Anuradhapura Electoral District
| Anuradhapura | |
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Electoral District for the Parliament of Sri Lanka |
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| Administrative District |
Anuradhapura |
| Province | North Central |
| Polling divisions | 7 |
| Population | 809,000(2008) |
| Electorate | 579,261(2010) |
| Area | 7,179 km2 (2,772 sq mi) |
| Current Electoral District | |
| Number of members | 9 |
| MPs |
S. M. Chandrasena, UPFA Duminda Dissanayake, UPFA P. Weerakumara Dissanayake, UPFA W. B. Ekanayake, UPFA P. Harrison, UNF Chandrani Bandara Jayasinghe, UNF Tissa Karalliyadde, UPFA Sarath Chandrasiri Muthukumarana, UPFA Asanka Shehan Semasinghe, UPFA |
Anuradhapura electoral district is one of the 22 multi-member electoral districts of Sri Lanka created by the 1978 Constitution of Sri Lanka. The district is conterminous with the administrative district of Anuradhapura in the North Central province. The district currently elects 9 of the 225 members of the Sri Lankan Parliament and had 579,261 registered electors in 2010.
Results of the 1st presidential election held on 20 October 1982 for the district:
Results of the 2nd presidential election held on 19 December 1988 for the district:
Results of the 9th parliamentary election held on 15 February 1989 for the district:
The following candidates were elected: Dissanayake Mudiyanselage Ariyadasa (UNP), 27,724 preference votes (pv); Adhikari Mudiyanselage Sompala Adhikari (UNP), 25,617 pv; Kulathunga Dissanayake Mudiyanselage Chandrasoma Bandara (UNP), 25,541 pv; Janak Mahendra Adhikari (SLFP), 22,568 pv; Themiya Loku Bandara Hurulle (UNP), 20,392 pv; Lal Dharmapriya Gamage (UNP), 20,189 pv; Kiri Banda Ratnayake (SLFP), 18,040 pv; and Berty Premalal Dissanayake (SLFP), 16,200 pv.
Results of the 2nd North Central provincial council election held on 17 May 1993 for the district:
Results of the 10th parliamentary election held on 16 August 1994 for the district:
The following candidates were elected:Berty Premalal Dissanayake (PA), 78,792 preference votes (pv); Kulathunga Dissanayake Mudiyanselage Chandrasoma Bandara (UNP), 66,538 pv; Punchi Banda Dissanayake (PA), 46,756 pv; Appuhamige Herath Banda Semasinghe (PA), 45,256 pv; Tissa Karalliyadde (PA), 44,849 pv; Adhikari Mudiyanselage Sompala Adhikari (UNP), 44,650 pv; Don Siman Ralalage Shantha Premarathna (PA), 43,167 pv; and P. Harrison (UNP), 34,666 pv.
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