Mahiyangana electoral district was an electoral district of Sri Lanka between March 1960 and February 1989. The district was named after the town of Mahiyangana in Badulla District, Uva 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. Mahiyangana electoral district was replaced by the Badulla multi-member electoral district at the 1989 general elections.
Members of Parliament Key
ElectionMemberPartyTerm 1960 (March)C. P. J. SeneviratneUnited National Party 1960 1960 (July) 1960–65 1965 1965–70 1970 D. D. E. Wickremaratne Sri Lanka Freedom Party 1970–77 1977 C. P. J. SeneviratneUnited National Party 1977–84 1985 By-election Lakshman Senewiratne 1985–89
Elections 1960 (March) Parliamentary General Election Results of the 4th parliamentary election held on 19 March 1960:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes%C. P. J. Seneviratne United National Party Elephant 3,164 35.94K. D. Goonaratna Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand 2,805 31.86K. B. Herath Mahajana Eksath Peramuna Cartwheel 1,781 20.23Marshall Perera Lanka Sama Samaja Party Key 606 6.88B. P. Weerakoon SLDP Omnibus 171 1.94Valid Votes8,52796.85Rejected Votes 277 3.15Total Polled 8,804 100.00Registered Electors 15,909 Turnout 55.34
1960 (July) Parliamentary General Election Results of the 5th parliamentary election held on 20 July 1960:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes%C. P. J. Seneviratne United National Party Elephant 4,811 49.58K. D. Goonaratna Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand 4,135 42.61K. B. Herath Mahajana Eksath Peramuna Cartwheel 599 6.17Valid Votes9,54598.36Rejected Votes 159 1.64Total Polled 9,704 100.00Registered Electors 15,909 Turnout 61.0
1965 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 6th parliamentary election held on 22 March 1965:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes%C. P. J. Seneviratne United National Party Elephant 7,296 51.12R. M. G. Ratnayake Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand 6,253 43.81K. D. Gunaratne Aeroplane 460 3.22Valid Votes14,00998.15Rejected Votes 264 1.85Total Polled 14,273 100.00Registered Electors 19,769 Turnout 72.20
1970 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 7th parliamentary election held on 27 May 1970:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes%D. D. E. Wickremaratne Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand 11,886 54.98C. P. J. Seneviratne United National Party Elephant 9,330 43.16R. M. G. Ratnayake Chair 219 1.01Valid Votes21,43599.15Rejected Votes 183 0.85Total Polled 21,618 100.00Registered Electors 26,811 Turnout 80.63
1977 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 8th parliamentary election held on 21 July 1977:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes%C. P. J. Seneviratne United National Party Elephant 14,105 70.45Navaratna Banda Galketiya Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand 5,304 26.49Kiribanda Herath Cartwheel 257 1.28K. H. M. Apopuhamy Piyarapana Lamp 188 0.94Kingsley Kodippili Key 74 0.37Valid Votes19,92899.54Rejected Votes 93 0.46Total Polled 20,021 100.00Registered Electors 23,026 Turnout 86.95
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