Seruvila Electoral District

Seruvila electoral district was an electoral district of Sri Lanka between July 1977 and February 1989. The district was named after the town of Seruvila in Trincomalee District, Eastern 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] Seruvila electoral district was replaced by the Trincomalee multi-member electoral district at the 1989 general elections, the first under the PR system, though Seruvila 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 H. D. L. Leelaratne United National Party 1977-1989

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 %
H. D. L. Leelaratne Elephant 14,926 57.30
Premadasa Udagama Hand 10,567 40.57
Pantis Hettihewa Key 392 1.51
Victor Perera Cart Wheel 52 0.20
Valid Votes 25,937 99.57
Rejected Votes 112 0.43
Total Polled 26,049 100.00
Registered Electors 31,250
Turnout 83.36

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.

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