Mawatagama electoral district was an electoral district of Sri Lanka between March 1960 and February 1989. The district was named after the town of Mawatagama 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. Mawatagama electoral district was replaced by the Kurunegala 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 1960 (March) E. M. R. B. Ekanayake United National Party 1960 (July) D. P. Wickremasinghe Sri Lanka Freedom Party 1965 Herath Ekanayake United National Party 1970 D. P. Wickramasinghe Sri Lanka Freedom Party 1977 G. M. Premachandra United National Party

Elections

1960 (March) Parliamentary General Election Results of the 4th parliamentary election held on 19 March 1960:

CandidatePartySymbolVotes% E. M. R. B. Ekanayake UNP Elephant 6,877 37.48 D. P. Wickremasinghe SLFP Hand 6,555 35.73 Sarat Wanigasekera Star 2,019 11.00 D. D. Waidyasekera Key 846 4.61 P. S. Ranasinghe Star 672 3.66 S. Piyasena Cartwheel 574 3.13 R. Janis Umbrella 280 1.53 D.S. Handunge Eye 258 1.41Valid Votes18,08198.54Rejected Votes268 1.46Total Polled18,349 100.00Registered Electors22,967 Turnout79.89

1960 (July) Parliamentary General Election Results of the 5th parliamentary election held on 20 July 1960:

CandidatePartySymbolVotes% D. P. Wickremasinghe SLFP Hand 10,647 56.13 E. M. R. B. Ekanayake UNP Elephant 7,964 41.98 Linton Gunatunge Cartwheel 223 1.18Valid Votes18,83499.28Rejected Votes136 0.72Total Polled18,970100.00Registered Electors22,967Turnout82.60

1965 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 6th parliamentary election held on 22 March 1965:

CandidatePartySymbolVotes% Herath Ekanayake UNP Elephant 12,28549.84 D. P. Wickremasinghe SLFP Hand 11,767 47.73 P. S. Ranasinghe Sun 279 1.13 Y. A. Somaratna Cartwheel 187 0.76Valid Votes24,51899.46Rejected Votes132 0.54Total Polled24,650100.00Registered Electors28,245Turnout87.27

1970 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 7th parliamentary election held on 27 May 1970:

CandidatePartySymbolVotes% D. P. Wickramasinghe SLFP Hand 16,608 57.65 Herath Ekanayake UNP Elephant 12,112 42.04 Valid Votes 28,720 99.69Rejected Votes88 0.31Total Polled28,808 100.00Registered Electors32,562 Turnout88.47

1977 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 8th parliamentary election held on 21 July 1977:

CandidatePartySymbolVotes% G. M. Premachandra UNP Elephant 20,392 55.79 D. P. Wickremasinghe SLFP Hand 15,608 42.70 N. B. Kaluhendiwela Star 237 0.65 W. Sunil Fernando Lamp 163 0.45Valid Votes 36,400 99.58Rejected Votes152 0.42Total Polled36,552 100.00Registered Electors40,303 Turnout90.32

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