Pottuvil Electoral District

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

This article is about the former electoral district in Sri Lanka. For the town, see Pottuvil.

Members of Parliament

Key

  Independent     Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi     United National Party  

ElectionMemberPartyTerm
1947 M. M. Ebrahim Ind. 1947-1956
1952
1956 M. M. Mustapha ITAK 1956-1960
1960 (March) M. A. Abdul Majeed Ind. 1960-1970
1960 (July)
1965
1970 UNP 1970-1977
1977 A. M. Mohamed Jalaldeen 1977-1989

Elections

1947 Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 1st parliamentary election held between 23 August 1947 and 20 September 1947 for the district:[2]

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
M. M. EbrahimIndependentPair of Scales7,40755.92
A. R. A. RazikUnited National PartyLamp5,50841.59
Valid Votes12,91597.51
Rejected Votes3302.49
Total Polled13,245100.00
Registered Electors18,164
Turnout72.92

1952 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
M. M. EbrahimIndependentPair of Scales8,09351.21
M. M. MustaphaStar7,53447.67
Valid Votes15,62798.88
Rejected Votes1771.12
Total Polled15,804100.00
Registered Electors21,187
Turnout74.59

1956 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
M. M. MustaphaFederal PartyHouse8,35551.81
M. I. M. Abdul MajeedChair4,62628.69
M. F. Abdul JawadUmbrella2,94418.25
Valid Votes15,92598.75
Rejected Votes2011.25
Total Polled16,126100.00
Registered Electors25,273
Turnout63.81

1960 (March) Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
M. A. Abdul MajeedIndependentCockerel9,87470.01
M. F. Abdul JawadUmbrella2,13815.16
V. SandrasegaraLadder1,91013.54
Valid Votes13,92298.72
Rejected Votes1811.28
Total Polled14,103100.00
Registered Electors18,250
Turnout77.28

1960 (July) Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 5th parliamentary election held on 20 July 1960 for the district:[6]

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
M. A. Abdul MajeedIndependentRadio Set11,59192.37
M. Z. K. M. KariapperAll Ceylon Islamic United FrontSun8376.67
Valid Votes12,42899.04
Rejected Votes1210.96
Total Polled12,549100.00
Registered Electors18,250
Turnout68.76

1965 Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 6th parliamentary election held on 22 March 1965 for the district:[7]

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
M. A. Abdul MajeedIndependentRadio Set6,76834.89
N. TharmalingamCockerel5,29627.30
Y. M. MustaphaPair of Scales3,21716.58
U. M. SulaimalebbeElephant2,91115.00
M. S. CaderFederal PartyHouse8714.49
B. A. Lal WijewardhanaCart Wheel1530.79
Valid Votes19,21699.05
Rejected Votes1850.95
Total Polled19,401100.00
Registered Electors23,586
Turnout82.26

1970 Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 7th parliamentary election held on 27 May 1970 for the district:[8]

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
M. A. Abdul MajeedUnited National PartyElephant10,61041.92
Tharumalingam NadarajahCockerel9,33536.88
M. I. Abdul JabbarHand5,20920.58
Valid Votes25,15499.39
Rejected Votes1550.61
Total Polled25,309100.00
Registered Electors28,282
Turnout89.49

1977 Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 8th parliamentary election held on 21 July 1977 for the district:[9]

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
A. M. Mohamed JalaldeenUnited National PartyElephant30,31533.73
M. CanagaratnamTamil United Liberation FrontSun23,99026.69
M. M. MustaphaSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand22,37824.90
Nadarajah DharmalingamClock7,6448.51
Seyed Ahamed MoulanaRadio2,9023.23
P. M. S. JananayakeLamp1,4581.62
S. L. Abdul SatharStar2720.30
Valid Votes88,95998.99
Rejected Votes9121.01
Total Polled89,871100.00
Registered Electors49,691
Turnout180.86

In December 1977 M. Canagaratnam defected to the United National Party.

References
  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. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1960-07-20" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-09-24.
  7. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1965" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-07-13.
  8. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1970" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-12-09.
  9. "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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