Monaragala electoral district was an electoral district of Sri Lanka between March 1960 and February 1989. The district was named after the town of Monaragala in Monaragala District, Uva 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. Monaragala electoral district was replaced by the Monaragala multi-member electoral district at the 1989 general elections, the first under the proportional representation system, Monaragala continues to be a polling division of the multi-member electoral district.
Members of Parliament Key
ElectionMemberPartyTerm 1960 (March)W. G. M. Albert SilvaSri Lanka Freedom Party 1960 1960 (July) 1960-1965 1965Raja Welegama 1965-1970 1970 1970-1977 1977 R. M. Punchi Bandara United National Party 1970-1988
Elections
1960 (March) Parliamentary General Election Results of the 4th parliamentary election held on 19 March 1960:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes%W. G. M. Albert Silva Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand 3,738 37.92H. E. Senanayake United National Party Elephant 2,651 26.90D. Kadurugamuwa Ladder 1,359 13.79D. C. K. Nanayakkara Rooster 448 4.55Earle Abeysuriya Umbrella 378 3.84R. A. Tilakaratne Lamp 363 3.68N. B. Dharmadasa Sun 353 3.58Donald Ratnaweera Key 308 3.13K.H.M.T.M. de Silva Star 101 1.03Valid Votes9,69998.40Rejected Votes 158 1.60Total Polled 9,857 100.00Registered Electors 14,494 Turnout 68.01
1960 (July) Parliamentary General Election Results of the 5th parliamentary election held on 20 July 1960:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes%W. G. M. Albert Silva Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand 5,475 57.86H. E. Senanayake United National Party Elephant 3,896 41.17Valid Votes9,37199.03Rejected Votes 92 0.97Total Polled 9,463 100.00Registered Electors 14,494 Turnout 65.29
1965 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 6th parliamentary election held on 22 March 1965:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes%Raja Welegama Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand 8,257 46.14L. R. M. D. Kadurugamuwa United National Party Elephant 6,792 37.96D. M. Punchibanda Independent Lamp 1,054 5.89A. H. Jayasena Independent Umbrella 745 4.16W. G. M. Albert Silva National Liberation Front Aeroplane 701 3.92Valid Votes17,54998.07Rejected Votes 345 1.93Total Polled 17,894 100.00Registered Electors 22,838 Turnout 78.35
1970 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 7th parliamentary election held on 27 May 1970:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes%Raja Welegama Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand 17,342 60.87A. B. Talagune United National Party Elephant 10,435 36.62B. A. L. Wijewardhana Ship 468 1.64Valid Votes28,24599.13Rejected Votes 247 0.87Total Polled 28,492 100.00Registered Electors 35,446 Turnout 80.38
1977 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 8th parliamentary election held on 21 July 1977:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes%R. M. Punchi Bandara United National Party Elephant 12,316 50.07Raja Welegama Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand 10,371 42.16Ratnayake Keerthisinghe Star 881 3.58E. W. Ariyapala Lamp 492 2.0W. G. M. Albert Silva Cartwheel 297 1.21R. M. Somaratne Umbrella 78 0.32Valid Votes24,43599.33Rejected Votes 165 0.67Total Polled 24,600 100.00Registered Electors 28,711 Turnout 85.68
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