Gampaha electoral district was an
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 ...
of
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an ...
between
August 1947
The following events occurred in August 1947:
August 1, 1947 (Friday)
*Bulgarian leader Georgi Dimitrov and Yugoslav leader Josip Broz Tito signed the Bled agreement, an alliance treaty paving the way for future unification between the state ...
and
February 1989. The district was named after the city of
Gampaha in present-day
Gampaha District,
Western 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 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 ...
s. Gampaha electoral district was replaced by the
Gampaha multi-member electoral district at the
1989 general elections, the first under the PR system, though Gampaha continues to be a polling division of the multi-member electoral district.
Members of Parliament
Key
Elections
1947 Parliamentary General Election
Results of the
1st parliamentary election held between 23 August 1947 and 20 September 1947 for the district:
1952 Parliamentary General Election
Results of the
2nd parliamentary election held between 24 May 1952 and 30 May 1952 for the district:
1956 Parliamentary General Election
Results of the
3rd parliamentary election held between 5 April 1956 and 10 April 1956 for the district:
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:
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Gampaha Electoral District (1947-1989)
Former electoral districts of Sri Lanka
Politics of Gampaha District