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Anuradhapura West Electoral District

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Anuradhapura West 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 West 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

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Key

  Independent   SLFP   UNP

Election Member Party Term
1977 K. D. M. C. Bandara United National Party 1970-89

Elections

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1977 Parliamentary General Election

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

Candidate Party Symbol Votes %
K. D. M. C. Bandara United National Party Elephant 13,942 53.00
Herath Banda Semasinghe Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand 11,087 42.18
K. H. Chandrapala Bell 797 3.03
Kalu Bandage Mudiyanse Star 354 1.35
Valid Votes 26,180 99.53
Rejected Votes 125 0.48
Total Polled 26,305 100.00
Registered Electors 30,233
Turnout 87.01

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 10 December 2018.