Tissamaharama Electoral District

Tissamaharama electoral district was an electoral district of Sri Lanka between March 1960 and February 1989. The district was named after the town of Tissamaharama in Hambantota 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. Tissamaharama electoral district was replaced by the Hambantota multi-member electoral district at the 1989 general elections.

Members of Parliament Key

ElectionMemberPartyTerm 1960 (March)Lakshman Rajapaksa Mahajana Eksath Peramuna 1960 (July) 1965 Charles EdirisuriyaSri Lanka Freedom Party 1970 Tennyson Edirisuriya 1977 P. M. B. Cyril United National Party

Elections

1960 (March) Parliamentary General Election Results of the 4th parliamentary election held on 19 March 1960:

CandidatePartySymbolVotes% Lakshman Rajapaksa Mahajana Eksath Peramuna Cartwheel 10,665 44.83 Charles Edirisuriya Elephant 7,253 30.23 Piyadasa Weeraratne Pair of Scales 2,108 8.79 R. G. W. Nilaweera Hand 1,660 6.92 Danister Serasinghe Sun 1,057 4.41 Albert Ediriwickremasuriya Umbrella 754 3.14 E. G. Wijesinghe Eye 291 1.21Valid Votes23,78899.15Rejected Votes204 0.85Total Polled23,992 100.00Registered Electors32,024 Turnout74.92

1960 (July) Parliamentary General Election Results of the 5th parliamentary election held on 20 July 1960:

CandidatePartySymbolVotes% Lakshman Rajapaksa Cartwheel 12,551 54.32 Charles Edirisuriya Elephant 10,426 45.12Valid Votes22,97799.44Rejected Votes130 0.56Total Polled23,107 100.00Registered Electors32,024 Turnout72.16

1965 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 6th parliamentary election held on 22 March 1965:

CandidatePartySymbolVotes% Charles Edirisuriya Sri Lanka Freedom PartyHand 14,295 45.60 Lakshman Rajapaksa IndependentCartwheel 14,059 44.85 Ubewarna Nimal Rohana Flower 2,7198.67Valid Votes31,07399.12Rejected Votes276 0.88Total Polled31,349100.00Registered Electors40,724 Turnout76.98

1970 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 7th parliamentary election held on 27 May 1970:

CandidatePartySymbolVotes% Tennyson Edirisuriya Sri Lanka Freedom PartyHand 18,576 43.25 Lakshman Rajapaksa Independent Umbrella 13,121 30.55 Charles Edirisuriya United National Party Elephant 5,919 13.78 Thassim Mohamed Riyal Chair 2,733 6.36 Weerasin Gunasekera Edmund Butterfly 2,269 5.28 Ubewarna Nimal Rohana Bell 169 0.39Valid Votes42,78799.61Rejected Votes167 0.39Total Polled42,954 100.00Registered Electors51,500 Turnout83.41

1977 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 8th parliamentary election held on 21 July 1977:

CandidatePartySymbolVotes% P. M. B. Cyril United National Party Elephant 20,879 53.00 Lakshman Rajapaksa Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand 13,109 33.28 Tennyson Edirisuriya Star 5,206 13.22Valid Votes39,35499.99Rejected Votes160 0.01Total Polled39,394 100.00Registered Electors45,888 Turnout85.85

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