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{{short description|Electoral district of Sri Lanka}}
{{about|the former electoral district in Sri Lanka||Trincomalee (disambiguation)}}
'''Trincomalee 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 city of [[Trincomalee]] in [[Trincomalee 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|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101127041829/http://parliament.lk/about_us/electoral_system.jsp|archivedate=2010-11-27}}</ref> Trincomalee electoral district was replaced by the [[Trincomalee Electoral District|Trincomalee multi-member electoral district]] at the [[1989 Sri Lankan parliamentary election|1989 general elections]], the first under the PR system, though Trincomalee continues to be a polling division of the multi-member electoral district.

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

{{Party index link|Independent (politician)}} {{Party index link|All Ceylon Tamil Congress}} {{Party index link|Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi}} {{Party index link|Tamil United Liberation Front}}

{| class="wikitable"
|-
!colspan="2"|Election!!Member!!Party!!Term
|-
|style="background-color: {{party color|All Ceylon Tamil Congress}}" |
| [[1947 Ceylonese parliamentary election|1947]]
| [[S. Sivapalan]]
| [[All Ceylon Tamil Congress]]
| 1947-1952
|-
|style="background-color: {{party color|Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi}}" |
| [[1952 Ceylonese parliamentary election|1952]]
| rowspan ="4"|[[N. R. Rajavarothiam]]
| rowspan ="7"|[[Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi]]
| rowspan ="4"|1952-1963
|-
|style="background-color: {{party color|Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi}}" |
| [[1956 Ceylonese parliamentary election|1956]]
|-
|style="background-color: {{party color|Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi}}" |
| [[March 1960 Ceylonese parliamentary election|1960 (March)]]
|-
|style="background-color: {{party color|Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi}}" |
| [[July 1960 Ceylonese parliamentary election|1960 (July)]]
|-
|style="background-color: {{party color|Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi}}" |
| [[1963 Trincomalee Electoral District By-election|1963]]
| rowspan ="2"|[[S. M. Manickarajah]]
| rowspan ="2"|1963-1970
|-
|style="background-color: {{party color|Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi}}" |
| [[1965 Ceylonese parliamentary election|1965]]
|-
|style="background-color: {{party color|Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi}}" |
| [[1970 Ceylonese parliamentary election|1970]]
| [[B. Neminathan]]
| 1970-1977
|-
|style="background-color: {{party color|Tamil United Liberation Front}}" |
| [[1977 Sri Lankan parliamentary election|1977]]
| [[R. Sampanthan]]
| [[Tamil United Liberation Front]]
| 1977-1989
|}

==Elections==

===1947 Parliamentary General Election===
Results of the [[1947 Ceylonese parliamentary election|1st parliamentary election]] held between 23 August 1947 and 20 September 1947 for the district:<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|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924115557/http://www.slelections.gov.lk/pdf/Results_1947%20GENERAL%20ELECTION.PDF|archivedate=2015-09-24}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" border="1" style="text-align:right;"
! align=left width="180"|Candidate!!align=left width="180"|Party!!align=left width="120"|Symbol!!align=left width="60"|Votes!!align=left width="60"|%
|-
| align=left|[[S. Sivapalan]]||align=left|[[All Ceylon Tamil Congress]]||align=left|House||5,252||56.15%
|-
| align=left|A.C. Kanagasingham||||align=left|Umbrella||3225||34.48%
|-
| align=left|E.A.P. Nandias Silva||||align=left|Elephant||877||9.38%
|-
| align=left colspan=3|'''Valid Votes'''||'''9,354'''||'''100.00%'''
|-
| align=left colspan=3|Rejected Votes||980||
|-
| align=left colspan=3|Total Polled||10,334||
|-
| align=left colspan=3|Registered Electors||18,421||
|-
| align=left colspan=3|Turnout||56.10%||
|}

===1952 Parliamentary General Election===
Results of the [[1952 Ceylonese parliamentary election|2nd parliamentary election]] held between 24 May 1952 and 30 May 1952 for the district:<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|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924115603/http://www.slelections.gov.lk/pdf/Results_1952%20GENERAL%20ELECTION.PDF|archivedate=2015-09-24}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" border="1" style="text-align:right;"
! align=left width="180"|Candidate!!align=left width="180"|Party!!align=left width="120"|Symbol!!align=left width="60"|Votes!!align=left width="60"|%
|-
| align=left|[[N. R. Rajavarothiam]]||align=left|[[Federal Party (Sri Lanka)|Federal Party]]||align=left|House||4,450||45.80%
|-
| align=left|[[S. Sivapalan]]||||align=left|Elephant||3,864||39.77%
|-
| align=left|K. Sivapalan||||align=left|Star||1,403||14.44%
|-
| align=left colspan=3|'''Valid Votes'''||'''9,717'''||'''100.00%'''
|-
| align=left colspan=3|Rejected Votes||103||
|-
| align=left colspan=3|Total Polled||9,820||
|-
| align=left colspan=3|Registered Electors||14,272||
|-
| align=left colspan=3|Turnout||68.81%||
|}

