Puttalam electoral district was an electoral district of Sri Lanka between August 1947 and February 1989. The district was named after the City of Puttalam in Puttalam District, North 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] Puttalam electoral district was replaced by the Puttalam multi-member electoral district at the 1989 general elections, the first under the proportional representation system, Puttalam continues to be a polling division of the multi-member electoral district.
An electoral district, also known as an election district, legislative district, voting district, constituency, riding, ward, division, (election) precinct, electoral area, or electorate, is a territorial subdivision for electing members to a legislative body. Generally, only voters (constituents) who reside within the district are permitted to vote in an election held there. From a single district, a single member or multiple members might be chosen. Members might be chosen by a first-past-the-post system or a proportional representative system, or another voting method entirely. Members might be chosen through a direct election under universal suffrage, an indirect election, or another form of suffrage.
Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an island country in South Asia, located in the Indian Ocean to the southwest of the Bay of Bengal and to the southeast of the Arabian Sea. The island is geographically separated from the Indian subcontinent by the Gulf of Mannar and the Palk Strait. The legislative capital, Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte, is a suburb of the commercial capital and largest city, Colombo.
General elections were held in Ceylon from 23 August to 20 September 1947. It was the first election overseen and administered by the newly-formed Department of Parliamentary Elections.
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The Sri Lanka Freedom Party is one of the major and most well known political parties in Sri Lanka. It was founded by S.W.R.D Bandaranaike in 1951 and, since then, has been one of the two largest parties in the Sri Lankan political arena. It first came to power in 1956 and since then has been the predominant party in government on a number of occasions. The party is generally considered as having a democratic socialist or progressive economic agenda and is often associated with nationalist Sinhalese parties. The party follows a Non-Aligned foreign policy but always had close ties to socialist nations.The Sri Lanka Freedom Party is a main constituent party in the United People's Freedom Alliance.
The United National Party, often abbreviated as UNP, is a political party in Sri Lanka. It currently is the main ruling party in the government of Sri Lanka and is headed by Ranil Wickremesinghe. The UNP is considered to have right-leaning, pro-capitalist, and liberal conservative policies.
Election | Member | Party | Term | |
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1947 | H. S. Ismail | Independent | 1947-1952 | |
1952 | 1952-1956 | |||
1956 | 1956-1960 | |||
1960 (March) | M. H. Naina Marikkar | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | 1960 | |
1960 (July) | 1960-1965 | |||
1965 | 1965-1970 | |||
1970 | S. M. Asenkudhoos | United National Party | 1970-1977 | |
1977 | M. H. Naina Marikkar | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | 1977-1989 |
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Hameed Hussain Sheikh Ismail | Independent | uncontested | ||
Valid Votes | 100.00% | |||
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Valid Votes | 100.00% | |||
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Valid Votes | 100.00% | |||
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Valid Votes | 100.00% | |||
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Valid Votes | 100.00% | |||
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Valid Votes | 100.00% | |||
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