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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   SLFP   UNP

Election Member Party Term
1947 Savumiamoorthy Thondaman Ceylon Workers' Congress
1952 Piyadigamage Premachandra Sumanatilaka United National Party
1956 M. A. D. Dissanayake Sri Lanka Freedom Party
1960 (March) Thanthulage William Fernando Sri Lanka Freedom Party
1960 (July) Thanthulage William Fernando Sri Lanka Freedom Party
1965
1970 Gamini Dissanayake United National Party

Elections

1947 Parliamentary General Election

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

Candidate Party Symbol Votes %
Savumiamoorthy Thondaman CWC Star 9,386 66.69
James Thevathasam Rutnam Hand 3,251 23.10
Lorensz Perera Elephant 1,124 7.99
Valid Votes 13,761 97.78
Rejected Votes 313 2.22
Total Polled 14,074 100.00
Registered Electors 24,295
Turnout 57.93

1952 Parliamentary General Election

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

Candidate Party Symbol Votes %
Piyadigamage Premachandra Sumanatilaka Star 3,852 64.10
Vijayaratanam Vijayaratnasingham Lamp 849 14.13
James Thevathasam Rutnam Elephant 842 14.01
Anthony Joseph Meary de Silva Hand 391 6.50
Valid Votes 5,934 98.75
Rejected Votes 75 1.25
Total Polled 6,009 100.00
Registered Electors 9,279
Turnout 64.76

1956 Parliamentary General Election

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

Candidate Party Symbol Votes %
M. A. D. Dissanayake SLFP Hand 4,681 60.36
Piyadigamage Premachandra Sumanatilaka UNP Elephant 3,008 38.79
Valid Votes 7,689 99.15
Rejected Votes 66 0.85
Total Polled 7,755 100.00
Registered Electors 11,844
Turnout 65.48

1960 (March) Parliamentary General Election

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

Candidate Party Symbol Votes %
Thanthulage William Fernando SLFP Hand 2,397
Peter Mellaratchy UNP Elephant 1,969
Savumiamoorthy Thondaman CWC Tree 1,940
E. Wanigasekera Scales 1,100
U. K. Wilfred Silva Key 843
K. R. A. Pelpola Umbrella 322
Rajah Seneviratne Sewing Machine 320
D. K. D. Jinendrapala Star 240
Hubert Medagama Clock 56
Valid Votes 9,187 99.28
Rejected Votes 67 0.72
Total Polled 9,254 100.00
Registered Electors 12,195
Turnout 75.88

1960 (July) Parliamentary General Election

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

Piyadigamage Premachandra Sumanatilaka || align=left|UNP || align=left|Elephant || ||
Candidate Party Symbol Votes %
Thanthulage William Fernando SLFP Hand
Edmund Wanigasekera Cartwheel
Valid Votes 100.00%
Rejected Votes
Total Polled
Registered Electors
Turnout

1965 Parliamentary General Election

Candidate Party Symbol Votes %
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Valid Votes 100.00%
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1970 Parliamentary General Election

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

Candidate Party Symbol Votes %
Gamini Dissanayake UNP Elephant 10,887 54.41
Thanthulage William Fernando SLFP Hand 8,810 44.03
C. V. Velupillai Lamp 170 0.85
Valid Votes 19,867 99.29
Rejected Votes 143 0.71
Total Polled 20,010 100.00
Registered Electors 24,027
Turnout 83.28

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 1970" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 17 March 2017.

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