Minipe Electoral District Explained

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

Election		Member	Party	Term
	1947	H. B. Rambukwella	Independent
	1952		United National Party
	1956	M. B. W. Mediwake	Sri Lanka Freedom Party
	1960 (March)	Reginald 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]

align=left width="180"	Candidate!	align=left width="180"	Party!	align=left width="120"	Symbol!	align=left width="60"	Votes!	align=left width="60"	%
		Elephant	12,290	68.84
S. P. Situnayake		Hand	3,650	20.44
K. B. Mediwake		Star	1,437	8.05
align=left colspan=3	Valid Votes	17,377	97.33
align=left colspan=3	Rejected Votes	477	2.67
align=left colspan=3	Total Polled	17,854	100.00
align=left colspan=3	Registered Electors	28,295
align=left colspan=4	Turnout	63.01

1952 Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 2nd parliamentary election held between 24 May 1952 and 30 May 1952:^[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"	%
		Umbrella	10,696	68.49
P. B. Wijeratne		Lamp	3,905	25.00
K. B. Mediwake		Star	667	4.27
align=left colspan=3	Valid Votes	15,268	97.77
align=left colspan=3	Rejected Votes	349	2.23
align=left colspan=3	Total Polled	15,617	100.00
align=left colspan=3	Registered Electors	22,932
align=left colspan=4	Turnout	68.10

1956 Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 3rd parliamentary election held between 5 April 1956 and 10 April 1956:^[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"	%
		Hand	11,093	62.45
Reginald Wilfred Tennekoon		Elephant	6,445	36.28
align=left colspan=3	Valid Votes	17,538	98.73
align=left colspan=3	Rejected Votes	225	1.27
align=left colspan=3	Total Polled	17,763	100.00
align=left colspan=3	Registered Electors	27,303
align=left colspan=4	Turnout	65.06

1960 (March) Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 4th parliamentary election held on 19 March 1960:^[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"	%
		Elephant	3,868	44.96
		Hand	3,430	39.87
K. B. Mediwake		Ladder	560	6.51
P. Jayasekera		Sun	429	4.99
A. M. P. Banda		Umbrella	100	1.16
H. M. Herath Banda		Cartwheel	93	1.08
align=left colspan=3	Valid Votes	8,480	98.56
align=left colspan=3	Rejected Votes	124	1.44
align=left colspan=3	Total Polled	8,604	100.00
align=left colspan=3	Registered Electors	11,944
align=left colspan=4	Turnout	72.04

1960 (July) Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 5th parliamentary election held on 20 July 1960:^[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"	%
		Elephant	4,833	52.46
		Hand	4,293	46.60
align=left colspan=3	Valid Votes	9,126	99.07
align=left colspan=3	Rejected Votes	86	0.93
align=left colspan=3	Total Polled	9,212	100.00
align=left colspan=3	Registered Electors	11,944
align=left colspan=4	Turnout	77.13

1965 Parliamentary General Election

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

align=left width="180"	Candidate!	align=left width="180"	Party!	align=left width="120"	Symbol!	align=left width="60"	Votes!	align=left width="60"	%
		Hand	7,042	51.86
A. P. Karunatilake		Elephant	6,068	44.68
K. A. Nissanka		Cartwheel	188	1.38
Bernard Madugalle		Chair	169	1.24
align=left colspan=3	Valid Votes	13,467	99.17
align=left colspan=3	Rejected Votes	113	0.83
align=left colspan=3	Total Polled	13,580	100.00
align=left colspan=3	Registered Electors	15,647
align=left colspan=4	Turnout	86.79

1970 Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 7th parliamentary election held on 27 May 1970:^[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"	%
		Hand	10,443	59.15
Bernard Madugalle		Elephant	7,115	40.30
align=left colspan=3	Valid Votes	17,558	99.46
align=left colspan=3	Rejected Votes	96	0.54
align=left colspan=3	Total Polled	17,654	100.00
align=left colspan=3	Registered Electors	19,775
align=left colspan=4	Turnout	89.27

Notes and References

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