Anuradhapura East Electoral District

Anuradhapura East 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 East 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 edit

Key

  Independent   SLFP   UNP

Election Member Party Term
1977 W. Y. Herath United National Party 1977-89

Elections edit

1977 Parliamentary General Election edit

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

Candidate Party Symbol Votes %
W. Y. Herath United National Party Elephant 13,948 52.34
K. B. Ratnayake Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand 12,066 45.28
K. E. Silva Key 531 1.99
Valid Votes 26,545 99.61
Rejected Votes 105 0.39
Total Polled 26,650 100.00
Registered Electors 35,451
Turnout 75.17

References edit

  1. ^ "The Electoral System". Parliament of Sri Lanka.
  2. ^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1977" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 10 December 2018.