Jaffna Electoral District (1947–1989)

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

Members of Parliament

Key

  Independent     All Ceylon Tamil Congress     Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi     Tamil United Liberation Front  

ElectionMemberPartyTerm
1947 G. G. Ponnambalam All Ceylon Tamil Congress 1947-1960
1952
1956
1960 (March) Alfred Duraiappah Independent 1960-1965
1960 (July)
1965 G. G. Ponnambalam All Ceylon Tamil Congress 1965-1970
1970 C. X. Martyn Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi 1970-1977
1977 V. Yogeswaran Tamil United Liberation Front 1977-1989

Elections

1947 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
  G. G. PonnambalamAll Ceylon Tamil CongressBicycle14,32473.28%
  Arunachalam MahadevaUnited National PartyElephant5,22426.72%
Valid Votes19,548100.00%
Rejected Votes133
Total Polled19,681
Registered Electors42,546
Turnout46.26%

1952 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
  G. G. PonnambalamAll Ceylon Tamil CongressUmbrella12,72660.48%
  E. M. V. NaganathanIllankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi[4]Hand8,31739.52%
Valid Votes21,043100.00%
Rejected Votes88
Total Polled21,131
Registered Electors29,489
Turnout71.66%

1956 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
  G. G. PonnambalamAll Ceylon Tamil CongressBicycle8,91440.46%
  E. M. V. NaganathanIllankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi[4]House7,17332.56%
  M. KarthigasanCommunist PartyStar3,23914.70%
  Arulambalam VisuvanathanLanka Sama Samaja PartyKey2,70312.27%
Valid Votes22,029100.00%
Rejected Votes149
Total Polled22,178
Registered Electors34,804
Turnout63.72%

1960 (March) Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Alfred DuraiappahIndependentSun6,20135.68%
  G. G. PonnambalamAll Ceylon Tamil CongressBicycle5,31230.56%
  S. KathiravelupillaiIllankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi[4]House5,10129.35%
  Arulambalam VisuvanathanLanka Sama Samaja PartyKey7674.41%
Valid Votes17,381100.00%
Rejected Votes92
Total Polled17,473
Registered Electors24,299
Turnout71.91%

1960 (July) Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Alfred DuraiappahIndependentBicycle6,31335.13%
  G. G. PonnambalamAll Ceylon Tamil CongressEye6,01533.47%
  S. KathiravelupillaiIllankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi[4]House5,64431.40%
Valid Votes17,972100.00%
Rejected Votes84
Total Polled18,056
Registered Electors25,299
Turnout74.31%

1965 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
  G. G. PonnambalamAll Ceylon Tamil CongressBicycle9,35042.37%
  C. X. MartynIllankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi[4]House6,80030.81%
Alfred DuraiappahPair of Scales5,91826.82%
Valid Votes22,068100.00%
Rejected Votes73
Total Polled22,141
Registered Electors28,473
Turnout77.76%

1970 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
  C. X. MartynIllankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi[4]House8,84835.59%
Alfred DuraiappahIndependentUmbrella8,79235.36%
  G. G. PonnambalamAll Ceylon Tamil CongressBicycle7,22229.05%
Valid Votes24,862100.00%
Rejected Votes76
Total Polled24,938
Registered Electors31,214
Turnout79.89%

1977 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
  V. YogeswaranTamil United Liberation FrontSun16,25151.26%
Kumar PonnambalamIndependentTree9,96031.42%
A. L. AbrahamPair of Scales4,34913.72%
C. X. MartynUmbrella9002.84%
A. G. RajasooriarChair1640.52%
A. TharmalinghamIndependentShip770.24%
Valid Votes31,701100.00%
Rejected Votes78
Total Polled31,779
Registered Electors34,865
Turnout91.15%

V. Yogeswaran and all other TULF MPs boycotted Parliament from the middle of 1983 for a number of reasons: they were under pressure from Sri Lankan Tamil militants not to stay in Parliament beyond their normal six-year term; the Sixth Amendment to the Constitution of Sri Lanka required them to swear an oath unconditionally renouncing support for a separate state; and the Black July riots in which up to 3,000 Tamils were murdered by Sinhalese mobs. After three months of absence, Yogeswaran forfeited his seat in Parliament on 22 October 1983.[11]

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. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Also known as the Federal Party
  5. ↑ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1956" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka.
  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.
  11. ↑ Wickramasinghe, Wimal (18 January 2008). "Saga of crossovers, expulsions and resignations etc. Referendum for extention [sic] of Parliament". The Island, Sri Lanka.

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