Nuwara Eliya Electoral District (1947–1989) Explained

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

	Member	Party	Term
1947	Savumiamoorthy Thondaman	Ceylon India Congress	1947-1952
1952		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)	T. William Fernando		1960-1965
1965	D. J. Ranaweera	United National Party	1965-1970
1970	Gamini Dissanayake		1970-1977
1972 by-election	Gamini Dissanayake		1970-1977

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

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	3,852	64.10
Vijayaratanam Vijayaratnasingham		Lamp	849	14.13
		Elephant	842	14.01
Anthony Joseph Meary de Silva		Hand	391	6.50
align=left colspan=3	Valid Votes	5,934	98.75
align=left colspan=3	Rejected Votes	75	1.25
align=left colspan=3	Total Polled	6,009	100.00
align=left colspan=3	Registered Electors	9,279
align=left colspan=4	Turnout	64.76

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

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

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

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

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

Results of the parliamentary by-election held on 9 October 1972:^[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	11,963	53.39
Herath Mudiyanselage Abeysinghe		Hand	10,092	45.04
Bandara Weerakoon Madawala		Cartwheel	98	0.44
Don Seneviratne		Lamp	92	0.41
P. Murugiah Abiman		Sun	52	0.23
align=left colspan=3	Valid Votes	22,297	99.50
align=left colspan=3	Rejected Votes	112	0.50
align=left colspan=3	Total Polled	22,409	100.00
align=left colspan=3	Registered Electors	24,027
align=left colspan=4	Turnout	93.27

Web site: The Electoral System. Parliament of Sri Lanka.
Web site: Result of Parliamentary General Election 1947 . Department of Elections, Sri Lanka . 17 March 2017 .
Web site: Result of Parliamentary General Election 1952 . Department of Elections, Sri Lanka . 17 March 2017 .
Web site: Result of Parliamentary General Election 1956 . Department of Elections, Sri Lanka . 17 March 2017.
Web site: Result of Parliamentary General Election 19 March 1960. Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. 17 March 2017.
Web site: Result of Parliamentary General Election 20 July 1960 . Department of Elections, Sri Lanka . 17 March 2017 .
Web site: Result of Parliamentary General Election 1965 . Department of Elections, Sri Lanka . 13 September 2017 .
Web site: Result of Parliamentary General Election 1970 . Department of Elections, Sri Lanka . 17 March 2017 .
Web site: Results of the Parliamentary By Elections held between 1947 - 1988 . Department of Elections, Sri Lanka . 13 September 2017 .