Kundasale electoral district was an electoral district of Sri Lanka between March 1960 and February 1989. The district was named after the town of Kundasale in Kandy District, Central 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. Kundasale electoral district was replaced by the Kandy multi-member electoral district at the 1989 general elections.
Members of Parliament Key
ElectionMemberPartyTerm 1960 (March)U. P. Y. JinadasaSri Lanka Freedom Party 1960 1960 (July) 1960-1965 1965 R. P. Wijesiri United National Party 1965-1970 1970 U. P. Y. Jinadasa Sri Lanka Freedom Party 1970-1977 1977 D. M. Chandrapala United National Party 1977-1983
Elections 1960 (March) Parliamentary General Election Results of the 4th parliamentary election held on 19 March 1960:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes%U. P. Y. Jinadasa Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand 7,121 49.79S. B. Udurawana United National Party Elephant 4,438 31.03C. B. Dehigama Eye 872 6.10Dharmasena Samarawickrema Umbrella 558 3.90K. B. Kandekumbura Ladder 469 3.28W. T. B. Karaliadde Clock 364 2.55H. Don Sirinayake Cartwheel 303 2.12Valid Votes14,12598.76Rejected Votes177 1.24Total Polled14,302 100.00Registered Electors17,265 Turnout82.84
1960 (July) Parliamentary General Election Results of the 5th parliamentary election held on 20 July 1960:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes%U. P. Y. Jinadasa Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand 8,096 54.99 Aloysius Weerakoon United National Party Elephant 6,510 44.21Valid Votes14,60699.21Rejected Votes116 0.78Total Polled14,722 100.00Registered Electors17,265 Turnout85.27
1965 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 6th parliamentary election held on 22 March 1965:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes%R. P. Wijesiri United National Party Elephant 10,624 61.65 U. P. Y. Jinadasa Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand 9,641 55.95W. M. D. B. Weerakoon Cartwheel 178 1.03Valid Votes17,16099.58Rejected Votes72 0.41Total Polled17,232 100.00Registered Electors19,715 Turnout87.41
1970 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 7th parliamentary election held on 27 May 1970:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes%U. P. Y. Jinadasa Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand 13,317 53.84R. P. Wijesiri United National Party Elephant 11,208 45.31Lionel Kulatunge Bell 116 0.47Valid Votes24,64199.62Rejected Votes94 0.38Total Polled24,735 100.00Registered Electors27,297 Turnout90.61
1977 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 7th parliamentary election held on 21 July 1977:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes%D. M. Chandrapala United National Party Elephant 18,918 60.94U. P. Y. Jinadasa Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand 11,732 37.79Udaya Senanayake Key 392 1.26Valid Votes30,96199.74Rejected Votes81 0.26Total Polled31,042 100.00Registered Electors35,074 Turnout88.50
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