Minneriya Electoral District

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.^[1] 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

  Independent   SLFP   UNP

Election		Member	Party	Term
	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:^[2]

Candidate	Party	Symbol	Votes	%
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	100.00
Registered Electors			15,981
Turnout

1960 (July) Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 5th parliamentary election held on 20 July 1960:^[3]

Candidate	Party	Symbol	Votes	%
C. P. de Silva		Hand	9,489
Charles Amunugama		Elephant	2,177
Valid Votes
Rejected Votes			101
Total Polled			11,767	100.00
Registered Electors			15,981
Turnout

1965 Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 6th parliamentary election held on 22 March 1965:^[4]

Candidate	Party	Symbol	Votes	%
C. P. de Silva		Sun	9,702
H. M. William Banda		Hand	8,572
Valid Votes
Rejected Votes			203
Total Polled			18,477	100.00
Registered Electors			23,351
Turnout

1970 Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 7th parliamentary election held on 27 May 1970:^[5]

Candidate	Party	Symbol	Votes	%
Ratna Deshapriya Senanayake			15,705
C. P. de Silva			13,197
Valid Votes
Rejected Votes			118
Total Polled			29,020	100.00
Registered Electors			34,551
Turnout

1977 Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 8th parliamentary election held on 21 July 1977:^[6]

Candidate	Party	Symbol	Votes	%
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 Votes			28,863
Rejected Votes			87
Total Polled			25,022	100.00
Registered Electors			28,863
Turnout

References

1. "The Electoral System". Parliament of Sri Lanka.
2. "Result of Parliamentary General Election March 1960" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 31 October 2017.^{[permanent dead link]}
3. "Result of Parliamentary General Election July 1960" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 31 October 2017.^{[permanent dead link]}
4. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1965" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 31 October 2017.^{[permanent dead link]}
5. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1970" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 31 October 2017.^{[permanent dead link]}
6. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1977" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 31 October 2017.^{[permanent dead link]}