Kegalle electoral district was an electoral district of Sri Lanka between August 1947 and February 1989. The district was named after the city of Kegalle in Kegalle 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. Kegalle electoral district was replaced by the Kegalle multi-member electoral district at the 1989 general elections, the first under the proportional representation system, Kegalle continues to be a polling division of the multi-member electoral district.
Members of Parliament Key
ElectionMemberPartyTerm 1947N. H. KeerthiratneUNP 1952 1956P. B. G. KalugallaSLFP 1960 (March) 1960 (July) 1965 1970 1977 N. A. Seneviratne UNP
Elections
1947 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 1st parliamentary election held between 23 August 1947 and 20 September 1947 for the district:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes%N. H. Keerthiratne Elephant 14,550 66.28R. V. Dedigama Key 7,059 32.16Valid Votes21,60998.44Rejected Votes343 1.56Total Polled21,952 100.00Registered Electors41,791 Turnout52.053
1952 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 2nd parliamentary election held between 24 May 1952 and 30 May 1952 for the district:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes%N. H. Keerthiratne Star 16,443 64.36Lionel Samarakkody Hand 8,358 32.71K. A. Siriratne Elephant 403 1.58Valid Votes25,208 98.67Rejected Votes341 1.33Total Polled25,549 100.00Registered Electors35,428 Turnout72.12
1956 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 3rd parliamentary election held between 5 April 1956 and 10 April 1956 for the district:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes%P. B. G. Kalugalla Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand 21,754 73.66Winston Wickremasinghe United National Party Elephant 8,830 29.90Valid Votes28,27199.12Rejected Votes260 0.88Total Polled29,531 100.00Registered Electors39,972 Turnout73.88
1960 (March) Parliamentary General Election Results of the 4th parliamentary election held on 19 March 1960 for the district:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes%P. B. G. Kalugalla Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand 10,572 48.25N. H. Keerthiratne United National Party Elephant 8,964 40.91Stephen Perera Key 1,064 4.86Tissa Wijeratne Star 653 2.98Herbert Vithanage Lamp 182 0.83H. Dharmasiri Fonseka Umbrella 177 0.81K. A. Vincent Perera Pair of Scales 144 0.66Valid Votes21,75699.30Rejected Votes154 0.70Total Polled21,910 100.00Registered Electors26,829 Turnout81.67
1960 (July) Parliamentary General Election Results of the 5th parliamentary election held on 20 July 1960 for the district:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes%P. B. G. Kalugalla Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand 11,741 54.17N. H. Keerthiratne United National Party Elephant 9,847 45.43Valid Votes21,58899.60Rejected Votes87 0.40Total Polled21,675 100.00Registered Electors26,829 Turnout80.79
1965 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 6th parliamentary election held on 22 March 1965 for the district:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes%P. B. G. Kalugalla Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand 15,644 53.67Nimal Karunatilake United National Party Elephant 13,283 45.57Valid Votes28,92799.23Rejected Votes224 0.77Total Polled29,151 100.00Registered Electors34,451 Turnout84.62
1970 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 7th parliamentary election held on 27 May 1970 for the district:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes%P. B. G. Kalugalla Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand 21,009 63.13N. A. Seneviratne United National Party Elephant 11,977 35.99M. Athurupana Bell 239 0.72Valid Votes33,22599.83Rejected Votes56 0.17Total Polled33,281 100.00Registered Electors38,206 Turnout87.11
1977 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 8th parliamentary election held on 21 July 1977 for the district:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes%N. A. Seneviratne United National Party Elephant 17,403 51.43P. B. G. Kalugalla Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand 15,339 45.33P. M. G. Wijesuriya Key 1,021 3.02Valid Votes33,76399.78Rejected Votes75 0.22Total Polled33,838 100.00Registered Electors38,396 Turnout88.13
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