Kalmunai Electoral District was an electoral district of Sri Lanka between August 1947 and February 1989. The district was named after the town of Kalmunai 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. Kalmunai electoral district was replaced by the Ampara (Amparai) multi-member electoral district at the 1989 general elections, the first under the PR system, though Kalmunai continues to be a polling division of the multi-member electoral district.
Members of Parliament Key
ElectionMemberPartyTerm 1947 M. S. Kariapper United National Party 1947-1952 1952 A. M. Merza Independent 1952-1956 1956M. S. Kariapper Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi 1956-1960 1960 (March) Lanka Prajathanthravadi Pakshaya 1960-1960 1960 (July) M. C. Ahamed Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi 1960-1965 1965 M. S. Kariapper Independent 1965-1970 1970 M. C. Ahamed Sri Lanka Freedom Party 1970-1977 1977 Abdul Rasak Mansoor United National Party 1977-1989
Elections 1947 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 1st parliamentary election held between 23 August 1947 and 20 September 1947:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes% M. S. KariapperUnited National PartyKey6,88651.17% K. KanapathipillaiElephant3,59226.69% M. A. L. KariapperHand2,97822.13%Valid Votes13,456100.00%Rejected Votes406Total Polled13,862Registered Electors22,753Turnout60.92%
1952 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 2nd parliamentary election held between 24 May 1952 and 30 May 1952:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes% A. M. MerzaIndependentStar6,07842.69% M. A. I. KariapperPair of Scales4,41431.01% M. S. KariapperUnited National PartyKey3,74426.30%Valid Votes14,236100.00%Rejected Votes228Total Polled14,464Registered Electors22,120Turnout65.39%
1956 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 3rd parliamentary election held between 5 April 1956 and 10 April 1956:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes% M. S. KariapperIllankai Tamil Arasu KachchiAlso known as the Federal PartyHouse9,46447.80% M. A. Abdul MajeedTree6,09530.78% N. T. Francis XavierLanka Sama Samaja PartyKey4,24221.42%Valid Votes19,801100.00%Rejected Votes183Total Polled19,984Registered Electors27,841Turnout71.78%
M. S. Kariapper defected to the government within six months of the election.
1960 (March) Parliamentary General Election Results of the 4th parliamentary election held on 19 March 1960:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes% M. S. KariapperLanka Democratic PartyAlso known as the Lanka Prajathanthravadi PakshayaUmbrella5,74341.27% S. Z. M. M. MoulanaIllankai Tamil Arasu KachchiHouse5,52039.67% M. C. AhamedCockerel1,2809.20% M. A. L. KariapperLadder1,1538.29% C. Cader MohideenPot2191.57%Valid Votes13,915100.00%Rejected Votes189Total Polled14,104Registered Electors17,762Turnout79.41%
1960 (July) Parliamentary General Election Results of the 5th parliamentary election held on 20 July 1960:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes% M. C. AhamedIllankai Tamil Arasu KachchiHouse7,61657.41% M. S. KariapperAll Ceylon Islamic United FrontSun5,65142.59%Valid Votes13,267100.00%Rejected Votes138Total Polled13,405Registered Electors17,762Turnout75.47%
1965 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 6th parliamentary election held on 22 March 1965:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes% M. S. KariapperIndependentUmbrella6,72635.26% S. Z. M. M. MoulanaIllankai Tamil Arasu KachchiHouse6,23532.69% M. C. AhamedIndependentCockerel5,83830.61% C. Abdul Cader MohideenUnited National PartyElephant2751.44%Valid Votes19,074100.00%Rejected Votes173Total Polled19,247Registered Electors22,363Turnout86.07%
1970 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 7th parliamentary election held on 27 May 1970:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes% M. C. AhamedSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand8,77940.71% A. R. MunsoorUnited National PartyElephant7,82736.29% A. UdumalebbeIllankai Tamil Arasu KachchiHouse4,96023.00%Valid Votes21,566100.00%Rejected Votes107Total Polled21,673Registered Electors24,693Turnout87.77%
1977 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 8th parliamentary election held on 21 July 1977:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes% Abdul Rasak MansoorUnited National PartyElephant12,63648.78% A. M. SamsudeenTamil United Liberation Front(Muslim United Liberation Front)Sun7,09327.38% Ahamed Mohamed CassimSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand5,92222.86% Thuraiappa MuthukrishnanLamp2530.98%Valid Votes25,904100.00%Rejected Votes101Total Polled26,005Registered Electors28,826Turnout90.21%
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