Kiriella electoral district was an electoral district of Sri Lanka between August 1947 and July 1977. The district was named after the town of Kiriella 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. Kiriella 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 Florence Senanayake LSSP 1947-52 1952 A. E. B. Kiriella UNP 1952-1956 1956 Kusumasiri Gunawardena VLSSP 1956-1960 1960 (March) A. E. B. Kiriella UNP 1960 1960 (July)P. B. WijayasundaraLSSP 1960-1965 1965 1965-1970 1970 Vasudeva Nanayakkara 1970-1977
Elections 1947 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 1st parliamentary election held between 23 August 1947 and 20 September 1947:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes% Florence Senanayake Lanka Sama Samaja Party Umbrella 5,535 35.52 T. K. W. Chandrasekera United National Party Butterfly 3,294 21.14 A. E. B. Kiriella United National Party Tree 2,439 15.65 H. A. G. Kalatuwawa Independent Pineapple 2,428 15.58 B. S. Ramachandra Independent Scales 1,120 7.19 A. M. S. L. Patani Muhandiram Chair 366 2.35Valid Votes15,18297.44Rejected Votes399 2.56Total Polled15,581 100.00Registered Electors30,307 Turnout51.41
1952 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 2nd parliamentary election held between 24 May 1952 and 30 May 1952:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes% A. E. B. Kiriella United National Party Chair 9,978 47.99 Jayaweera Kuruppu Sri Lanka Freedom Party Umbrella 7,369 35.44 Florence Senanayake Lanka Sama Samaja Party Star 3,192 15.35Valid Votes20,53998.79Rejected Votes251 1.21Total Polled20,790 100.00Registered Electors29,037 Turnout69.79
1956 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 3rd parliamentary election held between 5 April 1956 and 10 April 1956:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes% Kusumasiri Gunawardena Viplavakari Lanka Sama Samaja Party Hand 16,272 68.43 A. E. B. Kiriella United National Party Elephant 6,309 26.53 H. Chandrapala Gunasekera Lanka Sama Samaja Party Key 1,011 4.25Valid Votes23,59299.22Rejected Votes186 0.78Total Polled23,778 100.00Registered Electors33,008 Turnout72.04
1960 (March) Parliamentary General Election Results of the 4th parliamentary election held on 19 March 1960:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes% A. E. B. Kiriella United National Party Elephant 6,816 32.65 P. B. Wijesundara Lanka Sama Samaja Party Key 5,270 25.25 W. L. D. Jayawardena Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand 4,654 22.30 Kusumasiri Gunawardena Mahajana Eksath Peramuna Cartwheel 3,906 18.71 H. Attanayake Independent Umbrella 131 0.63Valid Votes20,77799.53Rejected Votes 98 0.47Total Polled 20,875 100.00Registered Electors 26,106 Turnout 79.96
1960 (July) Parliamentary General Election Results of the 5th parliamentary election held on 20 July 1960:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes% P. B. Wijesundara Lanka Sama Samaja Party Key 10,708 53.58 A. E. B. Kiriella United National Party Elephant 8,230 41.18 D. C. P. Beneragama Mahajana Eksath Peramuna Cartwheel 984 4.92Valid Votes19,92299.67Rejected Votes 65 0.33Total Polled 19,987 100.00Registered Electors 26,106 Turnout 76.56
1965 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 6th parliamentary election held on 22 March 1965:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes% P. B. Wijayasundara Lanka Sama Samaja Party Key 13,887 51.20 A. E. B. Kiriella United National Party Elephant 11,620 42.84 H. A. Premaratne Mahajana Eksath Peramuna Cartwheel 1,167 4.30 U. D. Kulasinghe Sun 334 1.23Valid Votes27,00899.58Rejected Votes 115 0.42Total Polled 27,123 100.00Registered Electors 32,011 Turnout 84.73
1970 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 7th parliamentary election held on 27 May 1970:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes% Vasudeva Nanayakkara Lanka Sama Samaja Party Key 19,158 58.72 Leonard Kiriella United National Party Elephant 12,975 39.77 A. E. B. Kiriella Independent Chair 300 0.92 Arthur Daundasekera Samajawadi Mahajana Peramuna Bell 153 0.47Valid Votes32,58699.88Rejected Votes 39 0.12Total Polled 32,625 100.00Registered Electors 36,789 Turnout 88.68
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