Kamburupitiya electoral district was an electoral district of Sri Lanka between March 1960 and February 1989. The district was named after the town of Kamburupitiya in Matara 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. Kamburupitiya electoral district was replaced by the Matara multi-member electoral district at the 1989 general elections.
Members of Parliament Key
ElectionMemberPartyTerm 1960 (March)Percy WickremasingheCommunist Party of Ceylon 1960 1960 (July) 1960-1965 1965 1965-1970 1970 Aelian Mahanaga Nanayakkara 1970-1977 1977 Don Edwin MalawaraarachchiUnited National Party 1977-1978 1979 by-election Albert Silva 1979-1983 1983 by-election Chandrakumara Wijeya Gunawardena 1983-1989
Elections
1960 (March) Parliamentary General Election Results of the 4th parliamentary election held on 19 March 1960:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes% Percy Wickremasinghe Communist Party of Ceylon Star 9,442 41.37 Archie Abeywardena United National Party Elephant 6,036 26.45 S. P. Jayawardane Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand 4,414 19.34 Yapa Surasena Key 2,414 10.58 M. G. Sriyapala Umbrella 315 1.38Valid Votes22,62199.12Rejected Votes 202 0.88Total Polled 22,823 100.00Registered Electors 29,927 Turnout 76.26
1960 (July) Parliamentary General Election Results of the 5th parliamentary election held on 20 July 1960:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes% Percy Wickremasinghe Communist Party of Ceylon Star 14,022 62.19 Archie Abeywardena United National Party Elephant 8,433 37.40Valid Votes22,45599.58Rejected Votes 94 0.42Total Polled 22,549 100.00Registered Electors 29,927 Turnout 75.35
1965 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 6th parliamentary election held on 22 March 1965:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes% Percy Wickremasinghe Communist Party of Ceylon Star 16,955 57.57 Justin Wijayawardhene United National Party Elephant 12,379 41.93Valid Votes29,33499.36Rejected Votes 189 0.64Total Polled 29,523 100.00Registered Electors 36,438 Turnout 81.02
1970 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 7th parliamentary election held on 27 May 1970:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes% Aelian Mahanaga Nanayakkara Communist Party of Ceylon Star 21,685 62.95 C. A. Dharmapala United National Party Elephant 12,439 36.11 Buddhadasa Rasaputram Lamp 216 0.63Valid Votes34,34099.69Rejected Votes 107 0.31Total Polled 34,447 100.00Registered Electors 40,548 Turnout 84.95
1977 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 8th parliamentary election held on 21 July 1977:
In September 1978 Malawaraachchi resigned from the United National Party with the party appointing Albert Silva to the parliamentary seat in November 1979.
CandidatePartySymbolVotes% Don Edwin Malawaraarachchi United National Party Elephant 22,306 52.30 Aelian Mahanaga Nanayakkara Communist Party of Ceylon Star 12,630 29.60 Percy Wickremasinghe Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand 7,539 17.70Valid Votes42,47599.57Rejected Votes 183 0.43Total Polled 42,658 100.00Registered Electors 49,592 Turnout 86.02
1983 Parliamentary By-Election On 10 February 1983 Albert Silva resigned and a by-election was subsequently conducted. Results of the 1983 Parliamentary by-election, held on 18 May 1983:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes% Chandrakumara Wijeya Gunawardena United National Party Elephant 22,707 54.66 Aelian Mahanaga Nanayakkara Communist Party of Ceylon Star 16,081 38.71 Premachandra Munasinghe Bell 2,062 4.96 D. E. Arachchi Malawara Scales 499 1.20 Samsan Mallikarachchi Eye 106 0.26Valid Votes41,45599.79Rejected Votes 86 0.21Total Polled 41,541 100.00Registered Electors 49,592 Turnout 83.77
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