Maharagama_Electoral_District

Maharagama Electoral District

Maharagama Electoral District

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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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  Independent   SLFP   UNP

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Elections

1977 Parliamentary General Election

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

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1983 Parliamentary By Election

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References

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