
Elections
1947 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 1st parliamentary election held between 23 August 1947 and 20 September 1947 for the district:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes%Lakshman RajapaksaCommunist Party of Ceylon Star8,74046.80Charles Edirisuriya Hand8,34044.66G. K. W. Perera Cartwheel1,3016.97Valid Votes18,38198.42Rejected Votes2951.58Total Polled18,676100.00Registered Electors31,841Turnout58.65
1952 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 2nd parliamentary election held between 24 May 1952 and 30 May 1952 for the district:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes% Charles Edirisuriya Key 14,494 55.76 Lakshman Rajapaksa Umbrella 10,65840.27 Jayadasa Pathiratne Star 4181.58 Jayadeva Amarasinghe Elephant 367 1.39 P. H. Mendis De Silva Hand 199 0.75Valid Votes26,13698.75Rejected Votes3301.24Total Polled26,466100.00Registered Electors37,079Turnout71.38
1956 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 3rd parliamentary election held between 5 April 1956 and 10 April 1956 for the district:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes% Lakshman Rajapaksa Hand 20,93168.57 Charles Edirisuriya Elephant 9,37730.72Valid Votes30,30899.30Rejected Votes2150.70Total Polled30,523100.00Registered Electors44,124Turnout69.18
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