Anuradhapura electoral district was an electoral district of Sri Lanka between August 1947 and May 1970. The district was named after the town of Anuradhapura in Anuradhapura District, North 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. Anuradhapura electoral district was replaced by the Anuradhapura multi-member electoral district at the 1989 general elections, the first under the proportional representation system, though Anuradhapura continues to be a polling division of the multi-member electoral district.
Members of Parliament Key
ElectionMemberPartyTerm 1947P. B. BulankulameUnited National Party 1947-52 1952 1952-56 1956Sirimewan GodageSri Lanka Freedom Party 1956-60 1960 (March) 1960 1960 (July) 1960-62 By-electionK. B. Ratnayake 1962-65 1965 1965-70 1970 1970-77
Elections 1947 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 1st parliamentary election held between 23 August 1947 and 20 September 1947:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes% P. B. Bulankulame Hand 5,016 71.80 A. Gunesekera Cup 1,495 21.40 F. P. Senaratne Cartwheel 350 5.01Valid Votes6,86198.21Rejected Votes 125 1.79Total Polled 6,986 100.00Registered Electors 11,581 Turnout 60.32
1952 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 2nd parliamentary election held between 24 May 1952 and 30 May 1952:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes% Valid Votes Rejected Votes Total Polled 100.00Registered Electors Turnout
1956 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 3rd parliamentary election held between 5 April 1956 and 10 April 1956:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes% Valid Votes Rejected Votes Total Polled 100.00Registered Electors Turnout
1960 (March) Parliamentary General Election Results of the 4th parliamentary election held on 19 March 1960:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes% Valid Votes Rejected Votes Total Polled 100.00Registered Electors Turnout
1960 (July) Parliamentary General Election Results of the 5th parliamentary election held on 20 July 1960:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes% Valid Votes Rejected Votes Total Polled 100.00Registered Electors Turnout
1965 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 6th parliamentary election held on 22 March 1965:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes% Valid Votes Rejected Votes Total Polled 100.00Registered Electors Turnout
1970 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 7th parliamentary election held on 27 May 1970:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes% Valid Votes Rejected Votes Total Polled 100.00Registered Electors Turnout
1977 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 8th parliamentary election held on 21 July 1977:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes% Valid Votes Rejected Votes Total Polled 100.00Registered Electors Turnout
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