Harispattuwa electoral district was an electoral district of Sri Lanka between July 1977 and February 1989. The district was named after the town of Harispattuwa 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. Harispattuwa 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 Abdul Cader Shahul Hameed United National Party 1977
Elections 1977 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 7th parliamentary election held on 21 July 1977:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes%Abdul Cader Shahul Hameed United National Party Elephant 49,173 39.72 R. Premachandra Wijesiri Umbrella 23,943 19.34Heenbanda Ratnayake Scales 23,671 19.12G. Sirisena Dayananda Umbrella 12,539 10.13 H. M. Mauroof Lamp 10,854 8.77Valid Votes122,19398.71Rejected Votes1,597 1.29Total Polled123,790 100.00Registered Electors169,295 Turnout73.12
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