Akmeemana electoral district was an electoral district of Sri Lanka between March 1960 and February 1989. The district was named after the town of Akmeemana 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. Akmeemana electoral district was replaced by the Galle multi-member electoral district at the 1989 general elections.
Members of Parliament Key
ElectionMemberPartyTerm 1960 (March)Senapala SamarasekeraLPP 1960 1960 (July) 1960-1965 1965 A. D. S. de Silva UNP 1965-1970 1970 Senapala Samarasekera SLFP 1970-1977 1977 Sumanadasa Abeywickrama UNP 1977-1983 1983 parliamentary by-election Richard Pathirana SLFP 1983-1989
Elections
1960 (March) Parliamentary General Election Results of the 4th parliamentary election held on 19 March 1960:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes% Senapala Samarasekera Lanka Prajathanthravadi Pakshaya Umbrella 11,815 47.90 H. W. Amarasuriya United National PartyElephant 8,552 34.67 D. Y. Wijayawickrema Cartwheel 2,635 10.68 C. J. Seneviratne Star 607 2.46 D. R. Wanigaratne Key 379 1.54 T. Hettige Dharmadasa Pot 292 1.18 Bentis Kulasinghe Window 203 0.82Valid Votes24,48399.27Rejected Votes181 0.73Total Polled24,664 100.00Registered Electors31,384 Turnout78.59
1960 (July) Parliamentary General Election Results of the 5th parliamentary election held on 20 July 1960:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes% Senapala Samarasekera Lanka Prajathanthravadi Pakshaya Umbrella 13,747 57.54 H. W. Amarasuriya United National PartyElephant 10,043 42.04Valid Votes23,79099.58Rejected Votes101 0.42Total Polled23,891 100.00Registered Electors31,384 Turnout76.13
1965 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 6th parliamentary election held on 22 March 1965:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes% A. D. S. de Silva United National Party Elephant 15,592 49.58 Senapala Samarasekera Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand 14,336 45.59 Edmund Kalansuriya Cartwheel 884 2.81 D. A. S. P. Dahanayake Umbrella 244 0.78 E. D. Nagahawatte Bird 212 0.67Valid Votes31,26899.43Rejected Votes178 0.57Total Polled31,446 100.00Registered Electors37,541 Turnout83.76
1970 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 7th parliamentary election held on 27 May 1970:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes% Senapala Samarasekera Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand 21,749 59.27 Sugathadasa Arambawalage United National Party Elephant 14,388 39.21 Bentis Kulasinghe Bell 287 0.78 K. H. Sugathadasa Eye 188 0.51Valid Votes36,61299.78Rejected Votes82 0.22Total Polled36,694 100.00Registered Electors42,678 Turnout85.98
1977 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 8th parliamentary election held on 21 July 1977:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes% Sumanadasa Abeywickrema United National Party Elephant 21,284 55.72 Senapala Samarasekera Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand 15,170 39.71 Amarasiri Dodangoda Star 1,235 3.23 Edward Atukorala Rabbit 223 0.58 N. D. Kalansuriya Lamp 129 0.34 S. Samarasekera Clock 54 0.14Valid Votes38,09599.73Rejected Votes104 0.27Total Polled38,199 100.00Registered Electors43,343 Turnout88.13
1983 Parliamentary By-Election Following the resignation of the sitting member, Sumanadasa Abeywickrema, on 10 February 1983, a parliamentary by-election for the seat was held on 18 May 1983. The results of which were:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes% Richard Pathirana Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand 19,820 51.60 Sumanadasa Abeywickrama United National Party Elephant 17,042 44.37 Premalal Abeysekera Scales 754 1.96 Sirisena Nanayakkara Bird 302 0.79 Wanniarachchi Kankanamge Piyadasa Chair 274 0.71 Siripala Samararatne Vidana Arachchige Mortar 57 0.15Valid Votes38,24999.57Rejected Votes164 0.43Total Polled38,413 100.00Registered Electors43,343 Turnout88.63
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