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Nuwara Eliya-Maskeliya Electoral District

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Nuwara Eliya-Maskeliya electoral district was an electoral district of Sri Lanka between July 1977 and February 1989. The district was named after the city of Nuwara Eliya and town of Maskeliya in Nuwara Eliya 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] Nuwara Eliya-Maskeliya 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 Gamini Dissanayake United National Party 1977-1989
Anura Bandaranaike Sri Lanka Freedom Party
S. Thondaman Ceylon Workers' Congress

Elections

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1977 Parliamentary General Election

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

Candidate Party Symbol Votes %
Gamini Dissanayake UNP Elephant 65,903 40.99
Anura Bandaranaike SLFP Hand 48,776 30.33
S. Thondaman CWC Cockerel 35,743 22.23
T. Ariyadurai Ladder 3,026 1.88
P. Gamini Ariyatilleke Star 2,949 1.83
Valid Votes 160,821 98.34
Rejected Votes 2,712 1.66
Total Polled 163,533 100.00
Registered Electors 164,407
Turnout 99.47

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.[permanent dead link]