Rakwana electoral district was an electoral district of Sri Lanka between March 1960 and February 1989. The district was named after the town of Rakwana in Ratnapura District, Sabaragamuwa 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. Rakwana electoral district was replaced by the Ratnapura multi-member electoral district at the 1989 general elections.
Members of Parliament Key
ElectionMemberPartyTerm 1960 (March)V. T. G. KarunaratneSri Lanka Freedom Party 1960 1960 (July) 1960-1965 1965 H. Kularatne United National Party 1965-1970 1970 V. T. G. Karunaratne Sri Lanka Freedom Party 1970-1977 1977 H. Kularatne United National Party 1977-1989
Elections 1960 (March) Parliamentary General Election Results of the 4th parliamentary election held on 19 March 1960:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes%V. T. G. Karunaratne Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand 4,766 31.70H. Kularatne United National Party Elephant 4,542 30.21T. Wijayanayaka Key 2,740 18.23D. D. Wellala Book 1,201 7.99C. C. Wickremasinghe Cartwheel 1,029 6.85Warnakulage Leelaratne Lamp 251 1.67K. G. B. Ariyasinghe Mortar 194 1.29Wijaya Tamanegama Umbrella 184 1.22Valid Votes14,90799.16Rejected Votes 126 0.84Total Polled 15,033 100.00Registered Electors 19,377 Turnout 77.58
1960 (July) Parliamentary General Election Results of the 5th parliamentary election held on 20 July 1960:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes%V. T. G. Karunaratne Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand 8,356 55.55H. Kularatne United National Party Elephant 6,341 42.75M. W. Weerakkody Clock 172 1.14M. Sooriyabandara Cartwheel 106 0.71Valid Votes14,97599.55Rejected Votes 68 0.45Total Polled 15,043 100.00Registered Electors 19,377 Turnout 77.63
1965 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 6th parliamentary election held on 22 March 1965:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes%H. Kularatne United National Party Elephant 10,667 49.23V. T. G. Karunaratne Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand 10,334 47.69P. B. Ratnayake Chair 380 1.39Don Edwin Malawaraarachchi Cartwheel 142 0.66D. R. Malwenne Sun 60 0.28Valid Votes21,58396.01Rejected Votes 85 0.39Total Polled 21,668 100.00Registered Electors 25,402 Turnout 85.30
1970 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 7th parliamentary election held on 27 May 1970:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes%V. T. G. Karunaratne Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand 14,455 55.98H. Kularatne United National Party Elephant 11,270 43.65Valid Votes25,72599.63Rejected Votes 95 0.37Total Polled 25,820 Registered Electors 28,974 Turnout 89.11
1977 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 8th parliamentary election held on 21 July 1977:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes%H. Kularatne United National Party Elephant 21,511 57.03V. T. G. Karunaratne Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand 14,663 38.87A. G. B. Amarasingh Key 1,278 3.39A. S. Piyasinghe Lamp 171 0.45Valid Votes37,59399.63Rejected Votes 127 0.37Total Polled 37,720 100.00Registered Electors 41,998 Turnout 89.81
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