Maharagama Electoral District

Maharagama Electoral District was an electoral district of Sri Lanka between July 1977 and February 1989. The district was named after the town of Maharagama 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] Maharagama electoral district was replaced by the Colombo multi-member electoral district at the 1989 general elections, the first under the PR system, though Maharagama 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 Premaratne Gunasekera United National Party 1977-1983
By-Election 1983 Dinesh Gunawardena Mahajana Eksath Peramuna 1983-1989

Elections

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1977 Parliamentary General Election

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

Candidate Party Symbol Votes %
Premarathne Gunasekera United National Party Elephant 24,950 51.69%
Stanley Tillekeratne Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand 18,233 37.78%
D.L.Pathirage Lanka Sama Samaja Party Key 4,536 9.40%
Victor Bandara Senaratne Independent Eye 479 0.99%
Don Edussoriyage Wiplulasena Independent Lamp 66 0.14%
Valid Votes 48,264 100.00%
Rejected Votes 124
Total Polled 48,388
Registered Electors 57,858
Turnout 83.63%

1983 Parliamentary By Election

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Candidate Party Symbol Votes %
Dinesh Gunawardena Mahajana Eksath Peramuna Cart Wheel 27,054 55.46%
Gamini Wijesekera United National Party Elephant 21,263 43.59%
W. Y. Jayawardene Independent Chair 461 0.95%
Valid Votes 48,778 100.00%
Rejected Votes 152
Total Polled 48,930
Registered Electors 71,597
Turnout 68.34%

References

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  1. ^ "The Electoral System". Parliament of Sri Lanka. Archived from the original on 2010-11-27.
  2. ^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1977" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-17.