Ratnapura electoral district was an electoral district of Sri Lanka between August 1947 and February 1989. The district was named after the city of Ratnapura 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. Ratnapura electoral district was replaced by the Ratnapura multi-member electoral district at the 1989 general elections, the first under the proportional representation system, Ratnapura continues to be a polling division of the multi-member electoral district.
Members of Parliament Key
ElectionMemberPartyTerm 1947C. E. AttygalleUNP 1947 - 1952 1952 1952 - 1956 1956 Jayaweera Kuruppu SLFP 1956 - 1960 1960 (March) H. Weragama UNP 1960 1960 (July) Dhanapala Weerasekera SLFP 1960 - 1965 1965 Dhanapala Attygalle UNP 1965 - 1970 1970 Nanda Ellawala SLFP 1970- 1977 1977 G. V. Punchinilame UNP 1977 - 1989
Elections
1947 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 1st parliamentary election held between 23 August 1947 and 20 September 1947:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes%Cyril Eugene Attygalle United National Party Cup 6,603 50.06A. H. Wijetunge Lanka Sama Samaja Party Cartwheel 4,804 36.42J. W. Rodrigo Independent Umbrella 587 4.45K. A. Dalpatadu Independent Scales 430 3.26Valid Votes12,92497.99Rejected Votes265 2.01Total Polled 13,189 100.00Registered Electors 25,961 Turnout 50.80
1952 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 2nd parliamentary election held between 24 May 1952 and 30 May 1952:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes%Cyril Eugene Attygalle United National Party Elephant 11,191 53.82Arthur Reginald Perera Communist Party of Ceylon Star 9,380 45.11Valid Votes20,57198.93Rejected Votes 222 1.07Total Polled 20,793 100.00Registered Electors 27,578 Turnout 75.40
1956 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 3rd parliamentary election held between 5 April 1956 and 10 April 1956:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes%Jayaweera Kuruppu Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand 16,644 70.75Cyril Eugene Attygalle United National Party Elephant 6,286 26.72D. A. Karunaratne Glasses 405 1.72Valid Votes23,33599.20Rejected Votes 189 0.08Total Polled 23,524 100.00Registered Electors 32,335 Turnout 72.75
1960 (March) Parliamentary General Election Results of the 4th parliamentary election held on 19 March 1960:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes%H. Weragama United National Party Elephant 7,434 34.78Victor Abeyaratne Mahajana Eksath Peramuna Cartwheel 5,385 25.19Sarath Muttetuwegama Communist Party of Ceylon Star 4,117 19.26Kamani Meedeniya Key 3,047 14.26Dharmasiri Kuruppu Book 1,192 5.58B. Jayasuriya Umbrella 107 0.50Valid Votes21,28299.57Rejected Votes 92 0.43Total Polled 21,374 100.00Registered Electors 27,677 Turnout 77.23
1960 (July) Parliamentary General Election Results of the 5th parliamentary election held on 20 July 1960:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes%Dhanapala Weerasekera Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand 12,977 60.69H. Weragama United National Party Elephant 8,013 37.47Nimal Karunatilake Mahajana Eksath Peramuna Cartwheel 332 1.55Valid Votes21,32299.71Rejected Votes 61 0.29Total Polled21,383 100.00Registered Electors 27,677 Turnout 77.26
1965 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 6th parliamentary election held on 22 March 1965:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes%Dhanapala Attygalle United National Party Elephant 11,463 39.22Sarath Muttetuwegama Lamp 8,860 30.31Dharmaprema Jayawardena Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand 8,580 29.35Ananda Wijeratne Sun 180 0.62Siripala Weerawardhana Scales 68 0.23Valid Votes29,15199.73Rejected Votes 78 0.27Total Polled 29,229 100.00Registered Electors 36,027 Turnout 81.13
1970 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 7th parliamentary election held on 27 May 1970:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes%Nanda Ellawala Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand 22,633 64.54P. B. Wijesundara United National Party Elephant 12,002 34.23K. V. Dharmadasa Chair 190 0.54K.T. Manis Singho Bell 159 0.45Valid Votes34,98499.76Rejected Votes 83 0.24Total Polled 35,067 100.00Registered Electors 42,004 Turnout 83.49
1977 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 8th parliamentary election held on 21 July 1977:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes%G. V. Punchinilame United National Party Elephant 23,525 52.50Nanda Ellawala Communist Party of Ceylon Star 16,022 35.75Piyadasa Pelendagama Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand 5,000 11.16Mahinda Aabeysekera Scales 157 0.35Valid Votes44,68399.72Rejected Votes 123 0.28Total Polled 44,807 100.00Registered Electors 51,679 Turnout 86.70
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