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{{short description|Electoral district of Sri Lanka}}
'''Mutur Electoral District''' was an [[electoral district]] of [[Sri Lanka]] between [[1947 Ceylonese parliamentary election|August 1947]] and [[1989 Sri Lankan parliamentary election|February 1989]]. The district was named after the town of [[Muttur (Sri Lanka)|Mutur]] in [[Trincomalee District]], [[Eastern Province, Sri Lanka|Eastern Province]]. The district was a two-member [[constituency]] between [[March 1960 Ceylonese parliamentary election|March 1960]] and [[1977 Sri Lankan parliamentary election|July 1977]]. The [[Constitution of Sri Lanka|1978 Constitution]] of Sri Lanka introduced the [[proportional representation]] electoral system for [[Elections in Sri Lanka|electing]] [[Member of Parliament|members]] of [[Parliament of Sri Lanka|Parliament]]. The existing 160 mainly [[Plurality voting system|single-member]] electoral districts were replaced with 22 [[multi-member]] [[electoral district]]s.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.parliament.lk/about_us/electoral_system.jsp|title=The Electoral System|publisher=[[Parliament of Sri Lanka]]|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101127041829/http://parliament.lk/about_us/electoral_system.jsp|archive-date=2010-11-27}}</ref> Mutur electoral district was replaced by the [[Trincomalee Electoral District|Trincomalee multi-member electoral district]] at the [[1989 Sri Lankan parliamentary election|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'''

{{Party index link|Independent (politician)}} {{Party index link|Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi}} {{Party index link|Sri Lanka Freedom Party}} {{Party index link|United National Party}}

{| class="wikitable"
|-
!colspan="2"|Election!!Member!!Party!!Term
|-
|style="background-color: {{party color|United National Party}}" |
| [[1947 Ceylonese parliamentary election|1947]]
| [[A. R. A. M. Abubucker]]
| [[United National Party]]
| 1947-1952
|-
|style="background-color: {{party color|Independent}}" |
| [[1952 Ceylonese parliamentary election|1952]]
| rowspan ="2"|[[M. E. H. Mohamed Ali]]
| rowspan ="2"|[[Independent (politician)|Independent]]
| rowspan ="2"|1952-1960
|-
|style="background-color: {{party color|Independent}}" |
| [[1956 Ceylonese parliamentary election|1956]]
|-
|style="background-color: {{party color|Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi}}" |
| [[March 1960 Ceylonese parliamentary election|1960 (March)]]
| rowspan ="2"|[[T. Ahambaram]]
| rowspan ="4"|[[Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi]]
| rowspan ="2"|1960-1962
|-
|style="background-color: {{party color|Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi}}" |
| [[July 1960 Ceylonese parliamentary election|1960 (July)]]
|-
|style="background-color: {{party color|Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi}}" |
| [[#1962 Parliamentary by-election|1962 (June)]]
| rowspan ="2"|[[M. E. H. Mohamed Ali]]
| rowspan ="2"|1962-1970
|-
|style="background-color: {{party color|Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi}}" |
| [[1965 Ceylonese parliamentary election|1965]]
|-
|style="background-color: {{party color|Sri Lanka Freedom Party}}" |
| [[1970 Ceylonese parliamentary election|1970]]
| [[A. L. Abdul Majeed]]
| [[Sri Lanka Freedom Party]]
| 1970-1977
|-
|style="background-color: {{party color|United National Party}}" |
| [[1977 Sri Lankan parliamentary election|1977]]
| [[M. E. H. Maharoof]]
| [[United National Party]]
| 1977-1989
|}

