Seruvila electoral district was an
electoral district of
Sri Lanka between
July 1977 and
February 1989. The district was named after the town of
Seruvila in
Trincomalee District,
Eastern 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. Seruvila electoral district was replaced by the
Trincomalee multi-member electoral district at the
1989 general elections, the first under the PR system, though Seruvila continues to be a polling division of the multi-member electoral district.
Members of Parliament
Key
Independent SLFP UNP
Elections
1977 Parliamentary General Election
Results of the 8th parliamentary election held on 21 July 1977 for the district:
| Candidate |
Party |
Symbol |
Votes |
%
|
| H. D. L. Leelaratne |
|
Elephant |
14,926 |
57.30
|
| Premadasa Udagama |
|
Hand |
10,567 |
40.57
|
| Pantis Hettihewa |
|
Key |
392 |
1.51
|
| Victor Perera |
|
Cart Wheel |
52 |
0.20
|
| Valid Votes |
25,937 |
99.57
|
| Rejected Votes |
112 |
0.43
|
| Total Polled |
26,049 |
100.00
|
| Registered Electors |
31,250 |
|
| Turnout |
83.36
|
References
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