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. 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
ElectionMemberPartyTerm 1947 Savumiamoorthy Thondaman Ceylon India Congress 1947-1952 1952 P. P. Sumanatilaka United National Party 1952-1956 1956 M. A. D. DissanayakeSri Lanka Freedom Party 1956-1960 1960 (March)T. William Fernando1960-1965 1960 (July) 1965 D. J. RanaweeraUnited National Party 1965-1970 1970Gamini Dissanayake1970-1977 1972 by-election
Elections 1947 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 1st parliamentary election held between 23 August 1947 and 20 September 1947:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes% Savumiamoorthy Thondaman Ceylon Workers' Congress Star 9,386 66.69 James Thevathasam Rutnam Hand 3,251 23.10 Lorensz Perera Elephant 1,124 7.99Valid Votes13,76197.78Rejected Votes313 2.22Total Polled14,074 100.00Registered Electors24,295 Turnout57.93
1952 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 2nd parliamentary election held between 24 May 1952 and 30 May 1952:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes% P. P. Sumanatilaka United National Party Star 3,852 64.10 Vijayaratanam Vijayaratnasingham Lamp 849 14.13 James Thevathasam Rutnam Elephant 842 14.01 Anthony Joseph Meary de Silva Hand 391 6.50Valid Votes5,93498.75Rejected Votes75 1.25Total Polled6,009 100.00Registered Electors9,279 Turnout 64.76
1956 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 3rd parliamentary election held between 5 April 1956 and 10 April 1956:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes% M. A. D. Dissanayake Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand 4,681 60.36 P. P. Sumanatilaka United National Party Elephant 3,008 38.79Valid Votes7,68999.15Rejected Votes66 0.85Total Polled7,755 100.00Registered Electors11,844 Turnout65.48
1960 (March) Parliamentary General Election Results of the 4th parliamentary election held on 19 March 1960:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes% T. William Fernando Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand 2,397 Peter Mellaratchy United National Party Elephant 1,969 Savumiamoorthy Thondaman Ceylon Workers' Congress Tree 1,940 E. Wanigasekera Scales 1,100 U. K. Wilfred Silva Key 843 K. R. A. Pelpola Umbrella 322 Rajah Seneviratne Sewing Machine 320 D. K. D. Jinendrapala Star 240 Hubert Medagama Clock 56 Valid Votes9,18799.28Rejected Votes67 0.72Total Polled9,254 100.00Registered Electors12,195 Turnout75.88
1960 (July) Parliamentary General Election Results of the 5th parliamentary election held on 20 July 1960:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes% T. William Fernando Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand 4,257 49.34 P. P. Sumanatilaka United National Party Elephant 3,421 39.65 Edmund Wanigasekera Cartwheel 891 10.33Valid Votes8,56999.32Rejected Votes59 0.68Total Polled8,628 100.00Registered Electors12,195 Turnout70.75
1965 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 6th parliamentary election held on 22 March 1965:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes% D. J. Ranaweera United National Party Elephant 10,347 64.24 T. William Fernando Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand 5,509 34.20 N. Sivagnanam Bell 87 0.54Valid Votes15,94398.97Rejected Votes165 1.02Total Polled16,108 100.00Registered Electors19,688 Turnout81.82
1970 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 7th parliamentary election held on 27 May 1970:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes% Gamini Dissanayake United National Party Elephant 10,887 54.41 T. William Fernando Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand 8,810 44.03 C. V. Velupillai Lamp 170 0.85Valid Votes19,86799.29Rejected Votes143 0.71Total Polled20,010 100.00Registered Electors24,027 Turnout83.28
1972 Parliamentary By-Election Results of the parliamentary by-election held on 9 October 1972:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes% Gamini Dissanayake United National Party Elephant 11,963 53.39Herath Mudiyanselage Abeysinghe Hand 10,092 45.04Bandara Weerakoon Madawala Cartwheel 98 0.44Don Seneviratne Lamp 92 0.41P. Murugiah Abiman Sun 52 0.23 Valid Votes22,29799.50Rejected Votes112 0.50Total Polled22,409 100.00Registered Electors24,027 Turnout93.27
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