Galaha electoral district was an electoral district of Sri Lanka between August 1947 and March 1960. The district was named after the town of Galaha 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] Galaha electoral district was replaced by the Kandy multi-member electoral district at the 1989 general elections, the first under the proportional representation system.

Members of Parliament

Key

  Independent   SLFP   UNP

ElectionMemberPartyTerm
1947 Theodore Braybrooke Panabokke United National Party 1947 - 1956
1952
1956 T. B. Ilangaratne Sri Lanka Freedom Party 1956 - 1960

Elections

1947 Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 1st parliamentary election held between 23 August 1947 and 20 September 1947:[2]

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Theodore Braybrooke PanabokkeUnited National PartyPair of Scales7,63827.57
P. N. JayasenaStar5,28919.09
G. R. RajapriyarCartwheel5,14318.57
C. A. S. MarikkarHand4,39915.88
W. A. B. SoysaElephant3,16911.44
B. H. DunuwilaHouse1,3454.86
Valid Votes26,98397.41
Rejected Votes7182.59
Total Polled27,701100.00
Registered Electors37,874
Turnout73.14

1952 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Theodore Braybrooke PanabokkeUnited National PartyHouse10,96247.69
Piyasena TennakoonPair of Scales6,35627.63
Stanley Edward, SirimanneHand4,72520.56
Seetha Kumari WalgampayaElephant5962.59
Valid Votes22,63998.50
Rejected Votes3461.50
Total Polled22,985100.00
Registered Electors32,774
Turnout70.13

1956 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
T. B. IlangaratneSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand16,92461.21
Theodore Braybrooke PanabokkeUnited National PartyElephant10,49037.94
Valid Votes27,41499.14
Rejected Votes2370.86
Total Polled27,651100.00
Registered Electors38,400
Turnout72.00

References

  1. ↑ "The Electoral System". Parliament of Sri Lanka.
  2. ↑ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1947" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 5 July 2018.
  3. ↑ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1952" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 5 July 2018.
  4. ↑ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1956" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 5 July 2018.

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