Mutur Electoral District was an electoral district of Sri Lanka between August 1947 and February 1989. The district was named after the town of Mutur in Trincomalee District, Eastern Province. The district was a two-member constituency between March 1960 and July 1977. 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. Mutur electoral district was replaced by the Trincomalee multi-member electoral district at the 1989 general elections, the first under the PR system, though Mutur continues to be a polling division of the multi-member electoral district.
Members of Parliament Key
ElectionMemberPartyTerm 1947 A. R. A. M. Abubucker United National Party 1947-1952 1952M. E. H. Mohamed AliIndependent1952-1960 1956 1960 (March)T. AhambaramIllankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi1960-1962 1960 (July) 1962 (June)M. E. H. Mohamed Ali1962-1970 1965 1970 A. L. Abdul Majeed Sri Lanka Freedom Party 1970-1977 1977 M. E. H. Maharoof 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% A. R. A. M. AbubuckerUnited National PartyElephant3,48043.98% M. E. H. Mohamed AliCommunist PartyPair of Scales1,76022.24% E. SokkalingamStar1,55519.65% A. C. ChellarajahUmbrella1,11814.13%Valid Votes7,913100.00%Rejected Votes228Total Polled8,141Registered Electors16,649Turnout48.90%
1952 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 2nd parliamentary election held between 24 May 1952 and 30 May 1952:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes% M. E. H. Mohamed AliIndependentPair of Scales6,05064.51% A. R. A. M. AbubuckerUnited National PartyUmbrella3,32935.49%Valid Votes9,379100.00%Rejected Votes119Total Polled9,498Registered Electors16,705Turnout56.86%
1956 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 3rd parliamentary election held between 5 April 1956 and 10 April 1956:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes% M. E. H. Mohamed AliIndependentPair of Scales10,54984.72% A. H. AlwisAeroplane1,90215.28%Valid Votes12,451100.00%Rejected Votes114Total Polled12,565Registered Electors22,177Turnout56.66%
1960 (March) Parliamentary General Election Results of the 4th parliamentary election held on 19 March 1960:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes% T. AhambaramIllankai Tamil Arasu KachchiAlso known as the Federal PartyHouse10,68526.73% M. E. H. Mohamed AliIndependentLadder10,68026.72% A. L. Abdul MajeedSewing Machine7,54018.86% S. B. WeerakoonSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand6,74816.88% A. H. AlwisUnited National PartyElephant1,4883.72% P. D. E. Victor PereraMahajana Eksath PeramunaCart Wheel1,1652.91% J. A. P. ThurainayagamIndependentSun1,0752.69% A. R. A. M. AbubuckerLanka Democratic PartyAlso known as the Lanka Prajathanthravadi PakshayaUmbrella2980.75% N. T. Francis XavierCockerel2950.74%Valid Votes39,974100.00%Rejected Votes1,153Total Polled41,127Registered Electors28,520Turnout144.20%
1960 (July) Parliamentary General Election Results of the 5th parliamentary election held on 20 July 1960:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes% T. AhambaramIllankai Tamil Arasu KachchiHouse13,30428.88% A. L. Abdul MajeedSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand13,24728.76% M. E. H. Mohamed AliUnited National PartyElephant11,41724.78% H. D. L. LeelaratneLadder7,91617.18% P. D. E. Victor PereraMahajana Eksath PeramunaCart Wheel1810.39%Valid Votes46,065100.00%Rejected Votes677Total Polled46,742Registered Electors28,520Turnout163.89%
1962 Parliamentary by-election
Results of the by-election held on 28 June 1962:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes% M. E. H. Mohamed AliIllankai Tamil Arasu KachchiHouse14,21551.31% S. A. HameedSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand6,90324.92% R. M. GunathilakeStar6,04021.80% C. SundaralingamEelam Front Sun4231.52%Valid Votes27,699100.00%Rejected Votes118Total Polled27,699Registered Electors34.632Turnout79.98%
1965 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 6th parliamentary election held on 22 March 1965:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes% M. E. H. Mohamed AliIllankai Tamil Arasu KachchiHouse20,23735.64% A. L. Abdul MajeedSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand16,72629.45% H. D. L. LeelaratneUnited National PartyElephant15,32826.99% D. V. PaulisSri Lanka Freedom PartyBird3,7926.68% R. M. GunathilakaLadder3760.66% S. S. ArumugamAll Ceylon Tamil CongressBicycle3270.58%Valid Votes56,786100.00%Rejected Votes1,343Total Polled58,129Registered Electors38,516Turnout150.92%
1970 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 7th parliamentary election held on 27 May 1970:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes% A. L. Abdul MajeedSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand22,72729.72% A. ThangathuraiIllankai Tamil Arasu KachchiHouse19,78725.87% H. D. L. LeelaratneLadder18,69824.45% M. E. H. Mohamed AliUnited National PartyElephant15,01819.64% B.G. SirisenaLamp2530.33%Valid Votes76,483100.00%Rejected Votes705Total Polled77,188Registered Electors44,176Turnout174.73%
1977 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 8th parliamentary election held on 21 July 1977:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes% M. E. H. MaharoofUnited National PartyElephant12,53044.99% A. L. Abdul MajeedSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand7,80028.01% S. M. MakeenTamil United Liberation Front(Muslim United Liberation Front)Sun7,52027.00%Valid Votes27,850100.00%Rejected Votes115Total Polled27,965Registered Electors30,389Turnout92.02%
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