===1956 Parliamentary General Election===
Results of the [[1956 Ceylonese parliamentary election|3rd parliamentary election]] held between 5 April 1956 and 10 April 1956 for the district:<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|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924115606/http://www.slelections.gov.lk/pdf/Results_1956%20GENERAL%20ELECTION.PDF|archivedate=2015-09-24}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" border="1" style="text-align:right;"
! align=left width="180"|Candidate!!align=left width="180"|Party!!align=left width="120"|Symbol!!align=left width="60"|Votes!!align=left width="60"|%
|-
| align=left|[[N. R. Rajavarothiam]]||align=left|[[Federal Party (Sri Lanka)|Federal Party]]||align=left|House||7,048||56.88%
|-
| align=left|J.A. Muthuthanthirige||||align=left|Umbrella||2,965||23.93%
|-
| align=left|A.I. Rajasingham||||align=left|Bicycle||2,378||19.19%
|-
| align=left colspan=3|'''Valid Votes'''||'''12,391'''||'''100.00%'''
|-
| align=left colspan=3|Rejected Votes||58||
|-
| align=left colspan=3|Total Polled||12,449||
|-
| align=left colspan=3|Registered Electors||16,093||
|-
| align=left colspan=3|Turnout||77.36%||
|}

===1960 (March) Parliamentary General Election===
Results of the [[March 1960 Ceylonese parliamentary election|4th parliamentary election]] held on 19 March 1960 for the district:<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|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150712194326/http://www.slelections.gov.lk/pdf/Results_1960_03_19%20GENERAL%20ELECTION.PDF|archivedate=2015-07-12}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" border="1" style="text-align:right;"
! align=left width="180"|Candidate!!align=left width="180"|Party!!align=left width="120"|Symbol!!align=left width="60"|Votes!!align=left width="60"|%
|-
| align=left|[[N. R. Rajavarothiam]]||align=left|[[Federal Party (Sri Lanka)|Federal Party]]||align=left|House||8,872||71.43%
|-
| align=left|R.M.G. Thusthakeer||align=left|[[Independent (politician)|Independent]]||align=left|Pair of Spectacles||1,311||10.55%
|-
| align=left|A. Piyadasa||||align=left|Hand||1,265||10.18%
|-
| align=left|Sri Lal Goonaratne||||align=left|Umbrella||973||7.83%
|-
| align=left colspan=3|'''Valid Votes'''||'''12,421'''||'''100.00%'''
|-
| align=left colspan=3|Rejected Votes||127||
|-
| align=left colspan=3|Total Polled||12,548||
|-
| align=left colspan=3|Registered Electors||19,024||
|-
| align=left colspan=3|Turnout||65.96%||
|}

===1960 (July) Parliamentary General Election===
Results of the [[July 1960 Ceylonese parliamentary election|5th parliamentary election]] held on 20 July 1960 for the district:<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|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924115611/http://www.slelections.gov.lk/pdf/Results_1960_07_20%20GENERAL%20ELECTION.PDF|archivedate=2015-09-24}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" border="1" style="text-align:right;"
! align=left width="180"|Candidate!!align=left width="180"|Party!!align=left width="120"|Symbol!!align=left width="60"|Votes!!align=left width="60"|%
|-
| align=left|[[N. R. Rajavarothiam]]||align=left|[[Federal Party (Sri Lanka)|Federal Party]]||align=left|House||8,649||64.88%
|-
| align=left|E.R.S.R. Coomaraswamy||align=left|[[Sri Lanka Freedom Party]]||align=left|Hand||4,614||34.61%
|-
| align=left|K. B.Ariyadasa||||align=left|Cart Wheel||67||0.50%
|-
| align=left colspan=3|'''Valid Votes'''||'''13,330'''||'''100.00%'''
|-
| align=left colspan=3|Rejected Votes||116||
|-
| align=left colspan=3|Total Polled||13,446||
|-
| align=left colspan=3|Registered Electors||19,024||
|-
| align=left colspan=3|Turnout||70.68%||
|}

