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. 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.
Members of Parliament Key
ElectionMemberPartyTerm 1947 C. V. Velupillai Ceylon India Congress 1947–1952 1952 H. E. P. de MelUnited 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:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes% C. V. Velupillai Ceylon Indian Congress Hand 10,645 78.65 P. M. Velchamy Lanka Sama Samaja Party Star 935 6.91 H. V. Ram Iswera Independent Bicycle 801 5.92 T. Sandanam Independent Elephant 684 5.05Valid Votes13,06596.53Rejected Votes469 3.47Total Polled13,534 100.00Registered Electors19,299 Turnout70.13
1952 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 2nd parliamentary election held between 24 May 1952 and 30 May 1952:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes% H. E. P. de Mel United National Party Star 1,198 54.11 Edmund Wanigasekera Hand 846 38.21 Mohandas de Mel Lamp 133 6.01Valid Votes2,17798.33Rejected Votes37 1.67Total Polled2,214 100.00Registered Electors2,912 Turnout76.03
1956 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 3rd parliamentary election held between 5 April 1956 and 10 April 1956:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes% Kalyanaratne Hemachandra United National Party Elephant 1,720 52.01 Edmund Wanigasekera Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand 1,560 47.17Valid Votes3,28099.18Rejected Votes27 0.82Total Polled3,307 100.00Registered Electors4,057 Turnout81.51
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