==Elections==

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==1947 Parliamentary General Election==
Results of the [[1947 Ceylonese parliamentary election|1st parliamentary election]] held between 23 August 1947 and 20 September 1947:<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.slelections.gov.lk/pdf/Results_1947%20GENERAL%20ELECTION.PDF|title=Result of Parliamentary General Election 1947|publisher=Department of Elections, Sri Lanka|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924115557/http://www.slelections.gov.lk/pdf/Results_1947%20GENERAL%20ELECTION.PDF|archive-date=2015-09-24}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" border="1" style="text-align:right;"
! align=left colspan=2 width="180"|Candidate!!align=left width="180"|Party!!align=left width="120"|Symbol!!align=left width="60"|Votes!!align=left width="60"|%
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|United National Party}}|  || align=left|[[A. R. A. M. Abubucker]]||align=left|[[United National Party]]||align=left|Elephant||3,480||43.98%
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|Communist Party of Ceylon}}|  || align=left|[[M. E. H. Mohamed Ali]]||align=left|[[Communist Party of Ceylon|Communist Party]]||align=left|Pair of Scales||1,760||22.24%
|-
| || align=left|E. Sokkalingam||||align=left|Star||1,555||19.65%
|-
| || align=left|A. C. Chellarajah||||align=left|Umbrella||1,118||14.13%
|-
| align=left colspan=4|'''Valid Votes'''||'''7,913'''||'''100.00%'''
|-
| align=left colspan=4|Rejected Votes||228||
|-
| align=left colspan=4|Total Polled||8,141||
|-
| align=left colspan=4|Registered Electors||16,649||
|-
| align=left colspan=4|Turnout||48.90%||
|}

==1952 Parliamentary General Election==
Results of the [[1952 Ceylonese parliamentary election|2nd parliamentary election]] held between 24 May 1952 and 30 May 1952:<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.slelections.gov.lk/pdf/Results_1952%20GENERAL%20ELECTION.PDF|title=Result of Parliamentary General Election 1952|publisher=Department of Elections, Sri Lanka|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924115603/http://www.slelections.gov.lk/pdf/Results_1952%20GENERAL%20ELECTION.PDF|archive-date=2015-09-24}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" border="1" style="text-align:right;"
! align=left colspan=2 width="180"|Candidate!!align=left width="180"|Party!!align=left width="120"|Symbol!!align=left width="60"|Votes!!align=left width="60"|%
|-
| || align=left|[[M. E. H. Mohamed Ali]]||align=left|[[Independent (politician)|Independent]]||align=left|Pair of Scales||6,050||64.51%
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|United National Party}}|  || align=left|[[A. R. A. M. Abubucker]]||align=left|[[United National Party]]||align=left|Umbrella||3,329||35.49%
|-
| align=left colspan=4|'''Valid Votes'''||'''9,379'''||'''100.00%'''
|-
| align=left colspan=4|Rejected Votes||119||
|-
| align=left colspan=4|Total Polled||9,498||
|-
| align=left colspan=4|Registered Electors||16,705||
|-
| align=left colspan=4|Turnout||56.86%||
|}

==1956 Parliamentary General Election==
Results of the [[1956 Ceylonese parliamentary election|3rd parliamentary election]] held between 5 April 1956 and 10 April 1956:<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.slelections.gov.lk/pdf/Results_1956%20GENERAL%20ELECTION.PDF|title=Result of Parliamentary General Election 1956|publisher=Department of Elections, Sri Lanka|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924115606/http://www.slelections.gov.lk/pdf/Results_1956%20GENERAL%20ELECTION.PDF|archive-date=2015-09-24}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" border="1" style="text-align:right;"
! align=left colspan=2 width="180"|Candidate!!align=left width="180"|Party!!align=left width="120"|Symbol!!align=left width="60"|Votes!!align=left width="60"|%
|-
| || align=left|[[M. E. H. Mohamed Ali]]||align=left|[[Independent (politician)|Independent]]||align=left|Pair of Scales||10,549||84.72%
|-
| || align=left|A. H. Alwis||||align=left|Aeroplane||1,902||15.28%
|-
| align=left colspan=4|'''Valid Votes'''||'''12,451'''||'''100.00%'''
|-
| align=left colspan=4|Rejected Votes||114||
|-
| align=left colspan=4|Total Polled||12,565||
|-
| align=left colspan=4|Registered Electors||22,177||
|-
| align=left colspan=4|Turnout||56.66%||
|}

