Mutur Electoral District

Mutur Electoral District was an electoral district of Sri Lanka between August 1947 and February 1989. The district was named after the town of Mutur in Trincomalee District, Eastern Province. The district was a two-member constituency between March 1960 and July 1977. 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] Mutur electoral district was replaced by the Trincomalee multi-member electoral district at the 1989 general elections, the first under the PR system, though Mutur continues to be a polling division of the multi-member electoral district.

Members of Parliament

Key

  Independent   Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi   SLFP   UNP

Election		Member	Party	Term
	1947	A. R. A. M. Abubucker	United National Party	1947-1952
	1952	M. E. H. Mohamed Ali	Independent	1952-1960
	1956
	1960 (March)	T. Ahambaram	Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi	1960-1962
	1960 (July)
	1962 (June)	M. E. H. Mohamed Ali		1962-1970
	1965
	1970	A. L. Abdul Majeed	Sri Lanka Freedom Party	1970-1977
	1977	M. E. H. Maharoof	United National Party	1977-1989

Elections

1947 Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 1st parliamentary election held between 23 August 1947 and 20 September 1947:^[2]

Candidate		Party	Symbol	Votes	%
	A. R. A. M. Abubucker	United National Party	Elephant	3,480	43.98%
	M. E. H. Mohamed Ali	Communist Party	Pair of Scales	1,760	22.24%
	E. Sokkalingam		Star	1,555	19.65%
	A. C. Chellarajah		Umbrella	1,118	14.13%
Valid Votes				7,913	100.00%
Rejected Votes				228
Total Polled				8,141
Registered Electors				16,649
Turnout				48.90%

1952 Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 2nd parliamentary election held between 24 May 1952 and 30 May 1952:^[3]

Candidate		Party	Symbol	Votes	%
	M. E. H. Mohamed Ali	Independent	Pair of Scales	6,050	64.51%
	A. R. A. M. Abubucker	United National Party	Umbrella	3,329	35.49%
Valid Votes				9,379	100.00%
Rejected Votes				119
Total Polled				9,498
Registered Electors				16,705
Turnout				56.86%

1956 Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 3rd parliamentary election held between 5 April 1956 and 10 April 1956:^[4]

Candidate		Party	Symbol	Votes	%
	M. E. H. Mohamed Ali	Independent	Pair of Scales	10,549	84.72%
	A. H. Alwis		Aeroplane	1,902	15.28%
Valid Votes				12,451	100.00%
Rejected Votes				114
Total Polled				12,565
Registered Electors				22,177
Turnout				56.66%

1960 (March) Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 4th parliamentary election held on 19 March 1960:^[5]

Candidate		Party	Symbol	Votes	%
	T. Ahambaram	Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi^[6]	House	10,685	26.73%
	M. E. H. Mohamed Ali	Independent	Ladder	10,680	26.72%
	A. L. Abdul Majeed		Sewing Machine	7,540	18.86%
	S. B. Weerakoon	Sri Lanka Freedom Party	Hand	6,748	16.88%
	A. H. Alwis	United National Party	Elephant	1,488	3.72%
	P. D. E. Victor Perera	Mahajana Eksath Peramuna	Cart Wheel	1,165	2.91%
	J. A. P. Thurainayagam	Independent	Sun	1,075	2.69%
	A. R. A. M. Abubucker	Lanka Democratic Party^[7]	Umbrella	298	0.75%
	N. T. Francis Xavier		Cockerel	295	0.74%
Valid Votes				39,974	100.00%
Rejected Votes				1,153
Total Polled				41,127
Registered Electors				28,520
Turnout				144.20%

1960 (July) Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 5th parliamentary election held on 20 July 1960:^[8]

Candidate		Party	Symbol	Votes	%
	T. Ahambaram	Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi^[6]	House	13,304	28.88%
	A. L. Abdul Majeed	Sri Lanka Freedom Party	Hand	13,247	28.76%
	M. E. H. Mohamed Ali	United National Party	Elephant	11,417	24.78%
	H. D. L. Leelaratne		Ladder	7,916	17.18%
	P. D. E. Victor Perera	Mahajana Eksath Peramuna	Cart Wheel	181	0.39%
Valid Votes				46,065	100.00%
Rejected Votes				677
Total Polled				46,742
Registered Electors				28,520
Turnout				163.89%

1962 Parliamentary by-election

Results of the by-election held on 28 June 1962:^[9]

Candidate		Party	Symbol	Votes	%
	M. E. H. Mohamed Ali	Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi^[6]	House	14,215	51.31%
	S. A. Hameed	Sri Lanka Freedom Party	Hand	6,903	24.92%
	R. M. Gunathilake		Star	6,040	21.80%
	C. Sundaralingam	Eelam Front	Sun	423	1.52%
Valid Votes				27,699	100.00%
Rejected Votes				118
Total Polled				27,699
Registered Electors				34.632
Turnout				79.98%

1965 Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 6th parliamentary election held on 22 March 1965:^[10]

Candidate		Party	Symbol	Votes	%
	M. E. H. Mohamed Ali	Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi^[6]	House	20,237	35.64%
	A. L. Abdul Majeed	Sri Lanka Freedom Party	Hand	16,726	29.45%
	H. D. L. Leelaratne	United National Party	Elephant	15,328	26.99%
	D. V. Paulis	Sri Lanka Freedom Party	Bird	3,792	6.68%
	R. M. Gunathilaka		Ladder	376	0.66%
	S. S. Arumugam	All Ceylon Tamil Congress	Bicycle	327	0.58%
Valid Votes				56,786	100.00%
Rejected Votes				1,343
Total Polled				58,129
Registered Electors				38,516
Turnout				150.92%

1970 Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 7th parliamentary election held on 27 May 1970:^[11]

Candidate		Party	Symbol	Votes	%
	A. L. Abdul Majeed	Sri Lanka Freedom Party	Hand	22,727	29.72%
	A. Thangathurai	Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi^[6]	House	19,787	25.87%
	H. D. L. Leelaratne		Ladder	18,698	24.45%
	M. E. H. Mohamed Ali	United National Party	Elephant	15,018	19.64%
	B.G. Sirisena		Lamp	253	0.33%
Valid Votes				76,483	100.00%
Rejected Votes				705
Total Polled				77,188
Registered Electors				44,176
Turnout				174.73%

1977 Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 8th parliamentary election held on 21 July 1977:^[12]

Candidate		Party	Symbol	Votes	%
	M. E. H. Maharoof	United National Party	Elephant	12,530	44.99%
	A. L. Abdul Majeed	Sri Lanka Freedom Party	Hand	7,800	28.01%
	S. M. Makeen	Tamil United Liberation Front (Muslim United Liberation Front)	Sun	7,520	27.00%
Valid Votes				27,850	100.00%
Rejected Votes				115
Total Polled				27,965
Registered Electors				30,389
Turnout				92.02%

References & footnotes

1. . Parliament of Sri Lanka. Archived from the original on 2010-11-27.
2. (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-09-24.
3. (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-09-24.
4. (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-09-24.
5. (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-07-12.
6. Also known as the Federal Party
7. Also known as the Lanka Prajathanthravadi Pakshaya
8. (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-09-24.
9. (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-03-04.
10. (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-07-13.
11. (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-12-09.
12. (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-17.

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