Minneriya electoral district was an electoral district of Sri Lanka between March 1960 and February 1989. The district was named after the town of Minneriya in Anuradhapura District, North 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. Minneriya electoral district was replaced by the Anuradhapura multi-member electoral district at the 1989 general elections, the first under the proportional representation system, continues to be a polling division of the multi-member electoral district.
Members of Parliament Key
ElectionMemberPartyTerm 1960 (March)C. P. de Silva 1960 (July) 1965 1970 Ratna Deshapriya Senanayake 1977 Merril de Silva
Elections 1960 (March) Parliamentary General Election Results of the 4th parliamentary election held on 19 March 1960:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes% C. P. de Silva Hand 9,770 D. D. Kulatunga Elephant 1,707 Ananda L. Gunaratne Cartwheel 210 Wilson Kalansuriy Umbrella 190 Martin Wickremasinghe Key 170 Valid Votes Rejected Votes 126 Total Polled 12,173 100.00Registered Electors 15,981 Turnout
1960 (July) Parliamentary General Election Results of the 5th parliamentary election held on 20 July 1960:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes% C. P. de Silva Hand 9,489 Charles Amunugama Elephant 2,177 Valid Votes Rejected Votes 101 Total Polled 11,767 100.00Registered Electors 15,981 Turnout
1965 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 6th parliamentary election held on 22 March 1965:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes% C. P. de Silva Sun 9,702 H. M. William Banda Hand 8,572 Valid Votes Rejected Votes 203 Total Polled 18,477 100.00Registered Electors 23,351 Turnout
1970 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 7th parliamentary election held on 27 May 1970:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes% Ratna Deshapriya Senanayake 15,705 C. P. de Silva 13,197 Valid Votes Rejected Votes 118 Total Polled 29,020 100.00Registered Electors 34,551 Turnout
1977 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 8th parliamentary election held on 21 July 1977:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes% Merril de Silva Elephant 14,513 Ratna Deshapriya Senanayake Hand 9,930 Percy Wickremasekera Key 263 P. B. Wattegedera Eye 131 M. A. A. Udagedera Clock 98 Valid Votes28,863 Rejected Votes 87 Total Polled 25,022 100.00Registered Electors 28,863 Turnout
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