Kalyanaratne Hemachandra

Hon.
Kalyanaratne Hemachandra
Member of the Ceylonese Parliament
for Talawake
In office
19 April 1956 – 5 December 1959
Preceded byH. E. P. de Mel
Succeeded byseat abolished
Personal details
Died(1962-07-06)6 July 1962
NationalityCeylonese
Political partyUnited National Party
Occupationplanter, merchant, politician

Kalyanaratne Hemachandra (died 6 July 1962) was a Ceylonese planter, merchant and politician.[1][2]

In January 1948 he was elected as one of the inaugural members of the Talawakelle - Lindula Urban Council,[3] a position he retained until his death in 1962.[4]

At the 3rd parliamentary elections, held on 5 April 1956, Hemachandra ran as the United National Party candidate in the Talawakelle electorate. He received 1,720 votes (52% of the total vote) defeating the Sri Lanka Freedom Party candidate, Edmund Wanigasekera, by 160 votes.[5]

  1. ^ "Hon. Hemachandra, Kalyanaratne, M.P." Parliament of Sri Lanka. Retrieved 10 September 2018.
  2. ^ Members of the Legislatures of Ceylon, 1931-1972. National State Assembly Library. 1972. p. 62.
  3. ^ Parliament of Ceylon (1956). "Ceylon Sessional Papers". Government Press: 41. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  4. ^ De Silva, G. P. S. Harischandra (1979). A Statistical Survey of Elections to the Legislatures of Sri Lanka, 1911-1977. Marga Institute. p. 270.
  5. ^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1956" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 22 September 2017.