Uva Paranagama electoral district was an electoral district of Sri Lanka between March 1960 and February 1989. The district was named after the town of Uva Paranagama 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. Uva Paranagama electoral district was replaced by the Badulla multi-member electoral district at the 1989 general elections.
Members of Parliament Key
ElectionMemberPartyTerm 1960 (March)Kusuma RajaratneNLF 1960 1960 (July) 1960-1965 1965 1965-1970 1970 S. B. Delungahawatta SLFP 1970-1977 1977 R. M. Karunaratne UNP 1977-1989
Elections 1960 (March) Parliamentary General Election Results of the 4th parliamentary election held on 19 March 1960:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes% Kusuma Rajaratne National Liberation Front Aeroplane 4,662 40.40 M. B. Bambarapane United National Party Elephant 2,695 23.35 S. B. Delungahawatte Independent Rooster 1,790 15.51 D. C. Wijesooriya Independent Ladder 855 7.41 M. Danister Perera Sun 440 3.81 E. B. Dimbulane Rabbit 429 3.72 Henry Dharmasena Cartwheel 352 3.05 K. V. Don Sugathadasa Umbrella 209 1.81Valid Votes11,43299.06Rejected Votes 108 0.94Total Polled 11,540 100.00Registered Electors 14,519 Turnout 79.48
1960 (July) Parliamentary General Election Results of the 5th parliamentary election held on 20 July 1960:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes% Kusuma Rajaratne National Liberation Front Aeroplane 6,473 56.88 S. B. Delungahawatta United National Party Elephant 4,830 42.44Valid Votes11,30399.32Rejected Votes 78 0.68Total Polled 11,381 100.00Registered Electors 14,519 Turnout 78.39
1965 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 6th parliamentary election held on 22 March 1965:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes% Kusuma Rajaratne National Liberation Front Aeroplane 6,839 44.26 M. B. Bambarapane Independent Lamp 4,888 31.63 S. B. Delungahawatta Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand 3,558 23.02Valid Votes15,28598.91Rejected Votes 168 1.09Total Polled 15,453 100.00Registered Electors 18,630 Turnout 82.95
1970 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 7th parliamentary election held on 27 May 1970:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes% S. B. Delungahawatta Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand 9,245 46.91 R. M. Karunaratne United National Party Elephant 7,530 38.20 R. M. G. Samaranayake Umbrella 2,143 10.87 W. D. Jothiratne Bell 249 10.87 E. B. Dimbulana Chair 245 1.24 D. M. Appuhamy Lamp 210 1.07Valid Votes19,62299.55Rejected Votes 88 0.45Total Polled 19,710 100.00Registered Electors 22,384 Turnout 88.05
1977 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 8th parliamentary election held on 21 July 1977:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes% R. M. Karunaratne United National Party Elephant 15,108 62.47 S. B. Delungahawatte Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand 8,134 33.63 Karunapala Ratnayake Key 260 1.08 Gamini Samaranayake Umbrella 190 0.79 M. D. Perera Aeroplane 141 0.58 Tissa Deshapriya Herath Lamp 130 0.54 Nissanaka Bandaranayake Cartwheel 45 0.19 Gunapala Badrage Scales 40 0.17Valid Votes24,04899.43Rejected Votes 137 0.57Total Polled 24,185 Registered Electors 26,908 100.00Turnout 89.88
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