Matale electoral district was an electoral district of Sri Lanka between August 1947 and February 1989. The district was named after the town of Matale in Matale District, Central 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. Matale electoral district was replaced by the Matale multi-member electoral district at the 1989 general elections, the first under the PR system, though Matale continues to be a polling division of the multi-member electoral district.
Members of Parliament Key
ElectionMemberPartyTerm 1947 V. T. Nanayakkara 1947-1952 1952 Bernard Aluwihare United National Party 1952-1956 1956 Nimal Karunatilake Sri Lanka Freedom Party 1956-1960 1960 (March)Bernard AluwihareUnited National Party1960-1965 1960 (July) 1965 Alick Aluwihare 1965-1970 1970 Richard Udugama Sri Lanka Freedom Party 1970-1977 1977 Alick Aluwihare 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:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes%V. T. Nanayakkara Eye11,53048.62Bernard Aluwihare Star9,52540.12T. B. Wegodapola Lamp2,37310.01Valid Votes23,42898.80Rejected Votes2851.20Total Polled23,713100.00Registered Electors37,847Turnout62.65
1952 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 2nd parliamentary election held between 24 May 1952 and 30 May 1952 for the district:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes%Bernard Aluwihare Flower12,31457.43V. T. Nanayakkara House8,89841.95%Valid Votes21,21298.93Rejected Votes2291.07Total Polled21,441100.00Registered Electors29,272Turnout73.25
1956 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 3rd parliamentary election held between 5 April 1956 and 10 April 1956:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes%Nimal KarunatilakeSri Lanka Freedom Party Hand12,96855.15Bernard AluwihareUnited National Party Elephant10,37244.11Valid Votes23,34099.26Rejected Votes1750.74Total Polled23,515100.00Registered Electors33,081Turnout71.08
1960 (March) Parliamentary General Election Results of the 4th parliamentary election held on 19 March 1960:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes%Bernard AluwihareUnited National Party Elephant8,02249.99T. D. GunaratneSri Lanka Freedom Party Hand6,11338.97M. B. RatnayakeMahajana Eksath Peramuna Cart Wheel8925.56S. B. WijeratneCommunist Party Star5043.14A. K. Sumanapala Umbrella1540.96Jinadasa Wickremasuriya Sun1170.73Upali Monaravila Keppetipola Clock1130.70Valid Votes15,91599.18Rejected Votes1310.82Total Polled16,046100.00Registered Electors20,739Turnout77.37
1960 (July) Parliamentary General Election Results of the 5th parliamentary election held on 20 July 1960:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes%Bernard AluwihareUnited National Party Elephant8,96154.13T. D. GunaratneSri Lanka Freedom Party Hand7,48945.24Valid Votes16,45099.37Rejected Votes1050.63Total Polled16,555100.00Registered Electors20,739Turnout79.83%
1965 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 6th parliamentary election held on 22 March 1965:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes%Alick AluwihareUnited National Party Elephant13,50259.38W. DorakumburaSri Lanka Freedom Party Hand9,02539.70Valid Votes22,52799.07Rejected Votes2120.93Total Polled22,739100.00Registered Electors27,414Turnout82.95
1970 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 7th parliamentary election held on 27 May 1970:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes%Richard UdugamaSri Lanka Freedom Party Hand13,42851.01Alick AluwihareUnited National Party Elephant12,77848.54Valid Votes26,20699.54Rejected Votes1200.46Total Polled26,326100.00Registered Electors30,396Turnout86.61
1977 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 8th parliamentary election held on 21 July 1977 for the district:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes%Alick AluwihareUnited National Party Elephant21,94569.66Chandrasena MunaweeraSri Lanka Freedom Party Hand9,03928.69R. G. Karunaratne Eye3611.15Valid Votes31,34599.50Rejected Votes1560.50Total Polled31,501100.00Registered Electors36,395Turnout86.55
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