Rathgama electoral district was an electoral district of Sri Lanka between March 1960 and February 1989. The district was named after the town of Rathgama 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. Rathgama electoral district was replaced by the Galle multi-member electoral district at the 1989 general elections.
Members of Parliament Key
ElectionMemberPartyTerm 1960 (March)M. P. de ZoysaMEP 1960 (July) 1961 by-electionEdwin TillekeratneSLFP 1965 1970 M. G. Mendis LSSP 1977 Edwin Tillekeratne UNP
Elections
1960 (March) Parliamentary General Election Results of the 4th parliamentary election held on 19 March 1960:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes% M. P. de Zoysa Hand 7,700 29.84 Norman Waidyaratne Elephant 6,938 26.89 M. G. Mendis Star 5,781 22.41 Barbet de Silva Key 3,874 15.01 Sampson Senanayake Umbrella 1,183 4.59 M. J. Mendis Flower 189 0.73Valid Votes25,66599.47Rejected Votes136 0.53Total Polled25,801 100.00Registered Electors33,492 Turnout77.04
1960 (July) Parliamentary General Election Results of the 5th parliamentary election held on 20 July 1960:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes% M. P. de Zoysa Hand 11,583 47.12 Norman Waidyaratne Elephant 9,390 38.20 T. W. Panditha Cartwheel 2,390 9.72 K. G. P. Jayatilake Eye 1,121 4.56Valid Votes24,48499.61Rejected Votes97 0.39Total Polled24,581 100.00Registered Electors33,492 Turnout73.39
1961 Parliamentary By Election Following the resignation of M. P. de Zoysa, who accepted a position in the senate, a by election for the seat was held on 29 March 1961:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes% Edwin Tillekeratne Hand 10,061 46.95 Norman Waidyaratne Elephant 9,646 45.01 M. G. Mendis Star 6,816 31.80 K. Justin de Silva Cartwheel 512 2.39Valid Votes21,34799.61Rejected Votes84 0.39Total Polled21,431 100.00Registered Electors33,492 Turnout63.99
1965 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 6th parliamentary election held on 22 March 1965:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes% Edwin Tillekeratne Sun 15,696 47.68 M. G. Mendis Star 14,813 44.99 M. P. de Zoysa Lamp 2,545 7.73Valid Votes32,72799.42Rejected Votes191 0.58Total Polled32,918 100.00Registered Electors40,242 Turnout 81.80
1970 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 7th parliamentary election held on 27 May 1970:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes% M. G. Mendis Lanka Sama Samaja PartyStar 24,644 64.79 Edwin Tillekeratne United National Party Elephant 13,017 34.22 Hemachcndra Godage Scales 152 0.4 H. K. Martin Mendis Rajapakse Cockerel 120 0.32Valid Votes37,93399.73Rejected Votes102 0.27Total Polled38,035 100.00Registered Electors43,536 Turnout87.36
1977 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 8th parliamentary election held on 21 July 1977:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes% Edwin Tillekeratne United National Party Elephant 22,486 53.25 M. G. Mendis Star 15,734 37.26 M. P. de Zoysa Eye 3,449 8.17 E. H. Panditharatne Scales 446 1.06Valid Votes42,11599.73Rejected Votes113 0.27Total Polled42,228 100.00Registered Electors48,840 Turnout86.46
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