Hiniduma Electoral District Explained

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

	Member	Party
1960 (March)	M. S. Amarasiri	Mahajana Eksath Peramuna
1960 (July)	H. W. Dissanayake	Sri Lanka Freedom Party
1965	M. S. Amarasiri	United National Party
1970	H. W. Dissanayake	Sri Lanka Freedom Party
1977	M. S. Amarasiri	United National Party

Results of the 4th parliamentary election held on 19 March 1960:^[2] ^[3]

align=left width="180"	Candidate!	align=left width="180"	Party!	align=left width="120"	Symbol!	align=left width="60"	Votes!	align=left width="60"	%
M. S. Amarasiri	Mahajana Eksath Peramuna^[4]	Cart Wheel	4,173	24.52%
A. Samarawickrema	United National Party	Elephant	3,229	18.85
E. D. Wickramathilaka	Ceylon Workers' Congress	Cockerel	2,465	14.40
H. W. Dissanayake	Sri Lanka Freedom Socialist Party	Sun	2,388	13.95
H. L. Illeperumachchi	Lanka Sama Samaja Party	Key	1,881	10.98
C. D. A Gunawardene	Lanka Democratic Party	Umbrella	1,468	8.57
S. D. Samarasekera	Independent	Rabbit	743	4.34
A. S. Gunasekera	Sri Lanka Freedom Party	Hand	670	3.91
align=left colspan=3	Valid Votes	17,017	99.38
align=left colspan=3	Rejected Votes	107	0.62
align=left colspan=3	Total Polled	17,124	100.00
align=left colspan=3	Registered Electors	21,360
align=left colspan=4	Turnout	80.17%

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

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

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

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

align=left width="180"	Candidate!	align=left width="180"	Party!	align=left width="120"	Symbol!	align=left width="60"	Votes!	align=left width="60"	%
M. S. Amarasiri	United National Party	Elephant	26,140	61.77
H. W. Dissanayake	Sri Lanka Freedom Party	Hand	15,111	35.71
P. Alahapperuma	Communist Party of Sri Lanka	Star	575	1.36
K. J. A. Hinniappuhamy	Lanka Sama Samaja Party (Revolutionary)	Lamp	150	0.35
H. Abeywickrama	Lanka Democratic Party	Umbrella	132	0.31
L. Ratnapala	Independent	Tree	111	0.26
align=left colspan=3	Valid Votes	42,219	99.76
align=left colspan=3	Rejected Votes	102	0.24
align=left colspan=3	Total Polled	42,321	100.00
align=left colspan=3	Registered Electors	47,132
align=left colspan=4	Turnout	89.79

Web site: The Electoral System. Parliament of Sri Lanka.
Web site: Result of Parliamentary General Election 19 March 1960 . Department of Elections, Sri Lanka . 18 May 2017 .
Web site: Result of Parliamentary General Election 1960-03-19 . Department of Elections, Sri Lanka . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150712194326/http://www.slelections.gov.lk/pdf/Results_1960_03_19%20GENERAL%20ELECTION.PDF . 2015-07-12 .
Also known as the Federal Party
Web site: Result of Parliamentary General Election 20 July 1960 . Department of Elections, Sri Lanka . 18 May 2017 .
Web site: Result of Parliamentary General Election 1956 . Department of Elections, Sri Lanka . 18 May 2017 .
Web site: Result of Parliamentary General Election 1970 . Department of Elections, Sri Lanka . 18 May 2017 .
Web site: Result of Parliamentary General Election 1977. Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. 17 May 2017.