Kotmale electoral district was an electoral district of Sri Lanka between March 1960 and February 1989. The district was named after the town of Kotmale in Nuwara Eliya District, Central 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. Kotmale electoral district was replaced by the Nuwara Eliya multi-member electoral district at the 1989 general elections.
Members of Parliament Key
ElectionMemberPartyTerm 1960 (March)J. D. Weerasekera Lanka Prajathanthravadi Pakshaya 1960 1960 (July) Sri Lanka Freedom Party 1960–1965 1965 D. B. Ranatunga United National Party 1965–1970 1970 J. D. WeerasekeraSri Lanka Freedom Party 1970–1977 1977 Ananda Dassanayake 1977–1989
Elections 1960 (March) Parliamentary General Election Results of the 4th parliamentary election held on 19 March 1960:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes%J. D. Weerasekera Lanka Prajathanthravadi Pakshaya Umbrella 4,643 35.04R. M. Dingiri Banda Ranatunga United National Party Elephant 3,724 28.11A. Dissanayake Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand 3,449 26.03J. M. Heen Banda Lanka Sama Samaja Party Key 691 5.22K. M. Bandara Clock 524 3.96Valid Votes13,03198.35Rejected Votes219 1.65Total Polled13,250 100.00Registered Electors16,831 Turnout78.72
1960 (July) Parliamentary General Election Results of the 5th parliamentary election held on 20 July 1960:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes%J. D. Weerasekera Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand 7,859 57.51D. B. Ranatunga United National Party Elephant 5,687 41.62Valid Votes13,54699.13Rejected Votes119 0.87Total Polled13,665 100.00Registered Electors16,831 Turnout81.19
1965 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 6th parliamentary election held on 22 March 1965:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes%D. B. Ranatunga United National Party Elephant 10,564 54.05J. D. Weerasekera Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand 8,607 44.04M. S. Egodawela Sun 127 0.65Valid Votes19,29898.74Rejected Votes247 1.26Total Polled19,545 100.00Registered Electors22,876 Turnout85.44
1970 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 7th parliamentary election held on 27 May 1970:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes%J. D. Weerasekera Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand 11,936 51.76D. B. Ranatunga United National Party Elephant 10,768 46.69O. M. Wijewardhana Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna Bell 235 1.02Valid Votes22,939 99.47Rejected Votes122 0.53Total Polled23,061 100.00Registered Electors25,953 Turnout88.86
1977 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 7th parliamentary election held on 21 July 1977:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes%Ananda Dassanayake Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand 11,505 42.36D. B. Samaratunga United National Party Elephant 7,640 28.13Wijesundare Bandara Ranatunge Umbrella 7,536 27.75G. Rajagopal Tree 113 0.42W. B. Ranatunge Lamp 99 0.37P. Kandiah Eye 67 0.25O. M. Wijayawardena Cartwheel 59 0.22Valid Votes27,01999.49Rejected Votes139 0.51Total Polled27,158 100.00Registered Electors30,743 Turnout88.34
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