Pathadumbara electoral district was an electoral district of Sri Lanka between July 1977 and February 1989. The district was named after the town of Pathadumbara in Kandy 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. Pathadumbara 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
ElectionMemberPartyTerm 1977 T. B. Werapitiya United National Party
Elections
1977 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 7th parliamentary election held on 21 July 1977:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes% T. B. WerapitiyaUnited National Party Elephant 19,936 65.90 A. G. Fernando Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand 9,439 31.20 V. W. Jayasiri Perera Star 771 2.55Valid Votes30,14699.65Rejected Votes105 0.35Total Polled30,251 100.00Registered Electors34,865 Turnout86.77
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