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Vaddukoddai Electoral District was an electoral district of Sri Lanka between August 1947 and February 1989. The district was named after the town of Vaddukoddai 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] Vaddukoddai electoral district was replaced by the Jaffna multi-member electoral district at the 1989 general elections, the first under the PR system, though Vaddukoddai 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 K. Kanagaratnam All Ceylon Tamil Congress 1947-1952
1952 V. Veerasingam Independent 1952-1956
1956 A. Amirthalingam Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi 1956-1960
1960 (March) 1960-1960
1960 (July) 1960-1965
1965 1965-1970
1970 A. Thiagarajah All Ceylon Tamil Congress 1970-1977
1977 T. Thirunavukarasu 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%
K. Kanagaratnam All Ceylon Tamil Congress Elephant11,72161.24
V. Veerasingam Umbrella2,23411.67
S. H. PerinpanayagamOmnibus1,7168.97
V. ParamanayagamHand1,5408.05
K. ChanmugamPair of Scales1,1005.75
R. RagupathyLamp8274.32
Valid Votes19,13898.59
Rejected Votes2741.41
Total Polled19,412100.00
Registered Electors37,334
Turnout52.00

1952 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
V. Veerasingam Independent Bicycle5,68724.47
K. Kanagaratnam All Ceylon Tamil Congress Hand5,26122.64
A. Amirthalingam Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi [4] Pair of Scales4,50019.36
Thillainathan RudraUmbrella3,03313.05
C. RagunathanElephant2,46710.61
A. VaidialingamKey2,2949.87
Valid Votes23,24297.91
Rejected Votes4952.09
Total Polled23,737100.00
Registered Electors34,135
Turnout69.54

1956 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
A. Amirthalingam Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi [4] House14,93757.92
A. Vaidialingam Communist Party Star10,85042.08
Valid Votes25,78798.62
Rejected Votes3611.38
Total Polled26,148100.00
Registered Electors35,927
Turnout72.78

1960 (March) Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
A. Amirthalingam Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi [4] House11,52453.52
Sanmugam Suntharasivam Lanka Sama Samaja Party Key3,61416.78
A. Vaidialingam Communist Party Star3,18014.77
M. P. Sangarapillai All Ceylon Tamil Congress Bicycle2,95513.72
C. S. RatnasabapathySun2601.21
Valid Votes21,53398.68
Rejected Votes2891.32
Total Polled21,822100.00
Registered Electors28,955
Turnout75.37

1960 (July) Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
A. Amirthalingam Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi [4] House13,45472.10
A. Vaidialingam Communist Party Star5,20627.90
Valid Votes18,66098.60
Rejected Votes2651.40
Total Polled18,925100.00
Registered Electors28,955
Turnout65.36

1965 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
A. Amirthalingam Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi [4] House15,49860.78
K. Subramaniam All Ceylon Tamil Congress Bicycle4,35917.09
Arunasalam ThampipillayUmbrella4,08216.01
I. R. Ariaratnam Communist Party Star1,5616.12
Valid Votes25,50098.88
Rejected Votes2901.12
Total Polled25,790100.00
Registered Electors36,935
Turnout69.83

1970 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
A. Thiagarajah All Ceylon Tamil Congress Bicycle14,35951.29
A. Amirthalingam Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi [4] House13,63448.71
Valid Votes27,99399.36
Rejected Votes1810.64
Total Polled28,174100.00
Registered Electors35,812
Turnout78.67

1977 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
T. Thirunavukarasu Tamil United Liberation Front Sun23,38470.18%
A. Thiagarajah Independent Umbrella5,17615.53
V. RattaiEye3,1879.56
V. RajasundaramPair of Scales8372.51
N. RatnasingamElephant4801.44
V. Tharumalingam Independent Flower1500.45
M. AmbalavanarShip1070.32
Valid Votes33,32199.60
Rejected Votes1350.40
Total Polled33,456100.00
Registered Electors40,684
Turnout82.23

T. Thirunavukarasu died on 1 August 1982. His replacement Neelan Tiruchelvam was sworn in on 8 March 1983.

Neelan Tiruchelvam 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, Tiruchelvam forfeited his seat in Parliament on 22 October 1983. [11]

References & footnotes

  1. ↑ "The Electoral System". Parliament of Sri Lanka. Archived from the original on 2010-11-27. Retrieved 2010-11-13.
  2. ↑ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1947" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-09-24. Retrieved 2016-02-04.
  3. ↑ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1952" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-09-24. Retrieved 2013-12-30.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 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 2015-09-24. Retrieved 2013-07-14.
  6. ↑ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1960-03-19" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-07-12. Retrieved 2013-12-30.
  7. ↑ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1960-07-20" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-09-24. Retrieved 2013-12-30.
  8. ↑ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1965" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-07-13. Retrieved 2013-03-15.
  9. ↑ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1970" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-12-09. Retrieved 2010-04-21.
  10. ↑ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1977" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-17. Retrieved 2013-03-15.
  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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