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. 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
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:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes% Theodore Braybrooke Panabokke United National Party Pair of Scales 7,638 27.57 P. N. Jayasena Star 5,289 19.09 G. R. Rajapriyar Cartwheel 5,143 18.57 C. A. S. Marikkar Hand 4,399 15.88 W. A. B. Soysa Elephant 3,169 11.44 B. H. Dunuwila House 1,345 4.86Valid Votes26,98397.41Rejected Votes718 2.59Total Polled27,701 100.00Registered Electors37,874 Turnout73.14
1952 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 2nd parliamentary election held between 24 May 1952 and 30 May 1952:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes% Theodore Braybrooke Panabokke United National Party House 10,962 47.69 Piyasena Tennakoon Pair of Scales 6,356 27.63 Stanley Edward, Sirimanne Hand 4,725 20.56 Seetha Kumari Walgampaya Elephant 596 2.59Valid Votes22,63998.50Rejected Votes346 1.50Total Polled22,985 100.00Registered Electors32,774 Turnout70.13
1956 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 3rd parliamentary election held between 5 April 1956 and 10 April 1956:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes% T. B. Ilangaratne Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand 16,924 61.21 Theodore Braybrooke Panabokke United National Party Elephant 10,490 37.94Valid Votes27,41499.14Rejected Votes237 0.86Total Polled27,651 100.00Registered Electors38,400 Turnout72.00
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