Kaduwela Electoral District

Kaduwela electoral district was an electoral district of Sri Lanka between July 1977 and February 1989. The district was named after the town of Kaduwela in Colombo District, 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] Kaduwela electoral district was replaced by the Colombo multi-member electoral district at the 1989 general elections, the first under the proportional representation system.

Members of Parliament

Key

  Independent     Sri Lanka Freedom Party     United National Party  

ElectionMemberPartyTerm
1977 M. D. H. Jayawardena UNP 1977-83
1983 (Nom) E. P. Paul Perera 1983-89

Elections

1977 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
M. D. H. JayawardenaUnited National PartyElephant28,17855.59
Kingsly Tissa WickremeratnaHand16,383323.32
Vajira PelpitaKey4,0948.08
Indika GunawardhenaChair1,8743.70
Valid Votes50,52999.69
Rejected Votes1550.31
Total Polled50,684100.00
Registered Electors59,407
Turnout85.32

References
  1. "The Electoral System". Parliament of Sri Lanka.
  2. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1977" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 16 June 2017.

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