Nuwara Eliya-Maskeliya Electoral District

Nuwara Eliya-Maskeliya electoral district was an electoral district of Sri Lanka between July 1977 and February 1989. The district was named after the city of Nuwara Eliya and town of Maskeliya in Nuwara Eliya District, Central 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] Nuwara Eliya-Maskeliya electoral district was replaced by the 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 Gamini Dissanayake United National Party 1977-1989
Anura Bandaranaike Sri Lanka Freedom Party
S. Thondaman Ceylon Workers' Congress

Elections

1977 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Gamini DissanayakeUNPElephant65,90340.99
Anura BandaranaikeSLFPHand48,77630.33
S. ThondamanCWCCockerel35,74322.23
T. AriyaduraiLadder3,0261.88
P. Gamini AriyatillekeStar2,9491.83
Valid Votes160,82198.34
Rejected Votes2,7121.66
Total Polled163,533100.00
Registered Electors164,407
Turnout99.47

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

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