Nintavur Electoral District

Nintavur electoral district was an electoral district of Sri Lanka between March 1960 and February 1989. The district was renamed Sammanthurai electoral district in July 1977. The district was named after the towns of Nintavur and Sammanthurai 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] Sammanthurai electoral district was replaced by the Ampara (Amparai) multi-member electoral district at the 1989 general elections, the first under the PR system, though Sammanthurai continues to be a polling division of the multi-member electoral district.

Members of Parliament

Key

  Independent     Sri Lanka Freedom Party     United National Party  

ElectionMemberPartyTerm
1960 (March) M.I.M. Abdul Majeed 1960-1965
1960 (July)
1965 M. M. Mustapha United National Party 1965-1977
1970
1977 M. A. Abdul Majeed 1977-1989

Elections

1960 (March) Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
M.I.M. Abdul Majeed Radio Set10,01754.81%
M.M. Mustapha Umbrella5,39029.49%
Haji M. Mirza Cockerel2,65514.53%
M. Sheriff Cader Sun2151.18%
Valid Votes18,277100.00%
Rejected Votes118
Total Polled18,395
Registered Electors21,087
Turnout87.23%

1960 (July) Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
M.I.M. Abdul Majeed Cockerel12,11573.63%
M.A.M. Jalaldeen Radio Set4,33926.37%
Valid Votes16,454100.00%
Rejected Votes94
Total Polled16,548
Registered Electors21,087
Turnout78.47%

1965 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
M.M. MustaphaUnited National PartyElephant13,78959.46%
M.I.M. Abdul Majeed Cockerel9,40040.54%
Valid Votes23,189100.00%
Rejected Votes210
Total Polled23,399
Registered Electors26,497
Turnout88.31%

1970 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
M.M. MustaphaUnited National PartyElephant13,48149.12%
M.I.M. Abdul Majeed Radio13,40648.85%
I.H. Mohamed CassimSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand5562.03%
Valid Votes27,443100.00%
Rejected Votes84
Total Polled27,527
Registered Electors29,718
Turnout92.63%

1977 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
M. A. Abdul Majeed Elephant13,64254.87%
H.L.M. HassimTamil United Liberation FrontSun8,61534.65%
Abdul Jabar Hand2,60510.48%
Valid Votes24,862100.00%
Rejected Votes82
Total Polled24,944
Registered Electors27,308
Turnout91.34%

References

  1. ↑ "The Electoral System". Parliament of Sri Lanka.
  2. ↑ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1960-03-19". Department of Elections, Sri Lanka.
  3. ↑ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1960-07-20". Department of Elections, Sri Lanka.
  4. ↑ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1965". Department of Elections, Sri Lanka.
  5. ↑ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1970". Department of Elections, Sri Lanka.
  6. ↑ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1977". Department of Elections, Sri Lanka.