Mirigama electoral district was an electoral district of Sri Lanka between August 1947 and February 1989. The district was named after the town of Mirigama in present-day Gampaha District, Western 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. Mirigama electoral district was replaced by the Gampaha multi-member electoral district at the 1989 general elections, the first under the PR system, though Mirigama continues to be a polling division of the multi-member electoral district.
Members of Parliament Key
ElectionMemberPartyTerm 1947 Don Stephen SenanayakeUNP 1947-1952 1952 John Amaratunga 1952-1956 1956 Vimala WijewardeneSLFP 1956-1960 1960 A. A. E. Jayasinghe 1960-1960 1960 Wijayabahu Wijayasinha 1960-1965 1965Siva Obeyesekere 1965-1970 1970 1970-1977 1977 Mahendra S. Wijeratne UNP 1977-1989
Elections 1947 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 1st parliamentary election held between 23 August 1947 and 20 September 1947 for the district:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes%Don Stephen Senanayake Elephant26,76271.49%Edmund SamarakkodyBolshevik–Leninist Party Lamp10,67328.51%Valid Votes37,435100.00%Rejected Votes462Total Polled37,897Registered Electors55,474Turnout68.31%
1952 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 2nd parliamentary election held between 24 May 1952 and 30 May 1952 for the district:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes%John Amaratunga Elephant27,44761.06%James Peter Obeyesekere III Hand17,50238.94%Valid Votes44,949100.00%Rejected Votes304Total Polled45,253Registered Electors56,728Turnout79.77%
1956 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 3rd parliamentary election held between 5 April 1956 and 10 April 1956 for the district:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes%Vimala Wijewardene Hand36,19375.62%John Amaratunga Elephant10,89622.76%H. P. Jayawardane Pair of Spectacles3990.83%A. A. Stanley Dias Pair of Scales3750.78%Valid Votes47,863100.00%Rejected Votes234Total Polled48,097Registered Electors63,440Turnout75.81%
1960 (March) Parliamentary General Election Results of the 4th parliamentary election held on 19 March 1960 for the district:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes%A. E. JayasingheSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand12,43042.75%W. D. SenanayakeUnited National PartyElephant12,30442.32%K. RatnayakeMahajana Eksath PeramunaCart Wheel4,34014.93%Valid Votes29,074100.00%Rejected Votes189Total Polled29,263Registered Electors37,086Turnout78.91%
1960 (July) Parliamentary General Election Results of the 5th parliamentary election held on 20 July 1960 for the district:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes%Wijayabahu WijayasinhaSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand15,42451.45%W. D. SenanayakeUnited National PartyElephant13,93446.48%E. A. Jayasinghe Chair3451.15%Tilaka Kulasekera Cart Wheel2760.92%Valid Votes29,979100.00%Rejected Votes113Total Polled30,092Registered Electors37,086Turnout81.14%
1965 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 6th parliamentary election held on 22 March 1965 for the district:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes%Siva ObeyesekereSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand17,87246.90%Wijayabahu WijayasinhaUnited National PartyElephant17,02844.69%K. P. P. Karunanayake Chair1,9565.13%M. K. W. Fonseka Omnibus1,0152.66%M. B. RatnayakeMahajana Eksath PeramunaCart Wheel2350.62%Valid Votes38,106100.00%Rejected Votes183Total Polled38,289Registered Electors44,575Turnout85.90%
1970 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 7th parliamentary election held on 27 May 1970 for the district:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes%Siva ObeyesekereSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand24,87255.99%W. S. KarunaratneUnited National PartyElephant19,54944.01%Valid Votes44,421100.00%Rejected Votes135Total Polled44,556Registered Electors50,721Turnout87.85%
1977 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 8th parliamentary election held on 21 July 1977 for the district:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes%Mahendra Wijeratne Elephant30,87757.91%J. P. Obeysekera Hand21,08039.54%Narada Jayakody Key1,1782.21%J. Jayasinghe Lamp1800.34%Valid Votes53,315100.00%Rejected Votes187Total Polled53,502Registered Electors60,810Turnout87.98%
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