Yatiyantota' electoral district was an electoral district of Sri Lanka between March 1960 and February 1989. The district was named after the town of Yatiyantota in Kegalle 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. Yatiyantota electoral district was replaced by the Kegalle multi-member electoral district at the 1989 general elections.
Members of Parliament Key
ElectionMemberPartyTerm 1960 (March)N. M. PereraLanka Sama Samaja Party 1960 1960 (July) 1960-1965 1965 1965-1970 1970 1970-1977 1977 K. Vincent Perera United National Party 1977-1989
Elections 1960 (March) Parliamentary General Election Results of the 4th parliamentary election held on 19 March 1960:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes%N. M. Perera Lanka Sama Samaja Party Key 10,432 52.25G. L. Kotelawela United National Party Elephant 7,761 38.87Higgoda Dharmasena Communist Party of Ceylon Star 820 4.11C. L. B. Ratnayake Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand 731 3.66S. J. Dharmapala Umbrella 87 0.44Valid Votes19,83199.32Rejected Votes 135 0.68Total Polled 19,966 100.00Registered Electors 23,908 Turnout 83.51
1960 (July) Parliamentary General Election Results of the 5th parliamentary election held on 20 July 1960:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes%N. M. Perera Lanka Sama Samaja Party Key 10,311 52.07G. L. Kotelawela United National Party Elephant 9,196 46.44S. M. Munasinghe Mahajana Eksath Peramuna Cartwheel 202 1.02Valid Votes19,70999.54Rejected Votes 92 0.46Total Polled 19,801 100.00Registered Electors 23,908 Turnout 82.82
1965 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 6th parliamentary election held on 22 March 1965:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes%N. M. Perera Lanka Sama Samaja Party Key 14,826 52.40G. L. Kotelawela United National Party Elephant 13,131 46.41K. A. Wijesekera Mahajana Eksath Peramuna Cartwheel 130 0.46Valid Votes28,08799.27Rejected Votes 207 0.73Total Polled 28,294 100.00Registered Electors 32,197 Turnout 87.88
1970 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 7th parliamentary election held on 27 May 1970:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes%N. M. Perera Lanka Sama Samaja Party Key 17,520 56.27G. L. Kotelawela United National Party Elephant 13,531 43.46Valid Votes31,05199.72Rejected Votes 86 0.28Total Polled 31,137 100.00Registered Electors 34,938 Turnout 89.12
1977 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 8th parliamentary election held on 21 July 1977:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes%K. Vincent Perera United National Party Elephant 17,545 52.04N. M. Perera Lanka Sama Samaja Party Key 15,028 44.57Dharmasiri Muthuthanthirige Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand 897 2.66T.D.S. Wickrema Book 122 0.36Dharmasri Fonsek Flower 77 0.23Vijaya Ratnayake Cartwheel 48 0.14Valid Votes33,60899.68Rejected Votes 109 0.32Total Polled 33,717 100.00Registered Electors 38,405 Turnout 87.79
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