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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

  Independent   SLFP   UNP

Election Member Party Term
1947 H. B. Rambukwella Independent
1952 United National Party
style="background-color: Template:Sri Lanka Freedom Party/meta/color" | 1956 M. B. W. Mediwake Sri Lanka Freedom Party
style="background-color: Template:United National Party/meta/color" | 1960 (March) R. W. Tennekoon United National Party
style="background-color: Template:United National Party/meta/color" | 1960 (July)
style="background-color: Template:Sri Lanka Freedom Party/meta/color" | 1965 H. M. Navaratne Sri Lanka Freedom Party
style="background-color: Template:Sri Lanka Freedom Party/meta/color" | 1970

Elections

1947 Parliamentary General Election

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

Candidate Party Symbol Votes %
H. B. Rambukwella Elephant 12,290 68.84
S. P. Situnayake Hand 3,650 20.44
K. B. Mediwake Star 1,437 8.05
Valid Votes 17,377 97.33
Rejected Votes 477 2.67
Total Polled 17,854 100.00
Registered Electors 28,295
Turnout 63.01

1952 Parliamentary General Election

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

Candidate Party Symbol Votes %
H. B. Rambukwella Umbrella 10,696 68.49
P. B. Wijeratne Lamp 3,905 25.00
K. B. Mediwake Star 667 4.27
Valid Votes 15,268 97.77
Rejected Votes 349 2.23
Total Polled 15,617 100.00
Registered Electors 22,932
Turnout 68.10

1956 Parliamentary General Election

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

Candidate Party Symbol Votes %
M. B. W. Mediwake Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand 11,093 62.45
R. Wilfred Tennekoon United National Party Elephant 6,445 36.28
Valid Votes 17,538 98.73
Rejected Votes 225 1.27
Total Polled 17,763 100.00
Registered Electors 27,303
Turnout 65.06

1960 (March) Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 4th parliamentary election held on 19 March 1960:[5]

Candidate Party Symbol Votes %
R. Wilfred Tennekoon United National Party Elephant 3,868 44.96
H. M. Navaratne Sri Lanka Freedom Party 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
Valid Votes 8,480 98.56
Rejected Votes 124 1.44
Total Polled 8,604 100.00
Registered Electors 11,944
Turnout 72.04

1960 (July) Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 5th parliamentary election held on 20 July 1960:[6]

Candidate Party Symbol Votes %
R. Wilfred Tennekoon United National Party Elephant 4,833 52.46
H. M. Navaratne Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand 4,293 46.60
Valid Votes 9,126 99.07
Rejected Votes 86 0.93
Total Polled 9,212 100.00
Registered Electors 11,944
Turnout 77.13

1965 Parliamentary General Election

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

Candidate Party Symbol Votes %
H. M. Navaratne Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand 7,042 51.86
A. P. Karunatilake United National Party Elephant 6,068 44.68
K. A. Nissanka Cartwheel 188 1.38
Bernard Madugalle Chair 169 1.24
Valid Votes 13,467 99.17
Rejected Votes 113 0.83
Total Polled 13,580 100.00
Registered Electors 15,647
Turnout 86.79

1970 Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 7th parliamentary election held on 27 May 1970:[8]

Candidate Party Symbol Votes %
H. M. Navaratne Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand 10,443 59.15
Bernard Madugalle United National Party Elephant 7,115 40.30
Valid Votes 17,558 99.46
Rejected Votes 96 0.54
Total Polled 17,654 100.00
Registered Electors 19,775
Turnout 89.27

References

  1. ^ "The Electoral System". Parliament of Sri Lanka.
  2. ^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1947" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 21 September 2017.[permanent dead link]
  3. ^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1952" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 21 September 2017.[permanent dead link]
  4. ^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1956" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 21 September 2017.[permanent dead link]
  5. ^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 19 March 1960" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 21 September 2017.[permanent dead link]
  6. ^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 20 July 1960" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 21 September 2017.[permanent dead link]
  7. ^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1965" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 21 September 2017.[permanent dead link]
  8. ^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1970" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 21 September 2017.[permanent dead link]

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