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Kegalle electoral district was an electoral district of Sri Lanka between August 1947 and February 1989. The district was named after the city of Kegalle in Kegalle District, Sabaragamuwa 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] Kegalle electoral district was replaced by the Kegalle multi-member electoral district at the 1989 general elections, the first under the proportional representation system, Kegalle continues to be a polling division of the multi-member electoral district.

Members of Parliament

Key

Independent SLFP UNP

	Member	Party
1947	N. H. Keerthiratne	UNP
1952	N. H. Keerthiratne	UNP
1956	P. B. G. Kalugalla	SLFP
1960 (March)
1960 (July)
1965
1970
1977	N. A. Seneviratne	UNP

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	Symbol	Votes	%
N. H. Keerthiratne	Elephant	14,550	66.28
R. V. Dedigama	Key	7,059	32.16
Valid Votes		21,609	98.44
Rejected Votes		343	1.56
Total Polled		21,952	100.00
Registered Electors		41,791
Turnout			52.053

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	%
N. H. Keerthiratne	Star	16,443	64.36
Lionel Samarakkody	Hand	8,358	32.71
K. A. Siriratne	Elephant	403	1.58
Valid Votes		25,208	98.67
Rejected Votes		341	1.33
Total Polled		25,549	100.00
Registered Electors		35,428
Turnout			72.12

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	%
P. B. G. Kalugalla	Sri Lanka Freedom Party	Hand	21,754	73.66
Winston Wickremasinghe	United National Party	Elephant	8,830	29.90
Valid Votes			28,271	99.12
Rejected Votes			260	0.88
Total Polled			29,531	100.00
Registered Electors			39,972
Turnout				73.88

1960 (March) Parliamentary General Election

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

Candidate	Party	Symbol	Votes	%
P. B. G. Kalugalla	Sri Lanka Freedom Party	Hand	10,572	48.25
N. H. Keerthiratne	United National Party	Elephant	8,964	40.91
Stephen Perera		Key	1,064	4.86
Tissa Wijeratne		Star	653	2.98
Herbert Vithanage		Lamp	182	0.83
H. Dharmasiri Fonseka		Umbrella	177	0.81
K. A. Vincent Perera		Pair of Scales	144	0.66
Valid Votes			21,756	99.30
Rejected Votes			154	0.70
Total Polled			21,910	100.00
Registered Electors			26,829
Turnout				81.67

1960 (July) Parliamentary General Election

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

Candidate	Party	Symbol	Votes	%
P. B. G. Kalugalla	Sri Lanka Freedom Party	Hand	11,741	54.17
N. H. Keerthiratne	United National Party	Elephant	9,847	45.43
Valid Votes			21,588	99.60
Rejected Votes			87	0.40
Total Polled			21,675	100.00
Registered Electors			26,829
Turnout				80.79

1965 Parliamentary General Election

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

Candidate	Party	Symbol	Votes	%
P. B. G. Kalugalla	Sri Lanka Freedom Party	Hand	15,644	53.67
Nimal Karunatilake	United National Party	Elephant	13,283	45.57
Valid Votes			28,927	99.23
Rejected Votes			224	0.77
Total Polled			29,151	100.00
Registered Electors			34,451
Turnout				84.62

1970 Parliamentary General Election

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

Candidate	Party	Symbol	Votes	%
P. B. G. Kalugalla	Sri Lanka Freedom Party	Hand	21,009	63.13
N. A. Seneviratne	United National Party	Elephant	11,977	35.99
M. Athurupana		Bell	239	0.72
Valid Votes			33,225	99.83
Rejected Votes			56	0.17
Total Polled			33,281	100.00
Registered Electors			38,206
Turnout				87.11

1977 Parliamentary General Election

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

Candidate	Party	Symbol	Votes	%
N. A. Seneviratne	United National Party	Elephant	17,403	51.43
P. B. G. Kalugalla	Sri Lanka Freedom Party	Hand	15,339	45.33
P. M. G. Wijesuriya		Key	1,021	3.02
Valid Votes			33,763	99.78
Rejected Votes			75	0.22
Total Polled			33,838	100.00
Registered Electors			38,396
Turnout				88.13

References

^ "The Electoral System". Parliament of Sri Lanka.
^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1947" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 19 June 2017.^{[permanent dead link‍]}
^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1952" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 19 June 2017.^{[permanent dead link‍]}
^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1956" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 19 June 2017.^{[permanent dead link‍]}
^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 19 March 1960" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 19 June 2017.^{[permanent dead link‍]}
^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 20 July 1960" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 17 June 2017.^{[permanent dead link‍]}
^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1965" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 19 June 2017.^{[permanent dead link‍]}
^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1970" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 19 June 2017.^{[permanent dead link‍]}
^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1977" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 19 June 2017.

