Kurunegala electoral district was an electoral district of Sri Lanka between August 1947 and February 1989. The district was named after the town of Kurunegala in Kurunegala District, North 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] Kurunegala electoral district was replaced by the Kurunegala multi-member electoral district at the 1989 general elections, the first under the proportional representation system, Kurunegala continues to be a polling division of the multi-member electoral district.
Key
Election | Member | Party | Term | |
---|---|---|---|---|
1947 | Herbert Sri Nissanka | Ind. | 1947-1952 | |
1952 | Dingiri Bandara Welagedara | UNP | 1952-1956 | |
1956 | D. B. Monnekulama | SLFP | 1956-1960 | |
1960 (March) | 1960 | |||
1960 (July) | 1960-1965 | |||
1965 | Dingiri Bandara Welagedara | UNP | 1965-1970 | |
1970 | Piyadasa Wijesinghe | SLFP | 1970-1977 | |
1977 | Dingiri Bandara Welagedara | UNP | 1977-1989 |
Candidate | Party | Symbol | Votes | % |
---|---|---|---|---|
Herbert Sri Nissanka | Independent | Umbrella | 10,188 | 48.23 |
I. Palipane | Star | 6,642 | 31.44 | |
J. H. Weerasingha | Key | 3,983 | 18.85 | |
Valid Votes | 20,83 | 98.52 | ||
Rejected Votes | 312 | 1.48 | ||
Total Polled | 21,125 | 100.00 | ||
Registered Electors | 38,497 | |||
Turnout | 54.87 |
Candidate | Party | Symbol | Votes | % |
---|---|---|---|---|
Dingiri Bandara Welagedara | United National Party | Elephant | 18,049 | 56.85 |
Herbert Sri Nissanka | Independent | Umbrella | 13,518 | 42.58 |
Valid Votes | 31,567 | 99.42 | ||
Rejected Votes | 184 | 0.58 | ||
Total Polled | 31,751 | 100.00 | ||
Registered Electors | 41,367 | |||
Turnout | 76.75 |
Candidate | Party | Symbol | Votes | % |
---|---|---|---|---|
D. B. Monnekulama | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Hand | 18,598 | 54.23 |
Dingiri Bandara Welagedara | United National Party | Elephant | 10,239 | 29.86 |
S. G. Wanigasekera | Star | 5,284 | 15.41 | |
Valid Votes | 34,121 | 99.50 | ||
Rejected Votes | 172 | 0.50 | ||
Total Polled | 34,293 | 100.00 | ||
Registered Electors | 48,822 | |||
Turnout | 70.24 |
Candidate | Party | Symbol | Votes | % |
---|---|---|---|---|
D. B. Monnekulama | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Hand | 8,176 | 44.52 |
D. A. B. Ratnayake | United National Party | Elephant | 6,684 | 36.39 |
H. L. Premadaasa | Star | 1,279 | 6.96 | |
P. R. Wickremasuriya | Cartwheel | 681 | 3.71 | |
A. L. M. C.M. Sheriff | Sun | 630 | 3.43 | |
W. W. Premaratne | Umbrella | 595 | 3.24 | |
S. B. G. Abeyaratne Bandara | Eye | 184 | 1.00 | |
Valid Votes | 18,229 | 99.26 | ||
Rejected Votes | 136 | 0.74 | ||
Total Polled | 18,365 | 100.00 | ||
Registered Electors | 24,864 | |||
Turnout | 73.86 |
Candidate | Party | Symbol | Votes | % |
---|---|---|---|---|
D. B. Monnekulama | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Hand | 10,193 | 53.85 |
N. M. Appuhamy | United National Party | Elephant | 8,533 | 45.08 |
P. R. Wickremasuriya | Cartwheel | 123 | 0.65 | |
Valid Votes | 18,849 | 99.58 | ||
