Minipe Electoral District

Minipe electoral district was an electoral district of Sri Lanka between August 1947 and July 1977. The district was named after the town of Minipe in Kandy District, 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] Minipe electoral district was replaced by the Kandy multi-member electoral district at the 1989 general elections, the first under the proportional representation system.

Members of Parliament

Key

  Independent     Sri Lanka Freedom Party     United National Party  

ElectionMemberPartyTerm
1947 H. B. Rambukwella Independent
1952 United National Party
1956 M. B. W. Mediwake Sri Lanka Freedom Party
1960 (March) R. W. Tennekoon United National Party
1960 (July)
1965 H. M. Navaratne Sri Lanka Freedom Party
1970

Elections

1947 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
H. B. RambukwellaElephant12,29068.84
S. P. SitunayakeHand3,65020.44
K. B. MediwakeStar1,4378.05
Valid Votes17,37797.33
Rejected Votes4772.67
Total Polled17,854100.00
Registered Electors28,295
Turnout63.01

1952 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
H. B. RambukwellaUmbrella10,69668.49
P. B. WijeratneLamp3,90525.00
K. B. MediwakeStar6674.27
Valid Votes15,26897.77
Rejected Votes3492.23
Total Polled15,617100.00
Registered Electors22,932
Turnout68.10

1956 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
M. B. W. MediwakeSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand11,09362.45
R. Wilfred TennekoonUnited National PartyElephant6,44536.28
Valid Votes17,53898.73
Rejected Votes2251.27
Total Polled17,763100.00
Registered Electors27,303
Turnout65.06

1960 (March) Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
R. Wilfred TennekoonUnited National PartyElephant3,86844.96
H. M. NavaratneSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand3,43039.87
K. B. MediwakeLadder5606.51
P. JayasekeraSun4294.99
A. M. P. BandaUmbrella1001.16
H. M. Herath BandaCartwheel931.08
Valid Votes8,48098.56
Rejected Votes1241.44
Total Polled8,604100.00
Registered Electors11,944
Turnout72.04

1960 (July) Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
R. Wilfred TennekoonUnited National PartyElephant4,83352.46
H. M. NavaratneSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand4,29346.60
Valid Votes9,12699.07
Rejected Votes860.93
Total Polled9,212100.00
Registered Electors11,944
Turnout77.13

1965 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
H. M. NavaratneSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand7,04251.86
A. P. KarunatilakeUnited National PartyElephant6,06844.68
K. A. NissankaCartwheel1881.38
Bernard MadugalleChair1691.24
Valid Votes13,46799.17
Rejected Votes1130.83
Total Polled13,580100.00
Registered Electors15,647
Turnout86.79

1970 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
H. M. NavaratneSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand10,44359.15
Bernard MadugalleUnited National PartyElephant7,11540.30
Valid Votes17,55899.46
Rejected Votes960.54
Total Polled17,654100.00
Registered Electors19,775
Turnout89.27

References
  1. "The Electoral System". Parliament of Sri Lanka.
  2. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1947" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 21 September 2017.
  3. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1952" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 21 September 2017.
  4. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1956" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 21 September 2017.
  5. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 19 March 1960" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 21 September 2017.
  6. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 20 July 1960" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 21 September 2017.
  7. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1965" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 21 September 2017.
  8. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1970" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 21 September 2017.

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