Trincomalee Electoral District (1947–1989)

This article is about the former electoral district in Sri Lanka. For other uses, see Trincomalee (disambiguation).

Trincomalee electoral district was an electoral district of Sri Lanka between August 1947 and February 1989. The district was named after the city of Trincomalee in Trincomalee 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] Trincomalee electoral district was replaced by the Trincomalee multi-member electoral district at the 1989 general elections, the first under the PR system, though Trincomalee 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 S. Sivapalan All Ceylon Tamil Congress 1947-1952
1952 N. R. Rajavarothiam Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi 1952-1963
1956
1960 (March)
1960 (July)
1963 S. M. Manickarajah 1963-1970
1965
1970 B. Neminathan 1970-1977
1977 R. Sampanthan 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 for the district:[2]

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
S. SivapalanAll Ceylon Tamil CongressHouse5,25256.15%
A.C. KanagasinghamUmbrella322534.48%
E.A.P. Nandias SilvaElephant8779.38%
Valid Votes9,354100.00%
Rejected Votes980
Total Polled10,334
Registered Electors18,421
Turnout56.10%

1952 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
N. R. RajavarothiamFederal PartyHouse4,45045.80%
S. SivapalanElephant3,86439.77%
K. SivapalanStar1,40314.44%
Valid Votes9,717100.00%
Rejected Votes103
Total Polled9,820
Registered Electors14,272
Turnout68.81%

1956 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
N. R. RajavarothiamFederal PartyHouse7,04856.88%
J.A. MuthuthanthirigeUmbrella2,96523.93%
A.I. RajasinghamBicycle2,37819.19%
Valid Votes12,391100.00%
Rejected Votes58
Total Polled12,449
Registered Electors16,093
Turnout77.36%

1960 (March) Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 4th parliamentary election held on 19 March 1960 for the district:[5]

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
N. R. RajavarothiamFederal PartyHouse8,87271.43%
R.M.G. ThusthakeerIndependentPair of Spectacles1,31110.55%
A. PiyadasaHand1,26510.18%
Sri Lal GoonaratneUmbrella9737.83%
Valid Votes12,421100.00%
Rejected Votes127
Total Polled12,548
Registered Electors19,024
Turnout65.96%

1960 (July) Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 5th parliamentary election held on 20 July 1960 for the district:[6]

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
N. R. RajavarothiamFederal PartyHouse8,64964.88%
E.R.S.R. CoomaraswamySri Lanka Freedom PartyHand4,61434.61%
K. B.AriyadasaCart Wheel670.50%
Valid Votes13,330100.00%
Rejected Votes116
Total Polled13,446
Registered Electors19,024
Turnout70.68%

N. R. Rajavarothiam died on 27 August 1963.

1963 Parliamentary By-Election

Results of the parliamentary by-election held on November 23, 1963:[7]

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
S. M. ManickarajahFederal PartyHouse11,53260.28%
A. H. AlwisStar5,72129.91%
A. WijayanathanCart Wheel1,8769.81%
Valid Votes19,129100.00%
Rejected Votes134
Total Polled19,263
Registered Electors26,427
Turnout72.89%

1965 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
S. M. ManickarajahFederal PartyHouse9,65148.48%
V.R. NavaratnarajahElephant5,70228.64%
S.H. SomapalaSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand4,55522.88%
Valid Votes19,908100.00%
Rejected Votes271
Total Polled20,179
Registered Electors27,643
Turnout73.00%

1970 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
B. NeminathanFederal PartyHouse12,39545.83%
S.M.A. C. JamaldeenUnited FrontHand8,34630.86%
V.R. NavaratnarajahElephant5,70321.09%
R.G.SenanayakeBell6012.22%
Valid Votes27,045100.00%
Rejected Votes108
Total Polled27,153
Registered Electors35,445
Turnout76.61%

1977 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
R. SampanthanTamil United Liberation FrontSun15,14451.76%
V.R. NavaratnarajahElephant11,82340.41%
S. ThavarasaSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand1,6745.72%
Gunadasa WarnasuriyaButterfly5651.93%
E.J.A.P. BabysinghoBell540.18%
Valid Votes29,260100.00%
Rejected Votes119
Total Polled29,379
Registered Electors35,778
Turnout82.11%

References

  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. ↑ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1960-03-19" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka.
  6. ↑ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1960-07-20" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka.
  7. ↑ "Results of Parliamentary By-Elections" (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: 8°34′00″N 81°14′00″E / 8.5667°N 81.2333°E / 8.5667; 81.2333

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