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Kamburupitiya Electoral District

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Kamburupitiya electoral district was an electoral district of Sri Lanka between March 1960 and February 1989. The district was named after the town of Kamburupitiya in Matara 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.[1] Kamburupitiya electoral district was replaced by the Matara multi-member electoral district at the 1989 general elections.

Members of Parliament

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Key

  UNP   Communist Party

Election Member Party Term
1960 (March) Percy Wickremasinghe Communist Party of Ceylon 1960
1960 (July) 1960-1965
1965 1965-1970
1970 Aelian Mahanaga Nanayakkara 1970-1977
1977 Don Edwin Malawaraarachchi United National Party 1977-1978
1979 by-election Albert Silva 1979-1983
1983 by-election Chandrakumara Wijeya Gunawardena 1983-1989

Elections

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1960 (March) Parliamentary General Election

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Results of the 4th parliamentary election held on 19 March 1960:[2]

Candidate Party Symbol Votes %
Percy Wickremasinghe Communist Party of Ceylon Star 9,442 41.37
Archie Abeywardena United National Party Elephant 6,036 26.45
S. P. Jayawardane Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand 4,414 19.34
Yapa Surasena Key 2,414 10.58
M. G. Sriyapala Umbrella 315 1.38
Valid Votes 22,621 99.12
Rejected Votes 202 0.88
Total Polled 22,823 100.00
Registered Electors 29,927
Turnout 76.26

1960 (July) Parliamentary General Election

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Results of the 5th parliamentary election held on 20 July 1960:[3]

Candidate Party Symbol Votes %
Percy Wickremasinghe Communist Party of Ceylon Star 14,022 62.19
Archie Abeywardena United National Party Elephant 8,433 37.40
Valid Votes 22,455 99.58
Rejected Votes 94 0.42
Total Polled 22,549 100.00
Registered Electors 29,927
Turnout 75.35

1965 Parliamentary General Election

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Results of the 6th parliamentary election held on 22 March 1965:[4]

Candidate Party Symbol Votes %
Percy Wickremasinghe Communist Party of Ceylon Star 16,955 57.57
Justin Wijayawardhene United National Party Elephant 12,379 41.93
Valid Votes 29,334 99.36
Rejected Votes 189 0.64
Total Polled 29,523 100.00
Registered Electors 36,438
Turnout 81.02

1970 Parliamentary General Election

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Results of the 7th parliamentary election held on 27 May 1970:[5]

Candidate Party Symbol Votes %
Aelian Mahanaga Nanayakkara Communist Party of Ceylon Star 21,685 62.95
C. A. Dharmapala United National Party Elephant 12,439 36.11
Buddhadasa Rasaputram Lamp 216 0.63
Valid Votes 34,340 99.69
Rejected Votes 107 0.31
Total Polled 34,447 100.00
Registered Electors 40,548
Turnout 84.95

1977 Parliamentary General Election

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Results of the 8th parliamentary election held on 21 July 1977:[6]

In September 1978 Malawaraachchi resigned from the United National Party with the party appointing Albert Silva to the parliamentary seat in November 1979.

Candidate Party Symbol Votes %
Don Edwin Malawaraarachchi United National Party Elephant 22,306 52.30
Aelian Mahanaga Nanayakkara Communist Party of Ceylon Star 12,630 29.60
Percy Wickremasinghe Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand 7,539 17.70
Valid Votes 42,475 99.57
Rejected Votes 183 0.43
Total Polled 42,658 100.00
Registered Electors 49,592
Turnout 86.02

1983 Parliamentary By-Election

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On 10 February 1983 Albert Silva resigned and a by-election was subsequently conducted. Results of the 1983 Parliamentary by-election, held on 18 May 1983:[7]

Candidate Party Symbol Votes %
Chandrakumara Wijeya Gunawardena United National Party Elephant 22,707 54.66
Aelian Mahanaga Nanayakkara Communist Party of Ceylon Star 16,081 38.71
Premachandra Munasinghe Bell 2,062 4.96
D. E. Arachchi Malawara Scales 499 1.20
Samsan Mallikarachchi Eye 106 0.26
Valid Votes 41,455 99.79
Rejected Votes 86 0.21
Total Polled 41,541 100.00
Registered Electors 49,592
Turnout 83.77

References

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  1. ^ "The Electoral System". Parliament of Sri Lanka.
  2. ^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1960-03-19" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka.
  3. ^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1960-07-20" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka.
  4. ^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1965" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-07-13.
  5. ^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1970" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka.
  6. ^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1977" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka.
  7. ^ "Results of the Parliamentary Elections held between 1947 – 1988" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 15 October 2021.