Kandy electoral district 1947 1989 top 5 facts
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.
Contents
- Kandy electoral district 1947 1989 top 5 facts
- Members of Parliament
- 1947 Parliamentary General Election
- 1948 By election
- 1949 By election
- 1952 Parliamentary General Election
- 1954 By election
- 1956 Parliamentary General Election
- 1960 March Parliamentary General Election
- 1960 July Parliamentary General Election
- 1970 Parliamentary General Election
- 1977 Parliamentary General Election
- References
Members of Parliament
Key
Independent Sri Lanka Freedom Party United National Party
1947 Parliamentary General Election
Results of the 1st parliamentary election held between 23 August 1947 and 20 September 1947:
1948 By-election
Results of the 1948 parliamentary by-election held on 18 May 1948:
1949 By-election
Results of the 1948 parliamentary by-election held on 18 June 1949:
1952 Parliamentary General Election
Results of the 2nd parliamentary election held between 24 May 1952 and 30 May 1952:
1954 By-election
Results of the 1954 parliamentary by-election held on 23 October 1954:
1956 Parliamentary General Election
Results of the 3rd parliamentary election held between 5 April 1956 and 10 April 1956:
1960 (March) Parliamentary General Election
Results of the 4th parliamentary election held on 19 March 1960:
1960 (July) Parliamentary General Election
Results of the 5th parliamentary election held on 20 July 1960:
1970 Parliamentary General Election
Results of the 7th parliamentary election held on 27 May 1970:
1977 Parliamentary General Election
Results of the 8th parliamentary election held on 21 July May 1977: