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

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Members of Parliament

Key

  Independent   All Ceylon Tamil Congress   Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi   TULF

ElectionMemberPartyTerm
1947 Alfred Thambiayah Independent 1947-1952
1952 All Ceylon Tamil Congress 1952-1956
1956 V. A. Kandiah Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi 1956-1963
1960 (March)
1960 (July)
1963 V. Navaratnam 1963-1970
1965
1970 K. P. Ratnam 1970-1977
1977 Tamil United Liberation Front 1977-1989

Elections

1947 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Alfred Thambiayah Independent Pair of Scales5,55231.01%
  A. V. Kulasingham All Ceylon Tamil Congress Hand5,23029.21%
K. AmbalavnerUmbrella3,70120.67%
Waithilingam Duraiswamy Independent Bicycle2,43813.62%
J. C. AmerasinghamLamp9815.48%
Valid Votes17,902100.00%
Rejected Votes502
Total Polled18,404
Registered Electors33,045
Turnout55.69%

1952 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
  Alfred Thambiayah All Ceylon Tamil Congress Elephant9,51743.44%
A. Thiagarajah Independent Pair of Scales5,64925.78%
Clough Balasingham Independent Bicycle5,09023.23%
  V. Navaratnam Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi [4] Hand1,4206.48%
Somasunderam Senathirajah Independent Key2341.07%
Valid Votes21,910100.00%
Rejected Votes199
Total Polled22,109
Registered Electors30,138
Turnout73.36%

1956 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
  V. A. Kandiah Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi [4] House16,30871.19%
Alfred Thambiayah Pair of Scales6,59928.81%
Valid Votes22,907100.00%
Rejected Votes189
Total Polled23,096
Registered Electors32,410
Turnout71.26%

1960 (March) Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
  V. A. Kandiah Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi [4] House10,82056.61%
Alfred Thambiayah Independent Ship7,57439.63%
 V. V. Nallathamby Lanka Sama Samaja Party Key7193.76%
Valid Votes19,113100.00%
Rejected Votes186
Total Polled19,299
Registered Electors25,616
Turnout75.34%

1960 (July) Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
  V. A. Kandiah Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi [4] House12,11081.93%
 S. Senathirajah All Ceylon Tamil Congress Ship2,67118.07%
Valid Votes14,781100.00%
Rejected Votes151
Total Polled14,932
Registered Electors25,616
Turnout58.29%

V. A. Kandiah died on 4 June 1963.

1963 Parliamentary By-Election

Results of the parliamentary by-election held in August 1963: [8]

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
  V. Navaratnam Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi [4] 14,94676.46%
A. G. Rajasooriyar Independent 4,60223.54%
Valid Votes19,548100.00%
Rejected Votes143
Total Polled19,691
Registered Electors31,473
Turnout62.56%

1965 Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 6th parliamentary election held on 22 March 1965: [9]

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
  V. Navaratnam Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi [4] House13,55869.98%
 N. T. Sivagnanam All Ceylon Tamil Congress Bicycle5,81630.02%
Valid Votes19,374100.00%
Rejected Votes170
Total Polled19,544
Registered Electors31,785
Turnout61.49%

1970 Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 7th parliamentary election held on 27 May 1970: [10]

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
  K. P. Ratnam Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi [4] House13,07953.35%
P. Kathiravelu Independent Cockerel5,01320.45%
V. Navaratnam Independent Pair of Scales4,75819.41%
 N. T. Sivagnanam All Ceylon Tamil Congress Bicycle1,6676.80%
Valid Votes24,517100.00%
Rejected Votes95
Total Polled24,612
Registered Electors32,015
Turnout76.88%

1977 Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 8th parliamentary election held on 21 July 1977: [11]

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
  K. P. Ratnam Tamil United Liberation Front Sun17,64064.05%
V. Navaratnam Independent Pair of Scales8,67331.49%
M. Amirthalingam Independent Elephant6612.40%
Yogendra Duraiswamy Independent Chair2791.01%
Thambiah Paranirupasingam Independent Bell1850.67%
K. Kanagaratnam Independent Key1030.37%
Valid Votes27,541100.00%
Rejected Votes132
Total Polled27,673
Registered Electors36,372
Turnout76.08%

K. P. Ratnam 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, Ratnam forfeited his seat in Parliament on 22 October 1983. [12]

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 2016-02-04.
  3. ↑ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1952" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-02-04.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Also known as the Federal Party
  5. ↑ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1956" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-02-04.
  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 2016-02-04.
  8. ↑ Sachi Sri Kantha (26 December 2006). "On V. Navaratnam (1910-2006)". Ilankai Tamil Sangam. Retrieved 7 June 2009.
  9. ↑ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1965" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-07-13.
  10. ↑ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1970" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 9, 2009.
  11. ↑ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1977" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 17, 2011.
  12. ↑ Wickramasinghe, Wimal (18 January 2008). "Saga of crossovers, expulsions and resignations etc. Referendum for extention[sic] of Parliament". The Island, Sri Lanka.[ dead link ]

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