Batticaloa Electoral District (1947–1989) Explained

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

ElectionMemberPartyTerm
1947Ahamed Lebbe Sinne LebbeUNP1947-1952
1952R. B. KadramerInd.1952-1956
1956C. Rajadurai1956-1960
ElectionMember 1PartyTermMember 2PartyTerm
1960 (March)C. RajaduraiITAK1960Ahmed Hussain Macan MarkarInd.1960
1960 (July)1960-1965UNP1960-1965
19651965-1970Abdul Lathiff Sinnalebbe1965-1970
19701970-1977P. R. SelvanayagamInd.1970-1977
1977TULF1977-1989M. L. Ahamed FareethUNP1977-1985
Ahamed Rizvi Sinnalebbe1985-1989

Elections

1947 Parliamentary General Election

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

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=  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%
align=left colspan=4Valid Votes13,388100.00%
align=left colspan=4Rejected Votes324
align=left colspan=4Total Polled13,712
align=left colspan=4Registered Electors27,409
align=left colspan=4Turnout50.03%

1952 Parliamentary General Election

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

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"%
R. B. KadramerIndependentElephant11,42058.93%
bgcolor=  Ahamed Lebbe Sinne LebbeUnited National PartyTree7,96041.07%
align=left colspan=4Valid Votes19,380100.00%
align=left colspan=4Rejected Votes260
align=left colspan=4Total Polled19,640
align=left colspan=4Registered Electors24,947
align=left colspan=4Turnout78.73%

1956 Parliamentary General Election

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

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=  C. RajaduraiIllankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi[5] House9,30052.05%
S. AhamathulebbeTree7,12439.87%
R. B. KadramerBatticaloa Tamil Speakers Front Pair of Scales1,2967.25%
A. ThavarajahBicycle1480.83%
align=left colspan=4Valid Votes17,868100.00%
align=left colspan=4Rejected Votes288
align=left colspan=4Total Polled18,156
align=left colspan=4Registered Electors29,486
align=left colspan=4Turnout61.57%

1960 (March) Parliamentary General Election

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

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=  C. RajaduraiIllankai Tamil Arasu KachchiHouse28,30947.62%
Ahmed Hussain Macan MarkarIndependentCockerel22,89338.51%
T. MylvaganamLadder8,24213.87%
align=left colspan=4Valid Votes59,444100.00%
align=left colspan=4Rejected Votes964
align=left colspan=4Total Polled60,408
align=left colspan=4Registered Electors37,832
align=left colspan=4Turnout159.67%

1960 (July) Parliamentary General Election

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

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=  C. RajaduraiIllankai Tamil Arasu KachchiHouse29,85352.68%
bgcolor=  Ahmed Hussain Macan MarkarUnited National PartyElephant22,03138.88%
bgcolor=  Abdul Lathiff SinnalebbeIllankai Tamil Arasu KachchiPair of Spectacles2,4844.38%
K. N. KumaraswamyCockerel2,3004.06%
align=left colspan=4Valid Votes56,668100.00%
align=left colspan=4Rejected Votes954
align=left colspan=4Total Polled57,622
align=left colspan=4Registered Electors37,832
align=left colspan=4Turnout152.31%

1965 Parliamentary General Election

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

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=  C. RajaduraiIllankai Tamil Arasu KachchiHouse29,02343.47%
bgcolor=  Abdul Lathiff SinnalebbeUnited National PartyElephant12,01017.99%
Ahmed Hussain Macan MarkarCockerel9,91514.85%
bgcolor=  J. L. TissaveerasingheAll Ceylon Tamil CongressBicycle8,10712.14%
A. Ahamed LebbeUmbrella4,5726.85%
S. NadarajahChair2,2983.44%
bgcolor=  S. VinayagamaniCommunist PartyStar8331.25%
align=left colspan=4Valid Votes66,758100.00%
align=left colspan=4Rejected Votes1,124
align=left colspan=4Total Polled67,882
align=left colspan=4Registered Electors45,078
align=left colspan=4Turnout150.59%

1970 Parliamentary General Election

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

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=  C. RajaduraiIllankai Tamil Arasu KachchiHouse27,66133.17%
P. R. SelvanayagamIndependentLamp23,08227.68%
bgcolor=  Ahmed Hussain Macan MarkarUnited National PartyElephant17,01520.41%
bgcolor=  M. A. C. A. RahumanSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand14,80517.76%
S. J. ArasaratnamCockerel6240.75%
T. Francis XavierPair of Scales1960.24%
align=left colspan=4Valid Votes83,383100.00%
align=left colspan=4Rejected Votes1,298
align=left colspan=4Total Polled84,681
align=left colspan=4Registered Electors51,524
align=left colspan=4Turnout164.35%

1977 Parliamentary General Election

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

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=  C. RajaduraiTamil United Liberation FrontSun26,64824.70%
bgcolor=  M. L. Ahamed FareethUnited National PartyElephant25,34523.49%
bgcolor=  Kasi AnanthanTamil United Liberation FrontHouse22,44320.80%
bgcolor=  Badiudin MahmudSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand21,27519.72%
P. R. SelvanayagamLamp11,79710.93%
Vinayagamoorthy VettivelUmbrella3830.35%
align=left colspan=4Valid Votes107,891100.00%
align=left colspan=4Rejected Votes1,618
align=left colspan=4Total Polled109,509
align=left colspan=4Registered Electors63,039
align=left colspan=4Turnout173.72%

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

References & footnotes

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: The Electoral System . . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20101127041829/http://parliament.lk/about_us/electoral_system.jsp . 2010-11-27 .
  2. Web site: Result of Parliamentary General Election 1947 . Department of Elections, Sri Lanka . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150924115557/http://www.slelections.gov.lk/pdf/Results_1947%20GENERAL%20ELECTION.PDF . 2015-09-24 .
  3. Web site: Result of Parliamentary General Election 1952 . Department of Elections, Sri Lanka . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150924115603/http://www.slelections.gov.lk/pdf/Results_1952%20GENERAL%20ELECTION.PDF . 2015-09-24 .
  4. Web site: Result of Parliamentary General Election 1956 . Department of Elections, Sri Lanka . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150924115606/http://www.slelections.gov.lk/pdf/Results_1956%20GENERAL%20ELECTION.PDF . 2015-09-24 .
  5. Also known as the Federal Party
  6. Web site: Result of Parliamentary General Election 1960-03-19 . Department of Elections, Sri Lanka . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150712194326/http://www.slelections.gov.lk/pdf/Results_1960_03_19%20GENERAL%20ELECTION.PDF . 2015-07-12 .
  7. Web site: Result of Parliamentary General Election 1960-07-20 . Department of Elections, Sri Lanka . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150924115611/http://www.slelections.gov.lk/pdf/Results_1960_07_20%20GENERAL%20ELECTION.PDF . 2015-09-24 .
  8. Web site: Result of Parliamentary General Election 1965 . Department of Elections, Sri Lanka . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150713003440/http://www.slelections.gov.lk/pdf/Results_1965%20GENERAL%20ELECTION.PDF . 2015-07-13 .
  9. Web site: Result of Parliamentary General Election 1970 . https://web.archive.org/web/20091209231958/http://www.slelections.gov.lk/pdf/Results_1970%20GENERAL%20ELECTION.PDF . dead . 2009-12-09 . Department of Elections, Sri Lanka .
  10. Web site: Result of Parliamentary General Election 1977 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110717002624/http://www.slelections.gov.lk/pdf/General%20Election%201977.PDF . dead . 2011-07-17 . Department of Elections, Sri Lanka .

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