Deniyaya electoral district was an electoral district of Sri Lanka between August 1947 and February 1989. The district was named after the town of Deniyaya in Matara 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. Deniyaya electoral district was replaced by the Matara multi-member electoral district at the 1989 general elections, the first under the proportional representation system.
Members of Parliament Key
ElectionMemberPartyTerm 1947 V. G. W. Ratnayake Independent 1947-1952 1952 United National Party 1952-1956 1956 S. W. D. Ratnayake Sri Lanka Freedom Party 1956-1960 1960 (March) P. L. JinadasaUnited National Party 1960 1960 (July) S. W. Dahanayake 1960-1965 1965 C. N. Kannangara 1965-1970 1970 Sumanapala Dahanayake Lanka Sama Samaja Party 1970-1977 1977 Keerthisena AbeywickramaUnited National Party 1977-1987 1987 appointment Keerthilatha Abeywickrama 1987-1989
Elections
1947 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 1st parliamentary election held between 23 August 1947 and 20 September 1947:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes% V. G. W. Ratnayake Independent Pair of Scales 4,510 30.69 D. W. S. Ratnayaka Independent Cup 3,793 25.81 Don Roy Rajapakse Independent Elephant 2,938 19.99 D. C. Hettige Independent Umbrella 2,282 15.53 G. E. Abeynaike Hand 667 4.54Valid Votes14,19096.57Rejected Votes504 3.43Total Polled14,694100.00Registered Electors29,542 Turnout49.74
1952 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 2nd parliamentary election held between 24 May 1952 and 30 May 1952:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes% V. G. W. Ratnayake United National Party Elephant 13,808 59.52 Edward R. Goonatilleke Communist Party of CeylonStar 9,174 39.55Valid Votes22,98299.07Rejected Votes216 0.93Total Polled23,198 100.00Registered Electors32,842 Turnout70.64
1956 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 3rd parliamentary election held between 5 April 1956 and 10 April 1956:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes% S. W. D. Ratnayake Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand 16,170 59.54 V. G. W. Ratnayake United National Party Elephant 10,710 39.44Valid Votes26,88098.98Rejected Votes277 1.02Total Polled27,157 100.00Registered Electors39,012 Turnout69.61
1960 (March) Parliamentary General Election Results of the 4th parliamentary election held on 19 March 1960:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes% P. L. Jinadasa United National Party Elephant 6,555 35.64 Charles Nissanka Kannangara Mahajana Eksath Peramuna Cartwheel 5,586 30.37 Sumanapala Dahanayake Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand 3,903 21.22 Edward R. Goonatilleke Communist Party of Ceylon Star 2,178 11.84Valid Votes18,22299.06Rejected Votes173 0.94Total Polled18,395 100.00Registered Electors23,459 Turnout78.41 P. L. Jinadasa died before he was sworn into office.
1960 (July) Parliamentary General Election Results of the 5th parliamentary election held on 20 July 1960:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes% S. W. Dahanayake United National Party Elephant 10,254 57.78 M. D. Yapa Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand 7,410 41.76Valid Votes17,66499.54Rejected Votes82 0.46Total Polled17,746 100.00Registered Electors23,459 Turnout75.65
1965 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 6th parliamentary election held on 22 March 1965:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes% Charles Nissanka Kannangara United National Party Elephant 13,171 53.04 D. S. Wijesekera Lanka Sama Samaja PartyKey 11,052 44.50 Sepala Ratnayake Mahajana Eksath PeramunaCartwheel 374 1.51Valid Votes24,59799.05Rejected Votes237 0.95Total Polled24,834 100.00Registered Electors30,474 Turnout81.49
1970 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 7th parliamentary election held on 27 May 1970:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes% Sumanapala Dahanayake Lanka Sama Samaja Party Key 18,760 60.62 Charles Nissanka Kannangara United National Party Elephant 12,076 39.03Valid Votes30,83699.65Rejected Votes107 0.35Total Polled30,943 100.00Registered Electors36,444 Turnout84.91
1977 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 8th parliamentary election held on 21 July 1977:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes%Keerthisena AbeywickramaUnited National Party Elephant 20,365 56.74 Edward R. Goonatilleke Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand 15,032 41.88 Hattotuwa Gamage Weerasinghe Lanka Sama Samaja PartyKey 390 1.09 Valid Votes35,78799.71Rejected Votes103 0.29Total Polled35,890100.00Registered Electors40,357 Turnout88.93 Keerthisena Abeywickrama was killed in the 1987 grenade attack in the Sri Lankan Parliament, his seat on parliament was filled by his sister, Keerthilatha Abeywickrama.
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