Udugama electoral district was an electoral district of Sri Lanka between August 1947 and March 1960. The district was named after the town of Udugama in Galle 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. Udugama electoral district was replaced by the Galle multi-member electoral district at the 1989 general elections, the first under the proportional representation system.
Members of Parliament Key
ElectionMemberPartyTerm 1947 D. S. Goonesekera UNP 1947 – 1952 1952 Neal de Alwis LSSP 1952 – 1956 1956 D. S. Goonesekera SLFP 1956 – 1960
Elections
1947 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 1st parliamentary election held between 23 August 1947 and 20 September 1947:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes% D. S. Goonesekera United National Party Star 8,957 45.06 Neal de Alwis Lanka Sama Samaja Party Clock 3,493 17.57 D. E. Hettiarachchi Key 3,148 15.84 P. L. N. Raddalgoda Tree 2,003 10.08 B. Kulasinghe Eye 783 3.94 C. G. E. Bertram De Silva Hand 719 3.62 H. G. Hendrick De Silva Flower 423 2.13Valid Votes19,52698.22Rejected Votes354 1.78Total Polled19,880 100.00Registered Electors36,893 Turnout53.89
1952 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 2nd parliamentary election held between 24 May 1952 and 30 May 1952:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes% Neal de Alwis Lanka Sama Samaja Party Umbrella 11,181 42.88 D. S. Goonesekera Star 8,446 32.39 Edwin Dias Nagahawatte Elephant 6,160 23.63Valid Votes25,78798.90Rejected Votes286 1.10Total Polled26,073 100.00Registered Electors38,240 Turnout68.18
1956 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 3rd parliamentary election held between 5 April 1956 and 10 April 1956:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes% D. S. Goonesekera Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand 12,411 40.87 Neal de Alwis Lanka Sama Samaja Party Lamp 10,100 33.26 E. D. Wickramatilleke Umbrella 5,875 19.34 E. D. Nagahawatte United National Party Elephant 1,737 5.72Valid Votes30,12399.19Rejected Votes247 0.81Total Polled30,370100.00Registered Electors43,101Turnout70.46
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