Balapitiya Electoral District

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

Members of Parliament

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Key

  Independent   SLFP   UNP

Election Member Party Term
1960 (March) Lakshman de Silva SLFP 1960
1960 (July) 1960-1965
1965 L. C. de Silva LSSP 1965-1968
1968 parliamentary by-election Lakshman de Silva UNP 1968-1970
1970 Weerasinghe de Silva LSSP 1970-1977
1977 Norman Waidyaratna UNP 1977-1989

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 %
Lakshman de Silva Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand 8,465 32.86
L. C. de Silva Lanka Sama Samaja Party Key 7,818 30.35
Ian de Zoysa United National Party Elephant 6,235 24.20
Dharmasekera Welaratne Sun 1,304 5.06
A. S. de Zoysa Jayatilaka Umbrella 1,027 3.99
Wijayananda Lokusuriya Lamp 525 2.04
A. P. de Zoysa Buddhist Republican Party Flower 145 0.56
Jayasena Munasinghe Cockrel 116 0.45
Valid Votes 25,635 99.51
Rejected Votes 126 0.49
Total Polled 25,761 100.00
Registered Electors 34,384
Turnout 74.92

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 %
Lakshman de Silva Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand 13,812 55.31
V. T. de Zoysa United National Party Elephant 10,841 43.42
Jayasena Munasinghe Buddhist Republican Party Flower 317 1.27
Valid Votes 24,970 100.00
Rejected Votes - 0.0
Total Polled 24,970 100.00
Registered Electors 34,384
Turnout 72.62

1965 Parliamentary General Election

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

Candidate Party Symbol Votes %
L. C. de Silva Lanka Sama Samaja Party Key 16,615 49.39
Lakshman de Silva Sri Lanka Freedom Socialist Party Sun 16,519 49.10
Jayasena Munasinghe Lamp 164 0.49
P. L. V. Gunawardane Eye 130 0.39
Valid Votes 33,428 99.36
Rejected Votes 214 0.64
Total Polled 33,642 100.00
Registered Electors 41,823
Turnout 80.44

1968 Parliamentary By-Election

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In December 1967 the incumbent, Lokuge de Silva, was unseated on the ground that he had a contract with government. The results of the 1968 parliamentary by-election held on 17 December for the electorate:[5]

Candidate Party Symbol Votes %
Lakshman de Silva United National Party Elephant 19,485 51.87
Weerasinghe de Silva Lanka Sama Samaja Party Key 17,955 47.78
Valid Votes 37,440 99.67
Rejected Votes 124 0.33
Total Polled 37,564 100.00
Registered Electors 44,043
Turnout 85.29

1970 Parliamentary General Election

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Results of the 7th parliamentary election held on 27 May 1970:[6]

Candidate Party Symbol Votes %
Weerasinghe de Silva Lanka Sama Samaja Party Key 22,659 59.18
Lakshman de Silva United National Party Elephant 14,431 37.69
E. M. M. Wijerama Bell 951 2.48
Jayasena Munasinghe Ship 169 0.44
Valid Votes 38,210 99.80
Rejected Votes 76 0.20
Total Polled 38,286 100.00
Registered Electors 45,862
Turnout 83.48

1977 Parliamentary General Election

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Results of the 8th parliamentary election held on 21 July 1977:[7]

Candidate Party Symbol Votes %
Norman Waidyaratna United National Party Elephant 15,745 56.60
Weerasinghe de Silva Lanka Sama Samaja Party Key 6,803 24.46
Lakshman de Silva Independent Hand 4,556 16.38
H. P Sudarman de Silva Eye 343 1.23
W. S. M. M. Abeysekera Table 156 0.56
S. de S. Alankara Lamp 128 0.46
Valid Votes 27,731 99.69
Rejected Votes 87 0.31
Total Polled 27,818 100.00
Registered Electors 33,016
Turnout 84.26

References

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  1. ^ "The Electoral System". Parliament of Sri Lanka.
  2. ^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election March 1960" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 6 January 2019.
  3. ^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election July 1960" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 6 January 2019.
  4. ^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1965" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 6 January 2019.
  5. ^ "Result of the Parliamentary By-Elections held between 1947 and 1988" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka.
  6. ^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1970" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 6 January 2019.
  7. ^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1977" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka.