Hambantota Electoral District (1947–1960)
Appearance
Hambantota electoral district was an
multi-member electoral districts.[1] Hambantota electoral district was replaced by the Hambantota multi-member electoral district at the 1989 general elections
, the first under the PR system, though Hambantota continues to be a polling division of the multi-member electoral district.
Members of Parliament
Key
Election | Member | Party | Term | |
---|---|---|---|---|
1947 | Lakshman Rajapaksa | Communist Party of Ceylon | 1947-1952 | |
1952 | Charles Edirisuriya | 1952-1956 | ||
1956 | Lakshman Rajapaksa | 1956-1960 |
Elections
1947 Parliamentary General Election
Results of the 1st parliamentary election held between 23 August 1947 and 20 September 1947 for the district:[2]
Candidate | Party | Symbol | Votes | % |
---|---|---|---|---|
Lakshman Rajapaksa | Communist Party of Ceylon | Star | 8,740 | 46.80 |
Charles Edirisuriya | Hand | 8,340 | 44.66 | |
G. K. W. Perera | Cartwheel | 1,301 | 6.97 | |
Valid Votes | 18,381 | 98.42 | ||
Rejected Votes | 295 | 1.58 | ||
Total Polled | 18,676 | 100.00 | ||
Registered Electors | 31,841 | |||
Turnout | 58.65 |
1952 Parliamentary General Election
Results of the 2nd parliamentary election held between 24 May 1952 and 30 May 1952 for the district:[3]
Candidate | Party | Symbol | Votes | % |
---|---|---|---|---|
Charles Edirisuriya | Key | 14,494 | 55.76 | |
Lakshman Rajapaksa | Umbrella | 10,658 | 40.27 | |
Jayadasa Pathiratne | Star | 418 | 1.58 | |
Jayadeva Amarasinghe | Elephant | 367 | 1.39 | |
P. H. Mendis De Silva | Hand | 199 | 0.75 | |
Valid Votes | 26,136 | 98.75 | ||
Rejected Votes | 330 | 1.24 | ||
Total Polled | 26,466 | 100.00 | ||
Registered Electors | 37,079 | |||
Turnout | 71.38 |
1956 Parliamentary General Election
Results of the 3rd parliamentary election held between 5 April 1956 and 10 April 1956 for the district:[4]
Candidate | Party | Symbol | Votes | % |
---|---|---|---|---|
Lakshman Rajapaksa | Hand | 20,931 | 68.57 | |
Charles Edirisuriya | Elephant | 9,377 | 30.72 | |
Valid Votes | 30,308 | 99.30 | ||
Rejected Votes | 215 | 0.70 | ||
Total Polled | 30,523 | 100.00 | ||
Registered Electors | 44,124 | |||
Turnout | 69.18 |
References
- ^ "The Electoral System". Parliament of Sri Lanka. Archived from the original on 2010-11-27.
- ^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1947" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 16 May 2017.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1952" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 16 May 2017.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1956" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 16 May 2017.[permanent dead link]