Alutnuwara electoral district was an electoral district of Sri Lanka between August 1947 and March 1960. The district was named after the town of Alutnuwara in Ratnapura District, Sabaragamuwa 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. Alutnuwara electoral district was replaced by the Ratnapura multi-member electoral district at the 1989 general elections, the first under the proportional representation system.
Members of Parliament Key
ElectionMemberPartyTerm 1947 D. Ramanujam CIC 1947-1952 1952 J. A. RambukpotaUNP 1952-155 1955 by-election E. B. Dimbulane 1955-1956 1956 K. D. Goonaratne SLFP 1956-1960
Elections 1947 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 1st parliamentary election held between 23 August 1947 and 20 September 1947:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes% D. Ramanujam Ceylon India Congress Lamp 2,772 46.64 K. D. Goonaratne Independent Pair of Scales 1,335 22.46 T. M. A. Ratnayake Independent Star 567 9.54 C. E. Kumbalwela United National Party Umbrella 522 8.78 W. H. Ratnayaka Independent Elephant 310 5.22 P. B. M. Bandaranayake Independent Hand 147 2.47Valid Votes5,65395.12Rejected Votes 290 4.88Total Polled 5,943 100.00Registered Electors 16,487 Turnout 36.05
1952 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 2nd parliamentary election held between 24 May 1952 and 30 May 1952:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes% J. A. Rambukpota United National Party Key 3,595 50.94 K. D. Goonaratne IndependentPair of Scales 815 11.55 M. B. Kotagama Independent Elephant 814 11.54 K. B. Herath Lanka Sama Samaja Party Hand 800 11.34 Cuda Banda Bibile NLSSP Lamp 640 9.07 Paramasivam Arunachalam Independent Star 185 2.62Valid Votes6,84997.05Rejected Votes208 2.95Total Polled7,057 100.00Registered Electors16,190 Turnout43.59
1955 Parliamentary By-Election Results of the parliamentary by-election held on 28 May 1955:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes% E. B. Dimbulane United National Party Umbrella 5,291 57.71 Daya Gunasekera Lanka Sama Samaja Party Hand 2,177 23.74 C. B. Palagolla Sri Lanka Freedom Party Elephant 954 10.41 K. B. Herath Communist PartyStar 504 5.50Valid Votes8,92697.35Rejected Votes 243 2.65Total Polled 9,169 100.00Registered Electors 16,190 Turnout 56.63
1956 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 3rd parliamentary election held between 5 April 1956 and 10 April 1956:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes% K. D. Goonaratne Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand 5,339 64.15 E. B. Dimbulane United National Party Elephant 2,891 34.74Valid Votes8,23098.88Rejected Votes 93 1.12Total Polled 8,323 100.00Registered Electors 19,717 Turnout 42.21
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