Nawalapitiya electoral district was an electoral district of Sri Lanka between August 1947 and February 1989. The district was named after the town of Nawalapitiya in Kandy 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. Nawalapitiya electoral district was replaced by the Kandy multi-member electoral district at the 1989 general elections, the first under the proportional representation system.
Members of Parliament Key
ElectionMemberPartyTerm 1947 K. Rajalingam CIC 1947-1952 1952Robert Edward JayatilakaIndependent 1952-1956 1956 1956-1960 1960 (March)R. S. PelpolaSLFP 1960 1960 (July) 1960-1965 1965 Chandra Karunaratne UNP 1965-1970 1970 M. S. Aluthgamage SLFP 1970-1977 1977 Chandra Karunaratne UNP 1977-1989
Elections 1947 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 1st parliamentary election held between 23 August 1947 and 20 September 1947:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes% K. Rajalingam Ceylon India Congress Cartwheel 7,933 49.97 Robert Edward Jayatilaka Ceylon Labour Party Umbrella 6,491 40.58 A. H. de Silva Independent Elephant 787 4.92 S. N. Ponniah Independent Hand 336 2.10Valid Votes15,54797.19Rejected Votes 450 2.81Total Polled 15,997 100.00Registered Electors 22,580 Turnout 70.85
1952 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 2nd parliamentary election held between 24 May 1952 and 30 May 1952:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes% Robert Edward Jayatilaka Ceylon Labour Party Star 4,955 74.79 Don Peter Setunga Independent Elephant 965 14.45 K. Shelton de Silva Lanka Sama Samaja Party Umbrella 709 10.62Valid Votes6,62999.25Rejected Votes 50 0.75Total Polled 6,679 100.00Registered Electors 10,082 Turnout 66.25
1956 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 3rd parliamentary election held between 5 April 1956 and 10 April 1956:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes% Robert Edward Jayatilaka Ceylon Labour Party Hand 3,592 46.09 H. E. Wijesuriya United National Party Elephant 2,961 37.99 S. Marasinghe Key 1,193 15.31Valid Votes7,74699.38Rejected Votes 48 0.62Total Polled 7,794 100.00Registered Electors 10,950 Turnout 71.18
1960 (March) Parliamentary General Election Results of the 4th parliamentary election held on 19 March 1960:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes% R. S. Pelpola Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand 7,200 40.52 T. A. Keerthinanda United National Party Elephant 4,545 25.58 Robert Edward Jayatilaka Lanka Prajathanthravadi Pakshaya Umbrella 2,707 15.23 S. Marasinghe Key 2,198 12.37 P. A. D. Perera Clock 776 4.37 Sudharma Podiralaham Book 103 0.58Valid Votes17,52998.65Rejected Votes 240 1.35Total Polled 17,769 100.00Registered Electors 23,020 Turnout 77.19
1960 (July) Parliamentary General Election Results of the 5th parliamentary election held on 20 July 1960:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes% R. S. Pelpola Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand 8,600 49.57 Chandra Karunaratne United National Party Elephant 6,874 39.62 Robert Edward Jayatilaka Lanka Prajathanthravadi Pakshaya Umbrella 1,731 9.98Valid Votes17,20599.18Rejected Votes 143 0.82Total Polled 17,348 100.00Registered Electors 23,020 Turnout 75.36
1965 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 6th parliamentary election held on 22 March 1965:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes% Chandra Karunaratne United National Party Elephant 12,754 50.20 R. S. Pelpola Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand 10,873 42.80 Robert Edward Jayatilaka Independent Chair 1,403 5.52Valid Votes25,03098.52Rejected Votes 376 1.48Total Polled 25,406 100.00Registered Electors 30,422 Turnout 83.51
1970 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 7th parliamentary election held on 27 May 1970:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes% M. S. Aluthgamage Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand 16,774 54.41 Chandra Karunaratne United National Party Elephant 13,672 44.35 A. R. M. Abdul Cader Bell 92 0.30Valid Votes30,54199.07Rejected Votes 286 0.93Total Polled 30,827 100.00Registered Electors 35,901 Turnout 85.87
1977 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 8th parliamentary election held on 21 July 1977:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes% Chandra Karunaratne United National Party Elephant 20,946 61.87 M. S. Aluthgamage Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand 11,739 34.67 Sugathapala Wimalaratne Star 950 2.81 M. P. John Flower 129 0.38 A. Ramanathan Eye 92 0.27Valid Votes33,77099.75Rejected Votes 86 0.25Total Polled 33,856 100.00Registered Electors 39,569 Turnout 85.56
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