Minneriya Electoral District

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Minneriya electoral district was an electoral district of Sri Lanka between March 1960 and February 1989. The district was named after the town of Minneriya 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] Minneriya electoral district was replaced by the Anuradhapura multi-member electoral district at the 1989 general elections, the first under the proportional representation system, continues to be a polling division of the multi-member electoral district.

Members of Parliament[]

Key

  Independent     Sri Lanka Freedom Party     United National Party  

Election Member Party Term
1960 (March) C. P. de Silva
1960 (July)
1965
1970 Ratna Deshapriya Senanayake
1977 Merril de Silva

Elections[]

1960 (March) Parliamentary General Election[]

Results of the 4th parliamentary election held on 19 March 1960:[2]

Candidate Party Symbol Votes %
C. P. de Silva Hand 9,770
D. D. Kulatunga Elephant 1,707
Ananda L. Gunaratne Cartwheel 210
Wilson Kalansuriy Umbrella 190
Martin Wickremasinghe Key 170
Valid Votes
Rejected Votes 126
Total Polled 12,173 100.00
Registered Electors 15,981
Turnout

1960 (July) Parliamentary General Election[]

Results of the 5th parliamentary election held on 20 July 1960:[3]

Candidate Party Symbol Votes %
C. P. de Silva Hand 9,489
Charles Amunugama Elephant 2,177
Valid Votes
Rejected Votes 101
Total Polled 11,767 100.00
Registered Electors 15,981
Turnout

1965 Parliamentary General Election[]

Results of the 6th parliamentary election held on 22 March 1965:[4]

Candidate Party Symbol Votes %
C. P. de Silva Sun 9,702
H. M. William Banda Hand 8,572
Valid Votes
Rejected Votes 203
Total Polled 18,477 100.00
Registered Electors 23,351
Turnout

1970 Parliamentary General Election[]

Results of the 7th parliamentary election held on 27 May 1970:[5]

Candidate Party Symbol Votes %
Ratna Deshapriya Senanayake 15,705
C. P. de Silva 13,197
Valid Votes
Rejected Votes 118
Total Polled 29,020 100.00
Registered Electors 34,551
Turnout

1977 Parliamentary General Election[]

Results of the 8th parliamentary election held on 21 July 1977:[6]

Candidate Party Symbol Votes %
Merril de Silva Elephant 14,513
Ratna Deshapriya Senanayake Hand 9,930
Percy Wickremasekera Key 263
P. B. Wattegedera Eye 131
M. A. A. Udagedera Clock 98
Valid Votes 28,863
Rejected Votes 87
Total Polled 25,022 100.00
Registered Electors 28,863
Turnout

References[]

  1. ^ "The Electoral System". Parliament of Sri Lanka.
  2. ^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election March 1960" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 31 October 2017.[permanent dead link]
  3. ^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election July 1960" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 31 October 2017.[permanent dead link]
  4. ^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1965" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 31 October 2017.[permanent dead link]
  5. ^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1970" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 31 October 2017.[permanent dead link]
  6. ^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1977" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 31 October 2017.[permanent dead link]

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