Wennappuwa Electoral District

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Wennappuwa electoral district was an electoral district of Sri Lanka between March 1960 and February 1989. The district was named after the town of Wennappuwa in District, North Western 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] Wennappuwa electoral district was replaced by the Puttalam multi-member electoral district at the 1989 general elections.

Members of Parliament edit

Key

Independent SLFP UNP

Election		Member	Party	Term
	1960 (March)
	1960 (July)
	1965
	1970
	1977

Elections edit

1960 (March) Parliamentary General Election edit

Candidate	Party	Symbol	Votes	%






Valid Votes				100.00%
Rejected Votes
Total Polled
Registered Electors
Turnout

1960 (July) Parliamentary General Election edit

Candidate	Party	Symbol	Votes	%






Valid Votes				100.00%
Rejected Votes
Total Polled
Registered Electors
Turnout

1965 Parliamentary General Election edit

Candidate	Party	Symbol	Votes	%






Valid Votes				100.00%
Rejected Votes
Total Polled
Registered Electors
Turnout

1970 Parliamentary General Election edit

Candidate	Party	Symbol	Votes	%






Valid Votes				100.00%
Rejected Votes
Total Polled
Registered Electors
Turnout

1977 Parliamentary General Election edit

Candidate	Party	Symbol	Votes	%






Valid Votes				100.00%
Rejected Votes
Total Polled
Registered Electors
Turnout

References edit

^ "The Electoral System". Parliament of Sri Lanka.

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