[1] "The Electoral System". Parliament of Sri Lanka.

[2] "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1947" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 19 June 2017.^{[permanent dead link‍]}

[3] "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1952" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 19 June 2017.^{[permanent dead link‍]}

[4] "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1956" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 19 June 2017.^{[permanent dead link‍]}

[5] "Result of Parliamentary General Election 19 March 1960" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 19 June 2017.^{[permanent dead link‍]}

[6] "Result of Parliamentary General Election 20 July 1960" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 17 June 2017.^{[permanent dead link‍]}

[7] "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1965" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 19 June 2017.^{[permanent dead link‍]}

[8] "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1970" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 19 June 2017.^{[permanent dead link‍]}

[9] "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1977" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 19 June 2017.

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+{{short description|Electoral district of Sri Lanka}}
 '''Kegalle electoral district''' was an [[electoral district]] of [[Sri Lanka]] between [[1947 Ceylonese parliamentary election|August 1947]] and [[1989 Sri Lankan parliamentary election|February 1989]]. The district was named after the city of [[Kegalle]] in [[Kegalle District]], [[Sabaragamuwa Province]]. The [[Constitution of Sri Lanka|1978 Constitution]] of Sri Lanka introduced the [[proportional representation]] electoral system for [[Elections in Sri Lanka|electing]] [[Member of Parliament|members]] of [[Parliament of Sri Lanka|Parliament]]. The existing 160 mainly [[Plurality voting system|single-member]] electoral districts were replaced with 22 [[multi-member]] [[electoral district]]s.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.parliament.lk/en/members-of-parliament/the-system-of-elections-in-sri-lanka/the-electoral-system|title=The Electoral System|publisher=[[Parliament of Sri Lanka]]}}</ref> Kegalle electoral district was replaced by the [[Kegalle Electoral District|Kegalle multi-member electoral district]] at the [[1989 Sri Lankan parliamentary election|1989 general elections]], the first under the proportional representation system, Kegalle continues to be a polling division of the multi-member electoral district.
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 ===1947 Parliamentary General Election===
-Results of the [[1947 Ceylonese parliamentary election|1st parliamentary election]] held between 23 August 1947 and 20 September 1947 for the district:<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.slelections.gov.lk/web/images/pdf/general-election-results/general-election-1947.pdf|title=Result of Parliamentary General Election 1947|publisher=Department of Elections, Sri Lanka|accessdate=19 June 2017}}{{Dead link|date=February 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
+Results of the [[1947 Ceylonese parliamentary election|1st parliamentary election]] held between 23 August 1947 and 20 September 1947 for the district:<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.slelections.gov.lk/web/images/pdf/general-election-results/general-election-1947.pdf|title=Result of Parliamentary General Election 1947|publisher=Department of Elections, Sri Lanka|access-date=19 June 2017}}{{Dead link|date=February 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
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 ===1952 Parliamentary General Election===
-Results of the [[1952 Ceylonese parliamentary election|2nd parliamentary election]] held between 24 May 1952 and 30 May 1952 for the district:<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.slelections.gov.lk/web/images/pdf/general-election-results/general-election-1952.pdf|title=Result of Parliamentary General Election 1952|publisher=Department of Elections, Sri Lanka|accessdate=19 June 2017}}{{Dead link|date=February 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
+Results of the [[1952 Ceylonese parliamentary election|2nd parliamentary election]] held between 24 May 1952 and 30 May 1952 for the district:<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.slelections.gov.lk/web/images/pdf/general-election-results/general-election-1952.pdf|title=Result of Parliamentary General Election 1952|publisher=Department of Elections, Sri Lanka|access-date=19 June 2017}}{{Dead link|date=February 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
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 ===1956 Parliamentary General Election===
-Results of the [[1956 Ceylonese parliamentary election|3rd parliamentary election]] held between 5 April 1956 and 10 April 1956 for the district:<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.slelections.gov.lk/web/images/pdf/general-election-results/general-election-1956.pdf|title=Result of Parliamentary General Election 1956|publisher=Department of Elections, Sri Lanka|accessdate=19 June 2017}}{{Dead link|date=February 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
