Hakmana electoral district was an electoral district of Sri Lanka between August 1947 and February 1989. The district was named after the town of Hakmana in Matara 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. Hakmana electoral district was replaced by the Matara multi-member electoral district at the 1989 general elections, the first under the proportional representation system.
Members of Parliament Key
ElectionMemberPartyTerm 1947 P. Kumarasiri Ceylon Communist Party 1947–1952 1952C. A. DharmapalaUnited National Party 1952–1956 1956 1956–1960 1960 (March)Don Roy Rajapakse Mahajana Eksath Peramuna 1960 1960 (July) Sri Lanka Freedom Party 1960–1965 1965 Sirisena Hettige United National Party 1965–1970 1970 Don Roy Rajapakse Sri Lanka Freedom Party 1970–1977 1977 Harshanath Wanigasekera 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% P. Kumarasiri Ceylon Communist Party Hand 9,958 39.47 C. A. Dharmapala United National Party Elephant 6,152 24.39 Percy Wickremasinghe Ceylon Communist Party Star 5,056 20.04 A. F. Wijemanne Chair 2,365 9.37 C. J. Ranatunga Cup 816 3.23 P. L. D. W. de Silva Key 414 1.64Valid Votes24,75198.11Rejected Votes476 1.89Total Polled25,227 100.00Registered Electors44,414 Turnout56.8
1952 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 2nd parliamentary election held between 24 May 1952 and 30 May 1952:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes% C. A. Dharmapala United National Party Elephant 15,762 49.84 S. A. Wickramasinghe Ceylon Communist Party Star 12,601 39.84 Leelaratne Ubayawansa Jayasinghe Hand 2,981 9.43Valid Votes31,34499.10Rejected Votes284 0.90Total Polled31,628 100.00Registered Electors42,077 Turnout75.17
1956 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 3rd parliamentary election held between 5 April 1956 and 10 April 1956:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes% C. A. Dharmapala United National Party Elephant 13,298 38.58 Percy Wickremasinghe Ceylon Communist Party Star 10,591 30.72 P. P. Wickremasuriya Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand 10,250 29.74Valid Votes34,13999.04Rejected Votes332 0.96Total Polled34,471 Registered Electors47,502 Turnout72.57
1960 (March) Parliamentary General Election Results of the 4th parliamentary election held on 19 March 1960:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes% Don Roy Rajapakse Mahajana Eksath Peramuna Cartwheel 9,083 41.80 Victor Ratnayake United National Party Elephant 6,884 31.68 P. Somawathie Mathew Umbrella 2,758 12.69 Sepala Ratnayaka Cockerel 1,500 6.90 Tudor Wakista Communist Party of Ceylon Star 1,318 6.06Valid Votes21,54399.13Rejected Votes189 0.87Total Polled21,732 100.00Registered Electors27,277 Turnout79.67
1960 (July) Parliamentary General Election Results of the 5th parliamentary election held on 20 July 1960:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes% Don Roy Rajapakse Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand 11,949 55.92 Sirisena Hettige United National Party Elephant 9,340 43.71Valid Votes21,28999.63Rejected Votes80 0.37Total Polled21,369 100.00Registered Electors27,277 Turnout78.34
1965 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 6th parliamentary election held on 22 March 1965:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes% Sirisena Hettige United National Party Elephant 15,450 52.35 Don Roy Rajapakse Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand 13,427 45.49 H. S. D. Samarasekera Mahajana Eksath Peramuna Cartwheel 232 0.79 M. G. Sriyadasa Umbrella 179 0.61Valid Votes29,28899.23Rejected Votes226 0.76Total Polled29,514 100.00Registered Electors34,627 Turnout85.23
1970 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 7th parliamentary election held on 27 May 1970:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes% Don Roy Rajapakse Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand 21,699 63.74 Harshanath Wanigasekera United National Party Elephant 12,226 35.91Valid Votes33,92599.66Rejected Votes117 0.34Total Polled34,042 100.00Registered Electors39,604 Turnout85.96
1977 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 8th parliamentary election held on 21 July 1977:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes% Harshanath Wanigasekera United National Party Elephant 22,253 53.22 Ariyaratne Bulegoda Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand 14,747 35.27 Samarasinghe Eugin Alwis Communist Party of Sri Lanka Star 2,364 5.65 Ranjit Don Rajapakse Mahajana Eksath Peramuna Cartwheel 1,339 3.20 Rubasin Jayasekera Robert Bell 723 1.73 R. G. A. Andrayas Chair 233 0.56Valid Votes41,65999.63Rejected Votes157 0.37Total Polled41,816 100.00Registered Electors48,009 Turnout87.10
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