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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.

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ElectionMemberPartyTerm
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]

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
C. V. Velupillai Ceylon Indian Congress Hand10,64578.65
P. M. Velchamy Lanka Sama Samaja Party Star9356.91
H. V. Ram Iswera Independent Bicycle8015.92
T. Sandanam Independent Elephant6845.05
Valid Votes13,06596.53
Rejected Votes4693.47
Total Polled13,534100.00
Registered Electors19,299
Turnout70.13

1952 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
H. E. P. de Mel United National Party Star1,19854.11
Edmund WanigasekeraHand84638.21
Mohandas de MelLamp1336.01
Valid Votes2,17798.33
Rejected Votes371.67
Total Polled2,214100.00
Registered Electors2,912
Turnout76.03

1956 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Kalyanaratne Hemachandra United National Party Elephant1,72052.01
Edmund Wanigasekera Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand1,56047.17
Valid Votes3,28099.18
Rejected Votes270.82
Total Polled3,307100.00
Registered Electors4,057
Turnout81.51

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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.