Avissawella electoral district was an

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between August 1947 and February 1989. The district was named after the town of

Avissawella Avissawella (, ) is a township in Sri Lanka, governed by an Urban Council, situated on the A4 route from Colombo to Ratnapura, Colombo District, Western Province, Sri Lanka, approximately 40 km air distance and 48.1 km road distance fr ...

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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 single-member electoral districts were replaced with 22

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s. Avissawella electoral district was replaced by the Colombo multi-member electoral district at the 1989 general elections, the first under the PR system, though Avissawella 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:

1948 Parliamentary By-Election

Results of the 1948 parliamentary by-election, at which Kusumasiri Gunawardena was elected unopposed:

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

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