Point Pedro Electoral District Explained

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

Members of Parliament

Key

ElectionMemberPartyTerm
1947T. RamalingamAll Ceylon Tamil Congress1947-1952
19521952-1956
1956P. KandiahCommunist Party of Ceylon1956-1960
1960 (March)K. ThurairatnamIllankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi1960-1960
1960 (July)1960-1965
19651965-1970
19701970-1977
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=  T. RamalingamAll Ceylon Tamil CongressPair of Scales10,39643.51%
bgcolor=  S. "Jeyam" TharamakulasinghamLanka Sama Samaja PartyEye6,10825.56%
V. SuppiahIndependentSpoon3,89716.31%
bgcolor=  P. KandiahCommunist PartyHand3,49214.62%
align=left colspan=4Valid Votes23,893100.00%
align=left colspan=4Rejected Votes446
align=left colspan=4Total Polled24,339
align=left colspan=4Registered Electors41,682
align=left colspan=4Turnout58.39%

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=  T. RamalingamAll Ceylon Tamil CongressEye11,60941.54%
bgcolor=  P. KandiahCommunist PartyBicycle8,61730.83%
K. C. NadarajahIndependentHand5,51219.72%
bgcolor=  Coomaraswamy BalasinghamLanka Sama Samaja PartyWheel2,2087.90%
align=left colspan=4Valid Votes27,946100.00%
align=left colspan=4Rejected Votes494
align=left colspan=4Total Polled28,440
align=left colspan=4Registered Electors43,219
align=left colspan=4Turnout65.80%

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=  P. KandiahCommunist PartyStar14,38150.81%
Murugesu SivasithamparamIndependentUmbrella8,06428.49%
bgcolor=  K. ThurairatnamIllankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi[5] House5,85920.70%
align=left colspan=4Valid Votes28,304100.00%
align=left colspan=4Rejected Votes317
align=left colspan=4Total Polled28,621
align=left colspan=4Registered Electors44,603
align=left colspan=4Turnout64.17%

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=  K. ThurairatnamIllankai Tamil Arasu KachchiHouse5,67940.34%
bgcolor=  N. NadarajahAll Ceylon Tamil CongressBicycle2,52117.91%
bgcolor=  T. JayadevanLanka Sama Samaja PartyKey2,10114.92%
bgcolor=  K. SenathirajahCommunist PartyStar1,55211.02%
S. SundaralingamIndependentShip1,2268.71%
S. KandiahSun1,0007.10%
align=left colspan=4Valid Votes14,079100.00%
align=left colspan=4Rejected Votes152
align=left colspan=4Total Polled14,231
align=left colspan=4Registered Electors19,408
align=left colspan=4Turnout73.33%

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=  K. ThurairatnamIllankai Tamil Arasu KachchiHouse8,22667.46%
bgcolor=  N. NadarajahAll Ceylon Tamil CongressBicycle3,96832.54%
align=left colspan=4Valid Votes12,194100.00%
align=left colspan=4Rejected Votes129
align=left colspan=4Total Polled12,323
align=left colspan=4Registered Electors19,408
align=left colspan=4Turnout63.49%

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=  K. ThurairatnamIllankai Tamil Arasu KachchiHouse7,56446.24%
bgcolor=  N. NadarajahAll Ceylon Tamil CongressBicycle6,61440.43%
bgcolor=  K. Motilal NehruCommunist PartyStar2,18013.33%
align=left colspan=4Valid Votes16,358100.00%
align=left colspan=4Rejected Votes94
align=left colspan=4Total Polled16,452
align=left colspan=4Registered Electors22,972
align=left colspan=4Turnout71.62%

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=  K. ThurairatnamIllankai Tamil Arasu KachchiHouse9,21748.50%
bgcolor=  N. NadarajahAll Ceylon Tamil CongressBicycle8,90246.85%
P. KanagarasaPair of Scales5793.05%
A. VisagaratnamCockerel3051.61%
align=left colspan=4Valid Votes19,003100.00%
align=left colspan=4Rejected Votes86
align=left colspan=4Total Polled19,089
align=left colspan=4Registered Electors24,006
align=left colspan=4Turnout79.52%

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=  K. ThurairatnamTamil United Liberation FrontSun12,98955.77%
N. NadarajahIndependentUmbrella6,41927.56%
M. P. VeeravaguIndependentPair of Scales3,06513.16%
K. T. RajasinghamEye6142.64%
K. S. MuthukumarasamyShip2040.88%
align=left colspan=4Valid Votes23,291100.00%
align=left colspan=4Rejected Votes75
align=left colspan=4Total Polled23,366
align=left colspan=4Registered Electors28,447
align=left colspan=4Turnout82.14%

K. Thurairatnam 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, Thurairatnam forfeited his seat in Parliament on 5 January 1984.[11]

References & footnotes

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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. 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. 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.
  10. 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.
  11. News: Wickramasinghe. Wimal. Saga of crossovers, expulsions and resignations etc. Referendum for of Parliament. The Island, Sri Lanka. 18 January 2008. 25 April 2011. 17 June 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20110617063609/http://www.island.lk/2008/01/18/features11.html. dead.

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