Ampara Electoral District (Amparai Electoral District) was an electoral district

Electoral district

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 of Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka

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 between March 1960 and February 1989

Sri Lankan parliamentary election, 1989

Sri Lanka had not had a parliamentary election since 1977. The elections that should normally have been held by 1983 had been cancelled by the 1982 referendum.President Ranasinghe Premadasa called the election for February 15.-Electoral District:...

. The district was named after the town of Ampara

Ampara

Ampara is a remote city on the East Coast of Sri Lanka, about 360 km from the capital city of Colombo. It belongs to the Eastern Province of Sri Lanka. It was a part of the domain of Kavantissa and was then known as "Ambaragama", which over the years changed to Ambara to Ampara...

 in Ampara District

Ampara District

Ampara district is one of the 25 administrative districts of Sri Lanka. The district is administered by a District Secretariat headed by a District Secretary appointed by the central government of Sri Lanka. The headquarters is located in Ampara town...

, Eastern Province

Eastern Province, Sri Lanka

The Eastern Province is one of the 9 provinces of Sri Lanka. The provinces have existed since the 19th century but they didn't have any legal status until 1987 when the 13th Amendment to the 1978 Constitution of Sri Lanka established provincial councils. Between 1988 and 2006 the province was...

. The 1978 Constitution

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 of Sri Lanka introduced the proportional representation

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 electoral system for electing

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 members

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 of Parliament

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. The existing 160 mainly single-member

Plurality voting system

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 electoral districts were replaced with 22 multi-member electoral districts

Electoral district

An electoral district is a distinct territorial subdivision for holding a separate election for one or more seats in a legislative body...

. Ampara electoral district was replaced by the Ampara (Amparai) multi-member electoral district

Ampara Electoral District

Ampara Electoral District was an electoral district of Sri Lanka between March 1960 and February 1989. The district was named after the town of Ampara in Ampara District, Eastern Province. The 1978 Constitution of Sri Lanka introduced the proportional representation electoral system for electing...

 at the 1989 general elections

Sri Lankan parliamentary election, 1989

Sri Lanka had not had a parliamentary election since 1977. The elections that should normally have been held by 1983 had been cancelled by the 1982 referendum.President Ranasinghe Premadasa called the election for February 15.-Electoral District:...

, the first under the PR system, though Ampara continues to be a polling division of the multi-member electoral district.

1960 (March) Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 4th parliamentary election held on 19 March 1960:

Candidate		|Symbol	|%
	Wijayabahu Wijayasinha	Sri Lanka Freedom Party Sri Lanka Freedom Party The Sri Lanka Freedom Party is one of the major political parties in Sri Lanka. It was founded by S.W.R.D Bandaranaike in 1951 and, since then, has been one of the two largest parties in the Sri Lankan political arena. It first came to power in 1956 and since then has been the predominant party in...	Hand	4,237	32.09%
	M. S. Bakmiwewa	Mahajana Eksath Peramuna Mahajana Eksath Peramuna The Mahajana Eksath Peramuna is a left-wing political party in Sri Lanka. Today the party is led by Dinesh Gunawardena, son of Philip Gunawardena....	Cart Wheel	3,829	29.00%
	D. P. Goonatilake	United National Party United National Party The United National Party, often referred to as the UNP ), , is a political party in Sri Lanka. It currently is the main opposition party in Sri Lanka and is headed by Ranil Wickremesinghe...	Elephant	2,962	22.43%
	A. S. de Silva	Lanka Sama Samaja Party Lanka Sama Samaja Party The Lanka Sama Samaja Party is a Trotskyist political party in Sri Lanka....	Key	1,577	11.94%
	K. P. Augo Singho	Independent Independent (politician) In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do...	Sun	246	1.86%
	D. Wickramaarachchige	Lanka Democratic Party	Umbrella	184	1.39%
	H. M. Appuhamy		Cockerel	88	0.67%
	Indradasa Samaranayake		Orange	80	0.61%
Valid Votes				13,203	100.00%
Rejected Votes				188
Total Polled				13,391
Registered Electors				19,535
Turnout				68.55%

