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Haputale 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 town of Haputale in Badulla District, Uva 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. Haputale electoral district was replaced by the Badulla multi-member electoral district at the 1989 general elections, the first under the proportional representation system, though Badulla continues to be a polling division of the multi-member electoral district.


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Elections


1947 Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 1st parliamentary election held between 23 August 1947 and 20 September 1947:


1952 Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 2nd parliamentary election held between 24 May 1952 and 30 May 1952:


1956 Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 3rd parliamentary election held between 5 April 1956 and 10 April 1956:


1960 (March) Parliamentary General Election

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


1960 (July) Parliamentary General Election

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


1965 Parliamentary General Election

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


1970 Parliamentary General Election

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


1977 Parliamentary General Election

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


References

{{coord missing, Sri Lanka Former electoral districts of Sri Lanka Politics of Badulla District