Udadumbara electoral district was an electoral district of Sri Lanka between July 1977 and February 1989. The district was named after the town of Udadumbara 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. Udadumbara 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 R. B. Attanayake United National Party 1977-1989
Elections
1977 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 7th parliamentary election held on 21 July 1977:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes% R. B. Attanayake United National Party Elephant 12,243 53.31 M. Seneviratne Banda Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand 9,841 42.85 Y. M. Gunatilleke Lamp 543 2.36 Piyasiri Abeykoon Key 279 1.22 W. M. Muthubanda Umbrella 60 0.26Valid Votes22,87099.58 Rejected Votes96 0.42Total Polled22,966 100.00Registered Electors25,575 Turnout89.80
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