Nuwara Eliya Electoral District (1947–1989)

Nuwara Eliya electoral district was an electoral district of Sri Lanka between August 1947 and July 1977. The district was named after the City of Nuwara Eliya in Nuwara Eliya District, Central 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] Nuwara Eliya electoral district was replaced by the Nuwara Eliya multi-member electoral district at the 1989 general elections, the first under the proportional representation system, Nuwara Eliya continues to be a polling division of the multi-member electoral district.

Members of Parliament

Key

  Independent     Sri Lanka Freedom Party     United National Party  

ElectionMemberPartyTerm
1947 Savumiamoorthy Thondaman Ceylon India Congress 1947-1952
1952 P. P. Sumanatilaka United National Party 1952-1956
1956 M. A. D. Dissanayake Sri Lanka Freedom Party 1956-1960
1960 (March) T. William Fernando 1960-1965
1960 (July)
1965 D. J. Ranaweera United National Party 1965-1970
1970 Gamini Dissanayake 1970-1977
1972 by-election

Elections

1947 Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 1st parliamentary election held between 23 August 1947 and 20 September 1947:[2]

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Savumiamoorthy ThondamanCeylon Workers' CongressStar9,38666.69
James Thevathasam RutnamHand3,25123.10
Lorensz PereraElephant1,1247.99
Valid Votes13,76197.78
Rejected Votes3132.22
Total Polled14,074100.00
Registered Electors24,295
Turnout57.93

1952 Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 2nd parliamentary election held between 24 May 1952 and 30 May 1952:[3]

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
P. P. SumanatilakaUnited National PartyStar3,85264.10
Vijayaratanam VijayaratnasinghamLamp84914.13
James Thevathasam RutnamElephant84214.01
Anthony Joseph Meary de SilvaHand3916.50
Valid Votes5,93498.75
Rejected Votes751.25
Total Polled6,009100.00
Registered Electors9,279
Turnout64.76

1956 Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 3rd parliamentary election held between 5 April 1956 and 10 April 1956:[4]

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
M. A. D. DissanayakeSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand4,68160.36
P. P. SumanatilakaUnited National PartyElephant3,00838.79
Valid Votes7,68999.15
Rejected Votes660.85
Total Polled7,755100.00
Registered Electors11,844
Turnout65.48

1960 (March) Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
T. William FernandoSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand2,397
Peter MellaratchyUnited National PartyElephant1,969
Savumiamoorthy ThondamanCeylon Workers' CongressTree1,940
E. WanigasekeraScales1,100
U. K. Wilfred SilvaKey843
K. R. A. PelpolaUmbrella322
Rajah SeneviratneSewing Machine320
D. K. D. JinendrapalaStar240
Hubert MedagamaClock56
Valid Votes9,18799.28
Rejected Votes670.72
Total Polled9,254100.00
Registered Electors12,195
Turnout75.88

1960 (July) Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
T. William FernandoSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand4,25749.34
P. P. SumanatilakaUnited National PartyElephant3,42139.65
Edmund WanigasekeraCartwheel89110.33
Valid Votes8,56999.32
Rejected Votes590.68
Total Polled8,628100.00
Registered Electors12,195
Turnout70.75

1965 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
D. J. RanaweeraUnited National PartyElephant10,34764.24
T. William FernandoSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand5,50934.20
N. SivagnanamBell870.54
Valid Votes15,94398.97
Rejected Votes1651.02
Total Polled16,108100.00
Registered Electors19,688
Turnout81.82

1970 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Gamini DissanayakeUnited National PartyElephant10,88754.41
T. William FernandoSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand8,81044.03
C. V. VelupillaiLamp1700.85
Valid Votes19,86799.29
Rejected Votes1430.71
Total Polled20,010100.00
Registered Electors24,027
Turnout83.28

1972 Parliamentary By-Election

Results of the parliamentary by-election held on 9 October 1972:[9]

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Gamini DissanayakeUnited National PartyElephant11,96353.39
Herath Mudiyanselage AbeysingheHand10,09245.04
Bandara Weerakoon MadawalaCartwheel980.44
Don SeneviratneLamp920.41
P. Murugiah AbimanSun520.23
Valid Votes22,29799.50
Rejected Votes1120.50
Total Polled22,409100.00
Registered Electors24,027
Turnout93.27

References
  1. "The Electoral System". Parliament of Sri Lanka.
  2. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1947" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 17 March 2017.
  3. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1952" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 17 March 2017.
  4. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1956" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 17 March 2017.
  5. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 19 March 1960" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 17 March 2017.
  6. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 20 July 1960" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 17 March 2017.
  7. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1965" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 13 September 2017.
  8. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1970" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 17 March 2017.
  9. "Results of the Parliamentary By Elections held between 1947 - 1988" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 13 September 2017.

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