Dodangaslanda Electoral District

Dodangaslanda electoral district was an electoral district of Sri Lanka between August 1947 and February 1989. The district was named after the town of Dodangaslanda in Kurunegala District, North 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. Dodangaslanda electoral district was replaced by the Kurunegala multi-member electoral district at the 1989 general elections, the first under the proportional representation system.

Members of Parliament

Key

  Independent   SLFP   UNP

Election		Member	Party	Term
	1947	J. L. Kotelawala	United National Party	1947-52
	1952			1952-56
	1956			1956-60
	1960 (March)	A. U. Romanis		1960
	1960 (July)			1960-65
	1965	R. R. W. Rajapakse	Sri Lanka Freedom Party	1965-66
	1966 by-election	Leticia Rajapakse		1966-70
	1970	S. Wijewardena		1970-77
	1977	S. W. Alawatuwala	United National Party	1977-89

Elections

1947 Parliamentary General Election

Candidate	Party	Symbol	Votes	%
John Lionel Kotelawala	United National Party	Elephant	17,548
C. B. Molagoda		Key	2,263
Valid Votes				100.00%
Rejected Votes			197
Total Polled			20,008
Registered Electors			34,275
Turnout

1952 Parliamentary General Election

Candidate	Party	Symbol	Votes	%
John Lionel Kotelawala	United National Party	Hand	21,934
C. A. Mathew		Umbrella	6,466
Valid Votes				100.00%
Rejected Votes			195
Total Polled			28,595
Registered Electors			37,253
Turnout

1956 Parliamentary General Election

Candidate	Party	Symbol	Votes	%
John Lionel Kotelawala	United National Party	Elephant	20,286
T. B. Herath		Hand	12,012
Valid Votes				100.00%
Rejected Votes			209
Total Polled			32,507
Registered Electors			46,811
Turnout

1960 (March) Parliamentary General Election

Candidate	Party	Symbol	Votes	%
A. U. Romanis	United National Party	Elephant	7,571
R. R. W. Rajapakse		Star	5,638
M. B. Pussella		Hand	4,323
Ratna B. Ekanayake		Cartwheel	1,124
G. G. A. de Silva		Umbrella	258
Valid Votes				100.00%
Rejected Votes			119
Total Polled			19,033
Registered Electors			24,503
Turnout

1960 (July) Parliamentary General Election

Candidate	Party	Symbol	Votes	%
A. U. Romanis	United National Party	Elephant	8,758
R. R. W. Rajapakse		Chair	8,247
H. L. Premadasa		Star	1,806
Valid Votes				100.00%
Rejected Votes			95
Total Polled			18,906
Registered Electors			24,503
Turnout

1965 Parliamentary General Election

Candidate	Party	Symbol	Votes	%
R. R. W. Rajapakse		Hand	13,426
A. U. Romanis		Elephant	12,372
P. B. Ratnayake		Cartwheel	151
Valid Votes				100.00%
Rejected Votes			163
Total Polled			26,112
Registered Electors			30,623
Turnout

1970 Parliamentary General Election

Candidate	Party	Symbol	Votes	%
S. Wijewardena	Sri Lanka Freedom Party	Hand	16,991
S. W. Alawathuwala	United National Party	Elephant	13,818
C. A. Mathew		Bell	383
Valid Votes				100.00%
Rejected Votes			149
Total Polled			31,341
Registered Electors			35,891
Turnout

1977 Parliamentary General Election

Candidate	Party	Symbol	Votes	%
Valid Votes				100.00%
Rejected Votes
Total Polled
Registered Electors
Turnout