Seruvila Electoral District
Introduction '''Seruvila electoral district''' was an electoral district of Sri Lanka between July 1977 and February 1989.The district was named after the town of Seruvila in Trincomalee District, Eastern 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. Seruvila electoral district was replaced by the Trincomalee multi-member electoral district at the 1989 general elections, the first under the PR system, though Seruvila continues to be a polling division of the multi-member electoral district.
Members of Parliament '''Key'''  ElectionMemberPartyTerm 1977 H. D. L. Leelaratne United National Party 1977-1989
Elections ===1977 Parliamentary General Election===Results of the 8th parliamentary election held on 21 July 1977 for the district:CandidatePartySymbolVotes%H. D. L. Leelaratne Elephant14,92657.30Premadasa Udagama Hand10,56740.57Pantis Hettihewa Key3921.51Victor Perera Cart Wheel520.20'''Valid Votes''''''25,937''''''99.57'''Rejected Votes1120.43Total Polled26,049100.00Registered Electors31,250Turnout83.36
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