Buttala electoral district was an electoral district of Sri Lanka between August 1947 and March 1960. The district was named after the town of Buttala in Moneragala 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. Buttala electoral district is now represented by the Monaragala multi-member electoral district.
Members of Parliament Key
ElectionMemberPartyTerm 1947Leo FernandoUnited National Party1947 - 1954 1952 1955 by-election Gladwin Kotelawala 1955 - 1956 1956 W. G. M. Albert Silva Sri Lanka Freedom Party 1956 - 1960
Elections 1947 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 1st parliamentary election held between 23 August 1947 and 20 September 1947:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes% Leo Fernando United National Party Umbrella 6,903 77.40 T. D. Alexander Bicycle 1,395 15.64 G. P. Perera House 385 4.32Valid Votes8,68397.35Rejected Votes 236 2.65Total Polled 8,919 100.00Registered Electors 17,151 Turnout 52.00
1952 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 2nd parliamentary election held between 24 May 1952 and 30 May 1952:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes% Leo Fernando United National Party Umbrella 8,296 70.13 W. G. M. Albert Silva Sri Lanka Freedom Party Elephant 1,272 10.75 S. M. Jayawardena Wheel 1,029 8.70 Earl Abesuriya Star 934 7.90Valid Votes11,53197.47Rejected Votes 299 2.53Total Polled 11,830 100.00Registered Electors 20,127 Turnout 58.78
1955 Parliamentary By Election Results of the 1955 parliamentary by-election held on 5 March 1955, following the death of the sitting member, Sir Leo Fernando:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes% Gladwin Kotelawala Umbrella 7,865 69.00 Earl Abesuriya Star 3,363 29.50Valid Votes11,22898.50Rejected Votes 171 1.50Total Polled 11,399 100.00Registered Electors 20,127 Turnout 56.64
1956 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 3rd parliamentary election held between 5 April 1956 and 10 April 1956:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes% W. G. M. Albert Silva Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand 7,416 63.56 Gladwin Kotelawala United National Party Elephant 4,135 35.44Valid Votes11,50198.58Rejected Votes 166 1.42Total Polled 11,667 100.00Registered Electors 24,353 Turnout 47.91
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