Pottuvil Electoral District Explained

Pottuvil electoral district was an electoral district of Sri Lanka between August 1947 and February 1989. The district was named after the town of Pottuvil in Ampara District, Eastern Province. The district was a two-member constituency between July 1977 and February 1989. 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] Pottuvil electoral district was replaced by the Ampara (Amparai) multi-member electoral district at the 1989 general elections, the first under the PR system, though Pottuvil continues to be a polling division of the multi-member electoral district.

Members of Parliament

Key

ElectionMemberPartyTerm
1947M. M. EbrahimInd.1947-1956
1952
1956M. M. MustaphaITAK1956-1960
1960 (March)M. A. Abdul MajeedInd.1960-1970
1960 (July)
1965
1970UNP1970-1977
1977A. M. Mohamed Jalaldeen1977-1989

Elections

1947 Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 1st parliamentary election held between 23 August 1947 and 20 September 1947 for the district:[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"%
M. M. EbrahimIndependentPair of Scales7,40755.92
A. R. A. RazikUnited National PartyLamp5,50841.59
align=left colspan=3Valid Votes12,91597.51
align=left colspan=3Rejected Votes3302.49
align=left colspan=3Total Polled13,245100.00
align=left colspan=3Registered Electors18,164
align=left colspan=4Turnout72.92

1952 Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 2nd parliamentary election held between 24 May 1952 and 30 May 1952 for the district:[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. M. EbrahimIndependentPair of Scales8,09351.21
M. M. MustaphaStar7,53447.67
align=left colspan=3Valid Votes15,62798.88
align=left colspan=3Rejected Votes1771.12
align=left colspan=3Total Polled15,804100.00
align=left colspan=3Registered Electors21,187
align=left colspan=4Turnout74.59

1956 Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 3rd parliamentary election held between 5 April 1956 and 10 April 1956 for the district:[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"%
M. M. MustaphaFederal PartyHouse8,35551.81
M. I. M. Abdul MajeedChair4,62628.69
M. F. Abdul JawadUmbrella2,94418.25
align=left colspan=3Valid Votes15,92598.75
align=left colspan=3Rejected Votes2011.25
align=left colspan=3Total Polled16,126100.00
align=left colspan=3Registered Electors25,273
align=left colspan=4Turnout63.81

1960 (March) Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 4th parliamentary election held on 19 March 1960 for the district:[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"%
M. A. Abdul MajeedIndependentCockerel9,87470.01
M. F. Abdul JawadUmbrella2,13815.16
V. SandrasegaraLadder1,91013.54
align=left colspan=3Valid Votes13,92298.72
align=left colspan=3Rejected Votes1811.28
align=left colspan=3Total Polled14,103100.00
align=left colspan=3Registered Electors18,250
align=left colspan=4Turnout77.28

1960 (July) Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 5th parliamentary election held on 20 July 1960 for the district:[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"%
M. A. Abdul MajeedIndependentRadio Set11,59192.37
M. Z. K. M. KariapperAll Ceylon Islamic United FrontSun8376.67
align=left colspan=3Valid Votes12,42899.04
align=left colspan=3Rejected Votes1210.96
align=left colspan=3Total Polled12,549100.00
align=left colspan=3Registered Electors18,250
align=left colspan=4Turnout68.76

1965 Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 6th parliamentary election held on 22 March 1965 for the district:[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"%
M. A. Abdul MajeedIndependentRadio Set6,76834.89
N. TharmalingamCockerel5,29627.30
Y. M. MustaphaPair of Scales3,21716.58
U. M. SulaimalebbeElephant2,91115.00
M. S. CaderFederal PartyHouse8714.49
B. A. Lal WijewardhanaCart Wheel1530.79
align=left colspan=3Valid Votes19,21699.05
align=left colspan=3Rejected Votes1850.95
align=left colspan=3Total Polled19,401100.00
align=left colspan=3Registered Electors23,586
align=left colspan=4Turnout82.26

1970 Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 7th parliamentary election held on 27 May 1970 for the district:[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. A. Abdul MajeedUnited National PartyElephant10,61041.92
Tharumalingam NadarajahCockerel9,33536.88
M. I. Abdul JabbarHand5,20920.58
align=left colspan=3Valid Votes25,15499.39
align=left colspan=3Rejected Votes1550.61
align=left colspan=3Total Polled25,309100.00
align=left colspan=3Registered Electors28,282
align=left colspan=4Turnout89.49

1977 Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 8th parliamentary election held on 21 July 1977 for the district:[9]

align=left width="180"Candidate!align=left width="180"Party!align=left width="120"Symbol!align=left width="60"Votes!align=left width="60"%
A. M. Mohamed JalaldeenUnited National PartyElephant30,31533.73
M. CanagaratnamTamil United Liberation FrontSun23,99026.69
M. M. MustaphaSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand22,37824.90
Nadarajah DharmalingamClock7,6448.51
Seyed Ahamed MoulanaRadio2,9023.23
P. M. S. JananayakeLamp1,4581.62
S. L. Abdul SatharStar2720.30
align=left colspan=3Valid Votes88,95998.99
align=left colspan=3Rejected Votes9121.01
align=left colspan=3Total Polled89,871100.00
align=left colspan=3Registered Electors49,691
align=left colspan=4Turnout180.86

In December 1977 M. Canagaratnam defected to the United National Party.

References

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: The Electoral System. Parliament of Sri Lanka. 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. 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.
  6. 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.
  7. 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.
  8. Web site: Result of Parliamentary General Election 1970. Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20091209231958/http://www.slelections.gov.lk/pdf/Results_1970%20GENERAL%20ELECTION.PDF. 2009-12-09.
  9. Web site: Result of Parliamentary General Election 1977. Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20110717002624/http://www.slelections.gov.lk/pdf/General%20Election%201977.PDF. 2011-07-17.

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