==1960 (March) Parliamentary General Election==
Results of the [[March 1960 Ceylonese parliamentary election|4th parliamentary election]] held on 19 March 1960:<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.slelections.gov.lk/pdf/Results_1960_03_19%20GENERAL%20ELECTION.PDF|title=Result of Parliamentary General Election 1960-03-19|publisher=Department of Elections, Sri Lanka|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150712194326/http://www.slelections.gov.lk/pdf/Results_1960_03_19%20GENERAL%20ELECTION.PDF|archive-date=2015-07-12}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" border="1" style="text-align:right;"
! align=left colspan=2 width="180"|Candidate!!align=left width="180"|Party!!align=left width="120"|Symbol!!align=left width="60"|Votes!!align=left width="60"|%
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi}}|  || align=left|[[T. Ahambaram]]||align=left|[[Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi]]<ref name=FP>Also known as the [[Federal Party (Sri Lanka)|Federal Party]]</ref>||align=left|House||10,685||26.73%
|-
| || align=left|[[M. E. H. Mohamed Ali]]||align=left|[[Independent (politician)|Independent]]||align=left|Ladder||10,680||26.72%
|-
| || align=left|[[A. L. Abdul Majeed]]||||align=left|Sewing Machine||7,540||18.86%
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|Sri Lanka Freedom Party}}|  || align=left|S. B. Weerakoon||align=left|[[Sri Lanka Freedom Party]]||align=left|Hand||6,748||16.88%
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|United National Party}}|  || align=left|A. H. Alwis||align=left|[[United National Party]]||align=left|Elephant||1,488||3.72%
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|Mahajana Eksath Peramuna}}|  || align=left|P. D. E. Victor Perera||align=left|[[Mahajana Eksath Peramuna]]||align=left|Cart Wheel||1,165||2.91%
|-
| || align=left|J. A. P. Thurainayagam||align=left|[[Independent (politician)|Independent]]||align=left|Sun||1,075||2.69%
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|Lanka Democratic Party}}|  || align=left|[[A. R. A. M. Abubucker]]||align=left|[[Lanka Democratic Party]]<ref>Also known as the [[Lanka Prajathanthravadi Pakshaya]]</ref>||align=left|Umbrella||298||0.75%
|-
| || align=left|N. T. Francis Xavier||||align=left|Cockerel||295||0.74%
|-
| align=left colspan=4|'''Valid Votes'''||'''39,974'''||'''100.00%'''
|-
| align=left colspan=4|Rejected Votes||1,153||
|-
| align=left colspan=4|Total Polled||41,127||
|-
| align=left colspan=4|Registered Electors||28,520||
|-
| align=left colspan=4|Turnout||144.20%||
|}

==1960 (July) Parliamentary General Election==
Results of the [[July 1960 Ceylonese parliamentary election|5th parliamentary election]] held on 20 July 1960:<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.slelections.gov.lk/pdf/Results_1960_07_20%20GENERAL%20ELECTION.PDF|title=Result of Parliamentary General Election 1960-07-20|publisher=Department of Elections, Sri Lanka|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924115611/http://www.slelections.gov.lk/pdf/Results_1960_07_20%20GENERAL%20ELECTION.PDF|archive-date=2015-09-24}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" border="1" style="text-align:right;"
! align=left colspan=2 width="180"|Candidate!!align=left width="180"|Party!!align=left width="120"|Symbol!!align=left width="60"|Votes!!align=left width="60"|%
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi}}|  || align=left|[[T. Ahambaram]]||align=left|[[Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi]]<ref name=FP/>||align=left|House||13,304||28.88%
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|Sri Lanka Freedom Party}}|  || align=left|[[A. L. Abdul Majeed]]||align=left|[[Sri Lanka Freedom Party]]||align=left|Hand||13,247||28.76%
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|United National Party}}|  || align=left|[[M. E. H. Mohamed Ali]]||align=left|[[United National Party]]||align=left|Elephant||11,417||24.78%
|-
| || align=left|H. D. L. Leelaratne||||align=left|Ladder||7,916||17.18%
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|Mahajana Eksath Peramuna}}|  || align=left|P. D. E. Victor Perera||align=left|[[Mahajana Eksath Peramuna]]||align=left|Cart Wheel||181||0.39%
|-
| align=left colspan=4|'''Valid Votes'''||'''46,065'''||'''100.00%'''
|-
| align=left colspan=4|Rejected Votes||677||
|-
| align=left colspan=4|Total Polled||46,742||
|-
| align=left colspan=4|Registered Electors||28,520||
|-
| align=left colspan=4|Turnout||163.89%||
|}

