Bibile Electoral District

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Bibile electoral district was an electoral district of Sri Lanka between March 1960 and February 1989. The district was named after the town of Bibile in Monaragala District, Uva 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] Bibile electoral district was replaced by the Monaragala multi-member electoral district at the 1989 general elections.

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Members of Parliament

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  Independent     Sri Lanka Freedom Party     United National Party   

ElectionMemberPartyTerm
1960 (March) R. M. Gunasekera United National Party 1960
1960 (July) D. M. Gunasekera Sri Lanka Freedom Party 1960-1964
1965 Dharmadasa Banda United National Party 1965 - 1970
1970 A. M. Jayawardena Sri Lanka Freedom Party 1970-1977
1977 Dharmadasa Banda United National Party 1977 - 1989

Elections

1960 (March) Parliamentary General Election

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Valid Votes100.00%
Rejected Votes
Total Polled
Registered Electors
Turnout

1960 (July) Parliamentary General Election

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Valid Votes100.00%
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Total Polled
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1965 Parliamentary General Election

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Valid Votes100.00%
Rejected Votes
Total Polled
Registered Electors
Turnout

1970 Parliamentary General Election

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Valid Votes100.00%
Rejected Votes
Total Polled
Registered Electors
Turnout

1977 Parliamentary General Election

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Valid Votes100.00%
Rejected Votes
Total Polled
Registered Electors
Turnout

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References

  1. "The Electoral System". Parliament of Sri Lanka.