Tangalle Electoral District

Tangalle electoral district was an electoral district of Sri Lanka between July 1977 and February 1989. The district was named after the town of Tangalle in Hambantota District, Southern 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] Tangalle electoral district was replaced by the Hambantota 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 Jinadasa Weerasinghe United National Party 1977 - 1987

Elections

1977 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Jinadasa WeerasingheUnited National PartyElephant23,45658.25
H.S. de SilvaSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand11,67328.99
D. E. W. GunasekeraCommunist Party of Sri LankaStar3,8319.51
Vijitha RanaweeraBell1,2343.06
Valid Votes40,19499.81
Rejected Votes750.19
Total Polled40,269100.00
Registered Electors46,470
Turnout86.66
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References
  1. "The Electoral System". Parliament of Sri Lanka.
  2. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1977" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 17 May 2017.

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