Mihintale Electoral District Explained

Mihintale electoral district was an electoral district of Sri Lanka between March 1960 and February 1989. The district was named after the town of Mihintale in Anuradhapura District, North 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] Mihintale electoral district was replaced by the Anuradhapura multi-member electoral district at the 1989 general elections, the first under the proportional representation system, continues to be a polling division of the multi-member electoral district.

Members of Parliament

Key

Election		Member	Party	Term
	1960 (March)
	1960 (July)
	1965
	1970
	1977

Elections

1960 (March) Parliamentary General Election

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

align=left width="180"	Candidate!	align=left width="180"	Party!	align=left width="120"	Symbol!	align=left width="60"	Votes!	align=left width="60"	%
align=left colspan=3	Valid Votes
align=left colspan=3	Rejected Votes
align=left colspan=3	Total Polled		100.00
align=left colspan=3	Registered Electors
align=left colspan=4	Turnout

1960 (July) Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 5th parliamentary election held on 20 July 1960:^[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"	%
align=left colspan=3	Valid Votes
align=left colspan=3	Rejected Votes
align=left colspan=3	Total Polled		100.00
align=left colspan=3	Registered Electors
align=left colspan=4	Turnout

1965 Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 6th parliamentary election held on 22 March 1965:^[4]

align=left width="180"	Candidate!	align=left width="180"	Party!	align=left width="120"	Symbol!	align=left width="60"	Votes!	align=left width="60"	%
align=left colspan=3	Valid Votes
align=left colspan=3	Rejected Votes
align=left colspan=3	Total Polled		100.00
align=left colspan=3	Registered Electors
align=left colspan=4	Turnout

1970 Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 7th parliamentary election held on 27 May 1970:^[5]

align=left width="180"	Candidate!	align=left width="180"	Party!	align=left width="120"	Symbol!	align=left width="60"	Votes!	align=left width="60"	%
align=left colspan=3	Valid Votes
align=left colspan=3	Rejected Votes
align=left colspan=3	Total Polled		100.00
align=left colspan=3	Registered Electors
align=left colspan=4	Turnout

1977 Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 8th parliamentary election held on 21 July 1977:^[6]

align=left width="180"	Candidate!	align=left width="180"	Party!	align=left width="120"	Symbol!	align=left width="60"	Votes!	align=left width="60"	%
align=left colspan=3	Valid Votes
align=left colspan=3	Rejected Votes
align=left colspan=3	Total Polled		100.00
align=left colspan=3	Registered Electors
align=left colspan=4	Turnout

Notes and References

1. Web site: The Electoral System. Parliament of Sri Lanka.
2. Web site: Result of Parliamentary General Election March 1960 . Department of Elections, Sri Lanka . 31 October 2017 .
3. Web site: Result of Parliamentary General Election July 1960 . Department of Elections, Sri Lanka . 31 October 2017 .
4. Web site: Result of Parliamentary General Election 1965 . Department of Elections, Sri Lanka . 31 October 2017 .
5. Web site: Result of Parliamentary General Election 1970 . Department of Elections, Sri Lanka . 31 October 2017 .
6. Web site: Result of Parliamentary General Election 1977 . Department of Elections, Sri Lanka . 31 October 2017 .