Chavakachcheri Electoral District Explained

Chavakachcheri Electoral District was an electoral district of Sri Lanka between August 1947 and February 1989. The district was named after the town of Chavakachcheri in Jaffna District, Northern Province. Kilinochchi Electoral District was carved out of the southern part of the district in March 1960. 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] Chavakachcheri electoral district was replaced by the Jaffna multi-member electoral district at the 1989 general elections, the first under the PR system, though Chavakachcheri continues to be a polling division of the multi-member electoral district.

Members of Parliament

Key

ElectionMemberPartyTerm
1947V. KumaraswamyAll Ceylon Tamil Congress1947-1956
1952
1956V. N. NavaratnamIllankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi1956-1977
1960 (March)
1960 (July)
1965
1970
1977Tamil United Liberation Front1977-1989

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=  V. KumaraswamyAll Ceylon Tamil CongressPair of Scales11,81385.51%
bgcolor=  C. R. ThambiahHouse2,00214.49%
align=left colspan=4Valid Votes13,815100.00%
align=left colspan=4Rejected Votes186
align=left colspan=4Total Polled14,001
align=left colspan=4Registered Electors28,377
align=left colspan=4Turnout49.34%

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"%
bgcolor=  V. KumaraswamyAll Ceylon Tamil CongressPair of Scales14,80172.33%
bgcolor=  Arunachalam NamasivayamIllankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi[4] Bicycle5,66327.67%
align=left colspan=4Valid Votes20,464100.00%
align=left colspan=4Rejected Votes168
align=left colspan=4Total Polled20,632
align=left colspan=4Registered Electors30,692
align=left colspan=4Turnout67.22%

1956 Parliamentary General Election

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

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=  V. N. NavaratnamIllankai Tamil Arasu KachchiHouse15,95264.77%
V. KumarasamyPair of Scales8,67735.23%
align=left colspan=4Valid Votes24,629100.00%
align=left colspan=4Rejected Votes206
align=left colspan=4Total Polled24,835
align=left colspan=4Registered Electors35,922
align=left colspan=4Turnout66.14%

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=  V. N. NavaratnamIllankai Tamil Arasu KachchiHouse13,90765.26%
bgcolor=  V. KumaraswamyAll Ceylon Tamil CongressBicycle6,93032.52%
bgcolor=  A. S. KanagaratnamLanka Sama Samaja PartyKey4732.22%
align=left colspan=4Valid Votes21,310100.00%
align=left colspan=4Rejected Votes173
align=left colspan=4Total Polled21,483
align=left colspan=4Registered Electors25,822
align=left colspan=4Turnout83.20%

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=  V. N. NavaratnamIllankai Tamil Arasu KachchiHouse14,79986.00%
bgcolor=  S. K. ThiravianayagamAll Ceylon Tamil CongressBicycle2,41014.00%
align=left colspan=4Valid Votes17,209100.00%
align=left colspan=4Rejected Votes135
align=left colspan=4Total Polled17,344
align=left colspan=4Registered Electors25,822
align=left colspan=4Turnout67.17%

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=  V. N. NavaratnamIllankai Tamil Arasu KachchiHouse16,31669.41%
bgcolor=  M. SivananthanAll Ceylon Tamil CongressBicycle7,19130.59%
align=left colspan=4Valid Votes23,507100.00%
align=left colspan=4Rejected Votes220
align=left colspan=4Total Polled23,727
align=left colspan=4Registered Electors30,452
align=left colspan=4Turnout77.92%

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=  V. N. NavaratnamIllankai Tamil Arasu KachchiHouse15,47354.49%
bgcolor=  V. KumaraswamyAll Ceylon Tamil CongressBicycle12,92145.51%
align=left colspan=4Valid Votes28,394100.00%
align=left colspan=4Rejected Votes84
align=left colspan=4Total Polled28,478
align=left colspan=4Registered Electors33,072
align=left colspan=4Turnout86.11%

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=  V. N. NavaratnamTamil United Liberation FrontSun20,02863.27%
V. KumaraswamyIndependentPair of Scales10,81034.15%
S. P. MailvaganamEye4191.32%
Kandiah Asai JeromeIndependentOmnibus2890.91%
Sathasivam NadarajahLamp1110.35%
align=left colspan=4Valid Votes31,657100.00%
align=left colspan=4Rejected Votes91
align=left colspan=4Total Polled31,748
align=left colspan=4Registered Electors36,959
align=left colspan=4Turnout85.90%

V. N. Navaratnam 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, Navaratnam forfeited his seat in Parliament on 22 October 1983.[11]

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. Also known as the Federal Party
  5. 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 .
  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 .
  11. News: Wickramasinghe. Wimal. Saga of crossovers, expulsions and resignations etc. Referendum for of Parliament. The Island, Sri Lanka. 18 January 2008.

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