Nawalapitiya Electoral District Explained

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

ElectionMemberPartyTerm
1947K. RajalingamCIC1947-1952
1952Robert Edward JayatilakaIndependent1952-1956
19561956-1960
1960 (March)R. S. PelpolaSLFP1960
1960 (July)1960-1965
1965Chandra KarunaratneUNP1965-1970
1970M. S. AluthgamageSLFP1970-1977
1977Chandra KarunaratneUNP1977-1989

Elections

1947 Parliamentary General Election

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

align=left width="180"Candidate!align=left width="180"Party!align=left width="120"Symbol!align=left width="60"Votes!align=left width="60"%
Cartwheel 7,933 49.97
Umbrella 6,491 40.58
A. H. de Silva Elephant 787 4.92
S. N. Ponniah Hand 336 2.10
align=left colspan=3Valid Votes15,54797.19
align=left colspan=3Rejected Votes450 2.81
align=left colspan=3Total Polled15,997 100.00
align=left colspan=3Registered Electors22,580
align=left colspan=4Turnout70.85

1952 Parliamentary General Election

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

align=left width="180"Candidate!align=left width="180"Party!align=left width="120"Symbol!align=left width="60"Votes!align=left width="60"%
Star 4,955 74.79
Don Peter Setunga Elephant 965 14.45
K. Shelton de Silva Umbrella 709 10.62
align=left colspan=3Valid Votes6,62999.25
align=left colspan=3Rejected Votes50 0.75
align=left colspan=3Total Polled6,679 100.00
align=left colspan=3Registered Electors10,082
align=left colspan=4Turnout66.25

1956 Parliamentary General Election

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

align=left width="180"Candidate!align=left width="180"Party!align=left width="120"Symbol!align=left width="60"Votes!align=left width="60"%
Hand 3,592 46.09
H. E. Wijesuriya Elephant 2,961 37.99
S. Marasinghe Key 1,193 15.31
align=left colspan=3Valid Votes7,74699.38
align=left colspan=3Rejected Votes48 0.62
align=left colspan=3Total Polled7,794 100.00
align=left colspan=3Registered Electors10,950
align=left colspan=4Turnout71.18

1960 (March) Parliamentary General Election

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

align=left width="180"Candidate!align=left width="180"Party!align=left width="120"Symbol!align=left width="60"Votes!align=left width="60"%
Hand 7,200 40.52
T. A. Keerthinanda Elephant 4,545 25.58
Umbrella 2,707 15.23
S. Marasinghe Key 2,198 12.37
P. A. D. Perera Clock 776 4.37
Sudharma Podiralaham Book 103 0.58
align=left colspan=3Valid Votes17,52998.65
align=left colspan=3Rejected Votes240 1.35
align=left colspan=3Total Polled17,769 100.00
align=left colspan=3Registered Electors23,020
align=left colspan=4Turnout77.19

1960 (July) Parliamentary General Election

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

align=left width="180"Candidate!align=left width="180"Party!align=left width="120"Symbol!align=left width="60"Votes!align=left width="60"%
Hand 8,600 49.57
Chandra KarunaratneElephant 6,874 39.62
Umbrella 1,731 9.98
align=left colspan=3Valid Votes17,20599.18
align=left colspan=3Rejected Votes143 0.82
align=left colspan=3Total Polled17,348 100.00
align=left colspan=3Registered Electors23,020
align=left colspan=4Turnout75.36

1965 Parliamentary General Election

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

align=left width="180"Candidate!align=left width="180"Party!align=left width="120"Symbol!align=left width="60"Votes!align=left width="60"%
Elephant 12,754 50.20
Hand 10,873 42.80
Chair 1,403 5.52
align=left colspan=3Valid Votes25,03098.52
align=left colspan=3Rejected Votes376 1.48
align=left colspan=3Total Polled25,406 100.00
align=left colspan=3Registered Electors30,422
align=left colspan=4Turnout83.51

1970 Parliamentary General Election

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

align=left width="180"Candidate!align=left width="180"Party!align=left width="120"Symbol!align=left width="60"Votes!align=left width="60"%
Hand 16,774 54.41
Elephant 13,672 44.35
Bell 92 0.30
align=left colspan=3Valid Votes30,54199.07
align=left colspan=3Rejected Votes286 0.93
align=left colspan=3Total Polled30,827 100.00
align=left colspan=3Registered Electors35,901
align=left colspan=4Turnout85.87

1977 Parliamentary General Election

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

align=left width="180"Candidate!align=left width="180"Party!align=left width="120"Symbol!align=left width="60"Votes!align=left width="60"%
Elephant 20,946 61.87
Hand 11,739 34.67
Sugathapala Wimalaratne Star 950 2.81
M. P. John Flower 129 0.38
A. Ramanathan Eye 92 0.27
align=left colspan=3Valid Votes33,77099.75
align=left colspan=3Rejected Votes86 0.25
align=left colspan=3Total Polled33,856 100.00
align=left colspan=3Registered Electors39,569
align=left colspan=4Turnout85.56

Notes and References

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