Hiniduma electoral district was an electoral district of Sri Lanka between March 1960 and February 1989. The district was named after the town of Hiniduma in Galle District, Southern 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. Hiniduma electoral district was replaced by the Galle multi-member electoral district at the 1989 general elections.
Members of Parliament Key
ElectionMemberPartyTerm 1960 (March) M. S. Amarasiri Mahajana Eksath Peramuna 1960 (July) H. W. Dissanayake Sri Lanka Freedom Party 1965 M. S. Amarasiri United National Party 1970 H. W. Dissanayake Sri Lanka Freedom Party 1977 M. S. Amarasiri United National Party
Elections
1960 (March) Parliamentary General Election Results of the 4th parliamentary election held on 19 March 1960:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes%M. S. AmarasiriMahajana Eksath PeramunaAlso known as the Federal PartyCart Wheel4,17324.52%A. SamarawickremaUnited National PartyElephant3,22918.85E. D. WickramathilakaCeylon Workers' CongressCockerel2,46514.40H. W. DissanayakeSri Lanka Freedom Socialist PartySun2,38813.95H. L. IlleperumachchiLanka Sama Samaja PartyKey1,88110.98C. D. A GunawardeneLanka Democratic PartyUmbrella1,4688.57S. D. SamarasekeraIndependentRabbit7434.34A. S. GunasekeraSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand6703.91Valid Votes17,01799.38Rejected Votes1070.62Total Polled17,124100.00Registered Electors21,360Turnout80.17%
1960 (July) Parliamentary General Election Results of the 5th parliamentary election held on 20 July 1960:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes%H. W. DissanayakeSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand7,61048.02P. L. SumanadasaUnited National PartyElephant4,17226.32M. S. AmarasiriMahajana Eksath PeramunaCart Wheel3,69723.33D. P. EdirisingheIndependentRabbit2991.89Valid Votes15,77899.55Rejected Votes710.45Total Polled15,849100.00Registered Electors21,360Turnout74.20
1965 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 6th parliamentary election held on 22 March 1965:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes%M. S. AmarasiriUnited National PartyHand11,75550.66H. W. DissanayakeSri Lanka Freedom PartyElephant11,19348.24N. L. L. MathrudasaMahajana Eksath PeramunaCart Wheel1500.65Valid Votes23,09899.54Rejected Votes1050.46Total Polled23,205100.00Registered Electors26,882Turnout86.32
1970 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 7th parliamentary election held on 27 May 1970:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes%H. W. DissanayakeSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand16,77959.36M. S. AmarasiriUnited National PartyElephant11,09239.24D. P. EdirisingheIndependentBell2510.89Valid Votes28,12299.49Rejected Votes1430.51Total Polled28,265100.00Registered Electors32,011Turnout89.30
1977 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 8th parliamentary election held on 21 July 1977:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes%M. S. AmarasiriUnited National PartyElephant26,14061.77H. W. DissanayakeSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand15,11135.71P. AlahapperumaCommunist Party of Sri LankaStar5751.36K. J. A. HinniappuhamyLanka Sama Samaja Party (Revolutionary)Lamp1500.35H. AbeywickramaLanka Democratic PartyUmbrella1320.31L. RatnapalaIndependentTree1110.26Valid Votes42,21999.76Rejected Votes1020.24Total Polled42,321100.00Registered Electors47,132Turnout89.79
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