Eheliyagoda electoral district was an electoral district of Sri Lanka between July 1977 and February 1989. The district was named after the town of Eheliyagoda in Ratnapura District, Sabaragamuwa 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 by 22 multi-member electoral districts. Eheliyagoda electoral district was replaced by the Ratnapura multi-member electoral district at the 1989 general elections, the first under the proportional representation system.
Members of Parliament Key
ElectionMemberPartyTerm 1977 Mervyn Kularatne United National Party
Elections 1977 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 8th parliamentary election held on 21 July 1977 for the district:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes%Mervyn Kularatne Elephant21,77650.54Vasudeva Nanayakkara Umbrella14,80434.36Dharmaprema Jayawardena Hand6,12814.22T. Dharmapala Tree2110.49Rohana Wijesighe Lamp1030.24Wickremasinghe Jayasekera Bell42 0.10 Valid Votes43,06499.94Rejected Votes250.06Total Polled43,089100.00Registered Electors48,447Turnout88.94
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