Minneriya Electoral District

Minneriya electoral district was an electoral district of Sri Lanka between March 1960 and February 1989. The district was named after the town of Minneriya in Anuradhapura District, North Central 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] Minneriya electoral district was replaced by the Anuradhapura multi-member electoral district at the 1989 general elections, the first under the proportional representation system, continues to be a polling division of the multi-member electoral district.

Members of Parliament

Key

  Independent   SLFP   UNP

ElectionMemberPartyTerm
1960 (March) C. P. de Silva
1960 (July)
1965
1970 Ratna Deshapriya Senanayake
1977 Merril de Silva

Elections

1960 (March) Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
C. P. de SilvaHand9,770
D. D. KulatungaElephant1,707
Ananda L. GunaratneCartwheel210
Wilson KalansuriyUmbrella190
Martin WickremasingheKey170
Valid Votes
Rejected Votes126
Total Polled12,173100.00
Registered Electors15,981
Turnout

1960 (July) Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
C. P. de SilvaHand9,489
Charles AmunugamaElephant2,177
Valid Votes
Rejected Votes101
Total Polled11,767100.00
Registered Electors15,981
Turnout

1965 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
C. P. de SilvaSun9,702
H. M. William BandaHand8,572
Valid Votes
Rejected Votes203
Total Polled18,477100.00
Registered Electors23,351
Turnout

1970 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Ratna Deshapriya Senanayake15,705
C. P. de Silva13,197
Valid Votes
Rejected Votes118
Total Polled29,020100.00
Registered Electors34,551
Turnout

1977 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Merril de SilvaElephant14,513
Ratna Deshapriya SenanayakeHand9,930
Percy WickremasekeraKey263
P. B. WattegederaEye131
M. A. A. UdagederaClock98
Valid Votes28,863
Rejected Votes87
Total Polled25,022100.00
Registered Electors28,863
Turnout

References
  1. "The Electoral System". Parliament of Sri Lanka.
  2. "Result of Parliamentary General Election March 1960" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 31 October 2017.
  3. "Result of Parliamentary General Election July 1960" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 31 October 2017.
  4. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1965" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 31 October 2017.
  5. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1970" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 31 October 2017.
  6. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1977" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 31 October 2017.

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