Kalmunai Electoral District Explained

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

Members of Parliament

Key

ElectionMemberPartyTerm
1947M. S. KariapperUnited National Party1947-1952
1952A. M. MerzaIndependent1952-1956
1956M. S. KariapperIllankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi1956-1960
1960 (March)Lanka Prajathanthravadi Pakshaya1960-1960
1960 (July)M. C. AhamedIllankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi1960-1965
1965M. S. KariapperIndependent1965-1970
1970M. C. AhamedSri Lanka Freedom Party1970-1977
1977Abdul Rasak MansoorUnited National Party1977-1989

Elections

1947 Parliamentary General Election

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

align=left colspan=2 width="180"Candidate!align=left width="180"Party!align=left width="120"Symbol!align=left width="60"Votes!align=left width="60"%
bgcolor=  M. S. KariapperUnited National PartyKey6,88651.17%
K. KanapathipillaiElephant3,59226.69%
M. A. L. KariapperHand2,97822.13%
align=left colspan=4Valid Votes13,456100.00%
align=left colspan=4Rejected Votes406
align=left colspan=4Total Polled13,862
align=left colspan=4Registered Electors22,753
align=left colspan=4Turnout60.92%

1952 Parliamentary General Election

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

align=left colspan=2 width="180"Candidate!align=left width="180"Party!align=left width="120"Symbol!align=left width="60"Votes!align=left width="60"%
A. M. MerzaIndependentStar6,07842.69%
M. A. I. KariapperPair of Scales4,41431.01%
bgcolor=  M. S. KariapperUnited National PartyKey3,74426.30%
align=left colspan=4Valid Votes14,236100.00%
align=left colspan=4Rejected Votes228
align=left colspan=4Total Polled14,464
align=left colspan=4Registered Electors22,120
align=left colspan=4Turnout65.39%

1956 Parliamentary General Election

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

align=left colspan=2 width="180"Candidate!align=left width="180"Party!align=left width="120"Symbol!align=left width="60"Votes!align=left width="60"%
bgcolor=  M. S. KariapperIllankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi[5] House9,46447.80%
M. A. Abdul MajeedTree6,09530.78%
bgcolor=  N. T. Francis XavierLanka Sama Samaja PartyKey4,24221.42%
align=left colspan=4Valid Votes19,801100.00%
align=left colspan=4Rejected Votes183
align=left colspan=4Total Polled19,984
align=left colspan=4Registered Electors27,841
align=left colspan=4Turnout71.78%

M. S. Kariapper defected to the government within six months of the election.[6]

1960 (March) Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 4th parliamentary election held on 19 March 1960:[7]

align=left colspan=2 width="180"Candidate!align=left width="180"Party!align=left width="120"Symbol!align=left width="60"Votes!align=left width="60"%
bgcolor=  M. S. KariapperLanka Democratic Party[8] Umbrella5,74341.27%
bgcolor=  S. Z. M. M. MoulanaIllankai Tamil Arasu KachchiHouse5,52039.67%
M. C. AhamedCockerel1,2809.20%
M. A. L. KariapperLadder1,1538.29%
C. Cader MohideenPot2191.57%
align=left colspan=4Valid Votes13,915100.00%
align=left colspan=4Rejected Votes189
align=left colspan=4Total Polled14,104
align=left colspan=4Registered Electors17,762
align=left colspan=4Turnout79.41%

1960 (July) Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 5th parliamentary election held on 20 July 1960:[9]

align=left colspan=2 width="180"Candidate!align=left width="180"Party!align=left width="120"Symbol!align=left width="60"Votes!align=left width="60"%
bgcolor=  M. C. AhamedIllankai Tamil Arasu KachchiHouse7,61657.41%
M. S. KariapperAll Ceylon Islamic United FrontSun5,65142.59%
align=left colspan=4Valid Votes13,267100.00%
align=left colspan=4Rejected Votes138
align=left colspan=4Total Polled13,405
align=left colspan=4Registered Electors17,762
align=left colspan=4Turnout75.47%

