Hiniduma Electoral District

Hiniduma electoral district was an electoral district of Sri Lanka between March 1960 and February 1989. The district was named after the town of Hiniduma in Galle District, Southern 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] Hiniduma electoral district was replaced by the Galle multi-member electoral district at the 1989 general elections.

Members of Parliament

Key

Independent Sri Lanka Freedom Party United National Party

Election		Member	Party	Term
	1960 (March)
	1960 (July)
	1965
	1970
	1977

Elections

1960 (March) Parliamentary General Election

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

Candidate		Party	Symbol	Votes	%
	M. S. Amarasiri	Mahajana Eksath Peramuna^[3]	Cart Wheel	4,173	24.52%
	A. Samarawickrema	United National Party	Elephant	3,229	18.98%
	E. D. Wickramathilaka	Ceylon Workers' Congress	Cockerel	2,465	14.49%
	H. W. Dissanayake	Sri Lanka Freedom Socialist Party	Sun	2,388	14.03%
	H. L. Illeperumachchi	Lanka Sama Samaja Party	Key	1,881	11.05%
	C. D. A Gunawardene	Lanka Democratic Party	Umbrella	1,468	8.63%
	S. D. Samarasekera	Independent	Rabbit	743	4.37%
	A. S. Gunasekera	Sri Lanka Freedom Party	Hand	670	3.94%
Valid Votes				17,017	100.00%
Rejected Votes				107
Total Polled				17,124
Registered Electors				21,360
Turnout				80.17%

1960 (July) Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 5th parliamentary election held on 20 July 1960:^[2]

Candidate		Party	Symbol	Votes	%
	H. W. Dissanayake	Sri Lanka Freedom Party^[3]	Hand	7,610	48.23%
	P. L. Sumanadasa	United National Party	Elephant	4,172	26.44%
	M. S. Amarasiri	Mahajana Eksath Peramuna	Cart Wheel	3,697	23.43%
	D. P. Edirisinghe	Independent	Rabbit	299	1.90%
Valid Votes				15,778	100.00%
Rejected Votes				71
Total Polled				15,849
Registered Electors				21,360
Turnout				74.20%

1965 Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 6th parliamentary election held on 22 March 1965:^[2]

Candidate		Party	Symbol	Votes	%
	M. S. Amarasiri	United National Party^[3]	Hand	11,755	50.89%
	H. W. Dissanayake	Sri Lanka Freedom Party	Elephant	11,193	48.46%
	N. L. L. Mathrudasa	Mahajana Eksath Peramuna	Cart Wheel	150	0.65%
Valid Votes				23,098	100.00%
Rejected Votes				105
Total Polled				23,205
Registered Electors				26,882
Turnout				86.32%

1970 Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 7th parliamentary election held on 27 May 1970:^[2]

Candidate		Party	Symbol	Votes	%
	H. W. Dissanayake	Sri Lanka Freedom Party^[3]	Hand	16,779	59.67%
	M. S. Amarasiri	United National Party	Elephant	11,092	39.44%
	D. P. Edirisinghe	Independent	Bell	251	0.89%
Valid Votes				28,122	100.00%
Rejected Votes				143
Total Polled				28,265
Registered Electors				32,011
Turnout				89.30%

1977 Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 8th parliamentary election held on 21 July 1977:^[2]

Candidate		Party	Symbol	Votes	%
	M. S. Amarasiri	United National Party^[3]	Elephant	26,140	61.92%
	H. W. Dissanayake	Sri Lanka Freedom Party	Hand	15,111	35.79%
	P. Alahapperuma	Communist Party of Sri Lanka	Star	575	1.36%
	K. J. A. Hinniappuhamy	Lanka Sama Samaja Party (Revolutionary)	Lamp	150	0.36%
	H. Abeywickrama	Lanka Democratic Party	Umbrella	132	0.31%
	L. Ratnapala	Independent	Tree	111	0.26%
Valid Votes				42,219	100.00%
Rejected Votes				102
Total Polled				42,321
Registered Electors				47,132
Turnout				89.79%

Hiniduma Polling Division in Subsequent Parliamentary Elections

1989 Parliamentary Elections

Results of the 9th parliamentary election held on 15 February 1989:^[2]

Party		Symbol	Votes	%
	United National Party^[3]	Elephant	25,466	52.05%
	Sri Lanka Freedom Party	Hand	22,597	46.19%
	United Socialist Alliance	Lamp	311	0.64%
	Mahajana Eksath Peramuna	Cart Wheel	298	0.61%
	United Lanka People's Party	Cup	162	0.33%
	Sri Lanka Muslim Congress	Tree	92	0.19%
Valid Votes				48,926
Rejected Votes				2,954
Total Polled				51,880
Registered Electors				64,452
Turnout				80.49%

1994 Parliamentary Elections

Results of the 10th parliamentary election held on 16 August 1994:^[2]

Party		Symbol	Votes	%
	People's Alliance^[3]	Chair	33,648	55.40%
	United National Party	Elephant	26,099	43.00%
	Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna	Bell	601	1.00%
	Mahajana Eksath Peramuna	Cart Wheel	296	0.50%
	People's Freedom Front	[]	42	0.1%
Valid Votes				60,686
Rejected Votes				2,747
Total Polled				63,433
Registered Electors				74,337
Turnout				85.3%