+Results of the [[1956 Ceylonese parliamentary election|3rd parliamentary election]] held between 5 April 1956 and 10 April 1956 for the district:<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.slelections.gov.lk/web/images/pdf/general-election-results/general-election-1956.pdf|title=Result of Parliamentary General Election 1956|publisher=Department of Elections, Sri Lanka|access-date=19 June 2017}}{{Dead link|date=February 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
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 ===1960 (March) Parliamentary General Election===
-Results of the [[March 1960 Ceylonese parliamentary election|4th parliamentary election]] held on 19 March 1960 for the district:<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.slelections.gov.lk/web/images/pdf/general-election-results/general-election-1960-03-19.pdf |title=Result of Parliamentary General Election 19 March 1960 |publisher=Department of Elections, Sri Lanka |accessdate=19 June 2017 }}{{Dead link|date=February 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
+Results of the [[March 1960 Ceylonese parliamentary election|4th parliamentary election]] held on 19 March 1960 for the district:<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.slelections.gov.lk/web/images/pdf/general-election-results/general-election-1960-03-19.pdf |title=Result of Parliamentary General Election 19 March 1960 |publisher=Department of Elections, Sri Lanka |access-date=19 June 2017 }}{{Dead link|date=February 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
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 ===1960 (July) Parliamentary General Election===
-Results of the [[July 1960 Ceylonese parliamentary election|5th parliamentary election]] held on 20 July 1960 for the district:<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.slelections.gov.lk/web/images/pdf/general-election-results/parliamentary-general-election-1960-07-20.pdf |title=Result of Parliamentary General Election 20 July 1960 |publisher=Department of Elections, Sri Lanka |accessdate=17 June 2017 }}{{Dead link|date=February 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
+Results of the [[July 1960 Ceylonese parliamentary election|5th parliamentary election]] held on 20 July 1960 for the district:<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.slelections.gov.lk/web/images/pdf/general-election-results/parliamentary-general-election-1960-07-20.pdf |title=Result of Parliamentary General Election 20 July 1960 |publisher=Department of Elections, Sri Lanka |access-date=17 June 2017 }}{{Dead link|date=February 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
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 ===1965 Parliamentary General Election===
-Results of the [[1965 Ceylonese parliamentary election|6th parliamentary election]] held on 22 March 1965 for the district:<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.slelections.gov.lk/web/images/pdf/general-election-results/parliamentary-election-1965.pdf|title=Result of Parliamentary General Election 1965|publisher=Department of Elections, Sri Lanka|accessdate=19 June 2017}}{{Dead link|date=February 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
+Results of the [[1965 Ceylonese parliamentary election|6th parliamentary election]] held on 22 March 1965 for the district:<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.slelections.gov.lk/web/images/pdf/general-election-results/parliamentary-election-1965.pdf|title=Result of Parliamentary General Election 1965|publisher=Department of Elections, Sri Lanka|access-date=19 June 2017}}{{Dead link|date=February 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
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 ===1970 Parliamentary General Election===
-Results of the [[1970 Ceylonese parliamentary election|7th parliamentary election]] held on 27 May 1970 for the district:<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.slelections.gov.lk/web/images/pdf/general-election-results/general-election-1970.pdf |title=Result of Parliamentary General Election 1970 |publisher=Department of Elections, Sri Lanka |accessdate=19 June 2017 }}{{Dead link|date=February 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
+Results of the [[1970 Ceylonese parliamentary election|7th parliamentary election]] held on 27 May 1970 for the district:<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.slelections.gov.lk/web/images/pdf/general-election-results/general-election-1970.pdf |title=Result of Parliamentary General Election 1970 |publisher=Department of Elections, Sri Lanka |access-date=19 June 2017 }}{{Dead link|date=February 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
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 ===1977 Parliamentary General Election===
-Results of the [[1977 Sri Lankan parliamentary election|8th parliamentary election]] held on 21 July 1977 for the district:<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.slelections.gov.lk/web/images/pdf/general-election-results/general-election-1977.pdf |title=Result of Parliamentary General Election 1977 |publisher=Department of Elections, Sri Lanka |accessdate=19 June 2017}}</ref>
+Results of the [[1977 Sri Lankan parliamentary election|8th parliamentary election]] held on 21 July 1977 for the district:<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.slelections.gov.lk/web/images/pdf/general-election-results/general-election-1977.pdf |title=Result of Parliamentary General Election 1977 |publisher=Department of Elections, Sri Lanka |access-date=19 June 2017}}</ref>
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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