Ambalangoda-Balapitiya Electoral District

Ambalangoda-Balapitiya electoral district was an electoral district of Sri Lanka between August 1947 and March 1960. The district was named after the towns of Ambalangoda and 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.[1] Ambalangoda-Balapitiya electoral district was replaced by the Galle multi-member electoral district at the 1989 general elections, the first under the proportional representation system.

Members of Parliament

Key

 Independent    Sri Lanka Freedom Party    United National Party  

ElectionMemberPartyTerm
1947
1952
1956

Elections

1947 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Valid Votes 100.00%
Rejected Votes
Total Polled
Registered Electors
Turnout

1952 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Valid Votes 100.00%
Rejected Votes
Total Polled
Registered Electors
Turnout

1956 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Valid Votes 100.00%
Rejected Votes
Total Polled
Registered Electors
Turnout

References

  1. "The Electoral System". Parliament of Sri Lanka.
  2. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1947" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka.
  3. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1952" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka.
  4. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1956" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka.

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