Talawakelle Electoral District

Talawakelle electoral district was an electoral district of Sri Lanka between August 1947 and March 1960. The district was named after the town of Talawakelle 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] Talawakelle electoral district was replaced by the Nuwara Eliya multi-member electoral district at the 1989 general elections, the first under the proportional representation system, continues to be a polling division of the multi-member electoral district.

Members of Parliament

Key

  Independent   SLFP   UNP

Election Member Party Term
1947 C. V. Velupillai Ceylon India Congress 1947-1952
1952 H. E. P. de Mel United National Party 1952-1956
1956 Kalyanaratne Hemachandra 1956-1960

Elections

1947 Parliamentary General Election

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

Candidate Party Symbol Votes %
C. V. Velupillai Ceylon Indian Congress Hand 10,645 78.65
P. M. Velchamy Lanka Sama Samaja Party Star 935 6.91
H. V. Ram Iswera Independent Bicycle 801 5.92
T. Sandanam Independent Elephant 684 5.05
Valid Votes 13,065 96.53
Rejected Votes 469 3.47
Total Polled 13,534 100.00
Registered Electors 19,299
Turnout 70.13

1952 Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 2nd parliamentary election held between 24 May 1952 and 30 May 1952:[3]

Candidate Party Symbol Votes %
H. E. P. de Mel United National Party Star 1,198 54.11
Edmund Wanigasekera Hand 846 38.21
Mohandas de Mel Lamp 133 6.01
Valid Votes 2,177 98.33
Rejected Votes 37 1.67
Total Polled 2,214 100.00
Registered Electors 2,912
Turnout 76.03

1956 Parliamentary General Election

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

Candidate Party Symbol Votes %
Kalyanaratne Hemachandra United National Party Elephant 1,720 52.01
Edmund Wanigasekera Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand 1,560 47.17
Valid Votes 3,280 99.18
Rejected Votes 27 0.82
Total Polled 3,307 100.00
Registered Electors 4,057
Turnout 81.51

References

  1. ^ "The Electoral System". Parliament of Sri Lanka.
  2. ^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1947" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 22 September 2017.
  3. ^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1952" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 22 September 2017.
  4. ^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1956" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 22 September 2017.