Nawalapitiya electoral district was an electoral district of Sri Lanka between August 1947 and February 1989. The district was named after the town of Nawalapitiya in Kandy 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] Nawalapitiya electoral district was replaced by the Kandy multi-member electoral district at the 1989 general elections, the first under the proportional representation system.

Members of Parliament

Key

  Independent   SLFP   UNP

ElectionMemberPartyTerm
1947 K. Rajalingam CIC 1947-1952
1952 Robert Edward Jayatilaka Independent 1952-1956
1956 1956-1960
1960 (March) R. S. Pelpola SLFP 1960
1960 (July) 1960-1965
1965 Chandra Karunaratne UNP 1965-1970
1970 M. S. Aluthgamage SLFP 1970-1977
1977 Chandra Karunaratne UNP 1977-1989

Elections

1947 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
K. RajalingamCeylon India CongressCartwheel7,93349.97
Robert Edward JayatilakaCeylon Labour PartyUmbrella6,49140.58
A. H. de SilvaIndependentElephant7874.92
S. N. PonniahIndependentHand3362.10
Valid Votes15,54797.19
Rejected Votes4502.81
Total Polled15,997100.00
Registered Electors22,580
Turnout70.85

1952 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Robert Edward JayatilakaCeylon Labour PartyStar4,95574.79
Don Peter SetungaIndependentElephant96514.45
K. Shelton de SilvaLanka Sama Samaja PartyUmbrella70910.62
Valid Votes6,62999.25
Rejected Votes500.75
Total Polled6,679100.00
Registered Electors10,082
Turnout66.25

1956 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Robert Edward JayatilakaCeylon Labour PartyHand3,59246.09
H. E. WijesuriyaUnited National PartyElephant2,96137.99
S. MarasingheKey1,19315.31
Valid Votes7,74699.38
Rejected Votes480.62
Total Polled7,794100.00
Registered Electors10,950
Turnout71.18

1960 (March) Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
R. S. PelpolaSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand7,20040.52
T. A. KeerthinandaUnited National PartyElephant4,54525.58
Robert Edward JayatilakaLanka Prajathanthravadi PakshayaUmbrella2,70715.23
S. MarasingheKey2,19812.37
P. A. D. PereraClock7764.37
Sudharma PodiralahamBook1030.58
Valid Votes17,52998.65
Rejected Votes2401.35
Total Polled17,769100.00
Registered Electors23,020
Turnout77.19

1960 (July) Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
R. S. PelpolaSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand8,60049.57
Chandra KarunaratneUnited National PartyElephant6,87439.62
Robert Edward JayatilakaLanka Prajathanthravadi PakshayaUmbrella1,7319.98
Valid Votes17,20599.18
Rejected Votes1430.82
Total Polled17,348100.00
Registered Electors23,020
Turnout75.36

1965 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Chandra KarunaratneUnited National PartyElephant12,75450.20
R. S. PelpolaSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand10,87342.80
Robert Edward JayatilakaIndependentChair1,4035.52
Valid Votes25,03098.52
Rejected Votes3761.48
Total Polled25,406100.00
Registered Electors30,422
Turnout83.51

1970 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
M. S. AluthgamageSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand16,77454.41
Chandra KarunaratneUnited National PartyElephant13,67244.35
A. R. M. Abdul CaderBell920.30
Valid Votes30,54199.07
Rejected Votes2860.93
Total Polled30,827100.00
Registered Electors35,901
Turnout85.87

1977 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Chandra KarunaratneUnited National PartyElephant20,94661.87
M. S. AluthgamageSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand11,73934.67
Sugathapala WimalaratneStar9502.81
M. P. JohnFlower1290.38
A. RamanathanEye920.27
Valid Votes33,77099.75
Rejected Votes860.25
Total Polled33,856100.00
Registered Electors39,569
Turnout85.56

References

  1. ↑ "The Electoral System". Parliament of Sri Lanka.
  2. ↑ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1947" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 11 June 2018.
  3. ↑ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1952" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 11 June 2018.
  4. ↑ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1956" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 11 June 2018.
  5. ↑ "Result of Parliamentary General Election March 1960" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 11 June 2018.
  6. ↑ "Result of Parliamentary General Election July 1960" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 11 June 2018.
  7. ↑ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1965" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 11 June 2018.
  8. ↑ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1970" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 11 June 2018.
  9. ↑ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1977" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 11 June 2018.

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