Kadugannawa electoral district was an electoral district of Sri Lanka between August 1947 and March 1960. The district was named after the town of Kadugannawa 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. Kadugannawa electoral district was replaced by the Kandy multi-member electoral district at the 1989 general elections, the first under the proportional representation system. The Kadugannawa electoral district was one of three multi-member constituencies, with two members, the others were Colombo Central and Balangoda.
Members of Parliament Key
ElectionMember 1PartyTermMember 2PartyTerm 1947 E. A. Nugawela UNP 1947 - 1956 H. R. U. Premachandra 1947-1952 1952 C. A. S. Marikkar SLFP 1952 -1956 1956 C. A. S. Marikkar SLFP 1956 - 1960 L. S. Jinasena UNP 1956 -1960
Elections 1947 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 1st parliamentary election held between 23 August 1947 and 20 September 1947:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes% E. A. Nugawela United National Party Scales 26,147 30.82 H. R. U. Premachandra United National Party Key 16,854 19.87 S. A. Rajapaksa Spoon 11,268 13.28 V. H. Gunasekera House 7,682 9.06 J. N. Jinendradasa Lamp 7,497 8.84 H. B. Nikatenne Star 5,170 6.10 P. B. Ranaraja Umbrella 2,094 2.47 M. B. W. Siri Walgampaya Chair 1,827 2.15 T. B. Tennakoon Elephant 1,674 1.97 A. P. Mirando Hand 748 0.88Valid Votes80,96195.44Rejected Votes3,865 4.56Total Polled84,826 100.00Registered Electors63,213 Turnout1.34
1952 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 2nd parliamentary election held between 24 May 1952 and 30 May 1952:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes% E. A. Nugawela United National Party Umbrella 30,503 33.61 C. A. S. Marikkar Sri Lanka Freedom Party Star 26,837 29.57 H. R. U. Premachandra United National Party Elephant 19,785 21.80 D. N. Nandunge Scales 7,981 8.80 L. B. Samarakoon Key 1,074 1.18 R. N. Samara Vijaya Hand 758 0.84Valid Votes86,93895.80Rejected Votes3,807 4.20Total Polled90,745 100.00Registered Electors68,444 Turnout1.33
1956 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 3rd parliamentary election held between 5 April 1956 and 10 April 1956:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes% C. A. S. Marikkar Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand 42,982 40.78 L. S. Jinasena United National Party Umbrella 27,488 26.08 E. A. Nugawela United National Party Elephant 24,790 23.52 D. B. Wijetunga Scales 5,903 5.60 P. R. M. H. Banda Nikatenne Cartwheel 1,237 1.17Valid Votes102,40097.16Rejected Votes2,992 2.84Total Polled105,392 100.00Registered Electors77,486 Turnout1.36
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