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Ampara Electoral District (1960-1989)
Ampara (Digamadulla) Electoral District ( ta, அம்பாறை தேர்தல் மாவட்டம், translit=Ampāṟai Tērtal Māvaṭṭam; si, අම්පාර මැතිවරණ දිස්ත්රික්කය, translit=Ampāra Mætivaraṇa Distrikkaya) is one of the 22 multi-member Electoral districts in Sri Lanka, electoral districts of Sri Lanka created by the Constitution of Sri Lanka, 1978 Constitution of Sri Lanka. The district is conterminous with the Districts of Sri Lanka, administrative district of Ampara District, Ampara in the Eastern Province, Sri Lanka, Eastern province. The district currently elects 7 of the 225 members of the Sri Lankan Parliament and had 436,148 registered electors in 2010. Election results 1982 presidential election Results of the 1982 Sri Lankan presidential election, 1st presidential election held on 20 October 1982 for the district: 1988 provincial council election Results of the November 1988 Sri Lankan P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Electoral Districts Of Sri Lanka
An election is a formal group decision-making process by which a population chooses an individual or multiple individuals to hold public office. Elections have been the usual mechanism by which modern representative democracy has operated since the 17th century. Elections may fill offices in the legislature, sometimes in the executive and judiciary, and for regional and local government. This process is also used in many other private and business organisations, from clubs to voluntary associations and corporations. The global use of elections as a tool for selecting representatives in modern representative democracies is in contrast with the practice in the democratic archetype, ancient Athens, where the elections were considered an oligarchic institution and most political offices were filled using sortition, also known as allotment, by which officeholders were chosen by lot. Electoral reform describes the process of introducing fair electoral systems where they are no ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
