The Passara electoral district was an electoral district of Sri Lanka between March 1960 and February 1989. The district was named after the town of Passara in Badulla 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. The Passara electoral district was replaced by the Badulla 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) S. A. Peeris United National Party 1960 1960 (July) Amarananda Ratnayake Sri Lanka Freedom Party 1960-1965 1965 S. A. Peeris United National Party 1965-1970 1970 S. A. S. Somapala Sri Lanka Freedom Party 1970-1977 1977 W. M. Karunaratne United National Party 1977-1989
Elections 1960 (March) Parliamentary General Election Results of the 4th parliamentary election held on 19 March 1960:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes% S. A. Peeris United National Party Elephant 3,286 38.02 Amarananda Ratnayake Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand 3,216 37.21 Doyle Kularatne Key 1,253 14.50 C. B. W. Palagolle Cartwheel 418 4.84 G. Daya Gunasekera Umbrella 308 3.56Valid Votes8,48198.14Rejected Votes 161 1.86Total Polled 8,642 100.00Registered Electors 11,511 Turnout 75.08
1960 (July) Parliamentary General Election Results of the 5th parliamentary election held on 20 July 1960:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes% Amarananda Ratnayake Sri Lanka Freedom Party Elephant 4,700 52.90 S. A. Peeris United National Party Hand 4,098 46.13Valid Votes8,79899.03Rejected Votes 86 0.97Total Polled 8,884 100.00Registered Electors 11,511 Turnout 77.18
1965 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 6th parliamentary election held on 22 March 1965:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes% S. A. Peeris United National Party Hand 6,022 50.79 Amarananda Ratnayake Sri Lanka Freedom Party Elephant 5,694 48.03Valid Votes11,71698.82Rejected Votes 140 1.18Total Polled 11,856 100.00Registered Electors 14,459 Turnout 82.00
1970 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 7th parliamentary election held on 27 May 1970:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes% S. A. S. Somapala Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand 8,382 57.44 Lilian Peeris United National Party Elephant 5,798 39.73 Pin Siri Fernando Bell 176 1.21 Ratnam Kumaravel Sewing Machine 114 0.78Valid Votes14,47099.16Rejected Votes 122 0.84Total Polled 14,592 100.00Registered Electors 16,461 Turnout 88.65
1977 Parliamentary General Election
CandidatePartySymbolVotes% W. M. Karunaratne United National Party Elephant 10,451 59.21 S. Seneviratne Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand 5,993 33.95 R. B. Dissanayake Star 402 2.28 A. Ratnayake Lamp 362 2.05 P. Wimalasuriya Omnibus 186 1.05 R. M. Punchibanda Flower 95 0.54Valid Votes17,48999.08Rejected Votes 162 0.92Total Polled 17,651 100.00Registered Electors 19,925 Turnout 88.59
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