Kotagala electoral district was an electoral district of Sri Lanka between August 1947 and March 1960. The district was named after the town of Kotagala 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. Kotagala electoral district was replaced by the Nuwara Eliya multi-member electoral district at the 1989 general elections, the first under the proportional representation system.
Members of Parliament Key
ElectionMemberPartyTerm 1947 Karuppiah Kumaravelu Ceylon Indian Congress 1947 - 1952 1952 Ukku Banda Unamboowe United National Party 1952 - 1956 1956 J. D. Weerasekara Sri Lanka Freedom Party 1956 - 1960
Elections 1947 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 1st parliamentary election held between 23 August 1947 and 20 September 1947:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes% Karuppiah Kumaravelu Ceylon India Congress Elephant 6,722 53.50 U. B. Jayasundera Independent Cartwheel 3,179 25.30 T. Edwards United National Party Hand 1,175 9.35 E. Wanigasekera Key 782 6.22 S. Chelliah Star 251 2.00Valid Votes12,10996.38Rejected Votes455 3.62Total Polled12,564100.00Registered Electors17,092Turnout73.51
1952 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 2nd parliamentary election held between 24 May 1952 and 30 May 1952:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes% Ukku Banda Unamboowe United National Party Hand 2,711 46.22 J. D. Weerasekera Independent Wheel 1,577 26.89 U. B. Jayasundera Independent Star 774 13.20 K. M. Bandara Sri Lanka Freedom Party Elephant 741 12.63Valid Votes5,80398.94Rejected Votes62 1.06Total Polled5,865 100.00Registered Electors7,749 Turnout75.69
1956 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 3rd parliamentary election held between 5 April 1956 and 10 April 1956:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes% J. D. Weerasekera Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand 4,130 60.68 Ukku Banda Unamboowe United National Party Elephant 2,607 38.30Valid Votes6,73798.99Rejected Votes69 1.01Total Polled6,806 100.00Registered Electors8,898 Turnout76.49
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