Dambadeniya electoral district was an electoral district of Sri Lanka between August 1947 and February 1989. The district was named after the city of Dambadeniya in Kurunegala District, North Western 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. Dambadeniya electoral district was replaced by the Kurunegala multi-member electoral district at the 1989 general elections, the first under the proportional representation system.
Members of Parliament Key
ElectionMemberPartyTerm 1947R. G. SenanayakeUnited National Party 1947-1952 1952 1952-1956 1956 1956-1960 1960 (March) 1960 1960 (July) 1960-1965 1965 1956-1970 1970 P. B. Wettewe Sri Lanka Freedom Party 1970-1977 1977 Ukkubanda Wijekoon United National Party 1977-1989
Elections 1947 Parliamentary general election Results of the 1st parliamentary election held between 23 August 1947 and 20 September 1947:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes% Richard Gotabhaya Senanayake United National Party Umbrella 11,705 76.31 R. M. P. Y. Sirivimalaratne Elephant 3,436 22.40 Valid votes15,141 98.72Rejected votes 197 1.28Total polled 15,338 100.00Registered electors 33,314 Turnout 46.04
1952 Parliamentary general election
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1956 Parliamentary general election
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1960 (March) Parliamentary general election
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1960 (July) Parliamentary general election Results of the 5th parliamentary election held on 20 July 1960:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes% R. G. Senanayake Hand 15,331 65.67 P. B. Wettewa Elephant 7,866 33.70Valid votes23,197 99.36Rejected votes 150 0.64Total polled 23,347 100.00Registered electors 30,135 Turnout
1965 Parliamentary general election Results of the 6th parliamentary election held on 22 March 1965: CandidatePartySymbolVotes%R. G. Senanayake Chair 16,670 52.43P. B. Wettewe United National Party Elephant 14,187 44.62G. S. Jayathubandara Umbrella 550 1.73R. M. P. Y. Siriwimalaratna Clock 206 0.65Valid votes31,61399.43Rejected votes 180 0.47Total polled 31,793 100.00Registered electors 37,122 Turnout 85.64
1970 Parliamentary general election Results of the 7th parliamentary election held on 27 May 1970: CandidatePartySymbolVotes% P. B. Wettewe Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand 18,705 50.7 U. B. Wijekoon United National Party Elephant 12,191 33.0 R. G. Senanayake Sinhala Mahajana Peramuna Bell 6,017 16.3 Valid Votes 36,913 99.64 Rejected Votes 135 0.36 Total Polled 37,048 100Registered electors 37,122 Turnout 88.3
1977 Parliamentary general election Results of the 8th parliamentary election held on 21 July 1977:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes% Ukkubanda Wijekoon United National Party Elephant 26,089 57.34 P. .B. Wettewa Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand 18,232 40.07 S. B. Vaidyaratne Star 1,071 2.35Valid votes45,39299.77Rejected votes 104 0.23Total polled 45,496 100.00Registered electors50,693 Turnout 89.75
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