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{{short description|Electoral district of Sri Lanka}}
'''Kalkudah Electoral District''' was an [[electoral district]] of [[Sri Lanka]] between [[1947 Ceylonese parliamentary election|August 1947]] and [[1989 Sri Lankan parliamentary election|February 1989]]. The district was named after the town of [[Kalkudah]] in [[Batticaloa District]], [[Eastern Province, Sri Lanka|Eastern Province]]. The [[Constitution of Sri Lanka|1978 Constitution]] of Sri Lanka introduced the [[proportional representation]] electoral system for [[Elections in Sri Lanka|electing]] [[Member of Parliament|members]] of [[Parliament of Sri Lanka|Parliament]]. The existing 160 mainly [[Plurality voting system|single-member]] electoral districts were replaced with 22 [[multi-member]] [[electoral district]]s.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.parliament.lk/about_us/electoral_system.jsp |title=The Electoral System |publisher=[[Parliament of Sri Lanka]] |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101127041829/http://parliament.lk/about_us/electoral_system.jsp |archive-date=2010-11-27 }}</ref> Kalkudah electoral district was replaced by the [[Batticaloa Electoral District|Batticaloa multi-member electoral district]] at the [[1989 Sri Lankan parliamentary election|1989 general elections]], the first under the PR system, though Kalkudah continues to be a polling division of the multi-member electoral district.

==Members of Parliament==
'''Key'''

{{Party index link|Independent (politician)}} {{Party index link|Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi}} {{Party index link|United National Party}}

{| class="wikitable"
|-
!colspan="2"|Election!!Member!!Party!!Term
|-
|style="background-color: {{party color|Independent}}" |
| [[1947 Ceylonese parliamentary election|1947]]
| rowspan ="2"|[[V. Nalliah]]
| [[Independent (politician)|Independent]]
| 1947-1952
|-
|style="background-color: {{party color|United National Party}}" |
| [[1952 Ceylonese parliamentary election|1952]]
| [[United National Party]]
| 1952-1956
|-
|style="background-color: {{party color|Independent}}" |
| [[1956 Ceylonese parliamentary election|1956]]
| [[Ahmed Hussain Macan Markar]]
| [[Independent (politician)|Independent]]
| 1956-1960
|-
|style="background-color: {{party color|Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi}}" |
| [[March 1960 Ceylonese parliamentary election|1960 (March)]]
| rowspan ="2"|[[P. Manicavasagam]]
| rowspan ="2"|[[Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi]]
| rowspan ="2"|1960-1965
|-
|style="background-color: {{party color|Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi}}" |
| [[July 1960 Ceylonese parliamentary election|1960 (July)]]
|-
|style="background-color: {{party color|United National Party}}" |
| [[1965 Ceylonese parliamentary election|1965]]
| rowspan ="3"|[[K. W. Devanayagam]]
| rowspan ="3"|[[United National Party]]
| rowspan ="3"|1965-1989
|-
|style="background-color: {{party color|United National Party}}" |
| [[1970 Ceylonese parliamentary election|1970]]
|-
|style="background-color: {{party color|United National Party}}" |
| [[1977 Sri Lankan parliamentary election|1977]]
|}

==Elections==
===1947 Parliamentary General Election===
Results of the [[1947 Ceylonese parliamentary election|1st parliamentary election]] held between 23 August 1947 and 20 September 1947:<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.slelections.gov.lk/pdf/Results_1947%20GENERAL%20ELECTION.PDF |title=Result of Parliamentary General Election 1947 |publisher=Department of Elections, Sri Lanka |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924115557/http://www.slelections.gov.lk/pdf/Results_1947%20GENERAL%20ELECTION.PDF |archive-date=2015-09-24 }}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" border="1" style="text-align:right;"
! 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"|%
|-
| || align=left|[[V. Nalliah]]||align=left|[[Independent (politician)|Independent]]||align=left|Hand||5,559||46.01%
|-
| || align=left|[[K. W. Devanayagam]]||||align=left|Bird||3,176||26.29%
|-
| || align=left|Meeralebbe||||align=left|House||2,411||19.96%
|-
| || align=left|M. A. C. M. Saleh||||align=left|Key||935||7.74%
|-
| align=left colspan=4|'''Valid Votes'''||'''12,081'''||'''100.00%'''
|-
| align=left colspan=4|Rejected Votes||220||
|-
| align=left colspan=4|Total Polled||12,301||
|-
| align=left colspan=4|Registered Electors||22,030||
|-
| align=left colspan=4|Turnout||55.84%||
|}

