Baddegama electoral district was an electoral district of Sri Lanka between August 1947 and February 1989. The district was named after the town of Baddegama in Galle District, Southern 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. Baddegama electoral district was replaced by the Galle multi-member electoral district at the 1989 general elections, the first under the proportional representation system.
Members of Parliament Key
ElectionMemberPartyTerm 1947 Simon AbeywickremaUNP 1947-1948 1948 by-election H. W. Amarasuriya 1947-1952 1952Henry AbeywickremaSLFP 1952-1956 1956 1956-1960 1960 (March) Neal de AlwisLSSP 1960 1960 (July) 1960-1965 1965 1965-1970 1970 1970-1977 1977 E. D. Wickrematilaka UNP 1977-1989
Elections
1947 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 1st parliamentary election held between 23 August 1947 and 20 September 1947:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes% Simon Abeywickrema Star 11,899 55.46 F. Gunatilaka Key 5,056 23.57 M. C. B. de Silva Hand 3,431 15.99 V. Abeywickrama Elephant 784 3.65Valid Votes21,17098.68Rejected Votes284 1.32Total Polled21,454 100.00Registered Electors38,457 Turnout55.79
1948 Parliamentary By-Election Results of the 1948 parliamentary by-election, held on 1948:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes% H. W. Amarasuriya United National Party Elephant 11,414 52.14 Henry Abeywickrema Umbrella 4,769 21.79 Frederick Gunatilleke Key 4,574 20.89 Vincent Abeywickrama Star 798 3.65Valid Votes21,55598.47Rejected Votes336 1.53Total Polled21,891 100.00Registered Electors38,457 Turnout56.92
1952 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 2nd parliamentary election held between 24 May 1952 and 30 May 1952:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes% Henry Abeywickrema Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand 15,304 49.33 H. W. Amarasuriya Key 11,372 36.65 P. A. Premadasa Star 3,230 10.41 Welaratne Dharmasekera Umbrella 556 1.79 C. J. Seneviratne Elephant 322 1.04Valid Votes30,78499.22Rejected Votes242 0.78Total Polled31,026 100.00Registered Electors39,495 Turnout78.56
1956 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 3rd parliamentary election held between 5 April 1956 and 10 April 1956:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes% Henry Abeywickrema Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand 18,834 56.16 H. W. Amarasuriya United National Party Elephant 11,082 33.05 M. C. B. de Silva Umbrella 3,397 10.13Valid Votes33,31399.34Rejected Votes222 0.66Total Polled33,535 100.00Registered Electors45,051 Turnout74.44
1960 (March) Parliamentary General Election Results of the 4th parliamentary election held on 19 March 1960:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes% Neal de Alwis Lanka Sama Samaja Party Key 4,871 19.54 Arthur Suriarachchi United National Party Elephant 4,700 18.86 E. D. Wickrematilaka Rooster 4,528 18.17 D. A. S. P. Dahanayake Umbrella 2,904 11.65 Vincent Abeywickrema Hand 2,776 11.14 Francis Tudawe Cartwheel 2,764 11.09 Don Upasena Jayasekera Star 1,060 4.25 K. M. G. Stephen Hapugoda Pair of Scales 769 3.09 M. K. Abraham de Silva Sun 3381.36Valid Votes24,71099.14Rejected Votes215 0.86Total Polled24,925 100.00Registered Electors32,178 Turnout77.46
1960 (July) Parliamentary General Election Results of the 5th parliamentary election held on 20 July 1960:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes% Neal de Alwis Lanka Sama Samaja Party Key 11,692 48.87 Arthur Suriarachchi United National Party Elephant 7,282 30.44 E. D. Wickrematilleke Cartwheel 4,332 18.11 D. A. S. P. Dahanayake Rabbit 299 1.25Valid Votes23,80899.51Rejected Votes117 0.49Total Polled23,925 100.00Registered Electors32,178 Turnout74.35
1965 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 6th parliamentary election held on 22 March 1965:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes% Neal de Alwis Lanka Sama Samaja Party Key 15,546 46.83 E. D. Wickrematilaka United National Party Elephant 14,813 44.62 Arthur Suriarachchi Lamp 1,313 3.96 Cyril Ekanayake Cartwheel 1,289 3.88Valid Votes32,96199.30Rejected Votes234 0.70Total Polled33,195 100.00Registered Electors40,228 Turnout82.52
1970 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 7th parliamentary election held on 27 May 1970:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes% Neal de Alwis Lanka Sama Samaja PartyKey 22,126 57.53 E. D. Wickrematilleke United National PartyElephant 16,240 42.23Valid Votes38,36699.75Rejected Votes95 0.25Total Polled38,461 100.00Registered Electors44,391 Turnout86.64
1977 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 8th parliamentary election held on 21 July 1977:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes%E. D. Wickrematillake United National Party Elephant 23,275 51.72 Neal de Alwis Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand 17,778 39.50 Piyadasa A. Ratnapala Key 3,123 6.94 Edwin Jayawickrema Chair 498 1.09 E. M. Dayawansa Umbrella 101 0.22 Mendis Tennakoon Cartwheel 71 0.16Valid Votes44,84699.64Rejected Votes160 0.36Total Polled45,006 100.00Registered Electors50,963 Turnout88.31
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