Udugama Electoral District

Udugama electoral district was an electoral district of Sri Lanka between August 1947 and March 1960. The district was named after the town of Udugama 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] Udugama 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 D. S. Goonesekera
1952 Neal de Alwis
1956 D. S. Goonesekera

Elections

1947 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
D. S. Goonesekera Star 8,957 45.06
Neal de Alwis Clock 3,493 17.57
D. E. Hettiarachchi Key 3,148 15.84
P. L. N. Raddalgoda Tree 2,003 10.08
B. Kulasinghe Eye 783 3.94
C. G. E. Bertram De Silva Hand 719 3.62
H. G. Hendrick De Silva Flower 423 2.13
Valid Votes19,52698.22
Rejected Votes354 1.78
Total Polled19,880 100.00
Registered Electors36,893
Turnout53.89

1952 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Neal de Alwis Umbrella 11,181 42.88
D. S. Goonesekera Star 8,446 32.39
Edwin Dias Nagahawatte Elephant 6,160 23.63
Valid Votes25,78798.90
Rejected Votes286 1.10
Total Polled26,073 100.00
Registered Electors38,240
Turnout68.18

1956 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
D. S. Goonesekera Hand 12,411 40.87
Neal de Alwis Lamp 10,100 33.26
E. D. Wickramatilleke Umbrella 5,875 19.34
E. D. Nagahawatte Elephant 1,737 5.72
Valid Votes30,12399.19
Rejected Votes247 0.81
Total Polled30,370100.00
Registered Electors43,101
Turnout70.46

References

  1. ↑ "The Electoral System". Parliament of Sri Lanka.
  2. ↑ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1947" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 30 April 2017.
  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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