8th Parliament of Sri Lanka

Politics & Policy

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• Dates of first sitting and dissolution were added/altered.
• Conveyance of election outcome changed from numeric detail to qualitative assessment.
• Several words in the 'Results' section were rewritten to emphasize a landslide narrative rather than specific numbers.

Replace “the results of the 1977 parliamentary election held on 21 July 1977 and first convened on 4 August 1977 It remained in session until” with “the results of the 1977 parliamentary election held on 21 July 1977 The parliament met for the first time on 22 July 1977 and was dissolved on 8 March 1989 The United National Party won”.

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