Nintavur Electoral District Explained

Nintavur electoral district was an electoral district of Sri Lanka between March 1960 and February 1989. The district was renamed Sammanthurai electoral district in July 1977. The district was named after the towns of Nintavur and Sammanthurai 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] Sammanthurai electoral district was replaced by the Ampara (Amparai) multi-member electoral district at the 1989 general elections, the first under the PR system, though Sammanthurai continues to be a polling division of the multi-member electoral district.

Members of Parliament

Key

Election		Member	Party	Term
	1960 (March)	M. I. M. Abdul Majeed		1960-1965
	1960 (July)
	1965	M. M. Mustapha	United National Party	1965-1977
	1970
	1977	M. A. Abdul Majeed		1977-1989

Elections

1960 (March) Parliamentary General Election

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

align=left width="190"	Candidate!	align=left width="180"	Party!	align=left width="120"	Symbol!	align=left width="60"	Votes!	align=left width="60"	%
		Radio Set	10,017	54.81%
M. M. Mustapha		Umbrella	5,390	29.49%
Haji M. Mirza		Cockerel	2,655	14.53%
M. Sheriff Cader		Sun	215	1.18%
align=left colspan=3	Valid Votes	18,277	100.00%
align=left colspan=3	Rejected Votes	118
align=left colspan=3	Total Polled	18,395
align=left colspan=3	Registered Electors	21,087
align=left colspan=3	Turnout	87.23%

1960 (July) Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 5th parliamentary election held on 20 July 1960 for the district:^[3]

align=left width="190"	Candidate!	align=left width="180"	Party!	align=left width="120"	Symbol!	align=left width="60"	Votes!	align=left width="60"	%
M. I. M. Abdul Majeed		Cockerel	12,115	73.63%
M. A. M. Jalaldeen		Radio Set	4,339	26.37%
align=left colspan=3	Valid Votes	16,454	100.00%
align=left colspan=3	Rejected Votes	94
align=left colspan=3	Total Polled	16,548
align=left colspan=3	Registered Electors	21,087
align=left colspan=3	Turnout	78.47%

1965 Parliamentary General Election

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

align=left width="190"	Candidate!	align=left width="180"	Party!	align=left width="120"	Symbol!	align=left width="60"	Votes!	align=left width="60"	%
M. M. Mustapha	United National Party	Elephant	13,789	59.46%
M. I. M. Abdul Majeed		Cockerel	9,400	40.54%
align=left colspan=3	Valid Votes	23,189	100.00%
align=left colspan=3	Rejected Votes	210
align=left colspan=3	Total Polled	23,399
align=left colspan=3	Registered Electors	26,497
align=left colspan=3	Turnout	88.31%

1970 Parliamentary General Election

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

align=left width="190"	Candidate!	align=left width="180"	Party!	align=left width="120"	Symbol!	align=left width="60"	Votes!	align=left width="60"	%
M. M. Mustapha	United National Party	Elephant	13,481	49.12%
M. I. M. Abdul Majeed		Radio	13,406	48.85%
I.H. Mohamed Cassim	Sri Lanka Freedom Party	Hand	556	2.03%
align=left colspan=3	Valid Votes	27,443	100.00%
align=left colspan=3	Rejected Votes	84
align=left colspan=3	Total Polled	27,527
align=left colspan=3	Registered Electors	29,718
align=left colspan=3	Turnout	92.63%

1977 Parliamentary General Election

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

align=left width="190"	Candidate!	align=left width="180"	Party!	align=left width="120"	Symbol!	align=left width="60"	Votes!	align=left width="60"	%
M. A. Abdul Majeed		Elephant	13,642	54.87%
H. L. M. Hassim	Tamil United Liberation Front	Sun	8,615	34.65%
Abdul Jabar		Hand	2,605	10.48%
align=left colspan=3	Valid Votes	24,862	100.00%
align=left colspan=3	Rejected Votes	82
align=left colspan=3	Total Polled	24,944
align=left colspan=3	Registered Electors	27,308
align=left colspan=3	Turnout	91.34%

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 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.
3. 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.
4. 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.
5. 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.
6. 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.