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

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

{{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}}" |
| [[March 1960 Ceylonese parliamentary election|1960 (March)]]
| rowspan ="3"|[[M. Sivasithamparam]]
| rowspan ="3"|[[All Ceylon Tamil Congress]]
| 1960-1960
|-
|style="background-color: {{party color|All Ceylon Tamil Congress}}" |
| [[July 1960 Ceylonese parliamentary election|1960 (July)]]
| 1960-1965
|-
|style="background-color: {{party color|All Ceylon Tamil Congress}}" |
| [[1965 Ceylonese parliamentary election|1965]]
| 1965-1970
|-
|style="background-color: {{party color|Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi}}" |
| [[1970 Ceylonese parliamentary election|1970]]
| [[K. Jeyakody]]
| [[Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi]]
| 1970-1977
|-
|style="background-color: {{party color|Tamil United Liberation Front}}" |
| [[1977 Sri Lankan parliamentary election|1977]]
| [[T. Rasalingam]]
| [[Tamil United Liberation Front]]
| 1977-1989
|}

==Elections==
===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|All Ceylon Tamil Congress}}|  || align=left|[[M. Sivasithamparam]]||align=left|[[All Ceylon Tamil Congress]]||align=left|Bicycle||7,365||34.70%
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|Communist Party of Ceylon}}|  || align=left|[[P. Kandiah]]||align=left|[[Communist Party of Ceylon|Communist Party]]||align=left|Star||5,427||25.57%
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|Lanka Sama Samaja Party}}|  || align=left|R. R. Dharmaratnam||align=left|[[Lanka Sama Samaja Party]]||align=left|Key||4,573||21.55%
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi}}|  || align=left|[[K. Jeyakody]]||align=left|[[Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi]]<ref name=FP>Also known as the [[Federal Party (Sri Lanka)|Federal Party]]</ref>||align=left|House||3,860||18.19%
|-
| align=left colspan=4|'''Valid Votes'''||'''21,225'''||'''100.00%'''
|-
| align=left colspan=4|Rejected Votes||195||
|-
| align=left colspan=4|Total Polled||21,420||
|-
| align=left colspan=4|Registered Electors||28,620||
|-
| align=left colspan=4|Turnout||74.84%
|}

===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|All Ceylon Tamil Congress}}|  || align=left|[[M. Sivasithamparam]]||align=left|[[All Ceylon Tamil Congress]]||align=left|Bicycle||9,080||44.80%
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi}}|  || align=left|[[K. Jeyakody]]||align=left|[[Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi]]<ref name=FP/>||align=left|House||7,741||38.20%
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|Communist Party of Ceylon}}|  || align=left|S. Jeyasingham||align=left|[[Communist Party of Ceylon|Communist Party]]||align=left|Star||3,445||17.00%
|-
| align=left colspan=4|'''Valid Votes'''||'''20,266'''||'''100.00%'''
|-
| align=left colspan=4|Rejected Votes||151||
|-
| align=left colspan=4|Total Polled||20,417||
|-
| align=left colspan=4|Registered Electors||28,620||
|-
| align=left colspan=4|Turnout||71.34%
|}

===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|All Ceylon Tamil Congress}}|  || align=left|[[M. Sivasithamparam]]||align=left|[[All Ceylon Tamil Congress]]||align=left|Bicycle||12,009||46.67%
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi}}|  || align=left|[[K. Jeyakody]]||align=left|[[Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi]]<ref name=FP/>||align=left|House||8,452||32.85%
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|Lanka Sama Samaja Party}}|  || align=left|R. R. Dharmaratnam||align=left|[[Lanka Sama Samaja Party]]||align=left|Key||5,268||20.47%
|-
| align=left colspan=4|'''Valid Votes'''||'''25,729'''||'''100.00%'''
|-
| align=left colspan=4|Rejected Votes||137||
|-
| align=left colspan=4|Total Polled||25,866||
|-
| align=left colspan=4|Registered Electors||34,275||
|-
| align=left colspan=4|Turnout||75.47%
|}

===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|title=Result of Parliamentary General Election 1970|publisher=Department of Elections, Sri Lanka|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091209231958/http://www.slelections.gov.lk/pdf/Results_1970%20GENERAL%20ELECTION.PDF|archive-date=2009-12-09}}</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|[[K. Jeyakody]]||align=left|[[Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi]]<ref name=FP/>||align=left|House||12,918||46.54%
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|All Ceylon Tamil Congress}}|  || align=left|[[M. Sivasithamparam]]||align=left|[[All Ceylon Tamil Congress]]||align=left|Bicycle||11,662||42.02%
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|Communist Party of Ceylon}}|  || align=left|P. Kumaraswamy||align=left|[[Communist Party of Ceylon|Communist Party]]||align=left|Star||1,149||4.14%
|-
| || align=left|K. Pillainar||align=left|[[Independent (politician)|Independent]]||align=left|Pair of Scales||724||2.61%
|-
| bgcolor={{party color|Lanka Sama Samaja Party}}|  || align=left|R. R. Dharmaratnam||align=left|[[Lanka Sama Samaja Party]]||align=left|Key||712||2.57%
|-
| || align=left|S. Sundaram||align=left|[[Independent (politician)|Independent]]||align=left|Umbrella||591||2.13%
|-
| align=left colspan=4|'''Valid Votes'''||'''27,756'''||'''100.00%'''
|-
| align=left colspan=4|Rejected Votes||179||
|-
| align=left colspan=4|Total Polled||27,935||
|-
| align=left colspan=4|Registered Electors||34,741||
|-
| align=left colspan=4|Turnout||80.41%
|}

===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|title=Result of Parliamentary General Election 1977|publisher=Department of Elections, Sri Lanka|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110717002624/http://www.slelections.gov.lk/pdf/General%20Election%201977.PDF|archive-date=2011-07-17}}</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|Tamil United Liberation Front}}|  || align=left|[[T. Rasalingam]]||align=left|[[Tamil United Liberation Front]]||align=left|Sun||18,768||63.44%
|-
| || align=left|R. R. Dharmaratnam||align=left|[[Independent (politician)|Independent]]||align=left|Lamp||4,021||13.59%
|-
| || align=left|C. Motilal Nehru||||align=left|Pair of Scales||2,798||9.46%
|-
| || align=left|S. Sundaram||||align=left|Omnibus||1,478||5.00%
|-
| || align=left|K. C. Mahathevan||||align=left|Umbrella||1,188||4.02%
|-
| || align=left|K. Pillainar||||align=left|Ladder||517||1.75%
|-
| || align=left|M. Thurairajah||||align=left|Eye||437||1.48%
|-
| || align=left|P. Kanagarasa||||align=left|Chair||251||0.85%
|-
| || align=left|M. Gnanachandran||||align=left|Clock||125||0.42%
|-
| align=left colspan=4|'''Valid Votes'''||'''29,583'''||'''100.00%'''
|-
| align=left colspan=4|Rejected Votes||123||
|-
| align=left colspan=4|Total Polled||29,706||
|-
| align=left colspan=4|Registered Electors||36,955||
|-
| align=left colspan=4|Turnout||80.38%
|}

[[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 militant groups|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 [[Tamil Eelam|separate state]]; and the [[Black July]] riots in which up to 3,000 Tamils were murdered by [[Sinhalese people|Sinhalese]] mobs. After three months of absence, Rasalingam forfeited his seat in Parliament on 21 October 1983.<ref>{{cite news|last=Wickramasinghe|first=Wimal|title=Saga of crossovers, expulsions and resignations etc. Referendum for {{sic|exten|tion|nolink=y}} of Parliament|url=http://www.island.lk/2008/01/18/features11.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080122123208/http://www.island.lk/2008/01/18/features11.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 22, 2008|newspaper=The Island, Sri Lanka|date=18 January 2008}}</ref>

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

{{Former Electoral Districts of Sri Lanka}}

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[[Category:Former electoral districts of Sri Lanka]]
[[Category:Politics of Jaffna District]]

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