Udupiddy Electoral District

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

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Members of Parliament

Key

  ACTC   ITAK   TULF

ElectionMemberPartyTerm
1960 (March) M. Sivasithamparam All Ceylon Tamil Congress 1960-1960
1960 (July) 1960-1965
1965 1965-1970
1970 K. Jeyakody Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi 1970-1977
1977 T. Rasalingam Tamil United Liberation Front 1977-1989

Elections

1960 (March) Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 4th parliamentary election held on 19 March 1960: [2]

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
  M. Sivasithamparam All Ceylon Tamil Congress Bicycle7,36534.70%
  P. Kandiah Communist Party Star5,42725.57%
 R. R. Dharmaratnam Lanka Sama Samaja Party Key4,57321.55%
  K. Jeyakody Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi [3] House3,86018.19%
Valid Votes21,225100.00%
Rejected Votes195
Total Polled21,420
Registered Electors28,620
Turnout74.84%

1960 (July) Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 5th parliamentary election held on 20 July 1960: [4]

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
  M. Sivasithamparam All Ceylon Tamil Congress Bicycle9,08044.80%
  K. Jeyakody Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi [3] House7,74138.20%
 S. Jeyasingham Communist Party Star3,44517.00%
Valid Votes20,266100.00%
Rejected Votes151
Total Polled20,417
Registered Electors28,620
Turnout71.34%

1965 Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 6th parliamentary election held on 22 March 1965: [5]

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
  M. Sivasithamparam All Ceylon Tamil Congress Bicycle12,00946.67%
  K. Jeyakody Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi [3] House8,45232.85%
 R. R. Dharmaratnam Lanka Sama Samaja Party Key5,26820.47%
Valid Votes25,729100.00%
Rejected Votes137
Total Polled25,866
Registered Electors34,275
Turnout75.47%

1970 Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 7th parliamentary election held on 27 May 1970: [6]

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
  K. Jeyakody Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi [3] House12,91846.54%
  M. Sivasithamparam All Ceylon Tamil Congress Bicycle11,66242.02%
 P. Kumaraswamy Communist Party Star1,1494.14%
K. Pillainar Independent Pair of Scales7242.61%
 R. R. Dharmaratnam Lanka Sama Samaja Party Key7122.57%
S. Sundaram Independent Umbrella5912.13%
Valid Votes27,756100.00%
Rejected Votes179
Total Polled27,935
Registered Electors34,741
Turnout80.41%

1977 Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 8th parliamentary election held on 21 July 1977: [7]

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
  T. Rasalingam Tamil United Liberation Front Sun18,76863.44%
R. R. Dharmaratnam Independent Lamp4,02113.59%
C. Motilal NehruPair of Scales2,7989.46%
S. SundaramOmnibus1,4785.00%
K. C. MahathevanUmbrella1,1884.02%
K. PillainarLadder5171.75%
M. ThurairajahEye4371.48%
P. KanagarasaChair2510.85%
M. GnanachandranClock1250.42%
Valid Votes29,583100.00%
Rejected Votes123
Total Polled29,706
Registered Electors36,955
Turnout80.38%

T. Rasalingam 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, Rasalingam forfeited his seat in Parliament on 21 October 1983. [8]

References & footnotes

  1. ↑ "The Electoral System". Parliament of Sri Lanka. Archived from the original on 2010-11-27.
  2. ↑ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1960-03-19" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-07-12.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Also known as the Federal Party
  4. ↑ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1960-07-20" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-09-24.
  5. ↑ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1965" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-07-13.
  6. ↑ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1970" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-12-09.
  7. ↑ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1977" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-17.
  8. ↑ Wickramasinghe, Wimal (18 January 2008). "Saga of crossovers, expulsions and resignations etc. Referendum for extention[sic] of Parliament". The Island, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original on January 22, 2008.

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