Nintavur electoral district was an electoral district of Sri Lanka between March 1960 and February 1989. The district was renamed Sammanthurai electoral district in July 1977. The district was named after the towns of Nintavur and Sammanthurai 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. Sammanthurai electoral district was replaced by the Ampara (Amparai) multi-member electoral district at the 1989 general elections, the first under the PR system, though Sammanthurai continues to be a polling division of the multi-member electoral district.
Members of Parliament Key
ElectionMemberPartyTerm 1960 (March)M. I. M. Abdul Majeed1960-1965 1960 (July) 1965M. M. MustaphaUnited National Party1965-1977 1970 1977 M. A. Abdul Majeed 1977–1989
Elections
1960 (March) Parliamentary General Election Results of the 4th parliamentary election held on 19 March 1960 for the district:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes%M. I. M. Abdul Majeed Radio Set10,01754.81%M. M. Mustapha Umbrella5,39029.49%Haji M. Mirza Cockerel2,65514.53%M. Sheriff Cader Sun2151.18%Valid Votes18,277100.00%Rejected Votes118Total Polled18,395Registered Electors21,087Turnout87.23%
1960 (July) Parliamentary General Election Results of the 5th parliamentary election held on 20 July 1960 for the district:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes%M. I. M. Abdul Majeed Cockerel12,11573.63%M. A. M. Jalaldeen Radio Set4,33926.37%Valid Votes16,454100.00%Rejected Votes94Total Polled16,548Registered Electors21,087Turnout78.47%
1965 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 6th parliamentary election held on 22 March 1965 for the district:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes%M. M. MustaphaUnited National PartyElephant13,78959.46%M. I. M. Abdul Majeed Cockerel9,40040.54%Valid Votes23,189100.00%Rejected Votes210Total Polled23,399Registered Electors26,497Turnout88.31%
1970 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 7th parliamentary election held on 27 May 1970 for the district:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes%M. M. MustaphaUnited National PartyElephant13,48149.12%M. I. M. Abdul Majeed Radio13,40648.85%I.H. Mohamed CassimSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand5562.03%Valid Votes27,443100.00%Rejected Votes84Total Polled27,527Registered Electors29,718Turnout92.63%
1977 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 8th parliamentary election held on 21 July 1977 for the district:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes%M. A. Abdul Majeed Elephant13,64254.87%H. L. M. HassimTamil United Liberation FrontSun8,61534.65%Abdul Jabar Hand2,60510.48%Valid Votes24,862100.00%Rejected Votes82Total Polled24,944Registered Electors27,308Turnout91.34%
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