Batticaloa Electoral District (1947–1989)

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

Members of Parliament

Key

 Independent    Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi    Tamil United Liberation Front    United National Party  

ElectionMemberPartyTerm
1947 Ahamed Lebbe Sinne Lebbe United National Party 1947-1952
1952 R. B. Kadramer Independent 1952-1956
1956 C. Rajadurai Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi 1956-1989
1960 (March)
1960 (July)
1965
1970
1977 Tamil United Liberation Front

Elections

1947 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
  Ahamed Lebbe Sinne LebbeUnited National PartyTree4,74035.40%
K. V. M. SubramaniamIndependentKey3,39525.36%
R. B. KadramerIndependentUmbrella2,31317.28%
N. S. RasiahIndependentCup2,22616.63%
E. RasiahIndependentHand7145.33%
Valid Votes13,388100.00%
Rejected Votes324
Total Polled13,712
Registered Electors27,409
Turnout50.03%

1952 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
R. B. KadramerIndependentElephant11,42058.93%
  Ahamed Lebbe Sinne LebbeUnited National PartyTree7,96041.07%
Valid Votes19,380100.00%
Rejected Votes260
Total Polled19,640
Registered Electors24,947
Turnout78.73%

1956 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
  C. RajaduraiIllankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi[5]House9,30052.05%
S. AhamathulebbeTree7,12439.87%
R. B. KadramerPair of Scales1,2967.25%
A. ThavarajahBicycle1480.83%
Valid Votes17,868100.00%
Rejected Votes288
Total Polled18,156
Registered Electors29,486
Turnout61.57%

1960 (March) Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 4th parliamentary election held on 19 March 1960:[6]

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
  C. RajaduraiIllankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi[5]House28,30947.62%
Ahmed Hussain Macan MarkarIndependentCockerel22,89338.51%
T. MylvaganamLadder8,24213.87%
Valid Votes59,444100.00%
Rejected Votes964
Total Polled60,408
Registered Electors37,832
Turnout159.67%

1960 (July) Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 5th parliamentary election held on 20 July 1960:[7]

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
  C. RajaduraiIllankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi[5]House29,85352.68%
  Ahmed Hussain Macan MarkarUnited National PartyElephant22,03138.88%
  Abdul Lathiff SinnalebbeIllankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi[5]Pair of Spectacles2,4844.38%
K. N. KumaraswamyCockerel2,3004.06%
Valid Votes56,668100.00%
Rejected Votes954
Total Polled57,622
Registered Electors37,832
Turnout152.31%

1965 Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 6th parliamentary election held on 22 March 1965:[8]

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
  C. RajaduraiIllankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi[5]House29,02343.47%
  Abdul Lathiff SinnalebbeUnited National PartyElephant12,01017.99%
Ahmed Hussain Macan MarkarCockerel9,91514.85%
  J. L. TissaveerasingheAll Ceylon Tamil CongressBicycle8,10712.14%
A. Ahamed LebbeUmbrella4,5726.85%
S. NadarajahChair2,2983.44%
  S. VinayagamaniCommunist PartyStar8331.25%
Valid Votes66,758100.00%
Rejected Votes1,124
Total Polled67,882
Registered Electors45,078
Turnout150.59%

1970 Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 7th parliamentary election held on 27 May 1970:[9]

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
  C. RajaduraiIllankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi[5]House27,66133.17%
P. R. SelvanayagamIndependentLamp23,08227.68%
  Ahmed Hussain Macan MarkarUnited National PartyElephant17,01520.41%
  M. A. C. A. RahumanSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand14,80517.76%
S. J. ArasaratnamCockerel6240.75%
T. Francis XavierPair of Scales1960.24%
Valid Votes83,383100.00%
Rejected Votes1,298
Total Polled84,681
Registered Electors51,524
Turnout164.35%

1977 Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 8th parliamentary election held on 21 July 1977:[10]

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
  C. RajaduraiTamil United Liberation FrontSun26,64824.70%
  M. L. Ahamed FareethUnited National PartyElephant25,34523.49%
  Kasi AnanthanTamil United Liberation FrontHouse22,44320.80%
  Badiudin MahmudSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand21,27519.72%
P. R. SelvanayagamLamp11,79710.93%
Vinayagamoorthy VettivelUmbrella3830.35%
Valid Votes107,891100.00%
Rejected Votes1,618
Total Polled109,509
Registered Electors63,039
Turnout173.72%

M. L. Ahamed Fareeth died on 10 September 1985. His replacement A. R. Sinna Lebbe was nominated on 25 October 1985.

References & footnotes

  1. "The Electoral System". Parliament of Sri Lanka.
  2. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1947" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka.
  3. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1952" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka.
  4. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1956" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Also known as the Federal Party
  6. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1960-03-19" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka.
  7. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1960-07-20" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka.
  8. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1965" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka.
  9. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1970" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka.
  10. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1977" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka.

Coordinates: 7°43′00″N 81°42′00″E / 7.7167°N 81.7000°E / 7.7167; 81.7000

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