Devinuwara electoral district was an electoral district of Sri Lanka between March 1960 and February 1989. The district was named after the town of Devinuwara in Matara 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. Devinuwara electoral district was replaced by the Matara multi-member electoral district at the 1989 general elections.

Members of Parliament Key

ElectionMemberPartyTerm 1960 (March) C. A. Dharmapala 1960 (July) P. P. Wickremasuriya 1965 William de Silva 1970Ronnie de Mel 1977

Elections

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes% C. A. Dharmapala Elephant 8,748 33.43 P. P. Wickremasuriya Hand 6,720 25.68 E. K. Cyril Cockrel 4,223 16.14 L. U. Jayasinghe Rabbit 2,425 9.27 Aelian Nanayakkara Star 1,743 6.66 U. H. Amarasena Cartwheel1,594 6.09 D. J. Mohotti Bell 212 0.81 Charles Gandara Umbrella 210 0.80 P. Hendavitarana Key 94 0.36Valid Votes25,96999.22Rejected Votes203 0.78Total Polled26,172 100.00Registered Electors34,254 Turnout76.41

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%P. P. Wickremasuriya Hand 15,603 59.95 C. A. Dharmapala Elephant 10,332 39.70Valid Votes25,93599.65Rejected Votes91 0.35Total Polled26,026 100.00Registered Electors34,254 Turnout75.98

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes% William de Silva Hand 15,295 47.87 P. P. Wickremasuriya Sun 14,308 44.78 E. K. Cyril Umbrella 1,342 4.20 Charlis Abayasundara Chair 499 1.56 P. N. Bamunusinghe Flower 305 0.95Valid Votes31,74999.37Rejected Votes203 0.63Total Polled31,952 100.00Registered Electors40,956 Turnout78.02

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes% Ronnie de Mel Hand 20,798 57.99 P. P. Wickremasuriya Elephant 14,747 41.12 H. P. D. Weerasinghe Bell 263 0.73Valid Votes35,80899.86Rejected Votes52 0.14Total Polled35,860100.00Registered Electors44,112 Turnout81.29

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes% Ronnie de Mel Elephant 23,776 55.87 H. W. Dickson Hand 14,337 33.69 Mahindapala Wijesekera Star 4,163 9.78 S. E. Wijesuriya Lamp 198 0.47Valid Votes42,47499.81Rejected Votes82 0.19Total Polled42,556 100.00Registered Electors49,897 Turnout85.29

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