===1952 Parliamentary General Election===
Results of the [[1952 Ceylonese parliamentary election|2nd parliamentary election]] held between 24 May 1952 and 30 May 1952:<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.slelections.gov.lk/pdf/Results_1952%20GENERAL%20ELECTION.PDF |title=Result of Parliamentary General Election 1952 |publisher=Department of Elections, Sri Lanka |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924115603/http://www.slelections.gov.lk/pdf/Results_1952%20GENERAL%20ELECTION.PDF |archive-date=2015-09-24 }}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" border="1" style="text-align:right;"
! 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={{party color|United National Party}}|  || align=left|[[V. Nalliah]]||align=left|[[United National Party]]||align=left|Umbrella||7,559||52.92%
|-
| || align=left|Sivagnanam Subramaniam||||align=left|Elephant||6,724||47.08%
|-
| align=left colspan=4|'''Valid Votes'''||'''14,283'''||'''100.00%'''
|-
| align=left colspan=4|Rejected Votes||147||
|-
| align=left colspan=4|Total Polled||14,430||
|-
| align=left colspan=4|Registered Electors||22,285||
|-
| align=left colspan=4|Turnout||64.75%||
|}

===1956 Parliamentary General Election===
Results of the [[1956 Ceylonese parliamentary election|3rd parliamentary election]] held between 5 April 1956 and 10 April 1956:<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.slelections.gov.lk/pdf/Results_1956%20GENERAL%20ELECTION.PDF |title=Result of Parliamentary General Election 1956 |publisher=Department of Elections, Sri Lanka |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924115606/http://www.slelections.gov.lk/pdf/Results_1956%20GENERAL%20ELECTION.PDF |archive-date=2015-09-24 }}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" border="1" style="text-align:right;"
! 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"|%
|-
| || align=left|[[Ahmed Hussain Macan Markar]]||align=left|[[Independent (politician)|Independent]]||align=left|Umbrella||6,719||41.77%
|-
| || align=left|[[V. Nalliah]]||||align=left|Pair of Scales||4,625||28.75%
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi}}|  || align=left|[[P. Manicavasagam]]||align=left|[[Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi]]<ref name=FP>Also known as the [[Federal Party (Sri Lanka)|Federal Party]]</ref>||align=left|House||4,555||28.31%
|-
| || align=left|S. Sivagnanam||||align=left|Bicycle||188||1.17%
|-
| align=left colspan=4|'''Valid Votes'''||'''16,087'''||'''100.00%'''
|-
| align=left colspan=4|Rejected Votes||165||
|-
| align=left colspan=4|Total Polled||16,252||
|-
| align=left colspan=4|Registered Electors||26,732||
|-
| align=left colspan=4|Turnout||60.80%||
|}

===1960 (March) Parliamentary General Election===
Results of the [[March 1960 Ceylonese parliamentary election|4th parliamentary election]] held on 19 March 1960:<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.slelections.gov.lk/pdf/Results_1960_03_19%20GENERAL%20ELECTION.PDF |title=Result of Parliamentary General Election 1960-03-19 |publisher=Department of Elections, Sri Lanka |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150712194326/http://www.slelections.gov.lk/pdf/Results_1960_03_19%20GENERAL%20ELECTION.PDF |archive-date=2015-07-12 }}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" border="1" style="text-align:right;"
! 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={{party color|Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi}}|  || align=left|[[P. Manicavasagam]]||align=left|[[Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi]]<ref name=FP/>||align=left|House||7,318||48.51%
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|United National Party}}|  || align=left|A. I. Macan Markar||align=left|[[United National Party]]||align=left|Elephant||5,587||37.03%
|-
| || align=left|[[V. Nalliah]]||||align=left|Cup||2,182||14.46%
|-
| align=left colspan=4|'''Valid Votes'''||'''15,087'''||'''100.00%'''
|-
| align=left colspan=4|Rejected Votes||212||
|-
| align=left colspan=4|Total Polled||15,299||
|-
| align=left colspan=4|Registered Electors||18,330||
|-
| align=left colspan=4|Turnout||83.46%||
|}

===1960 (July) Parliamentary General Election===
Results of the [[July 1960 Ceylonese parliamentary election|5th parliamentary election]] held on 20 July 1960:<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.slelections.gov.lk/pdf/Results_1960_07_20%20GENERAL%20ELECTION.PDF |title=Result of Parliamentary General Election 1960-07-20 |publisher=Department of Elections, Sri Lanka |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924115611/http://www.slelections.gov.lk/pdf/Results_1960_07_20%20GENERAL%20ELECTION.PDF |archive-date=2015-09-24 }}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" border="1" style="text-align:right;"
! 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={{party color|Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi}}|  || align=left|[[P. Manicavasagam]]||align=left|[[Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi]]<ref name=FP/>||align=left|House||7,605||58.95%
|-
| || align=left|S. Sivagnanam||align=left|[[Independent (politician)|Independent]]||align=left|Cockerel||5,295||41.05%
|-
| align=left colspan=4|'''Valid Votes'''||'''12,900'''||'''100.00%'''
|-
| align=left colspan=4|Rejected Votes||125||
|-
| align=left colspan=4|Total Polled||13,025||
|-
| align=left colspan=4|Registered Electors||18,330||
|-
| align=left colspan=4|Turnout||71.06%||
|}

