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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   SLFP   UNP

Election Member Party Term
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]

Candidate Party Symbol Votes %
Jinadasa Weerasinghe United National Party Elephant 23,456 58.25
H.S. de Silva Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand 11,673 28.99
D. E. W. Gunasekera Communist Party of Sri Lanka Star 3,831 9.51
Vijitha Ranaweera Bell 1,234 3.06
Valid Votes 40,194 99.81
Rejected Votes 75 0.19
Total Polled 40,269 100.00
Registered Electors 46,470
Turnout 86.66

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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