Bandarawela electoral district was an electoral district of Sri Lanka between August 1947 and February 1989. The district was named after the town of Bandarawela in Badulla District, Uva 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. Bandarawela electoral district was replaced by the Badulla multi-member electoral district at the 1989 general elections, the first under the proportional representation system.
Members of Parliament Key
ElectionMemberPartyTerm 1947 K. V. Nadarajah 1947 - 1952 1952 K. D. Sugathadasa UNP 1952 - 1956 1956 Y. G. Jayasinghe LSSP 1956 - 1960 1960 (March)J. G. GunasekeraSLFP1960 - 1966 1960 (July) 19651966 by-electionR. M. Appuhamy1966 - 1977 1970 1977 R. M. Appuhamy UNP 1977 - 1989
Elections 1947 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 1st parliamentary election held between 23 August 1947 and 20 September 1947:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes% K. V. Nadarajah Independent Hand 5,092 60.55 M. P. Yapa Independent Umbrella 2,897 34.45 K. B. H. Adhikaritilak Independent Elephant 181 2.15Valid Votes8,17097.16Rejected Votes 239 2.84Total Polled 8,409 100.0Registered Electors 14,311 Turnout 58.76
1952 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 2nd parliamentary election held between 24 May 1952 and 30 May 1952:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes% K. D. Sugathadasa United National Party Wheel 6,392 61.84 Y. G. Jayasinghe Lanka Sama Samaja Party Hand 2,266 21.92 L. Jayasundera Star 839 8.12 Tikiri Bandara Pethiyagoda Sri Lanka Freedom Party Elephant 670 6.48Valid Votes10,16798.36Rejected Votes 169 1.64Total Polled 10,336 100.00Registered Electors 13,950 Turnout 74.09
1956 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 3rd parliamentary election held between 5 April 1956 and 10 April 1956:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes% Y. G. Jayasinghe Lanka Sama Samaja Party Key 6,805 62.93 Sumanadasa Ratnayake Elephant 2,662 24.62 Gladwin Kotelawala Cartwheel 1,278 11.82Valid Votes10,74599.36Rejected Votes 69 0.64Total Polled 10,814 100.00Registered Electors 16,751 Turnout 64.56
1960 (March) Parliamentary General Election Results of the 4th parliamentary election held on 19 March 1960:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes% J. G. Gunasekera Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand 5,603 49.56 Gladwin Kotelawala United National Party Elephant 2,909 25.73 D. S. Wickremasinghe Key 1,476 13.06 M. J. Peeris Umbrella 457 4.04 Chandra S. Perera Cartwheel 376 3.33 T. M. Gunasekera Eye 192 1.70 E. M. W. Gawarammana Clock 141 1.25Valid Votes11,15498.66Rejected Votes 152 1.34Total Polled 11,306 100.00Registered Electors 14,106 Turnout 80.15
1960 (July) Parliamentary General Election Results of the 5th parliamentary election held on 20 July 1960:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes% J. G. Gunasekera Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand 6,621 61.05 S. D. Ratnayake United National Party Elephant 4,147 38.24Valid Votes10,76899.28Rejected Votes 78 0.72Total Polled 10,846 100.00Registered Electors 14,106 Turnout 76.89
1965 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 6th parliamentary election held on 22 March 1965:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes% J. G. Gunasekera Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand 8,636 49.55 Cyril Mathew Caluvadewage United National Party Elephant 8,488 48.70 A. M. Herath Table 182 1.04Valid Votes17,30699.30Rejected Votes 122 0.70Total Polled 17,428 100.00Registered Electors 21,935 Turnout 79.45
1970 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 7th parliamentary election held on 27 May 1970:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes% R. M. Appuhamy Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand 11,509 56.73 R. M. Appuhamy United National Party Elephant 8,569 42.23 J. G. Gunasekera Lamp 132 0.65Valid Votes20,21099.61Rejected Votes 79 0.39Total Polled 20,289 100.00Registered Electors 22,912 Turnout 88.55
1977 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 8th parliamentary election held on 21 July 1977:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes% R. M. Appuhamy United National Party Elephant 14,106 57.64 R. M. Appuhamy Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand 9,529 38.94 D. S. Wickremasinghe Key 605 2.47 K. A. Karunaratne Eye 132 0.54Valid Votes24,37299.60Rejected Votes 99 0.40Total Polled 24,471 100.00Registered Electors 28,103 Turnout 87.08
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