1965 Parliamentary General Election

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

align=left colspan=2 width="180"Candidate!align=left width="180"Party!align=left width="120"Symbol!align=left width="60"Votes!align=left width="60"%
M. S. KariapperIndependentUmbrella6,72635.26%
bgcolor=  S. Z. M. M. MoulanaIllankai Tamil Arasu KachchiHouse6,23532.69%
M. C. AhamedIndependentCockerel5,83830.61%
bgcolor=  C. Abdul Cader MohideenUnited National PartyElephant2751.44%
align=left colspan=4Valid Votes19,074100.00%
align=left colspan=4Rejected Votes173
align=left colspan=4Total Polled19,247
align=left colspan=4Registered Electors22,363
align=left colspan=4Turnout86.07%

1970 Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 7th parliamentary election held on 27 May 1970:[11]

align=left colspan=2 width="180"Candidate!align=left width="180"Party!align=left width="120"Symbol!align=left width="60"Votes!align=left width="60"%
bgcolor=  M. C. AhamedSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand8,77940.71%
bgcolor=  A. R. MunsoorUnited National PartyElephant7,82736.29%
bgcolor=  A. UdumalebbeIllankai Tamil Arasu KachchiHouse4,96023.00%
align=left colspan=4Valid Votes21,566100.00%
align=left colspan=4Rejected Votes107
align=left colspan=4Total Polled21,673
align=left colspan=4Registered Electors24,693
align=left colspan=4Turnout87.77%

1977 Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 8th parliamentary election held on 21 July 1977:[12]

align=left colspan=2 width="180"Candidate!align=left width="180"Party!align=left width="120"Symbol!align=left width="60"Votes!align=left width="60"%
bgcolor=  Abdul Rasak MansoorUnited National PartyElephant12,63648.78%
bgcolor=  A. M. SamsudeenTamil United Liberation Front
(Muslim United Liberation Front)		Sun7,09327.38%
bgcolor=  Ahamed Mohamed CassimSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand5,92222.86%
Thuraiappa MuthukrishnanLamp2530.98%
align=left colspan=4Valid Votes25,904100.00%
align=left colspan=4Rejected Votes101
align=left colspan=4Total Polled26,005
align=left colspan=4Registered Electors28,826
align=left colspan=4Turnout90.21%

References & footnotes

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: The Electoral System . . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20101127041829/http://parliament.lk/about_us/electoral_system.jsp . 2010-11-27 .
  2. Web site: Result of Parliamentary General Election 1947 . Department of Elections, Sri Lanka . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150924115557/http://www.slelections.gov.lk/pdf/Results_1947%20GENERAL%20ELECTION.PDF . 2015-09-24 .
  3. Web site: Result of Parliamentary General Election 1952 . Department of Elections, Sri Lanka . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150924115603/http://www.slelections.gov.lk/pdf/Results_1952%20GENERAL%20ELECTION.PDF . 2015-09-24 .
  4. Web site: Result of Parliamentary General Election 1956 . Department of Elections, Sri Lanka . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150924115606/http://www.slelections.gov.lk/pdf/Results_1956%20GENERAL%20ELECTION.PDF . 2015-09-24 .
  5. Also known as the Federal Party
  6. Web site: Sri Kantha. Sachi. Sinhala-Muslim Romancing and Rift: Two Published Records from the Past. Ilankai Tamil Sangam.
  7. 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 .
  8. Also known as the Lanka Prajathanthravadi Pakshaya
  9. Web site: Result of Parliamentary General Election 1960-07-20 . Department of Elections, Sri Lanka . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150924115611/http://www.slelections.gov.lk/pdf/Results_1960_07_20%20GENERAL%20ELECTION.PDF . 2015-09-24 .
  10. Web site: Result of Parliamentary General Election 1965 . Department of Elections, Sri Lanka . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150713003440/http://www.slelections.gov.lk/pdf/Results_1965%20GENERAL%20ELECTION.PDF . 2015-07-13 .
  11. Web site: Result of Parliamentary General Election 1970 . https://web.archive.org/web/20091209231958/http://www.slelections.gov.lk/pdf/Results_1970%20GENERAL%20ELECTION.PDF . dead . 2009-12-09 . Department of Elections, Sri Lanka .
  12. Web site: Result of Parliamentary General Election 1977 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110717002624/http://www.slelections.gov.lk/pdf/General%20Election%201977.PDF . dead . 2011-07-17 . Department of Elections, Sri Lanka .

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