- Nintavur Electoral District
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Nintavur electoral district was an electoral district of Sri Lanka between March 1960 and February 1989. The district was renamed Samanthurai electoral district in July 1977. The district was named after the towns of Nintavur and Samanthurai 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] Samanthurai electoral district was replaced by the Ampara (Amparai) multi-member electoral district at the 1989 general elections, the first under the PR system, though Samanthurai continues to be a polling division of the multi-member electoral district.
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1960 (March) Parliamentary General Election
Results of the 4th parliamentary election held on 19 March 1960 for the district:[2]
Candidate Party Symbol Votes % M.I.M. Abdul Majeed Radio Set 10,017 54.81% M.M. Mustapha Umbrella 5,390 29.49% Haji M. Mirza Cockerel 2,655 14.53% M. Sheriff Cader Sun 215 1.18% Valid Votes 18,277 100.00% Rejected Votes 118 Total Polled 18,395 Registered Electors 21,087 Turnout 87.23% 1960 (July) Parliamentary General Election
Results of the 5th parliamentary election held on 20 July 1960 for the district:[3]
Candidate Party Symbol Votes % M.I.M. Abdul Majeed Cockerel 12,115 73.63% M.A.M. Jalaldeen Radio Set 4,339 26.37% Valid Votes 16,454 100.00% Rejected Votes 94 Total Polled 16,548 Registered Electors 21,087 Turnout 78.47% 1965 Parliamentary General Election
Results of the 6th parliamentary election held on 22 March 1965 for the district:[4]
Candidate Party Symbol Votes % M.M. Mustapha United National Party Elephant 13,789 59.46% M.I.M. Abdul Majeed Cockerel 9,400 40.54% Valid Votes 23,189 100.00% Rejected Votes 210 Total Polled 23,399 Registered Electors 26,497 Turnout 88.31% 1970 Parliamentary General Election
Results of the 7th parliamentary election held on 27 May 1970 for the district:[5]
Candidate Party Symbol Votes % M.M. Mustapha United National Party Elephant 13,481 49.12% M.I.M. Abdul Majeed Radio 13,406 48.85% I.H. Mohamed Cassim Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand 556 2.03% Valid Votes 27,443 100.00% Rejected Votes 84 Total Polled 27,527 Registered Electors 29,718 Turnout 92.63% 1977 Parliamentary General Election
Results of the 8th parliamentary election held on 21 July 1977 for the district:[6]
Candidate Party Symbol Votes % M.A. Abdul Majeed Elephant 13,642 54.87% H.L.M. Hassim Tamil United Liberation Front Sun 8,615 34.65% Abdul Jabar Hand 2,605 10.48% Valid Votes 24,862 100.00% Rejected Votes 82 Total Polled 24,944 Registered Electors 27,308 Turnout 91.34% References
- ^ "The Electoral System". Parliament of Sri Lanka. http://www.parliament.lk/about_us/electoral_system.jsp.
- ^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1960-03-19". Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. http://www.slelections.gov.lk/pdf/Results_1960_03_19%20GENERAL%20ELECTION.PDF.
- ^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1960-07-20". Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. http://www.slelections.gov.lk/pdf/Results_1960_07_20%20GENERAL%20ELECTION.PDF.
- ^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1965". Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. http://www.slelections.gov.lk/pdf/Results_1965%20GENERAL%20ELECTION.PDF.
- ^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1970". Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. http://www.slelections.gov.lk/pdf/Results_1970%20GENERAL%20ELECTION.PDF.
- ^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1977". Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. http://www.slelections.gov.lk/pdf/General%20Election%201977.PDF.
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- Ampara District
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