Kalmunai Electoral District

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  

ElectionMemberPartyTerm
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 Abdul Rasak Mansoor 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%
  M. S. KariapperUnited National PartyKey6,88651.17%
K. KanapathipillaiElephant3,59226.69%
M. A. L. KariapperHand2,97822.13%
Valid Votes13,456100.00%
Rejected Votes406
Total Polled13,862
Registered Electors22,753
Turnout60.92%

1952 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
A. M. MerzaIndependentStar6,07842.69%
M. A. I. KariapperPair of Scales4,41431.01%
  M. S. KariapperUnited National PartyKey3,74426.30%
Valid Votes14,236100.00%
Rejected Votes228
Total Polled14,464
Registered Electors22,120
Turnout65.39%

1956 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
  M. S. KariapperIllankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi[5]House9,46447.80%
M. A. Abdul MajeedTree6,09530.78%
  N. T. Francis XavierLanka Sama Samaja PartyKey4,24221.42%
Valid Votes19,801100.00%
Rejected Votes183
Total Polled19,984
Registered Electors27,841
Turnout71.78%

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]

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
  M. S. KariapperLanka Democratic Party[8]Umbrella5,74341.27%
  S. Z. M. M. MoulanaIllankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi[5]House5,52039.67%
M. C. AhamedCockerel1,2809.20%
M. A. L. KariapperLadder1,1538.29%
C. Cader MohideenPot2191.57%
Valid Votes13,915100.00%
Rejected Votes189
Total Polled14,104
Registered Electors17,762
Turnout79.41%

1960 (July) Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
  M. C. AhamedIllankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi[5]House7,61657.41%
M. S. KariapperAll Ceylon Islamic United FrontSun5,65142.59%
Valid Votes13,267100.00%
Rejected Votes138
Total Polled13,405
Registered Electors17,762
Turnout75.47%

1965 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
M. S. KariapperIndependentUmbrella6,72635.26%
  S. Z. M. M. MoulanaIllankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi[5]House6,23532.69%
M. C. AhamedIndependentCockerel5,83830.61%
  C. Abdul Cader MohideenUnited National PartyElephant2751.44%
Valid Votes19,074100.00%
Rejected Votes173
Total Polled19,247
Registered Electors22,363
Turnout86.07%

1970 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
  M. C. AhamedSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand8,77940.71%
  A. R. MunsoorUnited National PartyElephant7,82736.29%
  A. UdumalebbeIllankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi[5]House4,96023.00%
Valid Votes21,566100.00%
Rejected Votes107
Total Polled21,673
Registered Electors24,693
Turnout87.77%

1977 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
  Abdul Rasak MansoorUnited National PartyElephant12,63648.78%
  A. M. SamsudeenTamil United Liberation Front
(Muslim United Liberation Front)		Sun7,09327.38%
  Ahamed Mohamed CassimSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand5,92222.86%
Thuraiappa MuthukrishnanLamp2530.98%
Valid Votes25,904100.00%
Rejected Votes101
Total Polled26,005
Registered Electors28,826
Turnout90.21%

References & footnotes

  1. ↑ "The Electoral System". Parliament of Sri Lanka.
  2. ↑ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1947". Department of Elections, Sri Lanka.
  3. ↑ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1952". Department of Elections, Sri Lanka.
  4. ↑ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1956". Department of Elections, Sri Lanka.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 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". Department of Elections, Sri Lanka.
  8. ↑ Also known as the Lanka Prajathanthravadi Pakshaya
  9. ↑ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1960-07-20". Department of Elections, Sri Lanka.
  10. ↑ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1965". Department of Elections, Sri Lanka.
  11. ↑ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1970". Department of Elections, Sri Lanka.
  12. ↑ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1977". Department of Elections, Sri Lanka.