===1965 Parliamentary General Election===
Results of the [[1965 Ceylonese parliamentary election|6th parliamentary election]] held on 22 March 1965:<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.slelections.gov.lk/pdf/Results_1965%20GENERAL%20ELECTION.PDF |title=Result of Parliamentary General Election 1965 |publisher=Department of Elections, Sri Lanka |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150713003440/http://www.slelections.gov.lk/pdf/Results_1965%20GENERAL%20ELECTION.PDF |archive-date=2015-07-13 }}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" border="1" style="text-align:right;"
! 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={{party color|United National Party}}|  || align=left|[[K. W. Devanayagam]]||align=left|[[United National Party]]||align=left|Elephant||6,566||37.93%
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi}}|  || align=left|[[P. Manicavasagam]]||align=left|[[Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi]]<ref name=FP/>||align=left|House||6,096||35.22%
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|All Ceylon Tamil Congress}}|  || align=left|[[V. Nalliah]]||align=left|[[All Ceylon Tamil Congress]]||align=left|Bicycle||3,354||19.38%
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|Sri Lanka Freedom Party}}|  || align=left|M. A. C. A. Rahuman||align=left|[[Sri Lanka Freedom Party]]||align=left|Hand||981||5.67%
|-
| || align=left|U. Haji Bhaila||||align=left|Umbrella||312||1.80%
|-
| align=left colspan=4|'''Valid Votes'''||'''17,309'''||'''100.00%'''
|-
| align=left colspan=4|Rejected Votes||144||
|-
| align=left colspan=4|Total Polled||17,453||
|-
| align=left colspan=4|Registered Electors||24,008||
|-
| align=left colspan=4|Turnout||72.70%||
|}

===1970 Parliamentary General Election===
Results of the [[1970 Ceylonese parliamentary election|7th parliamentary election]] held on 27 May 1970:<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.slelections.gov.lk/pdf/Results_1970%20GENERAL%20ELECTION.PDF |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091209231958/http://www.slelections.gov.lk/pdf/Results_1970%20GENERAL%20ELECTION.PDF |url-status=dead |archive-date=2009-12-09 |title=Result of Parliamentary General Election 1970 |publisher=Department of Elections, Sri Lanka }}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" border="1" style="text-align:right;"
! 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={{party color|United National Party}}|  || align=left|[[K. W. Devanayagam]]||align=left|[[United National Party]]||align=left|Elephant||11,205||50.53%
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi}}|  || align=left|[[P. Manicavasagam]]||align=left|[[Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi]]<ref name=FP/>||align=left|House||8,420||37.97%
|-
| || align=left|S. Sivagnanam||||align=left|Pair of Scales||1,660||7.49%
|-
| || align=left|S. S. Gabriel||||align=left|Umbrella||557||2.51%
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|Sri Lanka Freedom Party}}|  || align=left|A. M. Abdul Caffoor||align=left|[[Sri Lanka Freedom Party]]||align=left|Hand||331||1.49%
|-
| align=left colspan=4|'''Valid Votes'''||'''22,173'''||'''100.00%'''
|-
| align=left colspan=4|Rejected Votes||120||
|-
| align=left colspan=4|Total Polled||22,293||
|-
| align=left colspan=4|Registered Electors||26,670||
|-
| align=left colspan=4|Turnout||83.59%||
|}

===1977 Parliamentary General Election===
Results of the [[1977 Sri Lankan parliamentary election|8th parliamentary election]] held on 21 July 1977:<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.slelections.gov.lk/pdf/General%20Election%201977.PDF |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110717002624/http://www.slelections.gov.lk/pdf/General%20Election%201977.PDF |url-status=dead |archive-date=2011-07-17 |title=Result of Parliamentary General Election 1977 |publisher=Department of Elections, Sri Lanka }}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" border="1" style="text-align:right;"
! 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={{party color|United National Party}}|  || align=left|[[K. W. Devanayagam]]||align=left|[[United National Party]]||align=left|Elephant||13,140||44.94%
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|Tamil United Liberation Front}}|  || align=left|S. Sampanthamoorthiu||align=left|[[Tamil United Liberation Front]]||align=left|Sun||12,595||43.07%
|-
| || align=left|A. H. Macan Markar||||align=left|Hand||3,507||11.99%
|-
| align=left colspan=4|'''Valid Votes'''||'''29,242'''||'''100.00%'''
|-
| align=left colspan=4|Rejected Votes||217||
|-
| align=left colspan=4|Total Polled||29,459||
|-
| align=left colspan=4|Registered Electors||33,995||
|-
| align=left colspan=4|Turnout||86.66%||
|}

==References & footnotes==
{{reflist|2}}

{{Members of Parliament from Kalkudah}}
{{Former Electoral Districts of Sri Lanka}}

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[[Category:Former electoral districts of Sri Lanka]]
[[Category:Politics of Batticaloa District]]
[[Category:1947 establishments in Ceylon]]
[[Category:1989 disestablishments in Sri Lanka]]
[[Category:Constituencies established in 1947]]
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