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Batticaloa Electoral District (1947–1989)

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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   ITAK   TULF   UNP

Election Member Party Term
1947 Ahamed Lebbe Sinne Lebbe UNP 1947-1952
1952 R. B. Kadramer Ind. 1952-1956
1956 C. Rajadurai ITAK 1956-1960
Election Member 1 Party Term Member 2 Party Term
1960 (March) C. Rajadurai ITAK 1960 Ahmed Hussain Macan Markar Ind. 1960
1960 (July) 1960-1965 UNP 1960-1965
1965 1965-1970 Abdul Lathiff Sinnalebbe 1965-1970
1970 1970-1977 P. R. Selvanayagam Ind. 1970-1977
1977 TULF 1977-1989 M. L. Ahamed Fareeth UNP 1977-1985
Ahamed Rizvi Sinnalebbe 1985-1989

Elections

1947 Parliamentary General Election

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

Candidate Party Symbol Votes %
  Ahamed Lebbe Sinne Lebbe United National Party Tree 4,740 35.40%
K. V. M. Subramaniam Independent Key 3,395 25.36%
R. B. Kadramer Independent Umbrella 2,313 17.28%
N. S. Rasiah Independent Cup 2,226 16.63%
E. Rasiah Independent Hand 714 5.33%
Valid Votes 13,388 100.00%
Rejected Votes 324
Total Polled 13,712
Registered Electors 27,409
Turnout 50.03%

1952 Parliamentary General Election

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

Candidate Party Symbol Votes %
R. B. Kadramer Independent Elephant 11,420 58.93%
  Ahamed Lebbe Sinne Lebbe United National Party Tree 7,960 41.07%
Valid Votes 19,380 100.00%
Rejected Votes 260
Total Polled 19,640
Registered Electors 24,947
Turnout 78.73%

1956 Parliamentary General Election

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

Candidate Party Symbol Votes %
  C. Rajadurai Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi[5] House 9,300 52.05%
S. Ahamathulebbe Tree 7,124 39.87%
R. B. Kadramer Batticaloa Tamil Speakers Front Pair of Scales 1,296 7.25%
A. Thavarajah Bicycle 148 0.83%
Valid Votes 17,868 100.00%
Rejected Votes 288
Total Polled 18,156
Registered Electors 29,486
Turnout 61.57%

1960 (March) Parliamentary General Election

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

Candidate Party Symbol Votes %
  C. Rajadurai Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi[5] House 28,309 47.62%
Ahmed Hussain Macan Markar Independent Cockerel 22,893 38.51%
T. Mylvaganam Ladder 8,242 13.87%
Valid Votes 59,444 100.00%
Rejected Votes 964
Total Polled 60,408
Registered Electors 37,832
Turnout 159.67%

1960 (July) Parliamentary General Election

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

Candidate Party Symbol Votes %
  C. Rajadurai Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi[5] House 29,853 52.68%
  Ahmed Hussain Macan Markar United National Party Elephant 22,031 38.88%
  Abdul Lathiff Sinnalebbe Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi[5] Pair of Spectacles 2,484 4.38%
K. N. Kumaraswamy Cockerel 2,300 4.06%
Valid Votes 56,668 100.00%
Rejected Votes 954
Total Polled 57,622
Registered Electors 37,832
Turnout 152.31%

1965 Parliamentary General Election

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

Candidate Party Symbol Votes %
  C. Rajadurai Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi[5] House 29,023 43.47%
  Abdul Lathiff Sinnalebbe United National Party Elephant 12,010 17.99%
Ahmed Hussain Macan Markar Cockerel 9,915 14.85%
  J. L. Tissaveerasinghe All Ceylon Tamil Congress Bicycle 8,107 12.14%
A. Ahamed Lebbe Umbrella 4,572 6.85%
S. Nadarajah Chair 2,298 3.44%
  S. Vinayagamani Communist Party Star 833 1.25%
Valid Votes 66,758 100.00%
Rejected Votes 1,124
Total Polled 67,882
Registered Electors 45,078
Turnout 150.59%

1970 Parliamentary General Election

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

Candidate Party Symbol Votes %
  C. Rajadurai Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi[5] House 27,661 33.17%
P. R. Selvanayagam Independent Lamp 23,082 27.68%
  Ahmed Hussain Macan Markar United National Party Elephant 17,015 20.41%
  M. A. C. A. Rahuman Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand 14,805 17.76%
S. J. Arasaratnam Cockerel 624 0.75%
T. Francis Xavier Pair of Scales 196 0.24%
Valid Votes 83,383 100.00%
Rejected Votes 1,298
Total Polled 84,681
Registered Electors 51,524
Turnout 164.35%

1977 Parliamentary General Election

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

Candidate Party Symbol Votes %
  C. Rajadurai Tamil United Liberation Front Sun 26,648 24.70%
  M. L. Ahamed Fareeth United National Party Elephant 25,345 23.49%
  Kasi Ananthan Tamil United Liberation Front House 22,443 20.80%
  Badiudin Mahmud Sri Lanka Freedom Party Hand 21,275 19.72%
P. R. Selvanayagam Lamp 11,797 10.93%
Vinayagamoorthy Vettivel Umbrella 383 0.35%
Valid Votes 107,891 100.00%
Rejected Votes 1,618
Total Polled 109,509
Registered Electors 63,039
Turnout 173.72%

M. L. Ahamed Fareeth died on 10 September 1985. His replacement Ahamed Rizvi Sinnalebbe was nominated on 25 October 1985.

References & footnotes

  1. ^ "The Electoral System". Parliament of Sri Lanka. Archived from the original on 2010-11-27.
  2. ^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1947" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-09-24.
  3. ^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1952" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-09-24.
  4. ^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1956" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-09-24.
  5. ^ a b c d e f Also known as the Federal Party
  6. ^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1960-03-19" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-07-12.
  7. ^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1960-07-20" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-09-24.
  8. ^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1965" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-07-13.
  9. ^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1970" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-12-09.
  10. ^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1977" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-17.

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