Wariyapola electoral district was an electoral district of Sri Lanka between August 1947 and February 1989. The district was named after the town of Wariyapola 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. Wariyapola 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 1947Ivan DassanayakeUNP 1947 - 1952 1952 1952 - 1956 1956A. M. Adikari SLFP 1956 - 1960 1960 (March) 1960 1960 (July) 1960 - 1962 1962 M. A. J. Wijesinghe 1962 -1965 1965 D. M. Tilakaratna Bandara UNP 1965 - 1970 1970 M. A. J. Wijesinghe SLFP 1970 - 1977 1977 Amarawathie Piyaseeli Ratnayake UNP 1977 - 1989
Elections 1947 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 1st parliamentary election held between 23 August 1947 and 20 September 1947:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes% Ivan Dassanayake Key 12,063 79.45 C. M. Edwin de Silva Elephant 2,158 14.21 H. Poorten Umbrella 485 3.19 T. G. R. de Silva Star 213 1.40Valid Votes14,91998.25Rejected Votes 265 1.75Total Polled 15,184 100.00Registered Electors 31,886 Turnout 47.62
1952 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 2nd parliamentary election held between 24 May 1952 and 30 May 1952:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes% Ivan Dassanayake United National Party Elephant 19,622 78.51 A. M. Adikari Umbrella 7,090 28.37 Samuel Benadict Pieris Lamp 350 1.40Valid Votes24,79699.21Rejected Votes 198 0.79Total Polled 24,994 100.00Registered Electors 35,625 Turnout 70.16
1956 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 3rd parliamentary election held between 5 April 1956 and 10 April 1956:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes% A. M. Adikari Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand 19,470 60.30 Ivan Dassanayake United National Party Elephant 12,657 39.20Valid Votes32,12799.50Rejected Votes 162 0.50Total Polled 32,289 100.00Registered Electors 42,751 Turnout 75.53
1960 (March) Parliamentary General Election Results of the 4th parliamentary election held on 19 March 1960:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes% A. M. Adikari Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand 11,894 51.48 Ivan Dassanayake United National Party Elephant 9,172 39.70 Lewie Ariyasinghe Key 1,078 4.67 Paiyadasa Vitharane Star 286 1.24 S. M. Abeysekera Umbrella 271 1.17 M. P. H. J. Wijayawardhana Eye 261 1.13Valid Votes22,29699.38Rejected Votes 144 0.62Total Polled 23,106 100.00Registered Electors 29,197 Turnout 79.14
1960 (July) Parliamentary General Election Results of the 5th parliamentary election held on 20 July 1960:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes% A. M. Adikari Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand 13,363 55.36 Ivan Dassanayake United National Party Elephant 10,624 44.02 B. D. R. Jayasena Cartwheel 85 0.35Valid Votes24,07299.73Rejected Votes 65 0.27Total Polled 24,137 100.00Registered Electors 29,199 Turnout 82.66
1965 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 6th parliamentary election held on 22 March 1965:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes%D. M. Tilakaratna Bandara Sri Lanka Freedom Party Elephant 15,336 50.0M. A. J. Wijesinghe United National Party Hand 14,904 48.58R. B. Balasuriya Cartwheel 149 0.49K. Justin de Silva Sun 140 0.46Valid Votes30,52999.51Rejected Votes 149 0.49Total Polled 30,678 100.00Registered Electors 35,978 Turnout 85.27
1970 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 7th parliamentary election held on 27 May 1970:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes%M. A. J. Wijesinghe United National Party Hand 22,304 59.77D. M. Tilakaratne Bandara Sri Lanka Freedom Party Elephant 14,686 39.36Ariyadasa Sikurajapati Bell 223 0.60Valid Votes37,21399.72Rejected Votes 104 0.28Total Polled 37,317 100.00Registered Electors 42,490 Turnout 87.83
1977 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 8th parliamentary election held on 21 July 1977:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes% Valid Votes 100.00%Rejected Votes Total Polled Registered Electors Turnout
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