Balapitiya electoral district was an electoral district of Sri Lanka between March 1960 and February 1989. The district was named after the town of Balapitiya in Galle District, Southern 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. Balapitiya electoral district was replaced by the Galle multi-member electoral district at the 1989 general elections.
Members of Parliament Key
ElectionMemberPartyTerm 1960 (March) Lakshman de Silva SLFP 1960 1960 (July) 1960-1965 1965 L. C. de Silva LSSP 1965-1968 1968 parliamentary by-election Lakshman de Silva UNP 1968-1970 1970 Weerasinghe de Silva LSSP 1970-1977 1977 Norman Waidyaratna UNP 1977-1989
Elections
1960 (March) Parliamentary General Election Results of the 4th parliamentary election held on 19 March 1960:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes% Lakshman de Silva Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand 8,465 32.86 L. C. de Silva Lanka Sama Samaja Party Key 7,818 30.35 Ian de Zoysa United National PartyElephant 6,235 24.20 Dharmasekera Welaratne Sun 1,304 5.06 A. S. de Zoysa Jayatilaka Umbrella 1,027 3.99 Wijayananda Lokusuriya Lamp 525 2.04 A. P. de Zoysa Buddhist Republican Party Flower 145 0.56 Jayasena Munasinghe Cockrel 116 0.45Valid Votes25,63599.51Rejected Votes126 0.49Total Polled25,761100.00Registered Electors34,384Turnout74.92
1960 (July) Parliamentary General Election Results of the 5th parliamentary election held on 20 July 1960:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes% Lakshman de Silva Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand 13,812 55.31 V. T. de Zoysa United National Party Elephant 10,841 43.42 Jayasena Munasinghe Buddhist Republican Party Flower 317 1.27Valid Votes24,970100.00Rejected Votes- 0.0Total Polled24,970 100.00Registered Electors34,384 Turnout72.62
1965 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 6th parliamentary election held on 22 March 1965:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes% L. C. de Silva Lanka Sama Samaja Party Key 16,615 49.39 Lakshman de Silva Sri Lanka Freedom Socialist Party Sun 16,519 49.10 Jayasena Munasinghe Lamp 164 0.49 P. L. V. Gunawardane Eye 130 0.39Valid Votes33,42899.36Rejected Votes214 0.64Total Polled33,642 100.00Registered Electors41,823 Turnout80.44
1968 Parliamentary By-Election In December 1967 the incumbent, Lokuge de Silva, was unseated on the ground that he had a contract with government. The results of the 1968 parliamentary by-election held on 17 December for the electorate:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes%Lakshman de Silva United National Party Elephant 19,485 51.87Weerasinghe de Silva Lanka Sama Samaja Party Key 17,955 47.78Valid Votes37,44099.67Rejected Votes 124 0.33Total Polled 37,564 100.00Registered Electors 44,043 Turnout 85.29
1970 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 7th parliamentary election held on 27 May 1970:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes% Weerasinghe de Silva Lanka Sama Samaja Party Key 22,659 59.18 Lakshman de Silva United National Party Elephant 14,431 37.69 E. M. M. Wijerama Bell 951 2.48 Jayasena Munasinghe Ship 169 0.44Valid Votes38,21099.80Rejected Votes76 0.20Total Polled38,286 100.00Registered Electors45,862 Turnout83.48
1977 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 8th parliamentary election held on 21 July 1977:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes% Norman Waidyaratna United National Party Elephant 15,745 56.60 Weerasinghe de Silva Lanka Sama Samaja PartyKey 6,803 24.46 Lakshman de Silva Independent Hand 4,556 16.38 H. P Sudarman de Silva Eye 343 1.23 W. S. M. M. Abeysekera Table 156 0.56 S. de S. Alankara Lamp 128 0.46Valid Votes27,73199.69Rejected Votes87 0.31Total Polled27,818 100.00Registered Electors33,016 Turnout84.26
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