Kadugannawa Electoral District

Kadugannawa electoral district was an electoral district of Sri Lanka between August 1947 and March 1960. The district was named after the town of Kadugannawa 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.[1] Kadugannawa electoral district was replaced by the Kandy multi-member electoral district at the 1989 general elections, the first under the proportional representation system. The Kadugannawa electoral district was one of three multi-member constituencies, with two members, the others were Colombo Central and Balangoda.[2]

Members of Parliament

Key

  Independent   SLFP   UNP

ElectionMember 1PartyTermMember 2PartyTerm
1947 E. A. Nugawela UNP 1947 - 1956 H. R. U. Premachandra 1947-1952
1952 C. A. S. Marikkar SLFP 1952 -1956
1956 C. A. S. Marikkar SLFP 1956 - 1960 L. S. Jinasena UNP 1956 -1960

Elections

1947 Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 1st parliamentary election held between 23 August 1947 and 20 September 1947:[3]

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
E. A. NugawelaUnited National PartyScales26,14730.82
H. R. U. PremachandraUnited National PartyKey16,85419.87
S. A. RajapaksaSpoon11,26813.28
V. H. GunasekeraHouse7,6829.06
J. N. JinendradasaLamp7,4978.84
H. B. NikatenneStar5,1706.10
P. B. RanarajaUmbrella2,0942.47
M. B. W. Siri WalgampayaChair1,8272.15
T. B. TennakoonElephant1,6741.97
A. P. MirandoHand7480.88
Valid Votes80,96195.44
Rejected Votes3,8654.56
Total Polled84,826100.00
Registered Electors63,213
Turnout1.34

1952 Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 2nd parliamentary election held between 24 May 1952 and 30 May 1952:[4]

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
E. A. NugawelaUnited National PartyUmbrella30,50333.61
C. A. S. MarikkarSri Lanka Freedom PartyStar26,83729.57
H. R. U. PremachandraUnited National PartyElephant19,78521.80
D. N. NandungeScales7,9818.80
L. B. SamarakoonKey1,0741.18
R. N. Samara VijayaHand7580.84
Valid Votes86,93895.80
Rejected Votes3,8074.20
Total Polled90,745100.00
Registered Electors68,444
Turnout1.33

1956 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
C. A. S. MarikkarSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand42,98240.78
L. S. JinasenaUnited National PartyUmbrella27,48826.08
E. A. NugawelaUnited National PartyElephant24,79023.52
D. B. WijetungaScales5,9035.60
P. R. M. H. Banda NikatenneCartwheel1,2371.17
Valid Votes102,40097.16
Rejected Votes2,9922.84
Total Polled105,392100.00
Registered Electors77,486
Turnout1.36

References
  1. "The Electoral System". Parliament of Sri Lanka.
  2. Gaveshaka (19 August 2007). "First parliamentary elections". Sunday Times. Retrieved 14 October 2017.
  3. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1947" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 10 February 2020.
  4. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1952" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 10 February 2020.
  5. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1956" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 10 February 2020.

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