N. R. Rajavarothiam died on 27 August 1963.

===1963 Parliamentary By-Election===
Results of the parliamentary by-election held on November 23, 1963:<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.slelections.gov.lk/pdf/ByElections1947-1988.pdf|title=Results of Parliamentary By-Elections|publisher=Department of Elections, Sri Lanka|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20091209231939/http://www.slelections.gov.lk/pdf/ByElections1947-1988.pdf|archivedate=2009-12-09}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable" border="1" style="text-align:right;"
! align=left width="180"|Candidate!!align=left width="180"|Party!!align=left width="120"|Symbol!!align=left width="60"|Votes!!align=left width="60"|%
|-
| align=left|[[S. M. Manickarajah]]||align=left|[[Federal Party (Sri Lanka)|Federal Party]]||align=left|House||11,532||60.28%
|-
| align=left|A. H. Alwis||||align=left|Star||5,721||29.91%
|-
| align=left|A. Wijayanathan||||align=left|Cart Wheel||1,876||9.81%
|-
| align=left colspan=3|'''Valid Votes'''||'''19,129'''||'''100.00%'''
|-
| align=left colspan=3|Rejected Votes||134||
|-
| align=left colspan=3|Total Polled||19,263||
|-
| align=left colspan=3|Registered Electors||26,427||
|-
| align=left colspan=3|Turnout||72.89%||
|}

===1965 Parliamentary General Election===
Results of the [[1965 Ceylonese parliamentary election|6th parliamentary election]] held on 22 March 1965 for the district:<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|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150713003440/http://www.slelections.gov.lk/pdf/Results_1965%20GENERAL%20ELECTION.PDF|archivedate=2015-07-13}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" border="1" style="text-align:right;"
! align=left width="180"|Candidate!!align=left width="180"|Party!!align=left width="120"|Symbol!!align=left width="60"|Votes!!align=left width="60"|%
|-
| align=left|[[S. M. Manickarajah]]||align=left|[[Federal Party (Sri Lanka)|Federal Party]]||align=left|House||9,651||48.48%
|-
| align=left|V.R. Navaratnarajah||||align=left|Elephant||5,702||28.64%
|-
| align=left|S.H. Somapala||align=left|[[Sri Lanka Freedom Party]]||align=left|Hand||4,555||22.88%
|-
| align=left colspan=3|'''Valid Votes'''||'''19,908'''||'''100.00%'''
|-
| align=left colspan=3|Rejected Votes||271||
|-
| align=left colspan=3|Total Polled||20,179||
|-
| align=left colspan=3|Registered Electors||27,643||
|-
| align=left colspan=3|Turnout||73.00%||
|}

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

{| class="wikitable" border="1" style="text-align:right;"
! align=left width="180"|Candidate!!align=left width="180"|Party!!align=left width="120"|Symbol!!align=left width="60"|Votes!!align=left width="60"|%
|-
| align=left|[[B. Neminathan]]||align=left|[[Federal Party (Sri Lanka)|Federal Party]]||align=left|House||12,395||45.83%
|-
| align=left|S.M.A. C. Jamaldeen||align=left|[[United Front (Sri Lanka)|United Front]]||align=left|Hand||8,346||30.86%
|-
| align=left|V.R. Navaratnarajah||||align=left|Elephant||5,703||21.09%
|-
| align=left|[[Richard Gotabhaya Senanayake|R.G.Senanayake]]||||align=left|Bell||601||2.22%
|-
| align=left colspan=3|'''Valid Votes'''||'''27,045'''||'''100.00%'''
|-
| align=left colspan=3|Rejected Votes||108||
|-
| align=left colspan=3|Total Polled||27,153||
|-
| align=left colspan=3|Registered Electors||35,445||
|-
| align=left colspan=3|Turnout||76.61%||
|}

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

{| class="wikitable" border="1" style="text-align:right;"
! align=left width="180"|Candidate!!align=left width="180"|Party!!align=left width="120"|Symbol!!align=left width="60"|Votes!!align=left width="60"|%
|-
| align=left|[[R. Sampanthan]]||align=left|[[Tamil United Liberation Front]]||align=left|Sun||15,144||51.76%
|-
| align=left|V.R. Navaratnarajah||||align=left|Elephant||11,823||40.41%
|-
| align=left|S. Thavarasa||align=left|[[Sri Lanka Freedom Party]]||align=left|Hand||1,674||5.72%
|-
| align=left|Gunadasa Warnasuriya||||align=left|Butterfly||565||1.93%
|-
| align=left|E.J.A.P. Babysingho||||align=left|Bell||54||0.18%
|-
| align=left colspan=3|'''Valid Votes'''||'''29,260'''||'''100.00%'''
|-
| align=left colspan=3|Rejected Votes||119||
|-
| align=left colspan=3|Total Polled||29,379||
|-
| align=left colspan=3|Registered Electors||35,778||
|-
| align=left colspan=3|Turnout||82.11%||
|}

==References==
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{{Former Electoral Districts of Sri Lanka}}

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Trincomalee Electoral District (1947-1989)}}
[[Category:Former electoral districts of Sri Lanka]]
[[Category:Politics of Trincomalee District]]

Trincomalee Electoral District (1947–1989) - Revision history

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