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Mutur Electoral District was an electoral district of Sri Lanka between August 1947 and February 1989. The district was named after the town of Mutur in Trincomalee District, Eastern Province. The district was a two-member constituency between March 1960 and July 1977. 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] Mutur electoral district was replaced by the Trincomalee multi-member electoral district at the 1989 general elections, the first under the PR system, though Mutur continues to be a polling division of the multi-member electoral district.

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Members of Parliament

Key

  Independent   Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi   SLFP   UNP

ElectionMemberPartyTerm
1947 A. R. A. M. Abubucker United National Party 1947-1952
1952 M. E. H. Mohamed Ali Independent 1952-1960
1956
1960 (March) T. Ahambaram Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi 1960-1962
1960 (July)
1962 (June) M. E. H. Mohamed Ali 1962-1970
1965
1970 A. L. Abdul Majeed Sri Lanka Freedom Party 1970-1977
1977 M. E. H. Maharoof 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]

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
  A. R. A. M. Abubucker United National Party Elephant3,48043.98%
  M. E. H. Mohamed Ali Communist Party Pair of Scales1,76022.24%
E. SokkalingamStar1,55519.65%
A. C. ChellarajahUmbrella1,11814.13%
Valid Votes7,913100.00%
Rejected Votes228
Total Polled8,141
Registered Electors16,649
Turnout48.90%

1952 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
M. E. H. Mohamed Ali Independent Pair of Scales6,05064.51%
  A. R. A. M. Abubucker United National Party Umbrella3,32935.49%
Valid Votes9,379100.00%
Rejected Votes119
Total Polled9,498
Registered Electors16,705
Turnout56.86%

1956 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
M. E. H. Mohamed Ali Independent Pair of Scales10,54984.72%
A. H. AlwisAeroplane1,90215.28%
Valid Votes12,451100.00%
Rejected Votes114
Total Polled12,565
Registered Electors22,177
Turnout56.66%

1960 (March) Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 4th parliamentary election held on 19 March 1960: [5]

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
  T. Ahambaram Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi [6] House10,68526.73%
M. E. H. Mohamed Ali Independent Ladder10,68026.72%
A. L. Abdul Majeed Sewing Machine7,54018.86%
 S. B. Weerakoon Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand6,74816.88%
 A. H. Alwis United National Party Elephant1,4883.72%
 P. D. E. Victor Perera Mahajana Eksath Peramuna Cart Wheel1,1652.91%
J. A. P. Thurainayagam Independent Sun1,0752.69%
  A. R. A. M. Abubucker Lanka Democratic Party [7] Umbrella2980.75%
N. T. Francis XavierCockerel2950.74%
Valid Votes39,974100.00%
Rejected Votes1,153
Total Polled41,127
Registered Electors28,520
Turnout144.20%

1960 (July) Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 5th parliamentary election held on 20 July 1960: [8]

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
  T. Ahambaram Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi [6] House13,30428.88%
  A. L. Abdul Majeed Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand13,24728.76%
  M. E. H. Mohamed Ali United National Party Elephant11,41724.78%
H. D. L. LeelaratneLadder7,91617.18%
 P. D. E. Victor Perera Mahajana Eksath Peramuna Cart Wheel1810.39%
Valid Votes46,065100.00%
Rejected Votes677
Total Polled46,742
Registered Electors28,520
Turnout163.89%

1962 Parliamentary by-election

Results of the by-election held on 28 June 1962: [9]

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
  M. E. H. Mohamed Ali Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi [6] House14,21551.31%
 S. A. Hameed Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand6,90324.92%
R. M. GunathilakeStar6,04021.80%
C. Sundaralingam Eelam FrontSun4231.52%
Valid Votes27,699100.00%
Rejected Votes118
Total Polled27,699
Registered Electors34.632
Turnout79.98%

1965 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
  M. E. H. Mohamed Ali Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi [6] House20,23735.64%
  A. L. Abdul Majeed Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand16,72629.45%
 H. D. L. Leelaratne United National Party Elephant15,32826.99%
 D. V. Paulis Sri Lanka Freedom Party Bird3,7926.68%
R. M. GunathilakaLadder3760.66%
 S. S. Arumugam All Ceylon Tamil Congress Bicycle3270.58%
Valid Votes56,786100.00%
Rejected Votes1,343
Total Polled58,129
Registered Electors38,516
Turnout150.92%

1970 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
  A. L. Abdul Majeed Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand22,72729.72%
  A. Thangathurai Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi [6] House19,78725.87%
H. D. L. LeelaratneLadder18,69824.45%
  M. E. H. Mohamed Ali United National Party Elephant15,01819.64%
B.G. SirisenaLamp2530.33%
Valid Votes76,483100.00%
Rejected Votes705
Total Polled77,188
Registered Electors44,176
Turnout174.73%

1977 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
  M. E. H. Maharoof United National Party Elephant12,53044.99%
  A. L. Abdul Majeed Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand7,80028.01%
 S. M. Makeen Tamil United Liberation Front
(Muslim United Liberation Front)
Sun7,52027.00%
Valid Votes27,850100.00%
Rejected Votes115
Total Polled27,965
Registered Electors30,389
Turnout92.02%

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. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1960-03-19" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-07-12.
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 Also known as the Federal Party
  7. Also known as the Lanka Prajathanthravadi Pakshaya
  8. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1960-07-20" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-09-24.
  9. "Result of Parliamentary ByElections" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-03-04.
  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.

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