Kalmunai Electoral District

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Kalmunai Electoral District was an electoral district of Sri Lanka between August 1947 and February 1989. The district was named after the town of Kalmunai in Ampara 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.[1] Kalmunai electoral district was replaced by the Ampara (Amparai) multi-member electoral district at the 1989 general elections, the first under the PR system, though Kalmunai continues to be a polling division of the multi-member electoral district.

Members of Parliament[]

Key

  Independent     Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi     Lanka Prajathanthravadi Pakshaya     Sri Lanka Freedom Party     United National Party  

Election Member Party Term
1947 M. S. Kariapper United National Party 1947-1952
1952 A. M. Merza Independent 1952-1956
1956 M. S. Kariapper Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi 1956-1960
1960 (March) Lanka Prajathanthravadi Pakshaya 1960-1960
1960 (July) M. C. Ahamed Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi 1960-1965
1965 M. S. Kariapper Independent 1965-1970
1970 M. C. Ahamed Sri Lanka Freedom Party 1970-1977
1977 United National Party 1977-1989

Elections[]

1947 Parliamentary General Election[]

Results of the 1st parliamentary election held between 23 August 1947 and 20 September 1947:[2]

Candidate Party Symbol Votes %
  M. S. Kariapper United National Party Key 6,886 51.17%
K. Kanapathipillai Elephant 3,592 26.69%
M. A. L. Kariapper Hand 2,978 22.13%
Valid Votes 13,456 100.00%
Rejected Votes 406
Total Polled 13,862
Registered Electors 22,753
Turnout 60.92%

1952 Parliamentary General Election[]

Results of the 2nd parliamentary election held between 24 May 1952 and 30 May 1952:[3]

Candidate Party Symbol Votes %
A. M. Merza Independent Star 6,078 42.69%
M. A. I. Kariapper Pair of Scales 4,414 31.01%
  M. S. Kariapper United National Party Key 3,744 26.30%
Valid Votes 14,236 100.00%
Rejected Votes 228
Total Polled 14,464
Registered Electors 22,120
Turnout 65.39%

1956 Parliamentary General Election[]

Results of the 3rd parliamentary election held between 5 April 1956 and 10 April 1956:[4]

Candidate Party Symbol Votes %
  M. S. Kariapper Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi[5] House 9,464 47.80%
M. A. Abdul Majeed Tree 6,095 30.78%
  N. T. Francis Xavier Lanka Sama Samaja Party Key 4,242 21.42%
Valid Votes 19,801 100.00%
Rejected Votes 183
Total Polled 19,984
Registered Electors 27,841
Turnout 71.78%

M. S. Kariapper defected to the government within six months of the election.[6]

1960 (March) Parliamentary General Election[]

Results of the 4th parliamentary election held on 19 March 1960:[7]

Candidate Party Symbol Votes %
  M. S. Kariapper Lanka Democratic Party[8] Umbrella 5,743 41.27%
  S. Z. M. M. Moulana Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi[5] House 5,520 39.67%
M. C. Ahamed Cockerel 1,280 9.20%
M. A. L. Kariapper Ladder 1,153 8.29%
C. Cader Mohideen Pot 219 1.57%
Valid Votes 13,915 100.00%
Rejected Votes 189
Total Polled 14,104
Registered Electors 17,762
Turnout 79.41%

1960 (July) Parliamentary General Election[]

Results of the 5th parliamentary election held on 20 July 1960:[9]

Candidate Party Symbol Votes %
  M. C. Ahamed Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi[5] House 7,616 57.41%
M. S. Kariapper All Ceylon Islamic United Front Sun 5,651 42.59%
Valid Votes 13,267 100.00%
Rejected Votes 138
Total Polled 13,405
Registered Electors 17,762
Turnout 75.47%

1965 Parliamentary General Election[]

Results of the 6th parliamentary election held on 22 March 1965:[10]

Candidate Party Symbol Votes %
M. S. Kariapper Independent Umbrella 6,726 35.26%
  S. Z. M. M. Moulana Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi[5] House 6,235 32.69%
M. C. Ahamed Independent Cockerel 5,838 30.61%
  C. Abdul Cader Mohideen United National Party Elephant 275 1.44%
Valid Votes 19,074 100.00%
Rejected Votes 173
Total Polled 19,247
Registered Electors 22,363
Turnout 86.07%

1970 Parliamentary General Election[]

Results of the 7th parliamentary election held on 27 May 1970:[11]

Candidate Party Symbol Votes %
  M. C. Ahamed Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand 8,779 40.71%
  A. R. Munsoor United National Party Elephant 7,827 36.29%
  A. Udumalebbe Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi[5] House 4,960 23.00%
Valid Votes 21,566 100.00%
Rejected Votes 107
Total Polled 21,673
Registered Electors 24,693
Turnout 87.77%

1977 Parliamentary General Election[]

Results of the 8th parliamentary election held on 21 July 1977:[12]

Candidate Party Symbol Votes %
  Abdul Rasak Mansoor United National Party Elephant 12,636 48.78%
  A. M. Samsudeen Tamil United Liberation Front
(Muslim United Liberation Front)		 Sun 7,093 27.38%
  Ahamed Mohamed Cassim Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand 5,922 22.86%
Thuraiappa Muthukrishnan Lamp 253 0.98%
Valid Votes 25,904 100.00%
Rejected Votes 101
Total Polled 26,005
Registered Electors 28,826
Turnout 90.21%

References & footnotes[]

  1. ^ "The Electoral System". Parliament of Sri Lanka. Archived from the original on 2010-11-27.
  2. ^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1947" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-09-24.
  3. ^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1952" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-09-24.
  4. ^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1956" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-09-24.
  5. ^ a b c d e Also known as the Federal Party
  6. ^ Sri Kantha, Sachi. "Sinhala-Muslim Romancing and Rift: Two Published Records from the Past". Ilankai Tamil Sangam.
  7. ^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1960-03-19" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-07-12.
  8. ^ Also known as the Lanka Prajathanthravadi Pakshaya
  9. ^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1960-07-20" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-09-24.
  10. ^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1965" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-07-13.
  11. ^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1970" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-12-09.
  12. ^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1977" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-17.

Coordinates: 7°25′00″N 81°49′00″E / 7.4167°N 81.8167°E / 7.4167; 81.8167

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