Kandy (Mahanuwara) electoral district was an electoral district of Sri Lanka between August 1947 and February 1989. The district was named after the town of Kandy 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. Kandy electoral district was replaced by the Kandy multi-member electoral district at the 1989 general elections, the first under the proportional representation system, Kandy continues to be a polling division of the multi-member electoral district.
Members of Parliament Key
ElectionMemberPartyTerm 1947 George E. de Silva United National Party 1947 -1948 1948 by-election Tikiri Bandara Ilangaratne Independent 1948 - 1949 1949 by-election Tamara Kumari Ilangaratne 1949 -1952 1952 E. L. Senanayake United National Party 1952 -1954 1954 by-election Fredrick de Silva 1954 -1956 1956 Piyasena Tennakoon Sri Lanka Freedom Party 1956 - 1960 1960 (March) E. L. Senanayake United National Party 1960 - 1989 1960 (July) 1965 1970 1977
Elections 1947 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 1st parliamentary election held between 23 August 1947 and 20 September 1947:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes% George E. de Silva Elephant 7,942 42.85 T. B. Ilangaratne Hand 7,737 41.75 A. Godamune Flower 2,350 12.68 T. B. Wadugodapitiya Cartwheel 172 0.93Valid Votes18,20198.20Rejected Votes332 1.79Total Polled18,533 100.00Registered Electors32,119Turnout57.70
1948 By-election Results of the 1948 parliamentary by-election held on 18 May 1948:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes% T. B. Ilangaratne Umbrella 10,365 60.88 F. E. de Silva Pair of Scales 6,508 39.38 D. B. Wadugodapitiya Cup 165 0.97Valid Votes17,026100.00Rejected Votes- 0.0Total Polled17,026 100.00Registered Electors32,119 Turnout53.01
1949 By-election Results of the 1948 parliamentary by-election held on 18 June 1949:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes% Tamara Kumari Illangaratne Star 10,062 50.75 A. C. L. Ratwatte Hand 8,012 40.41 R. E. Jayatilleke Elephant 1,137 5.73 D. B. Wagugodapitiya Cartwheel 270 1.36Valid Votes19,48198.26Rejected Votes346 1.75Total Polled19,827 100.00Registered Electors33,160 Turnout59.79
1952 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 2nd parliamentary election held between 24 May 1952 and 30 May 1952:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes% E. L. Senanayake Wheel 11,349 58.45 Tamara Kumari Illangaratne Umbrella 7,644 39.37 Thilakaratnam Somasundaram Star 277 1.43Valid Votes19,27099.24Rejected Votes148 0.76Total Polled19,418 100.00Registered Electors27,707 Turnout70.01
1954 By-election Results of the 1954 parliamentary by-election held on 23 October 1954:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes% Fredrick de Silva Star 9,892 50.79Piyasena Tennakoon Elephant 9,493 48.74Valid Votes19,38599.54Rejected Votes90 0.46Total Polled19,475 100.00Registered Electors30,821 Turnout63.19
1956 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 3rd parliamentary election held between 5 April 1956 and 10 April 1956:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes% Piyasena Tennakoon Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand 11,005 52.78 E. L. Senanayake United National Party Elephant 9,766 46.84Valid Votes20,77199.63Rejected Votes78 0.37Total Polled20,849 100.00Registered Electors33,184 Turnout62.83
1960 (March) Parliamentary General Election Results of the 4th parliamentary election held on 19 March 1960:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes% E. L. Senanayake United National Party Elephant 6,924 51.54 W. S. Karunaratne Cartwheel 5,300 39.45 H. A. C. Wickremaratne Sun 950 7.07 M. L. Cooray Umbrella 173 1.29Valid Votes13,34799.34Rejected Votes88 0.66Total Polled13,435 100.00Registered Electors18,252 Turnout73.61
1960 (July) Parliamentary General Election Results of the 5th parliamentary election held on 20 July 1960:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes% E. L. Senanayake United National Party Elephant 7,496 54.99 S. L. Ratwatte Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand 6,087 44.65Valid Votes13,58399.64Rejected Votes49 0.36Total Polled13,632 100.00Registered Electors18,252 Turnout74.69
1965 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 6th parliamentary election held on 22 March 1965:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes% E. L. Senanayake United National Party Elephant 10,264 59.52 G. B. de Silva Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand 6,827 39.59Valid Votes17,09199.11Rejected Votes 153 0.89Total Polled 17,244 100.00Registered Electors 20,910 Turnout 82.47
1970 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 7th parliamentary election held on 27 May 1970:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes% E. L. Senanayake United National Party Elephant 11,150 52.19 G. B. de Silva Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand 10,121 47.38Valid Votes21,271 99.57Rejected Votes92 0.43Total Polled21,363 100.00Registered Electors25,809 Turnout82.77
1977 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 8th parliamentary election held on 21 July May 1977:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes% E. L. Senanayake United National Party Elephant 14,154 64.40 H. M. Navaratne Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand 7,043 32.04 G. B. de Silva Pair of Scales 673 3.06 M. B. C. Ehaleypola Cartwheel 36 0.16Valid Votes21,90699.67Rejected Votes 73 0.33Total Polled 21,979 100.00Registered Electors 26,921 Turnout 81.64
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