Pottuvil electoral district was an electoral district of Sri Lanka between August 1947 and February 1989. The district was named after the town of Pottuvil in Ampara District, Eastern Province. The district was a two-member constituency between July 1977 and February 1989. 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. Pottuvil electoral district was replaced by the Ampara (Amparai) multi-member electoral district at the 1989 general elections, the first under the PR system, though Pottuvil continues to be a polling division of the multi-member electoral district.
Members of Parliament Key
ElectionMemberPartyTerm 1947M. M. EbrahimInd.1947-1956 1952 1956 M. M. Mustapha ITAK 1956-1960 1960 (March)M. A. Abdul MajeedInd.1960-1970 1960 (July) 1965 1970UNP 1970-1977 1977 A. M. Mohamed Jalaldeen 1977-1989
Elections 1947 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 1st parliamentary election held between 23 August 1947 and 20 September 1947 for the district:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes%M. M. EbrahimIndependentPair of Scales7,40755.92A. R. A. RazikUnited National PartyLamp5,50841.59Valid Votes12,91597.51Rejected Votes3302.49Total Polled13,245100.00Registered Electors18,164Turnout72.92
1952 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 2nd parliamentary election held between 24 May 1952 and 30 May 1952 for the district:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes%M. M. EbrahimIndependentPair of Scales8,09351.21M. M. MustaphaStar7,53447.67Valid Votes15,62798.88Rejected Votes1771.12Total Polled15,804100.00Registered Electors21,187Turnout74.59
1956 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 3rd parliamentary election held between 5 April 1956 and 10 April 1956 for the district:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes%M. M. MustaphaFederal PartyHouse8,35551.81M. I. M. Abdul MajeedChair4,62628.69M. F. Abdul JawadUmbrella2,94418.25Valid Votes15,92598.75Rejected Votes2011.25Total Polled16,126100.00Registered Electors25,273Turnout63.81
1960 (March) Parliamentary General Election Results of the 4th parliamentary election held on 19 March 1960 for the district:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes%M. A. Abdul MajeedIndependentCockerel9,87470.01M. F. Abdul JawadUmbrella2,13815.16V. SandrasegaraLadder1,91013.54Valid Votes13,92298.72Rejected Votes1811.28Total Polled14,103100.00Registered Electors18,250Turnout77.28
1960 (July) Parliamentary General Election Results of the 5th parliamentary election held on 20 July 1960 for the district:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes%M. A. Abdul MajeedIndependentRadio Set11,59192.37M. Z. K. M. KariapperAll Ceylon Islamic United FrontSun8376.67Valid Votes12,42899.04Rejected Votes1210.96Total Polled12,549100.00Registered Electors18,250Turnout68.76
1965 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 6th parliamentary election held on 22 March 1965 for the district:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes%M. A. Abdul MajeedIndependentRadio Set6,76834.89N. TharmalingamCockerel5,29627.30Y. M. MustaphaPair of Scales3,21716.58U. M. SulaimalebbeElephant2,91115.00M. S. CaderFederal PartyHouse8714.49B. A. Lal WijewardhanaCart Wheel1530.79Valid Votes19,21699.05Rejected Votes1850.95Total Polled19,401100.00Registered Electors23,586Turnout82.26
1970 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 7th parliamentary election held on 27 May 1970 for the district:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes%M. A. Abdul MajeedUnited National PartyElephant10,61041.92Tharumalingam NadarajahCockerel9,33536.88M. I. Abdul JabbarHand5,20920.58Valid Votes25,15499.39Rejected Votes1550.61Total Polled25,309100.00Registered Electors28,282Turnout89.49
1977 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 8th parliamentary election held on 21 July 1977 for the district:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes%A. M. Mohamed JalaldeenUnited National PartyElephant30,31533.73M. CanagaratnamTamil United Liberation FrontSun23,99026.69M. M. MustaphaSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand22,37824.90Nadarajah DharmalingamClock7,6448.51Seyed Ahamed MoulanaRadio2,9023.23P. M. S. JananayakeLamp1,4581.62S. L. Abdul SatharStar2720.30Valid Votes88,95998.99Rejected Votes9121.01Total Polled89,871100.00Registered Electors49,691Turnout180.86
In December 1977 M. Canagaratnam defected to the United National Party.
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