Soranatota electoral district was an electoral district of Sri Lanka between March 1960 and July 1977. The district was named after the town of Soranatota 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. Soranatota electoral district was replaced by the Badulla multi-member electoral district at the 1989 general elections.
Members of Parliament Key
ElectionMemberPartyTerm 1960 (March) K. Y. M. Wijeratne Banda SLFP 1960 1960 (July) S. B. Ekanayake UNP 1960 - 1965 1965K. Y. M. Wijeratne BandaSLFP1965 - 1989 1970
Elections 1960 (March) Parliamentary General Election Results of the 4th parliamentary election held on 19 March 1960:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes% K. Y. M. Wijeratne Banda Sri Lanka Freedom PartyHand 3,821 36.80 S. B. Ekanayake United National Party Elephant 3,229 31.10 Y. G. Jayasinghe Lanka Sama Samaja PartyKey 1,434 13.81 K. G. Dias Cartwheel 725 6.98 T. B. Katugaha Sun 542 5.22 T. M. A. Ratnayake Omnibus 187 1.80 P. B. A. Lankatilaka Umbrella 112 1.08 Weerawanni Jinadasa Pair of Scales 103 0.99Valid Votes10,15197.77Rejected Votes 232 2.23Total Polled 10,383 100.00Registered Electors 14,074 Turnout 73.77
1960 (July) Parliamentary General Election Results of the 5th parliamentary election held on 20 July 1960:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes% S. B. Ekanayake United National Party Elephant 4,539 K. Y. M. Wijeratne Banda Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand 4,330 K. D. Sugathadasa Lanka Prajathanthravadi Pakshaya Umbrella 1,017 B. D. P. Wijewardena Rooster Valid Votes 100.00%Rejected Votes Total Polled Registered Electors Turnout
1965 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 6th parliamentary election held on 22 March 1965:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes% K. Y. M. Wijeratne Banda Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand 6,901 S. B. Ekanayake United National Party Elephant 6,023 K. D. Sugathadasa Lanka Prajathanthravadi Pakshaya Umbrella 903 W. H. B. Katubulla Aeroplane 522 Chandragupta Rambukpota Lamp 228 K. B. Herath Cartwheel 183 Valid Votes 100.00%Rejected Votes 139 Total Polled Registered Electors Turnout
1970 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 7th parliamentary election held on 27 May 1970:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes% K. Y. M. Wijeratne Banda Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand R. M. Abeykoon United National Party Elephant S. B. Ekanayake Umbrella Valid Votes 100.00%Rejected Votes Total Polled Registered Electors Turnout
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