Welimada electoral district was an electoral district of Sri Lanka between August 1947 and February 1989. The district was named after the town of Welimada 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. Welimada electoral district was replaced by the Badulla multi-member electoral district at the 1989 general elections, the first under the proportional representation system, though Badulla continues to be a polling division of the multi-member electoral district.
Members of Parliament Key
ElectionMemberPartyTerm 1947 K. D. Sugathadasa 1947-1952 1952 M. B. Bambarapane Independent 1952-1956 1956 K. M. P. Rajaratne Mahajana Eksath Peramuna 1956-1957 1957 by-election Kusuma Rajaratne Independent 1957-1960 1960 (March)K. M. P. Rajaratne National Liberation Front 1960 1960 (July) 1960-1962 1962 by-election 1962-1965 1965Percy SamaraweeraIndependent 1965-1966 1966 by-election 1966-1968 1968 by-election 1968-1970 1970 R. M. Bandara Sri Lanka Freedom Party 1970-1977 1977 Percy Samaraweera United National Party 1977-1988 1988 by-election Ravindra Samaraweera United National Party 1988-1989
Elections 1947 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 1st parliamentary election held between 23 August 1947 and 20 September 1947 for the district:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes% K. D. Sugathadasa Independent Cartwheel 4,242 40.86 A. G. Divitotawela United National Party Hand 4,220 40.64 W. Pinto Umbrella 1,517 14.61Valid Votes9,97996.11Rejected Votes404 3.89Total Polled10,383100.00Registered Electors19,978Turnout51.97
1952 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 2nd parliamentary election held between 24 May 1952 and 30 May 1952 for the district:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes% M. B. Bambarapane Independent Key 6,314 40.69 K. D. David Perera United National Party Umbrella 5,118 32.98 K. M. P. Rajaratne Sri Lanka Freedom Party Elephant 3,327 21.44 G. P. Perera Lanka Sama Samaja Party Hand 423 2.73Valid Votes15,18297.83Rejected Votes337 2.17Total Polled15,519100.00Registered Electors21,220Turnout73.13
1956 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 3rd parliamentary election held between 5 April 1956 and 10 April 1956 for the district:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes% K. M. P. Rajaratne Mahajana Eksath PeramunaHand 12,336 69.98 M. B. Bambarapane United National PartyElephant 4,318 24.50 M. D. Perera Cartwheel 770 4.37Valid Votes17,42498.85Rejected Votes203 1.15Total Polled17,627 100.00Registered Electors27,774 Turnout63.47
1957 Parliamentary By-election Results of the parliamentary by-election held on 7 September 1957 for the district:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes% Kusuma Rajaratne Independent Cartwheel 14,069 80.55 M. B. A. Jayasundara Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand 2,616 14.98 K. L. Dalpathadu United National Party Elephant 642 3.68Valid Votes17,32799.20Rejected Votes140 Total Polled17,467 100.00Registered Electors27,774 Turnout62.89
1960 (March) Parliamentary General Election Results of the 4th parliamentary election held on 19 March 1960 for the district:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes% K. M. P. Rajaratne National Liberation Front Aeroplane 6,539 53.83 A. G. Divitotawela United National PartyElephant 3,838 31.59 M. B. A. Jayasundera Cartwheel 554 4.56 Wilfred de Silva Key 549 4.52 K. M. K. P. S. A. Moulana Ladder 229 1.89 B. Gabriel Perera Scales 159 1.31 D. B. S. Dambadeniya Umbrella 72 0.59Valid Votes11,94098.29Rejected Votes208 1.71Total Polled12,148100.00Registered Electors14,799Turnout82.09
1960 (July) Parliamentary General Election Results of the 5th parliamentary election held on 20 July 1960 for the district:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes% K. M. P. Rajaratne National Liberation Front Aeroplane 7,557 64.67 K. N. M. Punchi Banda United National Party Elephant 4,023 34.43Valid Votes11,58099.09Rejected Votes106 0.91Total Polled11,686 100.00Registered Electors14,799 Turnout78.96
1962 Parliamentary By-election Results of the parliamentary by-election held on 28 June 1962 for the district:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes% K. M. P. Rajaratne National Liberation Front Aeroplane 8,352 51.81 Percy Samaraweera United National Party Elephant 5,178 32.12 P. B. Ratnayake Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand 2,496 15.48Valid Votes16,02699.42Rejected Votes94 0.58Total Polled16,120 100.00Registered Electors Turnout
1965 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 6th parliamentary election held on 22 March 1965 for the district:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes% Percy Samaraweera Independent Lamp 8,908 52.454 K. M. P. Rajaratne National Liberation Front Aeroplane 7,919 46.62Valid Votes16,82799.07%Rejected Votes 158 0.93Total Polled 16,985 100.00Registered Electors 20,122 Turnout 84.41
1970 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 7th parliamentary election held on 27 May 1970 for the district:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes% R. M Bandara uncontested Valid Votes--Rejected Votes- -Total Polled- -Registered Electors Turnout-
1977 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 8th parliamentary election held on 21 July 1977 for the district:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes% Percy Samaraweera United National Party Elephant 16,314 63.84 R. M Bandara Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand 8,633 33.78 B. M. M. Banda Star 386 1.51 A. R. Wijesinghe Cartwheel 106 0.41Valid Votes25,43999.55Rejected Votes116 0.45Total Polled25,555 100.00Registered Electors28,652 Turnout89.19
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