Hiniduma Electoral District

Hiniduma electoral district was an electoral district of Sri Lanka between March 1960 and February 1989. The district was named after the town of Hiniduma in Galle District, Southern 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] Hiniduma electoral district was replaced by the Galle multi-member electoral district at the 1989 general elections.

Members of Parliament

Key

  Independent     Sri Lanka Freedom Party     United National Party  

ElectionMemberPartyTerm
1960 (March) M. S. Amarasiri Mahajana Eksath Peramuna
1960 (July) H. W. Dissanayake Sri Lanka Freedom Party
1965 M. S. Amarasiri United National Party
1970 H. W. Dissanayake Sri Lanka Freedom Party
1977 M. S. Amarasiri United National Party

Elections

1960 (March) Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 4th parliamentary election held on 19 March 1960:[2][3]

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
M. S. AmarasiriMahajana Eksath Peramuna[4]Cart Wheel4,17324.52%
A. SamarawickremaUnited National PartyElephant3,22918.85
E. D. WickramathilakaCeylon Workers' CongressCockerel2,46514.40
H. W. DissanayakeSri Lanka Freedom Socialist PartySun2,38813.95
H. L. IlleperumachchiLanka Sama Samaja PartyKey1,88110.98
C. D. A GunawardeneLanka Democratic PartyUmbrella1,4688.57
S. D. SamarasekeraIndependentRabbit7434.34
A. S. GunasekeraSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand6703.91
Valid Votes17,01799.38
Rejected Votes1070.62
Total Polled17,124100.00
Registered Electors21,360
Turnout80.17%

1960 (July) Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
H. W. DissanayakeSri Lanka Freedom Party[4]Hand7,61048.02
P. L. SumanadasaUnited National PartyElephant4,17226.32
M. S. AmarasiriMahajana Eksath PeramunaCart Wheel3,69723.33
D. P. EdirisingheIndependentRabbit2991.89
Valid Votes15,77899.55
Rejected Votes710.45
Total Polled15,849100.00
Registered Electors21,360
Turnout74.20

1965 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
M. S. AmarasiriUnited National Party[4]Hand11,75550.66
H. W. DissanayakeSri Lanka Freedom PartyElephant11,19348.24
N. L. L. MathrudasaMahajana Eksath PeramunaCart Wheel1500.65
Valid Votes23,09899.54
Rejected Votes1050.46
Total Polled23,205100.00
Registered Electors26,882
Turnout86.32

1970 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
H. W. DissanayakeSri Lanka Freedom Party[4]Hand16,77959.36
M. S. AmarasiriUnited National PartyElephant11,09239.24
D. P. EdirisingheIndependentBell2510.89
Valid Votes28,12299.49
Rejected Votes1430.51
Total Polled28,265100.00
Registered Electors32,011
Turnout89.30

1977 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
M. S. AmarasiriUnited National Party[4]Elephant26,14061.77
H. W. DissanayakeSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand15,11135.71
P. AlahapperumaCommunist Party of Sri LankaStar5751.36
K. J. A. HinniappuhamyLanka Sama Samaja Party (Revolutionary)Lamp1500.35
H. AbeywickramaLanka Democratic PartyUmbrella1320.31
L. RatnapalaIndependentTree1110.26
Valid Votes42,21999.76
Rejected Votes1020.24
Total Polled42,321100.00
Registered Electors47,132
Turnout89.79

References
  1. "The Electoral System". Parliament of Sri Lanka.
  2. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 19 March 1960" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 18 May 2017.
  3. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1960-03-19" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-07-12.
  4. Also known as the Federal Party
  5. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 20 July 1960" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 18 May 2017.
  6. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1956" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 18 May 2017.
  7. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1970" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 18 May 2017.
  8. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1977" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 17 May 2017.

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