Karandeniya electoral district was an electoral district of Sri Lanka between July 1977 and February 1989. The district was named after the town of Karandeniya in Galle 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. Karandeniya electoral district was replaced by the Galle multi-member electoral district at the 1989 general elections, the first under the proportional representation system.
Members of Parliament Key
ElectionMemberPartyTerm 1977 Bandulahewa SenadheeraUnited National Party 1977 - 1982 Daya Sepali Senadheera 1982 - 1988
Elections
1977 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 8th parliamentary election held on 21 July 1977:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes% Bandulahewa Senadheera United National Party Elephant 17,790 58.69 Wilson Wijetunga Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand 10,887 35.91 Henry Wilson Karunaratne Communist Party of Sri Lanka Star 950 3.13 Francis Tudawe Lamp 274 0.90 Pinikahane Saddhatissa Thero Chair 198 0.65 Ananda Wijeratne Umbrella 138 0.46Valid Votes30,237 99.75Rejected Votes77 0.25Total Polled30,314 100.0Registered Electors34,918 Turnout86.81 In January 1982 Senadheera died, his parliamentary position was filled by his wife, Daya Sepali. She was assassinated in 1988 by the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP).
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