===1962 Parliamentary by-election===

Results of the by-election held on 28 June 1962:<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.slelections.gov.lk/pdf/ByElections1947-1988.pdf|title=Result of Parliamentary ByElections|publisher=Department of Elections, Sri Lanka|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100304020922/http://www.slelections.gov.lk/pdf/ByElections1947-1988.pdf|archive-date=2010-03-04}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" border="1" style="text-align:right;"
! align=left colspan=2 width="180"|Candidate!!align=left width="180"|Party!!align=left width="120"|Symbol!!align=left width="60"|Votes!!align=left width="60"|%
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi}}|  || align=left|'''[[M. E. H. Mohamed Ali]]'''||align=left|[[Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi]]<ref name=FP/>||align=left|House||14,215||51.31%
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|Sri Lanka Freedom Party}}|  || align=left|S. A. Hameed||align=left|[[Sri Lanka Freedom Party]]||align=left|Hand||6,903||24.92%
|-
| || align=left|R. M. Gunathilake||||align=left|Star||6,040||21.80%
|-
| || align=left|[[C. Sundaralingam]]||align=left|Eelam Front ||align=left|Sun||423||1.52%
|-
| align=left colspan=4|'''Valid Votes'''||'''27,699'''||'''100.00%'''
|-
| align=left colspan=4|Rejected Votes||118||
|-
| align=left colspan=4|Total Polled||27,699||
|-
| align=left colspan=4|Registered Electors||34.632||
|-
| align=left colspan=4|Turnout||79.98%||
|}

==1965 Parliamentary General Election==
Results of the [[1965 Ceylonese parliamentary election|6th parliamentary election]] held on 22 March 1965:<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.slelections.gov.lk/pdf/Results_1965%20GENERAL%20ELECTION.PDF|title=Result of Parliamentary General Election 1965|publisher=Department of Elections, Sri Lanka|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150713003440/http://www.slelections.gov.lk/pdf/Results_1965%20GENERAL%20ELECTION.PDF|archive-date=2015-07-13}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" border="1" style="text-align:right;"
! align=left colspan=2 width="180"|Candidate!!align=left width="180"|Party!!align=left width="120"|Symbol!!align=left width="60"|Votes!!align=left width="60"|%
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi}}|  || align=left|[[M. E. H. Mohamed Ali]]||align=left|[[Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi]]<ref name=FP/>||align=left|House||20,237||35.64%
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|Sri Lanka Freedom Party}}|  || align=left|[[A. L. Abdul Majeed]]||align=left|[[Sri Lanka Freedom Party]]||align=left|Hand||16,726||29.45%
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|United National Party}}|  || align=left|H. D. L. Leelaratne||align=left|[[United National Party]]||align=left|Elephant||15,328||26.99%
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|Sri Lanka Freedom Party}}|  || align=left|D. V. Paulis||align=left|[[Sri Lanka Freedom Party]]||align=left|Bird||3,792||6.68%
|-
| || align=left|R. M. Gunathilaka||||align=left|Ladder||376||0.66%
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|All Ceylon Tamil Congress}}|  || align=left|S. S. Arumugam||align=left|[[All Ceylon Tamil Congress]]||align=left|Bicycle||327||0.58%
|-
| align=left colspan=4|'''Valid Votes'''||'''56,786'''||'''100.00%'''
|-
| align=left colspan=4|Rejected Votes||1,343||
|-
| align=left colspan=4|Total Polled||58,129||
|-
| align=left colspan=4|Registered Electors||38,516||
|-
| align=left colspan=4|Turnout||150.92%||
|}

