Balapitiya Electoral District
{{Short description|Former electoral district of Sri Lanka}}
Balapitiya electoral district was an electoral district of Sri Lanka between March 1960 and February 1989. The district was named after the town of Balapitiya in Galle 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.{{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}} Balapitiya electoral district was replaced by the Galle multi-member electoral district at the 1989 general elections.
Members of Parliament
Key
{{Party index link|Independent (politician)}} {{Party index link|Sri Lanka Freedom Party}} {{Party index link|United National Party}}
| class="wikitable" | |||
| colspan="2"|Election | Member | Party | Term |
|---|---|---|---|
| style="background-color: {{party color|Sri Lanka Freedom Party}}" |
| rowspan=2| Lakshman de Silva | rowspan=2| SLFP | 1960 | |||
| style="background-color: {{party color|Sri Lanka Freedom Party}}" |
| 1960-1965 | |||
| style="background-color: {{party color|Lanka Sama Samaja Party}}" |
| 1965 | LSSP | 1965-1968 | |||
| style="background-color: {{party color|United National Party}}" |
| 1968 parliamentary by-election | UNP | 1968-1970 | |||
| style="background-color: {{party color|Lanka Sama Samaja Party}}" |
| 1970 | LSSP | 1970-1977 | |||
| style="background-color: {{party color|United National Party}}" |
| 1977 | UNP | 1977-1989 |
Elections
=1960 (March) Parliamentary General Election=
Results of the 4th parliamentary election held on 19 March 1960:{{cite web|url=https://elections.gov.lk/web/wp-content/uploads/election-results/parliamentary-elections/general-election-1960-03-19.pdf|title=Result of Parliamentary General Election March 1960 |publisher=Department of Elections, Sri Lanka |access-date=6 January 2019 }}
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! align=left width="180"|Candidate!!align=left width="180"|Party!!align=left width="120"|Symbol!!align=left width="60"|Votes!!align=left width="60"|% | ||||
| align=left| Lakshman de Silva | align=left|Sri Lanka Freedom Party | align=left|Hand | align=right|8,465 | align=right|32.86 |
| align=left| L. C. de Silva | align=left|Lanka Sama Samaja Party | align=left|Key | align=right|7,818 | align=right|30.35 |
| align=left| Ian de Zoysa | align=left|United National Party | align=left|Elephant | align=right|6,235 | align=right|24.20 |
| align=left| Dharmasekera Welaratne | align=left|Sun | align=right|1,304 | align=right|5.06 | |
| align=left| A. S. de Zoysa Jayatilaka | align=left|Umbrella | align=right|1,027 | align=right|3.99 | |
| align=left| Wijayananda Lokusuriya | align=left|Lamp | align=right|525 | align=right|2.04 | |
| align=left| A. P. de Zoysa | align=left|Buddhist Republican Party | align=left|Flower | align=right|145 | align=right|0.56 |
| align=left| Jayasena Munasinghe | align=left|Cockrel | align=right|116 | align=right|0.45 | |
| align=left colspan=3|Valid Votes | align=right|25,635 | align=right|99.51 | ||
| align=left colspan=3|Rejected Votes | align=right|126 | align=right|0.49 | ||
| align=left colspan=3|Total Polled | align=right|25,761 | align=right|100.00 | ||
| align=left colspan=3|Registered Electors | align=right|34,384 | |||
| align=left colspan=4|Turnout | align=right|74.92 |
=1960 (July) Parliamentary General Election=
Results of the 5th parliamentary election held on 20 July 1960:{{cite web|url=https://elections.gov.lk/web/wp-content/uploads/election-results/parliamentary-elections/general-election-1960-07-20.pdf |title=Result of Parliamentary General Election July 1960 |publisher=Department of Elections, Sri Lanka |access-date=6 January 2019 }}
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! align=left width="180"|Candidate!!align=left width="180"|Party!!align=left width="120"|Symbol!!align=left width="60"|Votes!!align=left width="60"|% | ||||
| align=left| Lakshman de Silva | align=left|Sri Lanka Freedom Party | align=left|Hand | align=right|13,812 | align=right|55.31 |
| align=left| V. T. de Zoysa | align=left|United National Party | align=left|Elephant | align=right|10,841 | align=right|43.42 |
| align=left| Jayasena Munasinghe | align=left|Buddhist Republican Party | align=left|Flower | align=right|317 | align=right|1.27 |
| align=left colspan=3|Valid Votes | align=right|24,970 | align=right|100.00 | ||
| align=left colspan=3|Rejected Votes | align=right | |||
| | align=right|0.0 | ||||
| align=left colspan=3|Total Polled | align=right|24,970 | align=right|100.00 | ||
| align=left colspan=3|Registered Electors | align=right|34,384 | |||
| align=left colspan=4|Turnout | align=right|72.62 |
=1965 Parliamentary General Election=
Results of the 6th parliamentary election held on 22 March 1965:{{cite web|url=https://elections.gov.lk/web/wp-content/uploads/election-results/parliamentary-elections/general-election-1965.pdf |title=Result of Parliamentary General Election 1965 |publisher=Department of Elections, Sri Lanka |access-date=6 January 2019 }}
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! align=left width="180"|Candidate!!align=left width="180"|Party!!align=left width="120"|Symbol!!align=left width="60"|Votes!!align=left width="60"|% | ||||
