Katana electoral district was an

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between

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and February 1989. The district was named after the town of Katana in

Gampaha District Gampaha District ( ''gampaha distrikkaya'', ''Kampakai Māvaṭṭam'') is one of the 25 Districts of Sri Lanka, districts of Sri Lanka, the second level administrative division of the country. It is the second most populous district of Sri Lank ...

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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

multi-member An electoral or voting system is a set of rules used to determine the results of an election. Electoral systems are used in politics to elect governments, while non-political elections may take place in business, nonprofit organizations and inf ...

s. Katana electoral district was replaced by the Gampaha multi-member electoral district at the 1989 general elections.

Members of Parliament

Key

Elections

1960 (March) Parliamentary General Election

1960 (July) Parliamentary General Election

1965 Parliamentary General Election

1970 Parliamentary General Election

1977 Parliamentary General Election

References

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