Harispattuwa electoral district was an electoral districtofSri Lanka between July 1977 and February 1989. The district was named after the town of HarispattuwainKandy District, Central Province. The 1978 Constitution of Sri Lanka introduced the proportional representation electoral system for electing membersofParliament. The existing 160 mainly single-member electoral districts were replaced with 22 multi-member electoral districts.[1] Harispattuwa electoral district was replaced by the multi-member electoral district at the 1989 general elections, the first under the proportional representation system.
Key
| Election | Member | Party | Term | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1977 | Abdul Cader Shahul Hameed | United National Party | 1977 | |
Results of the 7th parliamentary election held on 21 July 1977:[2]
| Candidate | Party | Symbol | Votes | % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abdul Cader Shahul Hameed | United National Party | Elephant | 49,173 | 39.72 |
| R. Premachandra Wijesiri | Umbrella | 23,943 | 19.34 | |
| Heenbanda Ratnayake | Scales | 23,671 | 19.12 | |
| G. Sirisena Dayananda | Umbrella | 12,539 | 10.13 | |
| H. M. Mauroof | Lamp | 10,854 | 8.77 | |
| Valid Votes | 122,193 | 98.71 | ||
| Rejected Votes | 1,597 | 1.29 | ||
| Total Polled | 123,790 | 100.00 | ||
| Registered Electors | 169,295 | |||
| Turnout | 73.12 | |||
