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Mawatagama Electoral District
Mawatagama electoral district was an electoral district of Sri Lanka between March 1960 Ceylonese parliamentary election, March 1960 and 1989 Sri Lankan parliamentary election, February 1989. The district was named after the town of Mawatagama in Kurunegala District, North Western Province, Sri Lanka, North Western Province. The Constitution of Sri Lanka, 1978 Constitution of Sri Lanka introduced the proportional representation electoral system for Elections in Sri Lanka, electing Member of Parliament, members of Parliament of Sri Lanka, Parliament. The existing 160 mainly Plurality voting system, single-member electoral districts were replaced with 22 multi-member electoral districts. Mawatagama electoral district was replaced by the Kurunegala Electoral District, Kurunegala multi-member electoral district at the 1989 Sri Lankan parliamentary election, 1989 general elections, the first under the proportional representation system, continues to be a polling division of the multi-memb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Electoral District
An electoral district, also known as an election district, legislative district, voting district, constituency, riding, ward, division, or (election) precinct is a subdivision of a larger state (a country, administrative region, or other polity) created to provide its population with representation in the larger state's legislative body. That body, or the state's constitution or a body established for that purpose, determines each district's boundaries and whether each will be represented by a single member or multiple members. Generally, only voters (''constituents'') who reside within the district are permitted to vote in an election held there. District representatives may be elected by a first-past-the-post system, a proportional representative system, or another voting method. They may be selected by a direct election under universal suffrage, an indirect election, or another form of suffrage. Terminology The names for electoral districts vary across countries and, oc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
