Habaraduwa electoral district was an electoral district of Sri Lanka between March 1960 and February 1989. The district was named after the town of Habaraduwa in Galle District, Southern 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. Habaraduwa electoral district was replaced by the Galle multi-member electoral district at the 1989 general elections.
Members of Parliament Key
ElectionMemberPartyTerm 1960 (March) Prins Gunasekera MEP 1960 1960 (July) D. S. Goonesekera SLFP 1960-65 1965Prins Gunasekera Ind 1965-70 1970 SLFP 1970-77 1977 P. SumathiratneUNP 1977-89 1983 by-election G. W. S. de Silva 1983-89
Elections
1960 (March) Parliamentary General Election Results of the 4th parliamentary election held on 19 March 1960 for the district:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes% Prins Gunasekera Mahajana Eksath Peramuna Cartwheel 7,217 29.55 D. A. B. Gunasekera United National Party Elephant 7,100 29.07 D. S. Goonesekera Sri Lanka Freedom PartyHand 4,801 19.66 Eddy Gunasekera Umbrella 2,141 8.77 M. K. Piyasena Key 1,165 4.77 Kithsiri Kumarasinghe Sun 1,036 4.24 P. Malalgoda Eye 591 2.42 Leo B. Senaratne Sewing Machine 193 0.79Valid Votes24,24499.27Rejected Votes 179 0.73Total Polled 24,423 100.00Registered Electors 32,732 Turnout 74.62
1960 (July) Parliamentary General Election Results of the 5th parliamentary election held on 20 July 1960 for the district:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes% D. S. Goonesekera Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand 13,194 54.42 B. D. A. Goonasekera United National Party Elephant 8,546 35.25 Prins Gunasekera Mahajana Eksath Peramuna Cartwheel 2,404 9.92Valid Votes24,14099.57Rejected Votes104 0.43Total Polled24,244 100.00Registered Electors32,732 Turnout74.07
1965 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 6th parliamentary election held on 22 March 1965 for the district:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes% Prins Gunasekera Independent Lamp 13,83843.29 G. V. S. de Silva United National Party Elephant 13,745 42.99 D. S. Goonesekera Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand 4,178 13.07Valid Votes31,76199.35Rejected Votes208 0.65Total Polled31,969 100.00Registered Electors39,833 Turnout80.26
1970 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 7th parliamentary election held on 27 May 1970 for the district:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes% Prins Gunasekera Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand 22,932 62.92 G. V. S. de Silva United National PartyElephant 13,260 36.38 V. Palliyaguru Bell 176 0.48Valid Votes36,36899.78Rejected Votes79 0.22Total Polled36,447 100.00Registered Electors42,986 Turnout84.79
1977 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 8th parliamentary election held on 21 July 1977 for the district:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes% P. Sumathiratne United National Party Elephant 20,354 56.71 Sarath Wickrama Dias Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand 15,032 41.88 George Ratnayaka Star 390 1.09Valid Votes35,78799.71Rejected Votes103 0.29Total Polled35,890 100.00Registered Electors40,357 Turnout88.93
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