Galagedara electoral district was an electoral district of Sri Lanka between March 1960 and February 1989. The district was named after the town of Galagedara in Kandy District, Central 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] electoral district was replaced by the Kandy multi-member electoral district at the 1989 general elections.

Members of Parliament

Key

  Independent   SLFP   UNP

ElectionMemberPartyTerm
1960 (March) C. A. S. Marikkar Sri Lanka Freedom Party 1960
1960 (July) K. Abdul Jabbar 1960-1965
1965 W. M. G. T. Banda United National Party 1965-1970
1970 Tamara Kumari Ilangaratne Sri Lanka Freedom Party 1970-1977
1977 W. M. G. T. Banda United National Party 1977-1989

Elections

1960 (March) Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
C. A. S. MarikkarSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand4,49330.47
A. B. WalgampayaUnited National PartyElephant3,83325.99
K. Abdul JabbarLadder2,29715.58
H. M. D. PereraUmbrella1,3739.31
D. N. NadungeStar1,3128.90
Gamini AbeykoonCartwheel1,2658.58
Valid Votes14,57398.82
Rejected Votes1741.18
Total Polled14,747100.00
Registered Electors18,060
Turnout81.66

1960 (July) Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
K. Abdul JabbarSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand8,07154.99
W. M. G. T. BandaUnited National PartyElephant6,01240.96
P. B. HerathCartwheel2881.96
P. M. AbeyratneClock2351.60
Valid Votes14,60699.51
Rejected Votes720.49
Total Polled14,678100.00
Registered Electors18,060
Turnout81.27

1965 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
W. M. G. T. BandaUnited National PartyElephant10,13350.51
Tamara Kumari IlangaratneSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand9,55947.65
Mohammed BusaryShip1910.95
P. B. HerathCartwheel830.41
Valid Votes19,96699.52
Rejected Votes970.48
Total Polled20,063100.00
Registered Electors23,033
Turnout87.11

1970 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Tamara Kumari IlangaratneSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand13,21155.21
W. M. G. T. BandaUnited National PartyElephant10,65144.51
Valid Votes23,86299.72
Rejected Votes670.28
Total Polled23,929100.00
Registered Electors26,702
Turnout89.62

1977 Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 7th parliamentary election held on 21 July 1977:[6]

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
W. M. G. T. BandaUnited National PartyElephant17,09260.06
Tamara Kumari IlangaratneSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand11,21939.42
Nimalasiri AlahakoonKey1480.52
Valid Votes28,39099.76
Rejected Votes690.24
Total Polled28,459100.00
Registered Electors31,555
Turnout

References

  1. ↑ "The Electoral System". Parliament of Sri Lanka.
  2. ↑ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 19 March 1960" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 11 October 2021.
  3. ↑ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 20 July 1960" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 11 October 2021.
  4. ↑ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1965" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 11 October 2021.
  5. ↑ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1970" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 11 October 2021.
  6. ↑ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1977" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 11 October 2021.

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