Wennappuwa electoral district was an
electoral district
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of
Sri Lanka
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between
March 1960 and
February 1989. The district was named after the town of
Wennappuwa
Wennappuwa is a town in Puttalam District, North Western Province, Sri Lanka. It is north of Negombo.
The village of Wennappuwa is mentioned in the Culavamsa as a small farming hamlet.
Religious composition in Wennappuwa DS Division accordin ...
in
District
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,
North Western Province. The
1978 Constitution of Sri Lanka introduced the
proportional representation
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electoral system for
electing members
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of
Parliament
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. The existing 160 mainly
single-member electoral districts were replaced with 22
multi-member
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electoral district
An electoral (congressional, legislative, etc.) district, sometimes called a constituency, riding, or ward, is a geographical portion of a political unit, such as a country, state or province, city, or administrative region, created to provi ...
s.
Wennappuwa electoral district was replaced by the
Puttalam 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
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Former electoral districts of Sri Lanka
Politics of Puttalam District