Rejected Votes | 80 | 0.42 | ||
Total Polled | 18,929 | 100.00 | ||
Registered Electors | 24,864 | |||
Turnout | 76.13 |
Candidate | Party | Symbol | Votes | % |
---|---|---|---|---|
Dingiri Bandara Welagedara | United National Party | Elephant | 13,875 | 53.82 |
Ananda Jayasinghe | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Hand | 11,490 | 44.57 |
D. B. Monnekulama | Umbrella | 152 | 0.59 | |
P. R. Wickramasuriya | Cartwheel | 120 | 0.47 | |
Valid Votes | 25,637 | 99.45 | ||
Rejected Votes | 142 | 0.55 | ||
Total Polled | 25,779 | 100.00 | ||
Registered Electors | 31,344 | |||
Turnout | 82.25 |
Candidate | Party | Symbol | Votes | % |
---|---|---|---|---|
Piyadasa Wijesinghe | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Hand | 16,672 | 53.96 |
Dingiri Bandara Welagedara | United National Party | Elephant | 14,008 | 45.33 |
Lionel Kehelwatugoda | Bell | 94 | 0.30 | |
Valid Votes | 30,774 | 99.60 | ||
Rejected Votes | 125 | 0.40 | ||
Total Polled | 30,899 | 100.00 | ||
Registered Electors | 36,663 | |||
Turnout | 84.28 |
Candidate | Party | Symbol | Votes | % |
---|---|---|---|---|
Dingiri Bandara Welagedara | United National Party | Elephant | 21,005 | 59.45 |
D. B. Monnekulama | Chair | 13,550 | 38.35 | |
Charles Vitharana | Key | 436 | 1.23 | |
Siripala Wedisinghe | Rabbit | 152 | 0.43 | |
W. M. Dharmaratne | Umbrella | 79 | 0.22 | |
Valid Votes | 35,222 | 99.68 | ||
Rejected Votes | 112 | 0.32 | ||
Total Polled | 35,334 | 100.00 | ||
Registered Electors | 41,104 | |||
Turnout | 85.96 |
Kurunegala electoral district was an electoral district of Sri Lanka between August 1947 and February 1989. The district was named after the town of Kurunegala in Kurunegala District, North 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] Kurunegala electoral district was replaced by the Kurunegala multi-member electoral district at the 1989 general elections, the first under the proportional representation system, Kurunegala continues to be a polling division of the multi-member electoral district.
Key
Election | Member | Party | Term | |
---|---|---|---|---|
1947 | Herbert Sri Nissanka | Ind. | 1947-1952 | |
1952 | Dingiri Bandara Welagedara | UNP | 1952-1956 | |
1956 | D. B. Monnekulama | SLFP | 1956-1960 | |
1960 (March) | 1960 | |||
1960 (July) | 1960-1965 | |||
1965 | Dingiri Bandara Welagedara | UNP | 1965-1970 | |
1970 | Piyadasa Wijesinghe | SLFP | 1970-1977 | |
1977 | Dingiri Bandara Welagedara | UNP | 1977-1989 |
Candidate | Party | Symbol | Votes | % |
---|---|---|---|---|
Herbert Sri Nissanka | Independent | Umbrella | 10,188 | 48.23 |
I. Palipane | Star | 6,642 | 31.44 | |
J. H. Weerasingha | Key | 3,983 | 18.85 | |
Valid Votes | 20,83 | 98.52 | ||
Rejected Votes | 312 | 1.48 | ||
Total Polled | 21,125 | 100.00 | ||
Registered Electors | 38,497 | |||
Turnout | 54.87 |
Candidate | Party | Symbol | Votes | % |
---|---|---|---|---|
Dingiri Bandara Welagedara | United National Party | Elephant | 18,049 | 56.85 |
Herbert Sri Nissanka | Independent | Umbrella | 13,518 | 42.58 |
