Polonnaruwa electoral district was an electoral district of Sri Lanka between August 1947 and February 1989. The district was named after the town of Polonnaruwa in Polonnaruwa District, North 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. Polonnaruwa electoral district was replaced by the Polonnaruwa multi-member electoral district at the 1989 general elections, the first under the proportional representation system, Polonnaruwa continues to be a polling division of the multi-member electoral district.
Members of Parliament Key
ElectionMemberPartyTerm 1947 P. L. Bauddhasara UNP 1947 - 1952 1952C. P. de SilvaSLFP 1952 - 1956 1956 1956 - 1960 1960 (March)A. H. de Silva 1960 1960 (July) 1960 - 1965 1965K. A. Leelaratne Wijesinghe 1965 - 1970 1970 1970 -1977 1977 H. G. P. Nelson UNP 1977 - 1989
Elections 1947 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 1st parliamentary election held between 23 August 1947 and 20 September 1947:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes% P. L. Bauddhasara United National Party Lamp 1,604 44.87 R. B. Wijeratne United National Party House 830 23.22 M. S. Abubucker Lanka Sama Samaja Party Elephant 818 22.88 S. M. Ismail United National Party Pair of Scales 108 3.02 P. D. S. Jayasekera United National Party Cup 68 1.90 S. Seneviratne United National Party Hand 45 1.26Valid Votes3,47397.15Rejected Votes 102 2.85Total Polled 3,575 100.00Registered Electors 5,838 Turnout 61.24
1952 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 2nd parliamentary election held between 24 May 1952 and 30 May 1952:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes% C. P. de Silva Sri Lanka Freedom Party Elephant 5,498 64.24 P. L. Bauddhasara United National Party Lamp 2,856 33.37 Ariyawansa Goonasekara Communist Party Star 129 1.51Valid Votes8,48399.11Rejected Votes 76 0.89Total Polled 8,559 100.00Registered Electors 15,796 Turnout 54.19
1956 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 3rd parliamentary election held between 5 April 1956 and 10 April 1956:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes% C. P. de Silva Hand 10,072 68.64 G. Lionel Kotalawala Elephant 3,948 26.91 D. J. Kuruppu Eye 479 3.26Valid Votes14,49998.81Rejected Votes 174 1.19Total Polled 14,673 100.00Registered Electors 26,727 Turnout 54.90
1960 (March) Parliamentary General Election Results of the 4th parliamentary election held on 19 March 1960:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes% A. H. de Silva Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand 7,107 54.00 P. L. Bauddhasara United National Party Elephant 3,981 30.25 K. A. Leelaratne Wijesinghe Key 989 7.52 D. B. W. Yapa Cartwheel 438 3.33 A. Suriya Arachchi Umbrella 412 3.13 Y. W. Peiris Lamp 107 1.29Valid Votes13,03499.04Rejected Votes 127 0.96Total Polled 13,161 100.00Registered Electors 17,654 Turnout 74.55
1960 (July) Parliamentary General Election Results of the 5th parliamentary election held on 20 July 1960:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes% A. H. de Silva Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand 7,540 58.26 P. L. Bauddhasara United National Party Elephant 5,321 41.12Valid Votes12,86199.38Rejected Votes 80 0.62Total Polled 12,941 100.00Registered Electors 17,654 Turnout 73.30
1965 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 6th parliamentary election held on 22 March 1965:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes% K. A. Leelaratne Wijesinghe Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand 7,840 44.31 A. H. de Silva Lanka Prajathanthravadi Pakshaya Sun 5,988 33.85 P. L. Bauddhasara Independent Lamp 3,773 21.33Valid Votes17,50198.92 Rejected Votes 191 Total Polled 17,692 100.00Registered Electors 22,938 Turnout 77.13
1970 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 7th parliamentary election held on 27 May 1970:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes% K. A. Leelaratne Wijesinghe Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand 11,927 52.30 Merril de Silva United National Party Elephant 10,802 47.36Valid Votes22,72999.66Rejected Votes 78 0.34Total Polled 22,807 100.00Registered Electors 27,452 Turnout 83.08
1977 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 8th parliamentary election held on 21 July 1977:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes% H. G. P. Nelson United National Party Elephant 14,941 58.80 K. A. Leelaratne Wijesinghe Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand 9,926 39.06 M. M. A. Shelton Moraes Ladder 219 0.86 H. A. Wipulasena Star 120 0.47 G. A. K. Arnolis Appu Lamp 67 0.26 D. G. Saranelis Dayawansa Tree 37 0.15 L. S. Wimalasekera Silva Clock 32 0.13Valid Votes25,34299.73Rejected Votes 69 0.27Total Polled 25,411 100.00Registered Electors 30,631 Turnout 82.96
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