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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.

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Members of Parliament

Key

  All Ceylon Tamil Congress   Communist Party   Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi   TULF

ElectionMemberPartyTerm
1947 T. Ramalingam All Ceylon Tamil Congress 1947-1952
1952 1952-1956
1956 P. Kandiah Communist Party of Ceylon 1956-1960
1960 (March) K. Thurairatnam Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi 1960-1960
1960 (July) 1960-1965
1965 1965-1970
1970 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%
  T. Ramalingam All Ceylon Tamil Congress Pair of Scales10,39643.51%
 S. "Jeyam" Tharamakulasingham Lanka Sama Samaja Party Eye6,10825.56%
V. Suppiah Independent Spoon3,89716.31%
  P. Kandiah Communist Party Hand3,49214.62%
Valid Votes23,893100.00%
Rejected Votes446
Total Polled24,339
Registered Electors41,682
Turnout58.39%

1952 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
  T. Ramalingam All Ceylon Tamil Congress Eye11,60941.54%
  P. Kandiah Communist Party Bicycle8,61730.83%
K. C. Nadarajah Independent Hand5,51219.72%
 Coomaraswamy Balasingham Lanka Sama Samaja Party Wheel2,2087.90%
Valid Votes27,946100.00%
Rejected Votes494
Total Polled28,440
Registered Electors43,219
Turnout65.80%

1956 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
  P. Kandiah Communist Party Star14,38150.81%
Murugesu Sivasithamparam Independent Umbrella8,06428.49%
  K. Thurairatnam Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi [5] House5,85920.70%
Valid Votes28,304100.00%
Rejected Votes317
Total Polled28,621
Registered Electors44,603
Turnout64.17%

1960 (March) Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
  K. Thurairatnam Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi [5] House5,67940.34%
 N. Nadarajah All Ceylon Tamil Congress Bicycle2,52117.91%
 T. Jayadevan Lanka Sama Samaja Party Key2,10114.92%
 K. Senathirajah Communist Party Star1,55211.02%
S. Sundaralingam Independent Ship1,2268.71%
S. KandiahSun1,0007.10%
Valid Votes14,079100.00%
Rejected Votes152
Total Polled14,231
Registered Electors19,408
Turnout73.33%

1960 (July) Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
  K. Thurairatnam Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi [5] House8,22667.46%
 N. Nadarajah All Ceylon Tamil Congress Bicycle3,96832.54%
Valid Votes12,194100.00%
Rejected Votes129
Total Polled12,323
Registered Electors19,408
Turnout63.49%

1965 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
  K. Thurairatnam Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi [5] House7,56446.24%
 N. Nadarajah All Ceylon Tamil Congress Bicycle6,61440.43%
 K. Motilal Nehru Communist Party Star2,18013.33%
Valid Votes16,358100.00%
Rejected Votes94
Total Polled16,452
Registered Electors22,972
Turnout71.62%

1970 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
  K. Thurairatnam Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi [5] House9,21748.50%
 N. Nadarajah All Ceylon Tamil Congress Bicycle8,90246.85%
P. KanagarasaPair of Scales5793.05%
A. VisagaratnamCockerel3051.61%
Valid Votes19,003100.00%
Rejected Votes86
Total Polled19,089
Registered Electors24,006
Turnout79.52%

1977 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
  K. Thurairatnam Tamil United Liberation Front Sun12,98955.77%
N. Nadarajah Independent Umbrella6,41927.56%
M. P. Veeravagu Independent Pair of Scales3,06513.16%
K. T. RajasinghamEye6142.64%
K. S. MuthukumarasamyShip2040.88%
Valid Votes23,291100.00%
Rejected Votes75
Total Polled23,366
Registered Electors28,447
Turnout82.14%

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

  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 2015-09-24.
  3. ↑ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1952" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-09-24.
  4. ↑ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1956" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-09-24.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 Also known as the Federal Party
  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 2015-09-24.
  8. ↑ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1965" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-07-13.
  9. ↑ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1970" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-12-09.
  10. ↑ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1977" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-17.
  11. ↑ 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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