Matugama Electoral District

This article is about the former electoral district in Sri Lanka. For the town, see Matugama.

Matugama electoral district was an electoral district of Sri Lanka between August 1947 and February 1989. The district was named after the town of Matugama in Kalutara District, Western 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.[1] Matugama electoral district was replaced by the Kalutara multi-member electoral district at the 1989 general elections, the first under the PR system, though Matugama continues to be a polling division of the multi-member electoral district.

Members of Parliament

Key

  Independent     Sri Lanka Freedom Party     United National Party  

ElectionMemberPartyTerm
1947 Wilmot A. Perera Independent 1947-1952
1952 Viplavakari Lanka Sama Samaja Party 1952-1956
1956 Dayasena Turnolius Pasqual Sri Lanka Freedom Party 1956-1960
1960 1960-1960
1960 1960-1965
1965 1965-1970
1970 1970-1977
1977 Reginald V. Wijegunaratne United National Party 1977-1989

Elections

1947 Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 1st parliamentary election held between 23 August 1947 and 20 September 1947 for the district:[2]

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Wilmot A. Perera Elephant19,75353.41%
C. W. W. Kannangara Star16,13943.64%
R. A. Munasinghage Lamp1,0912.95%
Valid Votes36,983100.00%
Rejected Votes535
Total Polled37,518
Registered Electors48,407
Turnout77.51%

1952 Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 2nd parliamentary election held between 24 May 1952 and 30 May 1952 for the district:[3]

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Wilmot A. Perera Key18,16853.70%
Athulathmudali Chair15,66646.30%
Valid Votes33,834100.00%
Rejected Votes376
Total Polled34,210
Registered Electors46,219
Turnout74.02%

1956 Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 3rd parliamentary election held between 5 April 1956 and 10 April 1956 for the district:[4]

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Dayasena Turnolius Pasqual Hand25,79871.27%
A. C. Gooneratne Elephant6,18917.10%
R. A. Reginald Perera Cart Wheel3,92010.83%
W. M. Bibile Fonseka Umbrella2890.80%
Valid Votes36,196100.00%
Rejected Votes296
Total Polled36,492
Registered Electors52,095
Turnout70.05%

1960 (March) Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 4th parliamentary election held on 19 March 1960 for the district:[5]

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Dayasena Turnolius PasqualSri Lanka Freedom Party Hand7,09928.82%
Ratnapala TirimanneUnited National Party Elephant5,73723.29%
Edmund JayanettiMahajana Eksath Peramuna Cart Wheel5,67023.02%
D. S. L. Vithanage Key5,54422.50%
M. G. N.. de S. Gunawardena Lamp3201.30%
Udaya Jayatileke Eye2651.08%
Valid Votes24,635100.00%
Rejected Votes154
Total Polled24,789
Registered Electors32,377
Turnout76.56%

1960 (July) Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 5th parliamentary election held on 20 July 1960 for the district:[6]

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Dayasena Turnolius PasqualSri Lanka Freedom Party Hand14,79062.05%
De Alwis SeneviratneUnited National Party Elephant7,75232.52%
Simon Lewis Cart Wheel1,2945.43%
Valid Votes23,836100.00%
Rejected Votes94
Total Polled23,930
Registered Electors32,377
Turnout73.91%

1965 Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 6th parliamentary election held on 22 March 1965 for the district:[7]

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Dayasena Turnolius PasqualSri Lanka Freedom Party Hand18,12256.77%
M. D. J. Dissanayake Chair7,02622.01%
K. Bandula JayasingheMahajana Eksath Peramuna Cart Wheel5,90918.51%
D. P. Samaraweera Sun8652.71%
Valid Votes31,922100.00%
Rejected Votes344
Total Polled32,266
Registered Electors40,399
Turnout79.87%

1970 Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 7th parliamentary election held on 27 May 1970 for the district:[8]

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Dayasena Turnolius PasqualSri Lanka Freedom Party Hand24,71863.84%
Reginald V. WijegunaratneMahajana Eksath Peramuna Cart Wheel13,99836.16%
Valid Votes38,716100.00%
Rejected Votes115
Total Polled38,831
Registered Electors46,066
Turnout84.29%

1977 Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 8th parliamentary election held on 21 July 1977 for the district:[9]

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Reginald V. Wijegunaratne Elephant25,48455.27%
Dayasena Turnolius Pasqual Hand10,49722.77%
Anil Moonesinghe Key9,93221.54%
Thomas Kulatunga Cart Wheel1960.43%
Valid Votes46,109100.00%
Rejected Votes172
Total Polled46,281
Registered Electors53,238
Turnout86.93%

References

  1. ↑ "The Electoral System". Parliament of Sri Lanka.
  2. ↑ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1947". Department of Elections, Sri Lanka.
  3. ↑ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1952". Department of Elections, Sri Lanka.
  4. ↑ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1956". Department of Elections, Sri Lanka.
  5. ↑ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1960-03-19". Department of Elections, Sri Lanka.
  6. ↑ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1960-07-20". Department of Elections, Sri Lanka.
  7. ↑ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1965". Department of Elections, Sri Lanka.
  8. ↑ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1970". Department of Elections, Sri Lanka.
  9. ↑ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1977". Department of Elections, Sri Lanka.