Udadumbara Electoral District

Udadumbara electoral district was an electoral district of Sri Lanka between July 1977 and February 1989. The district was named after the town of Udadumbara 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] Udadumbara 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

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Key

  Independent   SLFP   UNP

Election Member Party Term
1977 R. B. Attanayake United National Party 1977-1989

Elections

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1977 Parliamentary General Election

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

Candidate Party Symbol Votes %
R. B. Attanayake United National Party Elephant 12,243 53.31
M. Seneviratne Banda Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand 9,841 42.85
Y. M. Gunatilleke Lamp 543 2.36
Piyasiri Abeykoon Key 279 1.22
W. M. Muthubanda Umbrella 60 0.26
Valid Votes 22,870 99.58
Rejected Votes 96 0.42
Total Polled 22,966 100.00
Registered Electors 25,575
Turnout 89.80

References

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  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.