Meryl Fernando
Electoral history
Table:
Electoral history of Meryl Fernando

Election

Constituency

Party

Votes

Result

1956 parliamentary[8]
Moratuwa
LSSP
19,529
Elected

1960 March parliamentary[9]
Moratuwa
LSSP
9,427
Not elected

1960 July parliamentary[10]
Moratuwa
LSSP
12,943
Elected

1965 parliamentary[12]
Moratuwa
LSSP(R)
1,048
Not elected

1977 parliamentary[15]
Moratuwa

2,891
Not elected

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