Anuradhapura East electoral district was an electoral district of Sri Lanka between July 1977 and February 1989. The district was named after the town of Anuradhapura in Anuradhapura District, North Central 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.[1] Anuradhapura East electoral district was replaced by the Anuradhapura multi-member electoral district at the 1989 general elections, the first under the proportional representation system, though Anuradhapura continues to be a polling division of the multi-member electoral district.
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Results of the 8th parliamentary election held on 21 July 1977:[2]
| align=left width="180" | Candidate! | align=left width="180" | Party! | align=left width="120" | Symbol! | align=left width="60" | Votes! | align=left width="60" | % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elephant | 13,948 | 52.34 | |||||||
| Hand | 12,066 | 45.28 | |||||||
| K. E. Silva | Key | 531 | 1.99 | ||||||
| align=left colspan=3 | Valid Votes | 26,545 | 99.61 | ||||||
| align=left colspan=3 | Rejected Votes | 105 | 0.39 | ||||||
| align=left colspan=3 | Total Polled | 26,650 | 100.00 | ||||||
| align=left colspan=3 | Registered Electors | 35,451 | |||||||
| align=left colspan=4 | Turnout | 75.17 |