Kotagala Electoral District

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.[1] 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

  Independent     Sri Lanka Freedom Party     United National Party  

ElectionMemberPartyTerm
1947 K. Kumaravelu Ceylon Indian Congress 1947 - 1952
1952 U. B. 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:[2]

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
K. KumaraveluCeylon India CongressElephant6,72253.50
U. B. JayasunderaIndependentCartwheel3,17925.30
T. EdwardsUnited National PartyHand1,1759.35
E. WanigasekeraKey7826.22
S. ChelliahStar2512.00
Valid Votes12,10996.38
Rejected Votes4553.62
Total Polled12,564100.00
Registered Electors17,092
Turnout73.51

1952 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
U. B. UnambooweUnited National PartyHand2,71146.22
J. D. WeerasekeraIndependentWheel1,57726.89
U. B. JayasunderaIndependentStar77413.20
K. M. BandaraSri Lanka Freedom PartyElephant74112.63
Valid Votes5,80398.94
Rejected Votes621.06
Total Polled5,865100.00
Registered Electors7,749
Turnout75.69

1956 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
J. D. WeerasekeraSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand4,13060.68
U. B. UnambooweUnited National PartyElephant2,60738.30
Valid Votes6,73798.99
Rejected Votes691.01
Total Polled6,806100.00
Registered Electors8,898
Turnout76.49

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.

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