Ratmalana Electoral District

Ratmalana Electoral District was an electoral district of Sri Lanka between July 1977 and February 1989. The district was named after the town of Ratmalana in Colombo District, Western 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.[1] Ratmalana electoral district was replaced by the Colombo multi-member electoral district at the 1989 general elections, the first under the PR system, though Ratmalana continues to be a polling division of the multi-member electoral district.

Members of Parliament

Key

 Independent    Sri Lanka Freedom Party    United National Party  

ElectionMemberPartyTerm
1977 Lalith Athulathmudali United National Party 1977-1989

Elections

1977 Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 8th parliamentary election held on 21 July 1977 for the district:[2]

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Lalith Athulathmudali United National Party Elephant 19,972 56.62%
C. V. Gunaratne Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand 12,141 34.42%
Vivienne Goonewardena Lanka Sama Samaja Party Key 3,055 8.66%
U.G. Gunadasa Perera Chair 108 0.31%
Valid Votes35,276100.00%
Rejected Votes 110
Total Polled 35,386
Registered Electors 43,379
Turnout 81%

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