==1970 Parliamentary General Election==
Results of the [[1970 Ceylonese parliamentary election|7th parliamentary election]] held on 27 May 1970:<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.slelections.gov.lk/pdf/Results_1970%20GENERAL%20ELECTION.PDF|title=Result of Parliamentary General Election 1970|publisher=Department of Elections, Sri Lanka|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091209231958/http://www.slelections.gov.lk/pdf/Results_1970%20GENERAL%20ELECTION.PDF|archive-date=2009-12-09}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" border="1" style="text-align:right;"
! align=left colspan=2 width="180"|Candidate!!align=left width="180"|Party!!align=left width="120"|Symbol!!align=left width="60"|Votes!!align=left width="60"|%
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|Sri Lanka Freedom Party}}|  || align=left|[[A. L. Abdul Majeed]]||align=left|[[Sri Lanka Freedom Party]]||align=left|Hand||22,727||29.72%
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi}}|  || align=left|[[A. Thangathurai]]||align=left|[[Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi]]<ref name=FP/>||align=left|House||19,787||25.87%
|-
| || align=left|H. D. L. Leelaratne||||align=left|Ladder||18,698||24.45%
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|United National Party}}|  || align=left|[[M. E. H. Mohamed Ali]]||align=left|[[United National Party]]||align=left|Elephant||15,018||19.64%
|-
| || align=left|B.G. Sirisena||||align=left|Lamp||253||0.33%
|-
| align=left colspan=4|'''Valid Votes'''||'''76,483'''||'''100.00%'''
|-
| align=left colspan=4|Rejected Votes||705||
|-
| align=left colspan=4|Total Polled||77,188||
|-
| align=left colspan=4|Registered Electors||44,176||
|-
| align=left colspan=4|Turnout||174.73%||
|}

==1977 Parliamentary General Election==
Results of the [[1977 Sri Lankan parliamentary election|8th parliamentary election]] held on 21 July 1977:<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.slelections.gov.lk/pdf/General%20Election%201977.PDF|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110717002624/http://www.slelections.gov.lk/pdf/General%20Election%201977.PDF|url-status=dead|archive-date=2011-07-17|title=Result of Parliamentary General Election 1977|publisher=Department of Elections, Sri Lanka}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" border="1" style="text-align:right;"
! align=left colspan=2 width="180"|Candidate!!align=left width="180"|Party!!align=left width="120"|Symbol!!align=left width="60"|Votes!!align=left width="60"|%
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|United National Party}}|  || align=left|[[M. E. H. Maharoof]]||align=left|[[United National Party]]||align=left|Elephant||12,530||44.99%
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|Sri Lanka Freedom Party}}|  || align=left|[[A. L. Abdul Majeed]]||align=left|[[Sri Lanka Freedom Party]]||align=left|Hand||7,800||28.01%
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|Tamil United Liberation Front}}|  || align=left|S. M. Makeen||align=left|[[Tamil United Liberation Front]]<br /><small>(Muslim United Liberation Front)</small>||align=left|Sun||7,520||27.00%
|-
| align=left colspan=4|'''Valid Votes'''||'''27,850'''||'''100.00%'''
|-
| align=left colspan=4|Rejected Votes||115||
|-
| align=left colspan=4|Total Polled||27,965||
|-
| align=left colspan=4|Registered Electors||30,389||
|-
| align=left colspan=4|Turnout||92.02%||
|}

==References & footnotes==
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{{Former Electoral Districts of Sri Lanka}}

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[[Category:Former electoral districts of Sri Lanka]]
[[Category:Politics of Trincomalee District]]

Mutur Electoral District - Revision history

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