2000 Parliamentary Elections

Results of the 11th parliamentary election held on 20 October 2000:^[2]

Party		Symbol	Votes	%
	People's Alliance^[3]	Chair	34,278	51.74%
	United National Party	Elephant	26,626	40.19%
	Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna	Bell	4,492	6.78%
	New Left Front	Umbrella	252	0.38%
	Sihala Urumaya	Conch Shell	219	0.33%
Valid Votes				66,250

2001 Parliamentary Elections

Results of the 12th parliamentary election held on 6 December 2001:^[2]

Party		Symbol	Votes	%
	People's Alliance^[3]	Chair	30,151	44.68%
	United National Party	Elephant	29,666	43.97%
	Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna	Bell	6,717	9.95%
	New Left Front	Umbrella	353	0.52%
Valid Votes				67,476
Rejected Votes				3,042
Total Polled				70,518
Registered Electors				83,302
Turnout				84.65%

2004 Parliamentary Elections

Results of the 13th parliamentary election held on 2 April 2004:^[2]

Party		Symbol	Votes	%
	United People's Freedom Alliance^[3]	Betel Leaf	38,633	57.25%
	United National Front	Elephant	27,440	40.66%
	Jathika Hela Urumaya	Conch Shell	1,119	1.66%
Valid Votes				67,483
Rejected Votes				4,371
Total Polled				71,854

2010 Parliamentary Elections

Results of the 14th parliamentary election held on 8 April 2010:^[2]

Party		Symbol	Votes	%
	United People's Freedom Alliance^[3]	Betel Leaf	40,083	68.26%
	United National Front	Elephant	15,616	26.59%
	Democratic National Alliance	Trophy	2,717	4.63%
	United Socialist Party	Three Wheeler	58	0.10%
Valid Votes				58,725
Rejected Votes				3,657
Total Polled				62,382
Registered Electors				94,245
Turnout				66.2%

References

↑ "The Electoral System". Parliament of Sri Lanka.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1960-03-19" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Also known as the Federal Party

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Former Electoral Districts of Sri Lanka

Central Province	Akurana Dambulla Galagedara Galaha Gampola Hanguranketha Harispattuwa Hewaheta Kadugannawa Kandy Kotagala Kotmale Kundasale Laggala Maskeliya Matale Maturata Minipe Nawalapitiya Nuwara Eliya Nuwara Eliya-Maskeliya Pathadumbara Rattota Senkadagala Talawakelle Teldeniya Udadumbara Udunuwara Walapane Wattegama Yatinuwara

Eastern Province	Ampara Batticaloa Kalkudah Kalmunai Mutur Nintavur Paddiruppu Pottuvil Samanthurai Seruvila Trincomalee

Northern Province	Chavakachcheri Jaffna Kankesanthurai Kayts Kilinochchi Kopay Manipay Mannar Mullaitivu Nallur Point Pedro Udupiddy Uduvil Vaddukoddai Vavuniya

North Central Province	Anuradhapura Anuradhapura East Anuradhapura West Horowpothana Kalawewa Kekirawa Medawachchiya Medirigiriya Mihintale Minneriya Polonnaruwa

North Western Province	Anamaduwa Bingiriya Chilaw Dambadeniya Dandagamuwa Dodangaslanda Galgamuwa Hiriyala Katugampola Kuliyapitiya Kurunegala Mawatagama Nattandiya Nikaweratiya Panduwasnuwara Polgahawela Puttalam Wariyapola Wennappuwa Yapahuwa

Uva	Badulla Bandarawela Bibile Buttala Hali-Ela Haputale Mahiyangana Moneragala Passara Soranatota Uva Paranagama Viyaluwa Welimada Wellawaya

Sabaragamuwa	Alutnuwara Aranayaka Balangoda Dedigama Dehiowita Deraniyagala Eheliyagoda Galigamuwa Kalawana Kegalle Kiriella Kolonna Mawanella Nivitigala Pelmadulla Rakwana Rambukkana Ratnapura Ruwanwella Yatiyantota

Southern Province	Akmeemana Akuressa Ambalangoda Ambalangoda-Balapitiya Baddegama Balapitiya Beliatta Bentara-Elpitiya Deniyaya Devinuwara Galle Habaraduwa Hakmana Hambantota Hiniduma Kamburupitiya Karandeniya Matara Mulkirigala Rathgama Tangalle Tissamaharama Udugama Weligama

Western Province	Agalawatte Attanagalla Avissawella Bandaragama Beruwala Biyagama Borella Bulathsinhala Colombo Central Colombo East Colombo North Colombo South Colombo West Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia Divulapitiya Dompe Gampaha Homagama Horana Ja-Ela Kaduwela Kalutara Katana Kelaniya Kesbewa Kolonnawa Kottawa Kotte Mahara Maharagama Matugama Minuwangoda Mirigama Moratuwa Negombo Panadura Ratmalana Wattala Wellawatte-Galkissa

Current Electoral districts of Sri Lanka

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