Anuradhapura West Electoral District
Anuradhapura West electoral district was an electoral district of Sri Lanka between July 1977 and February 1989. The district was named after the town of Anuradhapura in Anuradhapura District, North 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] Anuradhapura West electoral district was replaced by the Anuradhapura multi-member electoral district at the 1989 general elections, the first under the proportional representation system, though Anuradhapura continues to be a polling division of the multi-member electoral district.
Members of Parliament[]
Key
Independent Sri Lanka Freedom Party United National Party
| Election | Member | Party | Term | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1977 | United National Party | 1970-89 | ||
Elections[]
1977 Parliamentary General Election[]
Results of the 8th parliamentary election held on 21 July 1977:[2]
| Candidate | Party | Symbol | Votes | % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United National Party | Elephant | 13,942 | 53.00 | |
| Herath Banda Semasinghe | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Hand | 11,087 | 42.18 |
| K. H. Chandrapala | Bell | 797 | 3.03 | |
| Kalu Bandage Mudiyanse | Star | 354 | 1.35 | |
| Valid Votes | 26,180 | 99.53 | ||
| Rejected Votes | 125 | 0.48 | ||
| Total Polled | 26,305 | 100.00 | ||
| Registered Electors | 30,233 | |||
| Turnout | 87.01 | |||
References[]
- ^ "The Electoral System". Parliament of Sri Lanka.
- ^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1977" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 10 December 2018.
- Former electoral districts of Sri Lanka
- Politics of Anuradhapura District