1960 (July) Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 5th parliamentary election held on 20 July 1960:

Candidate		|Symbol	|%
	Indrasena Soysa	Sri Lanka Freedom Party Sri Lanka Freedom Party The Sri Lanka Freedom Party is one of the major political parties in Sri Lanka. It was founded by S.W.R.D Bandaranaike in 1951 and, since then, has been one of the two largest parties in the Sri Lankan political arena. It first came to power in 1956 and since then has been the predominant party in...	Hand	5,710	44.79%
	D. P. Goonatilake	United National Party United National Party The United National Party, often referred to as the UNP ), , is a political party in Sri Lanka. It currently is the main opposition party in Sri Lanka and is headed by Ranil Wickremesinghe...	Elephant	3,713	29.13%
	M. S. Bakmiwewa	Mahajana Eksath Peramuna Mahajana Eksath Peramuna The Mahajana Eksath Peramuna is a left-wing political party in Sri Lanka. Today the party is led by Dinesh Gunawardena, son of Philip Gunawardena....	Cart Wheel	3,325	26.08%
Valid Votes				12,748	100.00%
Rejected Votes				79
Total Polled				12,827
Registered Electors				19,535
Turnout				65.66%

1965 Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 6th parliamentary election held on 22 March 1965:

Candidate		|Symbol	|%
	Senerath Somaratne	Sri Lanka Freedom Party Sri Lanka Freedom Party The Sri Lanka Freedom Party is one of the major political parties in Sri Lanka. It was founded by S.W.R.D Bandaranaike in 1951 and, since then, has been one of the two largest parties in the Sri Lankan political arena. It first came to power in 1956 and since then has been the predominant party in...	Hand	10,077	41.20%
	Kalanasiri Sundasinghe	United National Party United National Party The United National Party, often referred to as the UNP ), , is a political party in Sri Lanka. It currently is the main opposition party in Sri Lanka and is headed by Ranil Wickremesinghe...	Elephant	7,857	32.12%
	M. S. Bakmiwewa	Mahajana Eksath Peramuna Mahajana Eksath Peramuna The Mahajana Eksath Peramuna is a left-wing political party in Sri Lanka. Today the party is led by Dinesh Gunawardena, son of Philip Gunawardena....	Cart Wheel	6,524	26.67%
Valid Votes				24,458	100.00%
Rejected Votes				290
Total Polled				24,748
Registered Electors				32,914
Turnout				75.19%

1970 Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 7th parliamentary election held on 27 May 1970:

Candidate		|Symbol	|%
	Senerath Somaratne	Sri Lanka Freedom Party Sri Lanka Freedom Party The Sri Lanka Freedom Party is one of the major political parties in Sri Lanka. It was founded by S.W.R.D Bandaranaike in 1951 and, since then, has been one of the two largest parties in the Sri Lankan political arena. It first came to power in 1956 and since then has been the predominant party in...	Hand	18,570	55.97%
	Petikirige Dayaratna	United National Party United National Party The United National Party, often referred to as the UNP ), , is a political party in Sri Lanka. It currently is the main opposition party in Sri Lanka and is headed by Ranil Wickremesinghe...	Elephant	14,194	42.78%
	Y. S. Minoris		Chair	414	1.25%
Valid Votes				33,178	100.00%
Rejected Votes				220
Total Polled				33,398
Registered Electors				42,029
Turnout				79.46%

1977 Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 8th parliamentary election

Sri Lankan parliamentary election, 1977

The 1977 Sri Lankan election heralded the beginning of a new period of Sri Lanka's history - a period of unprecedented violence.-Background:Prime Minister Sirimavo Bandaranaike had become extraordinarily unpopular. Her economic policies had led to industrial growth and self-reliance, but was...

 held on 21 July 1977:

Candidate		|Symbol	|%
	Petikirige Dayaratna		Elephant	24,581	59.18%
	Senerath Somaratne		Hand	16,009	38.54%
	A. Seelaratne De Silva		Key	945	2.28%
Valid Votes				41,535	100.00%
Rejected Votes				161
Total Polled				41,696
Registered Electors				49,006
Turnout				85.08%