Nintavur Electoral District

Nintavur electoral district was an electoral district of Sri Lanka between March 1960 and February 1989. The district was renamed Sammanthurai electoral district in July 1977. The district was named after the towns of Nintavur and Sammanthurai in Ampara District, Eastern 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] Sammanthurai electoral district was replaced by the Ampara (Amparai) multi-member electoral district at the 1989 general elections, the first under the PR system, though Sammanthurai continues to be a polling division of the multi-member electoral district.

Members of Parliament

Key

Independent SLFP UNP

	Member	Party	Term
1960 (March)	M. I. M. Abdul Majeed		1960-1965
1960 (July)	M. I. M. Abdul Majeed		1960-1965
1965	M. M. Mustapha	United National Party	1965-1977
1970	M. M. Mustapha	United National Party	1965-1977
1977	M. A. Abdul Majeed		1977-1989

Results of the 4th parliamentary election held on 19 March 1960 for the district:^[2]

Candidate	Symbol	Votes	%
M. I. M. Abdul Majeed	Radio Set	10,017	54.81%
M. M. Mustapha	Umbrella	5,390	29.49%
Haji M. Mirza	Cockerel	2,655	14.53%
M. Sheriff Cader	Sun	215	1.18%
Valid Votes		18,277	100.00%
Rejected Votes		118
Total Polled		18,395
Registered Electors		21,087
Turnout		87.23%

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

Candidate	Symbol	Votes	%
M. I. M. Abdul Majeed	Cockerel	12,115	73.63%
M. A. M. Jalaldeen	Radio Set	4,339	26.37%
Valid Votes		16,454	100.00%
Rejected Votes		94
Total Polled		16,548
Registered Electors		21,087
Turnout		78.47%

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

Candidate	Party	Symbol	Votes	%
M. M. Mustapha	United National Party	Elephant	13,789	59.46%
M. I. M. Abdul Majeed		Cockerel	9,400	40.54%
Valid Votes			23,189	100.00%
Rejected Votes			210
Total Polled			23,399
Registered Electors			26,497
Turnout			88.31%

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

Candidate	Party	Symbol	Votes	%
M. M. Mustapha	United National Party	Elephant	13,481	49.12%
M. I. M. Abdul Majeed		Radio	13,406	48.85%
I.H. Mohamed Cassim	Sri Lanka Freedom Party	Hand	556	2.03%
Valid Votes			27,443	100.00%
Rejected Votes			84
Total Polled			27,527
Registered Electors			29,718
Turnout			92.63%

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

Candidate	Party	Symbol	Votes	%
M. A. Abdul Majeed		Elephant	13,642	54.87%
H. L. M. Hassim	Tamil United Liberation Front	Sun	8,615	34.65%
Abdul Jabar		Hand	2,605	10.48%
Valid Votes			24,862	100.00%
Rejected Votes			82
Total Polled			24,944
Registered Electors			27,308
Turnout			91.34%

^ "The Electoral System". Parliament of Sri Lanka. Archived from the original on 2010-11-27.
^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1960-03-19" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-07-12.
^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1960-07-20" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-09-24.
^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1965" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-07-13.
^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1970" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-12-09.
^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1977" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-17.