Valid Votes | 31,567 | 99.42 | ||
Rejected Votes | 184 | 0.58 | ||
Total Polled | 31,751 | 100.00 | ||
Registered Electors | 41,367 | |||
Turnout | 76.75 |
Candidate | Party | Symbol | Votes | % |
---|---|---|---|---|
D. B. Monnekulama | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Hand | 18,598 | 54.23 |
Dingiri Bandara Welagedara | United National Party | Elephant | 10,239 | 29.86 |
S. G. Wanigasekera | Star | 5,284 | 15.41 | |
Valid Votes | 34,121 | 99.50 | ||
Rejected Votes | 172 | 0.50 | ||
Total Polled | 34,293 | 100.00 | ||
Registered Electors | 48,822 | |||
Turnout | 70.24 |
Candidate | Party | Symbol | Votes | % |
---|---|---|---|---|
D. B. Monnekulama | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Hand | 8,176 | 44.52 |
D. A. B. Ratnayake | United National Party | Elephant | 6,684 | 36.39 |
H. L. Premadaasa | Star | 1,279 | 6.96 | |
P. R. Wickremasuriya | Cartwheel | 681 | 3.71 | |
A. L. M. C.M. Sheriff | Sun | 630 | 3.43 | |
W. W. Premaratne | Umbrella | 595 | 3.24 | |
S. B. G. Abeyaratne Bandara | Eye | 184 | 1.00 | |
Valid Votes | 18,229 | 99.26 | ||
Rejected Votes | 136 | 0.74 | ||
Total Polled | 18,365 | 100.00 | ||
Registered Electors | 24,864 | |||
Turnout | 73.86 |
Candidate | Party | Symbol | Votes | % |
---|---|---|---|---|
D. B. Monnekulama | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Hand | 10,193 | 53.85 |
N. M. Appuhamy | United National Party | Elephant | 8,533 | 45.08 |
P. R. Wickremasuriya | Cartwheel | 123 | 0.65 | |
Valid Votes | 18,849 | 99.58 | ||
Rejected Votes | 80 | 0.42 | ||
Total Polled | 18,929 | 100.00 | ||
Registered Electors | 24,864 | |||
Turnout | 76.13 |
Candidate | Party | Symbol | Votes | % |
---|---|---|---|---|
Dingiri Bandara Welagedara | United National Party | Elephant | 13,875 | 53.82 |
Ananda Jayasinghe | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Hand | 11,490 | 44.57 |
D. B. Monnekulama | Umbrella | 152 | 0.59 | |
P. R. Wickramasuriya | Cartwheel | 120 | 0.47 | |
Valid Votes | 25,637 | 99.45 | ||
Rejected Votes | 142 | 0.55 | ||
Total Polled | 25,779 | 100.00 | ||
Registered Electors | 31,344 | |||
Turnout | 82.25 |
Candidate | Party | Symbol | Votes | % |
---|---|---|---|---|
Piyadasa Wijesinghe | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Hand | 16,672 | 53.96 |
Dingiri Bandara Welagedara | United National Party | Elephant | 14,008 | 45.33 |
Lionel Kehelwatugoda | Bell | 94 | 0.30 | |
Valid Votes | 30,774 | 99.60 | ||
Rejected Votes | 125 | 0.40 | ||
Total Polled | 30,899 | 100.00 | ||
Registered Electors | 36,663 | |||
Turnout | 84.28 |
Candidate | Party | Symbol | Votes | % |
---|---|---|---|---|
Dingiri Bandara Welagedara | United National Party | Elephant | 21,005 | 59.45 |
D. B. Monnekulama | Chair | 13,550 | 38.35 | |
Charles Vitharana | Key | 436 | 1.23 | |
Siripala Wedisinghe | Rabbit | 152 | 0.43 | |
W. M. Dharmaratne | Umbrella | 79 | 0.22 | |
Valid Votes | 35,222 | 99.68 | ||
Rejected Votes | 112 | 0.32 | ||
Total Polled | 35,334 | 100.00 | ||
Registered Electors | 41,104 | |||
Turnout | 85.96 |