Mutur Electoral District

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Mutur Electoral District was an electoral district of Sri Lanka between August 1947 and February 1989. The district was named after the town of Mutur in Trincomalee District, Eastern Province. The district was a two-member constituency between March 1960 and July 1977. 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] Mutur electoral district was replaced by the Trincomalee multi-member electoral district at the 1989 general elections, the first under the PR system, though Mutur continues to be a polling division of the multi-member electoral district.

Key

  Independent   ITAK   SLFP   UNP

ElectionMemberPartyTerm
1947 A. R. A. M. Abubucker United National Party 1947-1952
1952 M. E. H. Mohamed Ali Independent 1952-1960
1956
1960 (March) T. Ahambaram Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi 1960-1962
1960 (July)
1962 (June) M. E. H. Mohamed Ali 1962-1970
1965
1970 A. L. Abdul Majeed Sri Lanka Freedom Party 1970-1977
1977 M. E. H. Maharoof 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%
 A. R. A. M. AbubuckerUnited National PartyElephant3,48043.98%
 M. E. H. Mohamed AliCommunist PartyPair of Scales1,76022.24%
E. SokkalingamStar1,55519.65%
A. C. ChellarajahUmbrella1,11814.13%
Valid Votes7,913100.00%
Rejected Votes228
Total Polled8,141
Registered Electors16,649
Turnout48.90%

1952 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
M. E. H. Mohamed AliIndependentPair of Scales6,05064.51%
 A. R. A. M. AbubuckerUnited National PartyUmbrella3,32935.49%
Valid Votes9,379100.00%
Rejected Votes119
Total Polled9,498
Registered Electors16,705
Turnout56.86%

1956 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
M. E. H. Mohamed AliIndependentPair of Scales10,54984.72%
A. H. AlwisAeroplane1,90215.28%
Valid Votes12,451100.00%
Rejected Votes114
Total Polled12,565
Registered Electors22,177
Turnout56.66%

1960 (March) Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
 T. AhambaramIllankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi[6]House10,68526.73%
M. E. H. Mohamed AliIndependentLadder10,68026.72%
A. L. Abdul MajeedSewing Machine7,54018.86%
 S. B. WeerakoonSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand6,74816.88%
 A. H. AlwisUnited National PartyElephant1,4883.72%
 P. D. E. Victor PereraMahajana Eksath PeramunaCart Wheel1,1652.91%
J. A. P. ThurainayagamIndependentSun1,0752.69%
 A. R. A. M. AbubuckerLanka Democratic Party[7]Umbrella2980.75%
N. T. Francis XavierCockerel2950.74%
Valid Votes39,974100.00%
Rejected Votes1,153
Total Polled41,127
Registered Electors28,520
Turnout144.20%

1960 (July) Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 5th parliamentary election held on 20 July 1960:[8]

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
 T. AhambaramIllankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi[6]House13,30428.88%
 A. L. Abdul MajeedSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand13,24728.76%
 M. E. H. Mohamed AliUnited National PartyElephant11,41724.78%
H. D. L. LeelaratneLadder7,91617.18%
 P. D. E. Victor PereraMahajana Eksath PeramunaCart Wheel1810.39%
Valid Votes46,065100.00%
Rejected Votes677
Total Polled46,742
Registered Electors28,520
Turnout163.89%

1962 Parliamentary by-election

Results of the by-election held on 28 June 1962:[9]

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
 M. E. H. Mohamed AliIllankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi[6]House14,21551.31%
 S. A. HameedSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand6,90324.92%
R. M. GunathilakeStar6,04021.80%
C. SundaralingamEelam FrontSun4231.52%
Valid Votes27,699100.00%
Rejected Votes118
Total Polled27,699
Registered Electors34.632
Turnout79.98%

1965 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
 M. E. H. Mohamed AliIllankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi[6]House20,23735.64%
 A. L. Abdul MajeedSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand16,72629.45%
 H. D. L. LeelaratneUnited National PartyElephant15,32826.99%
 D. V. PaulisSri Lanka Freedom PartyBird3,7926.68%
R. M. GunathilakaLadder3760.66%
 S. S. ArumugamAll Ceylon Tamil CongressBicycle3270.58%
Valid Votes56,786100.00%
Rejected Votes1,343
Total Polled58,129
Registered Electors38,516
Turnout150.92%

1970 Parliamentary General Election

1977 Parliamentary General Election

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