Kandy Electoral District (1947–1989)

Kandy (Mahanuwara) electoral district was an electoral district of Sri Lanka between August 1947 and February 1989. The district was named after the town of Kandy 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] Kandy electoral district was replaced by the Kandy multi-member electoral district at the 1989 general elections, the first under the proportional representation system, Kandy 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 George E. de Silva United National Party 1947 -1948
1948 by-election Tikiri Bandara Ilangaratne Independent 1948 - 1949
1949 by-election Tamara Kumari Ilangaratne 1949 -1952
1952 E. L. Senanayake United National Party 1952 -1954
1954 by-election Fredrick de Silva 1954 -1956
1956 Piyasena Tennakoon Sri Lanka Freedom Party 1956 - 1960
1960 (March) E. L. Senanayake United National Party 1960 - 1989
1960 (July)
1965
1970
1977

Elections

1947 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
George E. de SilvaElephant7,94242.85
T. B. IlangaratneHand7,73741.75
A. GodamuneFlower2,35012.68
T. B. WadugodapitiyaCartwheel1720.93
Valid Votes18,20198.20
Rejected Votes3321.79
Total Polled18,533100.00
Registered Electors32,119
Turnout57.70

1948 By-election

Results of the 1948 parliamentary by-election held on 18 May 1948:[3]

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
T. B. IlangaratneUmbrella10,36560.88
F. E. de SilvaPair of Scales6,50839.38
D. B. WadugodapitiyaCup1650.97
Valid Votes17,026100.00
Rejected Votes-0.0
Total Polled17,026100.00
Registered Electors32,119
Turnout53.01

1949 By-election

Results of the 1948 parliamentary by-election held on 18 June 1949:[3]

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Tamara Kumari IllangaratneStar10,06250.75
A. C. L. RatwatteHand8,01240.41
R. E. JayatillekeElephant1,1375.73
D. B. WagugodapitiyaCartwheel2701.36
Valid Votes19,48198.26
Rejected Votes3461.75
Total Polled19,827100.00
Registered Electors33,160
Turnout59.79

1952 Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 2nd parliamentary election held between 24 May 1952 and 30 May 1952:[4]

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
E. L. SenanayakeWheel11,34958.45
Tamara Kumari IllangaratneUmbrella7,64439.37
Thilakaratnam SomasundaramStar2771.43
Valid Votes19,27099.24
Rejected Votes1480.76
Total Polled19,418100.00
Registered Electors27,707
Turnout70.01

1954 By-election

Results of the 1954 parliamentary by-election held on 23 October 1954:[3]

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Fredrick de SilvaStar9,89250.79
Piyasena TennakoonElephant9,49348.74
Valid Votes19,38599.54
Rejected Votes900.46
Total Polled19,475100.00
Registered Electors30,821
Turnout63.19

1956 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Piyasena TennakoonSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand11,00552.78
E. L. SenanayakeUnited National PartyElephant9,76646.84
Valid Votes20,77199.63
Rejected Votes780.37
Total Polled20,849100.00
Registered Electors33,184
Turnout62.83

1960 (March) Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 4th parliamentary election held on 19 March 1960:[6]

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
E. L. SenanayakeUnited National PartyElephant6,92451.54
W. S. KarunaratneCartwheel5,30039.45
H. A. C. WickremaratneSun9507.07
M. L. CoorayUmbrella1731.29
Valid Votes13,34799.34
Rejected Votes880.66
Total Polled13,435100.00
Registered Electors18,252
Turnout73.61

1960 (July) Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 5th parliamentary election held on 20 July 1960:[7]

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
E. L. SenanayakeUnited National PartyElephant7,49654.99
S. L. RatwatteSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand6,08744.65
Valid Votes13,58399.64
Rejected Votes490.36
Total Polled13,632100.00
Registered Electors18,252
Turnout74.69

1965 Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 6th parliamentary election held on 22 March 1965:[8]

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
E. L. SenanayakeUnited National PartyElephant10,26459.52
G. B. de SilvaSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand6,82739.59
Valid Votes17,09199.11
Rejected Votes1530.89
Total Polled17,244100.00
Registered Electors20,910
Turnout82.47

1970 Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 7th parliamentary election held on 27 May 1970:[9]

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
E. L. SenanayakeUnited National PartyElephant11,15052.19
G. B. de SilvaSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand10,12147.38
Valid Votes21,271 99.57
Rejected Votes920.43
Total Polled21,363100.00
Registered Electors25,809
Turnout82.77

1977 Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 8th parliamentary election held on 21 July May 1977:[10]

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
E. L. SenanayakeUnited National PartyElephant14,15464.40
H. M. NavaratneSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand7,04332.04
G. B. de SilvaPair of Scales6733.06
M. B. C. EhaleypolaCartwheel360.16
Valid Votes21,90699.67
Rejected Votes730.33
Total Polled21,979100.00
Registered Electors26,921
Turnout81.64

References
  1. "The Electoral System". Parliament of Sri Lanka.
  2. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1947" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 10 February 2020.
  3. "Results of By –Elections held subsequent to Parliamentary General Election 1947" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka.
  4. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1952" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 10 February 2020.
  5. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1956" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 10 February 2020.
  6. "Result of Parliamentary General Election March 1960" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 10 February 2020.
  7. "Result of Parliamentary General Election July 1960" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 10 February 2020.
  8. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1965" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 10 February 2020.
  9. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1970" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 10 February 2020.
  10. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1977" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 10 February 2020.

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