Minipe electoral district was an electoral district of Sri Lanka between August 1947 and July 1977. The district was named after the town of Minipe in Kandy District, Central 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. Minipe electoral district was replaced by the Kandy multi-member electoral district at the 1989 general elections, the first under the proportional representation system.
Members of Parliament Key
ElectionMemberPartyTerm 1947H. B. Rambukwella Independent 1952 United National Party 1956 M. B. W. Mediwake Sri Lanka Freedom Party 1960 (March)Reginald TennekoonUnited National Party 1960 (July) 1965H. M. NavaratneSri Lanka Freedom Party 1970
Elections 1947 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 1st parliamentary election held between 23 August 1947 and 20 September 1947:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes% H. B. Rambukwella Elephant 12,290 68.84 S. P. Situnayake Hand 3,650 20.44 K. B. Mediwake Star 1,437 8.05Valid Votes17,37797.33Rejected Votes477 2.67Total Polled17,854 100.00Registered Electors28,295 Turnout63.01
1952 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 2nd parliamentary election held between 24 May 1952 and 30 May 1952:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes% H. B. Rambukwella Umbrella 10,696 68.49 P. B. Wijeratne Lamp 3,905 25.00 K. B. Mediwake Star 667 4.27Valid Votes15,26897.77Rejected Votes349 2.23Total Polled15,617 100.00Registered Electors22,932 Turnout68.10
1956 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 3rd parliamentary election held between 5 April 1956 and 10 April 1956:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes% M. B. W. Mediwake Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand 11,093 62.45 Reginald Wilfred Tennekoon United National Party Elephant 6,445 36.28Valid Votes17,53898.73Rejected Votes225 1.27Total Polled17,763 100.00Registered Electors27,303 Turnout65.06
1960 (March) Parliamentary General Election Results of the 4th parliamentary election held on 19 March 1960:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes% Reginald Wilfred Tennekoon United National Party Elephant 3,868 44.96 H. M. Navaratne Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand 3,430 39.87 K. B. Mediwake Ladder 560 6.51 P. Jayasekera Sun 429 4.99 A. M. P. Banda Umbrella 100 1.16 H. M. Herath Banda Cartwheel 93 1.08Valid Votes8,48098.56Rejected Votes124 1.44Total Polled8,604 100.00Registered Electors11,944 Turnout72.04
1960 (July) Parliamentary General Election Results of the 5th parliamentary election held on 20 July 1960:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes% Reginald Wilfred Tennekoon United National Party Elephant 4,833 52.46 H. M. Navaratne Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand 4,293 46.60Valid Votes9,12699.07Rejected Votes86 0.93Total Polled9,212 100.00Registered Electors11,944 Turnout77.13
1965 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 6th parliamentary election held on 22 March 1965:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes% H. M. Navaratne Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand 7,042 51.86 A. P. Karunatilake United National Party Elephant 6,068 44.68 K. A. Nissanka Cartwheel 188 1.38 Bernard Madugalle Chair 169 1.24Valid Votes13,46799.17Rejected Votes113 0.83Total Polled13,580 100.00Registered Electors15,647 Turnout86.79
1970 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 7th parliamentary election held on 27 May 1970:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes% H. M. Navaratne Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand 10,443 59.15 Bernard Madugalle United National Party Elephant 7,115 40.30Valid Votes17,55899.46Rejected Votes96 0.54Total Polled17,654 100.00Registered Electors19,775 Turnout89.27
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