Beliatta electoral district was an electoral district of Sri Lanka between August 1947 and February 1989. The district was named after the town of Beliatta in Hambantota District, Southern 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. Beliatta electoral district was replaced by the Hambantota multi-member electoral district at the 1989 general elections, the first under the proportional representation system.
Members of Parliament Key
ElectionMemberPartyTerm 1947D. A. Rajapaksa United National Party 1947 - 1960 1952 Sri Lanka Freedom Party 1956 1960 (March) D. P. Atapattu United National Party 1960 1960 (July) D. A. Rajapaksa Sri Lanka Freedom Party 1960 - 1965 1965 D. P. Atapattu United National Party 1965 - 1970 1970 Mahinda Rajapaksa Sri Lanka Freedom Party 1970 - 1977 1977 Ranjit Atapattu United National Party 1977 -1988
Elections
1947 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 1st parliamentary election held between 23 August 1947 and 20 September 1947:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes% D. A. Rajapaksa United National Party Hand 14,007 53.99 D. P. Atapattu Chair 5,985 23.07 Eddie Fernando Elephant 4,885 18.83 P. James de Silva Star 362 1.40 P. D. S. Wickremasinghe Key 270 1.04Valid Votes25,50998.33Rejected Votes433 1.67Total Polled25,942 100.00Registered Electors41,570 Turnout62.41
1952 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 2nd parliamentary election held between 24 May 1952 and 30 May 1952:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes% D. A. Rajapaksa Sri Lanka Freedom Party Umbrella 17,382 55.29 D. P. Atapattu United National Party Star 13,750 43.74Valid Votes31,13299.03Rejected Votes304 0.97Total Polled31,436 100.00Registered Electors41,578 Turnout75.61
1956 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 3rd parliamentary election held between 5 April 1956 and 10 April 1956:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes% D. A. Rajapaksa Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand 26,215 71.14 D. P. Atapattu United National Party Elephant 10,382 28.17Valid Votes36,59799.32Rejected Votes252 0.68Total Polled36,849 100.00Registered Electors49,456 Turnout74.51
1960 (March) Parliamentary General Election Results of the 4th parliamentary election held on 19 March 1960:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes% D. P. Atapattu United National Party Elephant 14,379 49.74 D. A. Rajapaksa Cartwheel 12,685 43.88 G. W. Sumathipala Hand 439 1.52 T. H. Somadasa Key 432 1.49 Wilfred Mathangaweera Umbrella 354 1.22 D.L. Weeraratne Star 298 1.03 Karunadasa Wickremanayaka Lamp 125 0.43Valid Votes28,71299.32Rejected Votes197 0.68Total Polled28,909 100.00Registered Electors35,992 Turnout80.32
1960 (July) Parliamentary General Election Results of the 5th parliamentary election held on 20 July 1960:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes% D. A. Rajapaksa Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand 15,121 51.57 D. P. Atapattu United National Party Elephant 14,074 48.00Valid Votes29,19599.57Rejected Votes127 0.43Total Polled29,322 100.00Registered Electors35,992 Turnout81.47
1965 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 6th parliamentary election held on 22 March 1965:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes% D. P. Atapattu United National Party Elephant 20,735 57.95 D. A. Rajapaksa Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand 14,873 41.57Valid Votes35,60899.52Rejected Votes171 0.48Total Polled35,779 100.00Registered Electors41,584 Turnout86.04
1970 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 7th parliamentary election held on 27 May 1970:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes% Mahinda Rajapaksa Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand 23,103 57.16 Ranjit Atapattu United National Party Elephant 16,477 40.76 Gunadasa Weerawarna Nilaweera Ship 678 1.68Valid Votes40,25899.60Rejected Votes163 0.40Total Polled40,421 100.00Registered Electors46,342 Turnout87.22
1977 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 8th parliamentary election held on 21 July 1977:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes% Ranjit Atapattu United National Party Elephant 24,289 56.36 Mahinda Rajapaksa Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand 17,896 41.52 Wimaladasa Jayawardana Key 766 1.78Valid Votes42,95199.66Rejected Votes147 0.34Total Polled43,098 100.00Registered Electors48,648 Turnout88.59
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