Aranayaka Electoral District

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Aranayaka electoral district was an electoral district of Sri Lanka between July 1977 and February 1989. The district was named after the town of Aranayaka in Kegalle District, Sabaragamuwa 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] Aranayaka electoral district was replaced by the Kegalle 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  

Election Member Party Term
1977 United National Party 1977-1989

Elections[]

1977 Parliamentary General Election[]

Results of the 8th parliamentary election held on 21 July 1977 for the district:[2]

Candidate Party Symbol Votes %
United National Party Elephant 15,758 61.03
Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand 9,578 37.10
T. Piyadasa Key 300 0.49
H. G. Gunaratna Lamp 127 3.02
Valid Votes 25,763 99.78
Rejected Votes 57 0.22
Total Polled 25,820 100.00
Registered Electors 29,269
Turnout 88.22

References[]

  1. ^ "The Electoral System". Parliament of Sri Lanka.
  2. ^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1977" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 9 July 2018.[permanent dead link]

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