Mirigama Electoral District

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 SLFP UNP

	Member	Party	Term
1947	Don Stephen Senanayake	UNP	1947-1952
1952	John Amaratunga	UNP	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	Siva Obeyesekere		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	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	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	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

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

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[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.

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v t e Electoral districts of Sri Lanka (1947–1989)
Central Province	Akurana Dambulla Galagedara Galaha Gampola Hanguranketha Harispattuwa Hewaheta Kadugannawa Kandy Kotagala Kotmale Kundasale Laggala Maskeliya Matale Maturata Minipe Nawalapitiya Nuwara Eliya Nuwara Eliya-Maskeliya Pathadumbara Rattota Senkadagala Talawakelle Teldeniya Udadumbara Udunuwara Walapane Wattegama Yatinuwara
Eastern Province	Ampara Batticaloa Kalkudah Kalmunai Mutur Nintavur Paddiruppu Pottuvil Samanthurai Seruvila Trincomalee
Northern Province	Chavakachcheri Jaffna Kankesanthurai Kayts Kilinochchi Kopay Manipay Mannar Mullaitivu Nallur Point Pedro Udupiddy Uduvil Vaddukoddai Vavuniya
North Central Province	Anuradhapura Anuradhapura East Anuradhapura West Horowpothana Kalawewa Kekirawa Medawachchiya Medirigiriya Mihintale Minneriya Polonnaruwa
North Western Province	Anamaduwa Bingiriya Chilaw Dambadeniya Dandagamuwa Dodangaslanda Galgamuwa Hiriyala Katugampola Kuliyapitiya Kurunegala Mawatagama Nattandiya Nikaweratiya Panduwasnuwara Polgahawela Puttalam Wariyapola Wennappuwa Yapahuwa
Uva	Badulla Bandarawela Bibile Buttala Hali-Ela Haputale Mahiyangana Moneragala Passara Soranatota Uva Paranagama Viyaluwa Welimada Wellawaya
Sabaragamuwa	Alutnuwara Aranayaka Balangoda Dedigama Dehiowita Deraniyagala Eheliyagoda Galigamuwa Kalawana Kegalle Kiriella Kolonna Mawanella Nivitigala Pelmadulla Rakwana Rambukkana Ratnapura Ruwanwella Yatiyantota
Southern Province	Akmeemana Akuressa Ambalangoda Ambalangoda-Balapitiya Baddegama Balapitiya Beliatta Bentara-Elpitiya Deniyaya Devinuwara Galle Habaraduwa Hakmana Hambantota Hiniduma Kamburupitiya Karandeniya Matara Mulkirigala Rathgama Tangalle Tissamaharama Udugama Weligama
Western Province	Agalawatte Attanagalla Avissawella Bandaragama Beruwala Biyagama Borella Bulathsinhala Colombo Central Colombo East Colombo North Colombo South Colombo West Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia Divulapitiya Dompe Gampaha Homagama Horana Ja-Ela Kaduwela Kalutara Katana Kelaniya Kesbewa Kolonnawa Kottawa Kotte Mahara Maharagama Matugama Minuwangoda Mirigama Moratuwa Negombo Panadura Ratmalana Wattala Wellawatte-Galkissa
Current Electoral districts of Sri Lanka