Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia electoral district, later renamed Dehiwala was an

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between March 1960 and February 1989. The district was named after the city of

Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia ( si, දෙහිවල-ගල්කිස්ස, translit=Dehivala-Galkissa; ta, தெஹிவளை-கல்கிசை, translit=Tehivaḷai-Kalkicai), population 245,974 (2012) is the largest suburb of the City of ...

in Colombo District,

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. The 1978 Constitution of Sri Lanka introduced the

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electoral system for electing

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. The existing 160 mainly

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electoral districts were replaced with 22

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s. Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia electoral district was replaced by the Colombo multi-member electoral district at the 1989 general elections.

Members of Parliament

Key

Elections

1960 (March) Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 4th parliamentary election held on 19 March 1960 for the district:

1960 (July) Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 5th parliamentary election held on 20 July 1960 for the district:

1965 Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 6th parliamentary election held on 22 March 1965 for the district:

1970 Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 7th parliamentary election held on 27 May 1970 for the district:

1977 Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 8th parliamentary election held on 21 July 1977 for the district:

1977 Parliamentary By Election

Results of the Ceylonese parliamentary by-election, held on 11 November 1977:

References

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