Maskeliya Electoral District

Maskeliya electoral district was an electoral district of Sri Lanka between August 1947 and July 1977. The district was named after the town of Maskeliya 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.[1] Maskeliya electoral district was replaced by the Nuwara Eliya multi-member electoral district at the 1989 general elections, the first under the proportional representation system.

Members of Parliament

Key

 Independent    Sri Lanka Freedom Party    United National Party  

ElectionMemberPartyTerm
1947
1952
1956
1960 (March) Donald J. Ranaweera
1960 (July) Edmund Wijesuriya
1965 Edmund Wijesuriya
1970 P. Gamini Ariyatilake

Elections

1947 Parliamentary General Election

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1952 Parliamentary General Election

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1956 Parliamentary General Election

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1960 (March) Parliamentary General Election

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Donald J. Ranaweera [[ ]]
Sooriyasena Jinadasa [[ ]]
P. Gamini Ariyatilake [[ ]]
V. K. Vellayan [[ ]]
R. B. Gannewa [[ ]]
Effie Jayatillake [[ ]]
Yakandawala L. Senanayake [[ ]]
Piyadasa Welhena [[ ]]
P.P. Pillai [[ ]]
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1960 (July) Parliamentary General Election

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Edmund Wijesuriya [[ ]]
D. J. Ranaweera [[ ]]
N. P Banda [[ ]]
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Total Polled
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1965 Parliamentary General Election

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Edmund Wijesuriya [[ ]] Elephant 11,024 56.85
P. Gamini Ariyatilake SLFP Hand 7,851 40.49
D. B. Rajapaksa [[ ]] Butterfly 233 1.20
Valid Votes19,10898.54
Rejected Votes284 1.46
Total Polled19,392 100.00
Registered Electors22,808
Turnout85.02

1970 Parliamentary General Election

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
P. Gamini Ariyatilake SLFP Hand 10,783 45.75
Edmund Wijesuriya UNP Elephant 10,087 42.50
V. K. Vellaiyen [[ ]] Umbrella 1,412 5.95
D. J. Ranaweera [[ ]] Butterfly 1,289 5.43
Valid Votes23,57199.31
Rejected Votes163 0.69
Total Polled23,734 100.00
Registered Electors27,945
Turnout84.93

References

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