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

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Key

  Independent   SLFP   UNP

Election Member Party Term
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

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1947 Parliamentary General Election

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

Candidate Party Symbol Votes %
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 2.00
Valid Votes 12,109 96.38
Rejected Votes 455 3.62
Total Polled 12,564 100.00
Registered Electors 17,092
Turnout 73.51

1952 Parliamentary General Election

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

Candidate Party Symbol Votes %
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 12.63
Valid Votes 5,803 98.94
Rejected Votes 62 1.06
Total Polled 5,865 100.00
Registered Electors 7,749
Turnout 75.69

1956 Parliamentary General Election

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

Candidate Party Symbol Votes %
J. D. Weerasekera Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand 4,130 60.68
Ukku Banda Unamboowe United National Party Elephant 2,607 38.30
Valid Votes 6,737 98.99
Rejected Votes 69 1.01
Total Polled 6,806 100.00
Registered Electors 8,898
Turnout 76.49

References

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  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.