Ambalangoda-Balapitiya electoral district was an

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between August 1947 and March 1960. The district was named after the towns of

Ambalangoda Ambalangoda is a coastal town located in Galle District, Southern Province of Sri Lanka, famous for its ancient demon masks and devil dancers. Ambalangoda town is distinct from Ambalangoda Urban Council. The borders of Ambalangoda town are dif ...

and

Balapitiya Balapitiya is a coastal town, in south west Sri Lanka. It is located in the Southern Province in Sri Lanka. It is situated south of Colombo Colombo, ( ; , ; , ), is the executive and judicial capital and largest city of Sri Lanka by popu ...

Galle District Galle ( ''gālla distrikkaya''; ''Kāli māvattam'') is a Districts of Sri Lanka, district in Southern Province, Sri Lanka, Southern Province, Sri Lanka. It is one of 25 districts of Sri Lanka, the second level administrative division of the co ...

, Southern Province. The electorate was a two-member seat. The 1978 Constitution of Sri Lanka introduced the

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electoral system for electing

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. The existing 160 mainly single-member electoral districts were replaced with 22

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s. Ambalangoda-Balapitiya electoral district was replaced by the Galle multi-member electoral district at the 1989 general elections, the first under the proportional representation system.

Members of Parliament

Key

Elections

1947 Parliamentary General Election

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

1950 Parliamentary By Election

Results of the 1950 by-election held on 20 May 1950:

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:

References

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