Kurunegala electoral district was an electoral district of Sri Lanka between August 1947 and February 1989. The district was named after the town of Kurunegala 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. Kurunegala electoral district was replaced by the Kurunegala multi-member electoral district at the 1989 general elections, the first under the proportional representation system, Kurunegala continues to be a polling division of the multi-member electoral district.
Members of Parliament Key
ElectionMemberPartyTerm 1947 Herbert Sri Nissanka Ind. 1947-1952 1952 Dingiri Bandara Welagedara UNP 1952-1956 1956D. B. MonnekulamaSLFP 1956-1960 1960 (March) 1960 1960 (July) 1960-1965 1965 Dingiri Bandara Welagedara UNP 1965-1970 1970 Piyadasa Wijesinghe SLFP 1970-1977 1977 Dingiri Bandara Welagedara UNP 1977-1989
Elections 1947 Parliamentary General Election
CandidatePartySymbolVotes% Herbert Sri Nissanka Independent Umbrella 10,188 48.23 I. Palipane Star 6,642 31.44 J. H. Weerasingha Key 3,983 18.85Valid Votes20,8398.52Rejected Votes 312 1.48Total Polled 21,125 100.00Registered Electors 38,497 Turnout 54.87
1952 Parliamentary General Election
CandidatePartySymbolVotes% Dingiri Bandara Welagedara United National Party Elephant 18,049 56.85 Herbert Sri Nissanka Independent Umbrella 13,518 42.58Valid Votes31,56799.42Rejected Votes 184 0.58Total Polled 31,751 100.00Registered Electors 41,367 Turnout 76.75
1956 Parliamentary General Election
CandidatePartySymbolVotes% D. B. Monnekulama Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand 18,598 54.23 Dingiri Bandara Welagedara United National Party Elephant 10,239 29.86 S. G. Wanigasekera Star 5,284 15.41Valid Votes34,12199.50Rejected Votes 172 0.50Total Polled 34,293 100.00Registered Electors 48,822 Turnout 70.24
1960 (March) Parliamentary General Election
CandidatePartySymbolVotes% D. B. Monnekulama Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand 8,176 44.52 D. A. B. Ratnayake United National Party Elephant 6,684 36.39 H. L. Premadaasa Star 1,279 6.96 P. R. Wickremasuriya Cartwheel 681 3.71 A. L. M. C.M. Sheriff Sun 630 3.43 W. W. Premaratne Umbrella 595 3.24 S. B. G. Abeyaratne Bandara Eye 184 1.00Valid Votes18,22999.26Rejected Votes 136 0.74Total Polled 18,365 100.00Registered Electors 24,864 Turnout 73.86
1960 (July) Parliamentary General Election
CandidatePartySymbolVotes% D. B. Monnekulama Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand 10,193 53.85 N. M. Appuhamy United National Party Elephant 8,533 45.08 P. R. Wickremasuriya Cartwheel 123 0.65Valid Votes18,84999.58Rejected Votes 80 0.42Total Polled 18,929 100.00Registered Electors 24,864 Turnout 76.13
1965 Parliamentary General Election
CandidatePartySymbolVotes% Dingiri Bandara Welagedara United National Party Elephant 13,875 53.82 Ananda Jayasinghe Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand 11,490 44.57 D. B. Monnekulama Umbrella 152 0.59 P. R. Wickramasuriya Cartwheel 120 0.47Valid Votes25,63799.45Rejected Votes 142 0.55Total Polled 25,779 100.00Registered Electors 31,344 Turnout 82.25
1970 Parliamentary General Election
CandidatePartySymbolVotes% Piyadasa Wijesinghe Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand 16,672 53.96 Dingiri Bandara Welagedara United National Party Elephant 14,008 45.33 Lionel Kehelwatugoda Bell 94 0.30Valid Votes30,77499.60Rejected Votes 125 0.40Total Polled 30,899 100.00Registered Electors 36,663 Turnout 84.28
1977 Parliamentary General Election
CandidatePartySymbolVotes% Dingiri Bandara Welagedara United National Party Elephant 21,005 59.45 D. B. Monnekulama Chair 13,550 38.35 Charles Vitharana Key 436 1.23 Siripala Wedisinghe Rabbit 152 0.43 W. M. Dharmaratne Umbrella 79 0.22Valid Votes35,22299.68Rejected Votes 112 0.32Total Polled 35,334 100.00Registered Electors 41,104 Turnout 85.96
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