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Mirigama Electoral District

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

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

Members of Parliament

Key

  Independent   SLFP   UNP

Election Member Party Term
1947 Don Stephen Senanayake UNP 1947-1952
1952 John Amaratunga 1952-1956
1956 Vimala Wijewardene SLFP 1956-1960
1960 A. A. E. Jayasinghe 1960-1960
1960 Wijayabahu Wijayasinha 1960-1965
1965 Siva Obeyesekere 1965-1970
1970 1970-1977
1977 Mahendra S. Wijeratne UNP 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]

Candidate Party Symbol Votes %
Don Stephen Senanayake Elephant 26,762 71.49%
Edmund Samarakkody Bolshevik–Leninist Party Lamp 10,673 28.51%
Valid Votes 37,435 100.00%
Rejected Votes 462
Total Polled 37,897
Registered Electors 55,474
Turnout 68.31%

1952 Parliamentary General Election

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

Candidate Party Symbol Votes %
John Amaratunga Elephant 27,447 61.06%
James Peter Obeyesekere III Hand 17,502 38.94%
Valid Votes 44,949 100.00%
Rejected Votes 304
Total Polled 45,253
Registered Electors 56,728
Turnout 79.77%

1956 Parliamentary General Election

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

Candidate Party Symbol Votes %
Vimala Wijewardene Hand 36,193 75.62%
John Amaratunga Elephant 10,896 22.76%
H. P. Jayawardane Pair of Spectacles 399 0.83%
A. A. Stanley Dias Pair of Scales 375 0.78%
Valid Votes 47,863 100.00%
Rejected Votes 234
Total Polled 48,097
Registered Electors 63,440
Turnout 75.81%

1960 (March) Parliamentary General Election

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

Candidate Party Symbol Votes %
A. E. Jayasinghe Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand 12,430 42.75%
W. D. Senanayake United National Party Elephant 12,304 42.32%
K. Ratnayake Mahajana Eksath Peramuna Cart Wheel 4,340 14.93%
Valid Votes 29,074 100.00%
Rejected Votes 189
Total Polled 29,263
Registered Electors 37,086
Turnout 78.91%

1960 (July) Parliamentary General Election

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

Candidate Party Symbol Votes %
Wijayabahu Wijayasinha Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand 15,424 51.45%
W. D. Senanayake United National Party Elephant 13,934 46.48%
E. A. Jayasinghe Chair 345 1.15%
Tilaka Kulasekera Cart Wheel 276 0.92%
Valid Votes 29,979 100.00%
Rejected Votes 113
Total Polled 30,092
Registered Electors 37,086
Turnout 81.14%

1965 Parliamentary General Election

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

Candidate Party Symbol Votes %
Siva Obeyesekere Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand 17,872 46.90%
Wijayabahu Wijayasinha United National Party Elephant 17,028 44.69%
K. P. P. Karunanayake Chair 1,956 5.13%
M. K. W. Fonseka Omnibus 1,015 2.66%
M. B. Ratnayake Mahajana Eksath Peramuna Cart Wheel 235 0.62%
Valid Votes 38,106 100.00%
Rejected Votes 183
Total Polled 38,289
Registered Electors 44,575
Turnout 85.90%

1970 Parliamentary General Election

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

Candidate Party Symbol Votes %
Siva Obeyesekere Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand 24,872 55.99%
W. S. Karunaratne United National Party Elephant 19,549 44.01%
Valid Votes 44,421 100.00%
Rejected Votes 135
Total Polled 44,556
Registered Electors 50,721
Turnout 87.85%

1977 Parliamentary General Election

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

Candidate Party Symbol Votes %
Mahendra Wijeratne Elephant 30,877 57.91%
J. P. Obeysekera Hand 21,080 39.54%
Narada Jayakody Key 1,178 2.21%
J. Jayasinghe Lamp 180 0.34%
Valid Votes 53,315 100.00%
Rejected Votes 187
Total Polled 53,502
Registered Electors 60,810
Turnout 87.98%

References

  1. ^ "The Electoral System". Parliament of Sri Lanka. Archived from the original on 2010-11-27.
  2. ^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1947" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-09-24.
  3. ^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1952" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-09-24.
  4. ^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1956" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-09-24.
  5. ^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1960-03-19" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-07-12.
  6. ^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1960-07-20" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-09-24.
  7. ^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1965" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-07-13.
  8. ^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1970" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-12-09.
  9. ^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1977" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-17.

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