Nattandiya electoral district was an electoral district of Sri Lanka between August 1947 and February 1989. The district was named after the town of Nattandiya in Puttalam 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. Nattandiya electoral district was replaced by the Puttalam multi-member electoral district at the 1989 general elections, the first under the proportional representation system, continues to be a polling division of the multi-member electoral district.
Members of Parliament Key
ElectionMemberPartyTerm 1947Albert PeriesUnited National Party 1947-1952 1952 1952-1956 1956 Hugh Fernando Independent 1956-1960 1960 (March)Albert PeriesUnited National Party 1960 1960 (July) 1960-1965 1965 1965-1970 1970 Protus Tissera Sri Lanka Freedom Party 1970-1977 1977 Harold Herath United National Party 1977-1982
Elections 1947 Parliamentary General Election
CandidatePartySymbolVotes%Albert Peries United National Party Bicycle 11,036 54.32D. Peter Perera Key 8,124 40.00W. A. V. Jayatilake Elephant 818 4.03Valid Votes19,97898.33Rejected Votes 339 1.67Total Polled 20,317 100.00Registered Electors 34,025 Turnout 59.71
1952 Parliamentary General Election
CandidatePartySymbolVotes%Albert Peries United National Party Bicycle 14,593 50.17 Hugh Fernando Independent Star 14,287 49.12Valid Votes28,88099.28Rejected Votes 208 0.72Total Polled 29,088 100.00Registered Electors 35,933 Turnout 80.95
1956 Parliamentary General Election
CandidatePartySymbolVotes%Hugh Fernando Independent Flower 17,607 54.54Albert Peries United National Party Bicycle 14,510 44.95Valid Votes32,11799.50Rejected Votes 163 0.50Total Polled 32,280 100.00Registered Electors 39,783 Turnout 81.14
1960 (March) Parliamentary General Election
CandidatePartySymbolVotes% Valid Votes 100.00%Rejected Votes Total Polled Registered Electors Turnout
1960 (July) Parliamentary General Election
CandidatePartySymbolVotes% Valid Votes 100.00%Rejected Votes Total Polled Registered Electors Turnout
1965 Parliamentary General Election
CandidatePartySymbolVotes%Albert Peries United National Party Elephant 16,066 59.45Protus Tissera Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand 10,657 39.43W. F. C. Weerasuriya Lamp 150 0.56Valid Votes26,87399.44Rejected Votes 152 0.56Total Polled 27,025 100.00Registered Electors 31,528 Turnout 85.72
1970 Parliamentary General Election
CandidatePartySymbolVotes%Protus Tissera Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand 16,437 52.00Hugh Fernando United National Party Elephant 14,987 47.40W. George Fernando Bell 131 0.41Valid Votes31,55599.80Rejected Votes 62 0.20Total Polled 31,617 100.00Registered Electors 35,496 Turnout 89.07
1977 Parliamentary General Election
CandidatePartySymbolVotes%Harold Herath United National Party Elephant 20,228 55.59Protus Tissera Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand 13,780 37.87Hugh Fernando Flower 1,399 3.85Alex Fernando Key 426 1.17D. M. Ariyaratne Chair 327 0.90U. A. William Rabbit 111 0.31Arunadeva Warnakulasuriya Cartwheel 84 0.23Lodwin Fernando Scales 32 0.09Valid Votes36,30799.79Rejected Votes 78 0.21Total Polled 36,385 100.00Registered Electors 41,386 Turnout 87.92
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