Rakwana Electoral District

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

Members of Parliament

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Key

  SLFP   UNP

Election Member Party Term
1960 (March) V. T. G. Karunaratne Sri Lanka Freedom Party 1960
1960 (July) 1960-1965
1965 H. Kularatne United National Party 1965-1970
1970 V. T. G. Karunaratne Sri Lanka Freedom Party 1970-1977
1977 H. Kularatne United National Party 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 %
V. T. G. Karunaratne Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand 4,766 31.70
H. Kularatne United National Party Elephant 4,542 30.21
T. Wijayanayaka Key 2,740 18.23
D. D. Wellala Book 1,201 7.99
C. C. Wickremasinghe Cartwheel 1,029 6.85
Warnakulage Leelaratne Lamp 251 1.67
K. G. B. Ariyasinghe Mortar 194 1.29
Wijaya Tamanegama Umbrella 184 1.22
Valid Votes 14,907 99.16
Rejected Votes 126 0.84
Total Polled 15,033 100.00
Registered Electors 19,377
Turnout 77.58

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 %
V. T. G. Karunaratne Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand 8,356 55.55
H. Kularatne United National Party Elephant 6,341 42.75
M. W. Weerakkody Clock 172 1.14
M. Sooriyabandara Cartwheel 106 0.71
Valid Votes 14,975 99.55
Rejected Votes 68 0.45
Total Polled 15,043 100.00
Registered Electors 19,377
Turnout 77.63

1965 Parliamentary General Election

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

Candidate Party Symbol Votes %
H. Kularatne United National Party Elephant 10,667 49.23
V. T. G. Karunaratne Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand 10,334 47.69
P. B. Ratnayake Chair 380 1.39
Don Edwin Malawaraarachchi Cartwheel 142 0.66
D. R. Malwenne Sun 60 0.28
Valid Votes 21,583 96.01
Rejected Votes 85 0.39
Total Polled 21,668 100.00
Registered Electors 25,402
Turnout 85.30

1970 Parliamentary General Election

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

Candidate Party Symbol Votes %
V. T. G. Karunaratne Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand 14,455 55.98
H. Kularatne United National Party Elephant 11,270 43.65
Valid Votes 25,725 99.63
Rejected Votes 95 0.37
Total Polled 25,820
Registered Electors 28,974
Turnout 89.11

1977 Parliamentary General Election

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

Candidate Party Symbol Votes %
H. Kularatne United National Party Elephant 21,511 57.03
V. T. G. Karunaratne Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand 14,663 38.87
A. G. B. Amarasingh Key 1,278 3.39
A. S. Piyasinghe Lamp 171 0.45
Valid Votes 37,593 99.63
Rejected Votes 127 0.37
Total Polled 37,720 100.00
Registered Electors 41,998
Turnout 89.81

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.
  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.