Karandeniya Electoral District

Karandeniya electoral district was an electoral district of Sri Lanka between July 1977 and February 1989. The district was named after the town of Karandeniya in Galle 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] Karandeniya electoral district was replaced by the Galle 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 Bandulahewa Senadheera United National Party 1977 - 1982
Daya Sepali Senadheera 1982 - 1988

Elections

1977 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Bandulahewa SenadheeraUnited National PartyElephant17,79058.69
Wilson WijetungaSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand10,88735.91
Henry Wilson KarunaratneCommunist Party of Sri LankaStar9503.13
Francis TudaweLamp2740.90
Pinikahane Saddhatissa TheroChair1980.65
Ananda WijeratneUmbrella1380.46
Valid Votes30,237 99.75
Rejected Votes770.25
Total Polled30,314100.0
Registered Electors34,918
Turnout86.81

In January 1982 Senadheera died, his parliamentary position was filled by his wife, Daya Sepali.[3] She was assassinated in 1988 by the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP).[4]

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.
  3. "Tribune". 26, Issues 29-40. Ceylon News Service. 1982: 8. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  4. Handunnetti, Dilrukshi; Jayasundera, Ranjith (10 February 2008). "JVP's double take on the 13th Amendment". The Sunday Leader. Retrieved 6 November 2019.

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