Paddiruppu Electoral District Explained

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

Members of Parliament

Key

ElectionMemberPartyTerm
1947S. U. Ethiramanasingham1947–1952
1952S. M. RasamanickamIndependent1952–1956
1956S. U. Ethiramanasingham1956–1960
1960 (March)S. M. RasamanickamIllankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi1960-1970
1960 (July)
1965
1970S. ThambirajahUnited National Party1970–1977
1977P. GaneshalingamTamil United Liberation Front1977–1989

Elections

1947 Parliamentary General Election

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

align=left width="180"Candidate!align=left width="180"Party!align=left width="120"Symbol!align=left width="60"Votes!align=left width="60"%
S. U. EthiramanasinghamBird5,67237.63%
S. M. RasamanickamIndependentPair of Spectacles4,78431.74%
V.O. GurugulasingheHand4,61730.63%
align=left colspan=3Valid Votes15,073100.00%
align=left colspan=3Rejected Votes274
align=left colspan=3Total Polled15,347
align=left colspan=3Registered Electors22,358
align=left colspan=3Turnout68.64%

1952 Parliamentary General Election

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

align=left width="180"Candidate!align=left width="180"Party!align=left width="120"Symbol!align=left width="60"Votes!align=left width="60"%
S. M. RasamanickamIndependentPair of Spectacles7,67239.92%
S. U. EthiramanasinghamBird7,19837.45%
K. ArulambalamStar4,35022.63%
align=left colspan=3Valid Votes19,220100.00%
align=left colspan=3Rejected Votes198
align=left colspan=3Total Polled19,418
align=left colspan=3Registered Electors23,440
align=left colspan=3Turnout82.84%

1956 Parliamentary General Election

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

align=left width="180"Candidate!align=left width="180"Party!align=left width="120"Symbol!align=left width="60"Votes!align=left width="60"%
S. U. EthiramanasinghamLamp9,52850.28%
S. M. RasamanickamFederal PartyHouse9,42249.72%
align=left colspan=3Valid Votes18,950100.00%
align=left colspan=3Rejected Votes222
align=left colspan=3Total Polled19,172
align=left colspan=3Registered Electors25,849
align=left colspan=3Turnout74.17%

1960 (March) Parliamentary General Election

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

align=left width="180"Candidate!align=left width="180"Party!align=left width="120"Symbol!align=left width="60"Votes!align=left width="60"%
S. M. RasamanickamFederal PartyHouse10,79962.36%
S. U. EthiramanasinghamCup6,51737.64%
align=left colspan=3Valid Votes17,316100.00%
align=left colspan=3Rejected Votes153
align=left colspan=3Total Polled17,469
align=left colspan=3Registered Electors19,429
align=left colspan=3Turnout89.91%

1960 (July) Parliamentary General Election

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

align=left width="180"Candidate!align=left width="180"Party!align=left width="120"Symbol!align=left width="60"Votes!align=left width="60"%
S. M. RasamanickamFederal PartyHouse10,94866.44%
S. U. EthiramanasinghamAll Ceylon Tamil CongressBicycle5,28332.06%
E. PonniahLadder2471.50%
align=left colspan=3Valid Votes16,478100.00%
align=left colspan=3Rejected Votes98
align=left colspan=3Total Polled16,576
align=left colspan=3Registered Electors19,429
align=left colspan=3Turnout85.32%

1965 Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 6th parliamentary election held on 22 March 1965 for the district:[7]

align=left width="180"Candidate!align=left width="180"Party!align=left width="120"Symbol!align=left width="60"Votes!align=left width="60"%
S. M. RasamanickamFederal PartyHouse11,27051.50%
S. U. EthiramanasinghamIndependentBird9,14041.77%
V. SinnaduraiElephant1,4726.73%
align=left colspan=3Valid Votes21,882100.00%
align=left colspan=3Rejected Votes155
align=left colspan=3Total Polled22,037
align=left colspan=3Registered Electors25,855
align=left colspan=3Turnout85.23%

1970 Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 7th parliamentary election held on 27 May 1970 for the district:[8]

align=left width="180"Candidate!align=left width="180"Party!align=left width="120"Symbol!align=left width="60"Votes!align=left width="60"%
S. ThambirajahUnited National PartyElephant13,37051.24%
S. M. RasamanickamFederal PartyHouse12,72348.76%
align=left colspan=3Valid Votes26,093100.00%
align=left colspan=3Rejected Votes129
align=left colspan=3Total Polled26,222
align=left colspan=3Registered Electors28,992
align=left colspan=3Turnout90.45%

1977 Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 8th parliamentary election held on 21 July 1977 for the district:[9]

align=left width="180"Candidate!align=left width="180"Party!align=left width="120"Symbol!align=left width="60"Votes!align=left width="60"%
P. GaneshalingamTamil United Liberation FrontSun15,87749.17%
S. SivagurunathanLanka Sama Samaja PartyKey5,63317.45%
S. ThambirajahHand5,59017.31%
P. RetnasinghamElephant5,18916.07%
align=left colspan=3Valid Votes32,289100.00%
align=left colspan=3Rejected Votes243
align=left colspan=3Total Polled32,532
align=left colspan=3Registered Electors35,909
align=left colspan=3Turnout90.60%

References

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: The Electoral System. Parliament of Sri Lanka. 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. 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.
  6. 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.
  7. 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.
  8. Web site: Result of Parliamentary General Election 1970. Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20091209231958/http://www.slelections.gov.lk/pdf/Results_1970%20GENERAL%20ELECTION.PDF. 2009-12-09.
  9. Web site: Result of Parliamentary General Election 1977. Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20110717002624/http://www.slelections.gov.lk/pdf/General%20Election%201977.PDF. 2011-07-17.

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