Mirigama Electoral District

This article is about the former electoral district in Sri Lanka. For town, see Mirigama.

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. ^[1] 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

  Independent     Sri Lanka Freedom Party     UNP   

Election		Member	Party	Term
	1947	Don Stephen Senanayake	UNP	1947-1952
	1952	John Amaratunga		1952-1956
	1956	Vimala Wijewardene	SLFP	1956-1960
	1960	A. A. E. Jayasinghe		1960-1960
	1960	Wijayabahu Wijayasinha		1960-1965
	1965	Siva 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: ^[2]

Candidate	Party	Symbol	Votes	%
Don Stephen Senanayake		Elephant	26,762	71.49%
Edmund Samarakkody	Bolshevik–Leninist Party	Lamp	10,673	28.51%
Valid Votes			37,435	100.00%
Rejected Votes			462
Total Polled			37,897
Registered Electors			55,474
Turnout			68.31%

1952 Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 2nd parliamentary election held between 24 May 1952 and 30 May 1952 for the district: ^[3]

Candidate	Party	Symbol	Votes	%
John Amaratunga		Elephant	27,447	61.06%
James Peter Obeyesekere III		Hand	17,502	38.94%
Valid Votes			44,949	100.00%
Rejected Votes			304
Total Polled			45,253
Registered Electors			56,728
Turnout			79.77%

1956 Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 3rd parliamentary election held between 5 April 1956 and 10 April 1956 for the district: ^[4]

Candidate	Party	Symbol	Votes	%
Vimala Wijewardene		Hand	36,193	75.62%
John Amaratunga		Elephant	10,896	22.76%
H. P. Jayawardane		Pair of Spectacles	399	0.83%
A. A. Stanley Dias		Pair of Scales	375	0.78%
Valid Votes			47,863	100.00%
Rejected Votes			234
Total Polled			48,097
Registered Electors			63,440
Turnout			75.81%

1960 (March) Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 4th parliamentary election held on 19 March 1960 for the district: ^[5]

Candidate	Party	Symbol	Votes	%
A. E. Jayasinghe	Sri Lanka Freedom Party	Hand	12,430	42.75%
W. D. Senanayake	United National Party	Elephant	12,304	42.32%
K. Ratnayake	Mahajana Eksath Peramuna	Cart Wheel	4,340	14.93%
Valid Votes			29,074	100.00%
Rejected Votes			189
Total Polled			29,263
Registered Electors			37,086
Turnout			78.91%

1960 (July) Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 5th parliamentary election held on 20 July 1960 for the district: ^[6]

Candidate	Party	Symbol	Votes	%
Wijayabahu Wijayasinha	Sri Lanka Freedom Party	Hand	15,424	51.45%
W. D. Senanayake	United National Party	Elephant	13,934	46.48%
E. A. Jayasinghe		Chair	345	1.15%
Tilaka Kulasekera		Cart Wheel	276	0.92%
Valid Votes			29,979	100.00%
Rejected Votes			113
Total Polled			30,092
Registered Electors			37,086
Turnout			81.14%

1965 Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 6th parliamentary election held on 22 March 1965 for the district: ^[7]

Candidate	Party	Symbol	Votes	%
Siva Obeyesekere	Sri Lanka Freedom Party	Hand	17,872	46.90%
Wijayabahu Wijayasinha	United National Party	Elephant	17,028	44.69%
K. P. P. Karunanayake		Chair	1,956	5.13%
M. K. W. Fonseka		Omnibus	1,015	2.66%
M. B. Ratnayake	Mahajana Eksath Peramuna	Cart Wheel	235	0.62%
Valid Votes			38,106	100.00%
Rejected Votes			183
Total Polled			38,289
Registered Electors			44,575
Turnout			85.90%

1970 Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 7th parliamentary election held on 27 May 1970 for the district: ^[8]

Candidate	Party	Symbol	Votes	%
Siva Obeyesekere	Sri Lanka Freedom Party	Hand	24,872	55.99%
W. S. Karunaratne	United National Party	Elephant	19,549	44.01%
Valid Votes			44,421	100.00%
Rejected Votes			135
Total Polled			44,556
Registered Electors			50,721
Turnout			87.85%

1977 Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 8th parliamentary election held on 21 July 1977 for the district: ^[9]

Candidate	Party	Symbol	Votes	%
Mahendra Wijeratne		Elephant	30,877	57.91%
J. P. Obeysekera		Hand	21,080	39.54%
Narada Jayakody		Key	1,178	2.21%
J. Jayasinghe		Lamp	180	0.34%
Valid Votes			53,315	100.00%
Rejected Votes			187
Total Polled			53,502
Registered Electors			60,810
Turnout			87.98%

References

1. "The Electoral System". Parliament of Sri Lanka. Archived from the original on 2010-11-27.
2. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1947" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-09-24.
3. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1952" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-09-24.
4. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1956" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-09-24.
5. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1960-03-19" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-07-12.
6. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1960-07-20" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-09-24.
7. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1965" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-07-13.
8. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1970" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-12-09.
9. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1977" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-17.

Coordinates: 7°14′29″N80°07′57″E / 7.2414°N 80.1325°E / 7.2414; 80.1325