Eheliyagoda Electoral District

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Eheliyagoda electoral district was an electoral district of Sri Lanka between July 1977 and February 1989. The district was named after the town of Eheliyagoda in Ratnapura 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] Eheliyagoda electoral district was replaced by the Ratnapura 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 Mervyn Kularatne United National Party

Elections[]

1977 Parliamentary General Election[]

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

Candidate Party Symbol Votes %
Mervyn Kularatne Elephant 21,776 50.54
Vasudeva Nanayakkara Umbrella 14,804 34.36
Dharmaprema Jayawardena Hand 6,128 14.22
T. Dharmapala Tree 211 0.49
Rohana Wijesighe Lamp 103 0.24
Wickremasinghe Jayasekera Bell 42 0.10
Valid Votes 43,064 99.94
Rejected Votes 25 0.06
Total Polled 43,089 100.00
Registered Electors 48,447
Turnout 88.94

References[]

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

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