Haputale electoral district was an electoral district of Sri Lanka between August 1947 and February 1989. The district was named after the town of Haputale in Badulla District, Uva 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. Haputale electoral district was replaced by the Badulla multi-member electoral district at the 1989 general elections, the first under the proportional representation system, though Badulla continues to be a polling division of the multi-member electoral district.
Members of Parliament Key
ElectionMemberPartyTerm 1947 J. A. Rambukpota UNP 1947 - 1952 1952 Wilfred A. Ratwatte 1952 - 1956 1956W. P. G. AriyadasaSLFP 1956 - 1977 1960 (March) 1960 (July) 1965 1970 1977 W. J. M. Lokubandara UNP 1977 - 1989
Elections 1947 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 1st parliamentary election held between 23 August 1947 and 20 September 1947:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes% J. A. Rambukpota United National PartyKey 2,124 30.80 A. D. Sengamalai IndependentHouse 1,753 25.42 R. A. Nadesan Ceylon India Congress Umbrella 1,337 19.39 A. Patchamuthu Bolshevik Samasamaja Party Elephant 1,229 17.82 J. G. Rajakulendran United National PartyHand 327 4.74Valid Votes6,77098.16Rejected Votes127 1.84Total Polled6,897 100.00Registered Electors11,123 Turnout62.00
1952 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 2nd parliamentary election held between 24 May 1952 and 30 May 1952:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes% Wilfred A. Ratwatte United National PartyLamp 2,444 48.75 Jayasena Perera Bulathsinghalage Key 820 16.35 W. P. G. Ariyadasa Star 650 12.97 Vere E. H. de Mel Hand 518 10.33 W. Arthur de Silva Elephant 432 8.62 K. Sivasamy Glasses 94 1.88Valid Votes4,95898.90Rejected Votes55 1.10Total Polled5,013 100.00Registered Electors7,051 Turnout71.10
1956 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 3rd parliamentary election held between 5 April 1956 and 10 April 1956:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes% W. P. G. Ariyadasa Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand 4,678 77.39 Wilfred A. Ratwatte United National Party Elephant 1,326 21.94Valid Votes6,00499.32Rejected Votes41 0.68Total Polled6,045100.00Registered Electors9,442Turnout64.02
1960 (March) Parliamentary General Election Results of the 4th parliamentary election held on 19 March 1960:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes% W. P. G. Ariyadasa Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand 3,655 47.19 P. B. Sannasgala United National Party Elephant 1,984 25.61 Wijesiri Nanayakkara Key 837 10.81 D. L. W. Rajapakse Sun 482 6.22 M. Arunasalam Tree 428 5.53 Bertram Jayasinghe Cartwheel 256 3.30Valid Votes7,64298.66Rejected Votes104 1.34Total Polled7,746 100.00Registered Electors10,344 Turnout74.88
1960 (July) Parliamentary General Election Results of the 5th parliamentary election held on 20 July 1960:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes% W. P. G. Ariyadasa Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand 4,335 58.66 N. G. S. Panditharatne United National Party Elephant 2,860 38.7 Nanayakkarage Wijesiri Cartwheel 129 1.75Valid Votes7,32499.11%Rejected Votes66 0.89Total Polled7,390 100.00Registered Electors10,344 Turnout71.44
1965 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 6th parliamentary election held on 22 March 1965:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes% W. P. G. Ariyadasa Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand 5,740 49.89 R. M. Appuhamy Lamp 4,661 40.51 B. Jayasena Perera Chair 667 5.80 W. Gawarammana Aeroplane 300 2.61Valid Votes11,36898.81Rejected Votes137 1.19Total Polled 11,505 100.00Registered Electors 14,457 Turnout 79.58
1970 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 7th parliamentary election held on 27 May 1970:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes% W. P. G. Ariyadasa Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand 8,339 54.41 W. G. M. Jayawickreme United National Party Elephant 6,896 44.99Valid Votes15,23599.40Rejected Votes92 0.60Total Polled15,327 100.00Registered Electors17,821 Turnout86.01
1977 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 8th parliamentary election held on 21 July 1977:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes% W. J. M. Lokubandara United National Party Elephant 10,818 57.41 H. M. C. Dissanayake Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand 7,446 39.51 L. A. Gunawardena Key 274 1.45 S. Hemadasa Lamp 226 1.20Valid Votes18,76499.57Rejected Votes81 0.43Total Polled18,845100.00Registered Electors22,166 Turnout85.02
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