Rattota electoral district was an electoral district of Sri Lanka between March 1960 and February 1989. The district was named after the town of Rattota in Matale 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. Rattota electoral district was replaced by the Matale multi-member electoral district at the 1989 general elections.
Members of Parliament Key
ElectionMemberPartyTerm 1960 (March)Chandrasena MunaweeraSri Lanka Freedom Party 1960 1960 (July) 1960-1965 1965S. B. Yalegama 1965-1970 1970 1970-1977 1977 P. B. Kaviratne United National Party 1977-1989
Elections 1960 (March) Parliamentary General Election Results of the 4th parliamentary election held on 19 March 1960:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes% Chandrasena Munaweera Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand 6,198 36.39 V. T. Nanayakkara United National Party Elephant 4,937 28.99 Nimal Karunatilake Mahajana Eksath Peramuna Cartwheel 1,587 17.78 Thomas Jayatunga Bell 1,339 7.86 G.S. Abeyawardena Clock 803 4.72 Tikiri Banda Elkaduwa Saw 664 3.90 G. M. M. Seneviratne Umbrella 395 2.32 Charles Amunugama Eye 319 1.87 G.H. Dharmapala Book 288 1.69 T.B. Wegodapola Ladder 267 1.57Valid Votes16,79798.62Rejected Votes235 1.38Total Polled17,032 100.00Registered Electors21,601 Turnout78.85
1960 (July) Parliamentary General Election Results of the 5th parliamentary election held on 20 July 1960:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes%Chandrasena Munaweera Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand 8,589 50.14V. T. Nanayakkara United National Party Elephant 6,710 39.17A. Bindusara Mahajana Eksath Peramuna Cartwheel 1,288 7.52D. Piyumasinghe Yapa Ladder 410 2.39Valid Votes16,99799.22Rejected Votes 133 0.78Total Polled 17,130 100.00Registered Electors 21,601 Turnout 79.30
1965 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 6th parliamentary election held on 22 March 1965:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes%S. B. Yalegama Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand 10,481 44.56Chandrasena Munaweera Sri Lanka Freedom Socialist Party Sun 9,363 39.81S. W. Alawathuwala Eye 3,322 14.12Valid Votes23,16698.49Rejected Votes 356 1.51Total Polled 23,522 100.00Registered Electors 27,939 Turnout 84.19
1970 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 7th parliamentary election held on 27 May 1970:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes%S. B. Yalegama Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand 16,039 57.71Chandrasena Munaweera United National Party Elephant 11,536 41.51Valid Votes27,57599.21Rejected Votes 219 0.79Total Polled 27,794 100.00Registered Electors 31,422 Turnout 88.45
1977 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 8th parliamentary election held on 21 July 1977:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes%P. B. Kaviratne United National Party Elephant 22,513 66.37S. B. Yalegama Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand 10,478 30.89Senaka Ellawala Star 437 1.29L. M. Perera Lamp 253 0.75Ukkubanda Tennakoon Mahajana Eksath Peramuna Cartwheel 159 0.47I. G. Jayawickrema Rupasinghe Flower 78 0.23Valid Votes33,73199.45Rejected Votes 187 0.55Total Polled 33,918 100.00Registered Electors 38,740 Turnout 87.55
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