Passara Electoral District
The Passara electoral district was an
multi-member electoral districts.[1] The Passara electoral district was replaced by the Badulla multi-member electoral district at the 1989 general elections
, the first under the proportional representation system, continues to be a polling division of the multi-member electoral district.
Members of Parliament
Key
Election | Member | Party | Term | |
---|---|---|---|---|
1960 (March) | S. A. Peeris | United National Party | 1960 | |
1960 (July) | Amarananda Ratnayake | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | 1960-1965 | |
1965 | S. A. Peeris | United National Party | 1965-1970 | |
1970 | S. A. S. Somapala | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | 1970-1977 | |
1977 | W. M. Karunaratne | United National Party | 1977-1989 |
Elections
1960 (March) Parliamentary General Election
Results of the 4th parliamentary election held on 19 March 1960:[2]
Candidate | Party | Symbol | Votes | % |
---|---|---|---|---|
S. A. Peeris | United National Party | Elephant | 3,286 | 38.02 |
Amarananda Ratnayake | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Hand | 3,216 | 37.21 |
Doyle Kularatne | Key | 1,253 | 14.50 | |
C. B. W. Palagolle | Cartwheel | 418 | 4.84 | |
G. Daya Gunasekera | Umbrella | 308 | 3.56 | |
Valid Votes | 8,481 | 98.14 | ||
Rejected Votes | 161 | 1.86 | ||
Total Polled | 8,642 | 100.00 | ||
Registered Electors | 11,511 | |||
Turnout | 75.08 |
1960 (July) Parliamentary General Election
Results of the 5th parliamentary election held on 20 July 1960:[3]
Candidate | Party | Symbol | Votes | % |
---|---|---|---|---|
Amarananda Ratnayake | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Elephant | 4,700 | 52.90 |
S. A. Peeris | United National Party | Hand | 4,098 | 46.13 |
Valid Votes | 8,798 | 99.03 | ||
Rejected Votes | 86 | 0.97 | ||
Total Polled | 8,884 | 100.00 | ||
Registered Electors | 11,511 | |||
Turnout | 77.18 |
1965 Parliamentary General Election
Results of the 6th parliamentary election held on 22 March 1965:[4]
Candidate | Party | Symbol | Votes | % |
---|---|---|---|---|
S. A. Peeris | United National Party | Hand | 6,022 | 50.79 |
Amarananda Ratnayake | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Elephant | 5,694 | 48.03 |
Valid Votes | 11,716 | 98.82 | ||
Rejected Votes | 140 | 1.18 | ||
Total Polled | 11,856 | 100.00 | ||
Registered Electors | 14,459 | |||
Turnout | 82.00 |
1970 Parliamentary General Election
Results of the 7th parliamentary election held on 27 May 1970:[5]
Candidate | Party | Symbol | Votes | % |
---|---|---|---|---|
S. A. S. Somapala | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Hand | 8,382 | 57.44 |
Lilian Peeris | United National Party | Elephant | 5,798 | 39.73 |
Pin Siri Fernando | Bell | 176 | 1.21 | |
Ratnam Kumaravel | Sewing Machine | 114 | 0.78 | |
Valid Votes | 14,470 | 99.16 | ||
Rejected Votes | 122 | 0.84 | ||
Total Polled | 14,592 | 100.00 | ||
Registered Electors | 16,461 | |||
Turnout | 88.65 |
1977 Parliamentary General Election
Candidate | Party | Symbol | Votes | % |
---|---|---|---|---|
W. M. Karunaratne | United National Party | Elephant | 10,451 | 59.21 |
S. Seneviratne | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Hand | 5,993 | 33.95 |
R. B. Dissanayake | Star | 402 | 2.28 | |
A. Ratnayake | Lamp | 362 | 2.05 | |
P. Wimalasuriya | Omnibus | 186 | 1.05 | |
R. M. Punchibanda | Flower | 95 | 0.54 | |
Valid Votes | 17,489 | 99.08 | ||
Rejected Votes | 162 | 0.92 | ||
Total Polled | 17,651 | 100.00 | ||
Registered Electors | 19,925 | |||
Turnout | 88.59 |
References
- ^ "The Electoral System". Parliament of Sri Lanka.
- ^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 19 March 1960" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 3 July 2018.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 20 July 1960" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 3 July 2018.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1965" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 3 July 2018.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1970" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 3 July 2018.[permanent dead link]