| align=left| L. C. de Silva | align=left|Lanka Sama Samaja Party | align=left|Key | align=right|16,615 | align=right|49.39 |
| align=left| Lakshman de Silva | align=left|Sri Lanka Freedom Socialist Party | align=left|Sun | align=right|16,519 | align=right|49.10 |
| align=left| Jayasena Munasinghe | align=left|Lamp | align=right|164 | align=right|0.49 | |
| align=left| P. L. V. Gunawardane | align=left|Eye | align=right|130 | align=right|0.39 | |
| align=left colspan=3|Valid Votes | align=right|33,428 | align=right|99.36 | ||
| align=left colspan=3|Rejected Votes | align=right|214 | align=right|0.64 | ||
| align=left colspan=3|Total Polled | align=right|33,642 | align=right|100.00 | ||
| align=left colspan=3|Registered Electors | align=right|41,823 | |||
| align=left colspan=4|Turnout | align=right|80.44 |
=1968 Parliamentary By-Election=
In December 1967 the incumbent, Lokuge de Silva, was unseated on the ground that he had a contract with government. The results of the 1968 parliamentary by-election held on 17 December for the electorate:{{cite web|url=https://elections.gov.lk/web/wp-content/uploads/election-results/parliamentary-elections/general-election-by-elections-1947-1988.pdf |title=Result of the Parliamentary By-Elections held between 1947 and 1988 |publisher=Department of Elections, Sri Lanka }}
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! align=left width="180"|Candidate!!align=left width="180"|Party!!align=left width="120"|Symbol!!align=left width="60"|Votes!!align=left width="60"|% | ||||
| align=left|Lakshman de Silva | align=left|United National Party | align=left|Elephant | 19,485 | 51.87 |
| align=left|Weerasinghe de Silva | align=left|Lanka Sama Samaja Party | align=left|Key | 17,955 | 47.78 |
| align=left colspan=3|Valid Votes | 37,440 | 99.67 | ||
| align=left colspan=3|Rejected Votes | 124 | 0.33 | ||
| align=left colspan=3|Total Polled | 37,564 | 100.00 | ||
| align=left colspan=3|Registered Electors | 44,043 | |||
| align=left colspan=4|Turnout | 85.29 |
=1970 Parliamentary General Election=
Results of the 7th parliamentary election held on 27 May 1970:{{cite web|url=https://elections.gov.lk/web/wp-content/uploads/election-results/parliamentary-elections/general-election-1970.pdf |title=Result of Parliamentary General Election 1970 |publisher=Department of Elections, Sri Lanka |access-date=6 January 2019 }}
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! align=left width="180"|Candidate!!align=left width="180"|Party!!align=left width="120"|Symbol!!align=left width="60"|Votes!!align=left width="60"|% | ||||
| align=left| Weerasinghe de Silva | align=left|Lanka Sama Samaja Party | align=left|Key | 22,659 | align=right|59.18 |
| align=left| Lakshman de Silva | align=left|United National Party | align=left|Elephant | align=right|14,431 | align=right|37.69 |
| align=left| E. M. M. Wijerama | align=left|Bell | align=right|951 | align=right|2.48 | |
| align=left| Jayasena Munasinghe | align=left|Ship | align=right|169 | align=right|0.44 | |
| align=left colspan=3|Valid Votes | align=right|38,210 | align=right|99.80 | ||
| align=left colspan=3|Rejected Votes | align=right|76 | align=right|0.20 | ||
| align=left colspan=3|Total Polled | align=right|38,286 | align=right|100.00 | ||
| align=left colspan=3|Registered Electors | align=right|45,862 | |||
| align=left colspan=4|Turnout | align=right|83.48 |
=1977 Parliamentary General Election=
Results of the 8th parliamentary election held on 21 July 1977:{{cite web|url=https://elections.gov.lk/web/wp-content/uploads/election-results/parliamentary-elections/general-election-1977.pdf |title=Result of Parliamentary General Election 1977 |publisher=Department of Elections, Sri Lanka }}
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! align=left width="180"|Candidate!!align=left width="180"|Party!!align=left width="120"|Symbol!!align=left width="60"|Votes!!align=left width="60"|% | ||||
| align=left| Norman Waidyaratna | align=left|United National Party | align=left|Elephant | align=right|15,745 | align=right|56.60 |
| align=left| Weerasinghe de Silva | align=left|Lanka Sama Samaja Party | align=left|Key | align=right|6,803 | align=right|24.46 |
| align=left| Lakshman de Silva | align=left|Independent | align=left|Hand | align=right|4,556 | align=right|16.38 |
| align=left| H. P Sudarman de Silva | align=left|Eye | align=right|343 | align=right|1.23 | |
| align=left| W. S. M. M. Abeysekera | align=left|Table | align=right|156 | align=right|0.56 | |
| align=left| S. de S. Alankara | align=left|Lamp | align=right|128 | align=right|0.46 | |
| align=left colspan=3|Valid Votes | align=right|27,731 | align=right|99.69 | ||
| align=left colspan=3|Rejected Votes | align=right|87 | align=right|0.31 | ||
| align=left colspan=3|Total Polled | align=right|27,818 | align=right|100.00 | ||
| align=left colspan=3|Registered Electors | align=right|33,016 | |||
| align=left colspan=4|Turnout | align=right|84.26 |
References
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{{Former Electoral Districts of Sri Lanka}}
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