Pathadumbara Electoral District

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Pathadumbara electoral district was an electoral district of Sri Lanka between July 1977 and February 1989. The district was named after the town of 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.[1] Pathadumbara electoral district was replaced by the 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 T. B. Werapitiya United National Party

Elections[]

1977 Parliamentary General Election[]

Results of the 7th parliamentary election held on 21 July 1977:[2]

Candidate Party Symbol Votes %
T. B. Werapitiya United National Party Elephant 19,936 65.90
A. G. Fernando Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand 9,439 31.20
V. W. Jayasiri Perera Star 771 2.55
Valid Votes 30,146 99.65
Rejected Votes 105 0.35
Total Polled 30,251 100.00
Registered Electors 34,865
Turnout 86.77

References[]

  1. ^ "The Electoral System". Parliament of Sri Lanka.
  2. ^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1977" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 5 July 2018.[permanent dead link]

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