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Puttalam electoral district was an
electoral district of
Sri Lanka between
August 1947 and
February 1989. The district was named after the City of
Puttalam in
Puttalam District,
North 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 districts.
[1] Puttalam electoral district was replaced by the
Puttalam multi-member electoral district at the
1989 general elections, the first under the proportional representation system, Puttalam continues to be a polling division of the multi-member electoral district.
Members of Parliament
Key
Independent
SLFP
UNP
Elections
1947 Parliamentary General Election
1952 Parliamentary General Election
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1956 Parliamentary General Election
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1960 (March) Parliamentary General Election
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1960 (July) Parliamentary General Election
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1965 Parliamentary General Election
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1970 Parliamentary General Election
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1977 Parliamentary General Election
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References