Mawanella electoral district was an electoral district of Sri Lanka between August 1947 and February 1989. The district was named after the town of Mawanella 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. Mawanella electoral district was replaced by the Kegalle multi-member electoral district at the 1989 general elections, the first under the proportional representation system.
Members of Parliament Key
ElectionMemberPartyTerm 1947 Harris Leuke Ratwatte UNP 1947-1952 1952C. R. BeligammanaSLFP 1952-1956 1956 1956-1960 1960 (March) P. B. Bandaranayake UNP 1960 1960 (July) P. R. Ratnayake SLFP 1960-1965 1965 C. R. Beligammana UNP 1965-1970 1970 P. R. Ratnayake SLFP 1970-1977 1977 C. R. Beligammana UNP 1977-1989
Elections 1947 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 1st parliamentary election held between 23 August 1947 and 20 September 1947:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes% Harris Leuke Ratwatte United National Party Umbrella 9,442 51.87 C. R. Beligammana Independent Hand 7,055 38.76 B. Abeyaratne Independent Key 729 4.01 S. M. A. Maulana Independent Elephant 715 3.93Valid Votes17,94198.57Rejected Votes 261 1.43Total Polled 18,202 100.00Registered Electors 34,491 Turnout 52.77
1952 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 2nd parliamentary election held between 24 May 1952 and 30 May 1952:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes% C. R. Beligammana Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand 14,225 54.45 Harris Leuke Ratwatte United National Party Elephant 10,847 41.52 N. H. Seelawathie Independent Wheel 739 2.83Valid Votes25,81198.80Rejected Votes 313 1.20Total Polled 26,124 100.00Registered Electors 36,231 Turnout 72.10
1956 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 3rd parliamentary election held between 5 April 1956 and 10 April 1956:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes% C. R. Beligammana Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand 20,125 60.69 N. H. Keerthiratne United National Party Elephant 12,564 37.89 M. S. Mohideen Cartwheel 200 0.60Valid Votes32,88999.18Rejected Votes 271 0.82Total Polled 33,160 100.00Registered Electors 40,777 Turnout 81.32
1960 (March) Parliamentary General Election Results of the 4th parliamentary election held on 19 March 1960:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes% P. B. Bandaranayake United National Party Elephant 7,238 33.22 C. R. Beligammana Independent Lamp 5,925 27.19 P. R. Ratnayake Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand 5,633 25.85 A. A. Shauketaly Key 855 3.92 A. K. Vidyasekera Star 794 3.64 N. R. B. Daswatte Scales 527 2.42 K. M. D. Seneviratne Cartwheel 455 2.09 G. T. Abeykoon Umbrella 126 0.58 S. H. Ahamed Udayar Ladder 117 0.54Valid Votes21,67099.45Rejected Votes 120 0.55Total Polled 21,790 100.00Registered Electors 27,869 Turnout 78.19
1960 (July) Parliamentary General Election Results of the 5th parliamentary election held on 20 July 1960:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes% P. R. Ratnayake Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand 9,218 41.91 P. B. Bandaranayake United National Party Elephant 8,724 39.66 C. R. Beligammana Independent Lamp 3,955 17.98Valid Votes21,89799.55Rejected Votes 99 0.45Total Polled 21,996 100.00Registered Electors 27,869 Turnout 78.93
1965 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 6th parliamentary election held on 22 March 1965:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes% C. R. Beligammana United National Party Elephant 17,378 58.19 P. R. Ratnayake Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand 12,328 41.28 S. A. S. Perera Independent Cartwheel 71 0.24Valid Votes29,77799.72Rejected Votes 85 0.28Total Polled 29,862 100.00Registered Electors 34,847 Turnout 85.70
1970 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 7th parliamentary election held on 27 May 1970:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes% P. R. Ratnayake Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand 19,242 55.60 C. R. Beligammana United National Party Elephant 14,504 42.21 M. I. M. Maujoud Independent Bell 475 1.38Valid Votes34,22199.59Rejected Votes 142 0.41Total Polled 34,363 100.00Registered Electors 38,938 Turnout 88.25
1977 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 8th parliamentary election held on 21 July 1977:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes% C. R. Beligammana United National Party Elephant 21,211 57.50 P. R. Ratnayake Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand 14,632 39.67 P. P. Victor Key 981 2.66Valid Votes36,82499.82Rejected Votes 65 0.18Total Polled 36,889 100.00Registered Electors 41,536 Turnout 88.81
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