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{{short description|Electoral district of Sri Lanka}}
'''Vaddukoddai 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 [[Vaddukoddai]] in [[Jaffna District]], [[Northern Province, Sri Lanka|Northern 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]]|access-date=2010-11-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101127041829/http://parliament.lk/about_us/electoral_system.jsp|archive-date=2010-11-27|url-status=dead}}</ref> Vaddukoddai 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 Vaddukoddai 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]]
| [[K. Kanagaratnam]]
| [[All Ceylon Tamil Congress]]
| 1947-1952
|-
|style="background-color: {{party color|Independent}}" |
| [[1952 Ceylonese parliamentary election|1952]]
| [[V. Veerasingam]]
| [[Independent (politician)|Independent]]
| 1952-1956
|-
|style="background-color: {{party color|Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi}}" |
| [[1956 Ceylonese parliamentary election|1956]]
| rowspan ="4"|[[A. Amirthalingam]]
| rowspan ="4"|[[Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi]]
| 1956-1960
|-
|style="background-color: {{party color|Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi}}" |
| [[March 1960 Ceylonese parliamentary election|1960 (March)]]
| 1960-1960
|-
|style="background-color: {{party color|Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi}}" |
| [[July 1960 Ceylonese parliamentary election|1960 (July)]]
| 1960-1965
|-
|style="background-color: {{party color|Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi}}" |
| [[1965 Ceylonese parliamentary election|1965]]
| 1965-1970
|-
|style="background-color: {{party color|All Ceylon Tamil Congress}}" |
| [[1970 Ceylonese parliamentary election|1970]]
| [[A. Thiagarajah]]
| [[All Ceylon Tamil Congress]]
| 1970-1977
|-
|style="background-color: {{party color|Tamil United Liberation Front}}" |
| [[1977 Sri Lankan parliamentary election|1977]]
| [[T. Thirunavukarasu]]
| [[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:<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|access-date=2016-02-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924115557/http://www.slelections.gov.lk/pdf/Results_1947%20GENERAL%20ELECTION.PDF|archive-date=2015-09-24|url-status=dead}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" border="1" style="text-align:right;"
! align=left colspan=1 width="180"|Candidate!!align=left width="180"|Party!!align=left width="120"|Symbol!!align=left width="60"|Votes!!align=left width="60"|%
|-
| align=left|[[K. Kanagaratnam]]||align=left|[[All Ceylon Tamil Congress]]||align=left|Elephant||11,721||61.24
|-
| align=left|[[V. Veerasingam]]||||align=left|Umbrella||2,234||11.67
|-
| align=left|S. H. Perinpanayagam||||align=left|Omnibus||1,716||8.97
|-
| align=left|V. Paramanayagam||||align=left|Hand||1,540||8.05
|-
| align=left|K. Chanmugam||||align=left|Pair of Scales||1,100||5.75
|-
| align=left|R. Ragupathy||||align=left|Lamp||827||4.32
|-
| align=left colspan=3|'''Valid Votes'''||'''19,138'''||'''98.59'''
|-
| align=left colspan=3|Rejected Votes||274|| 1.41
|-
| align=left colspan=3|Total Polled||19,412|| 100.00
|-
| align=left colspan=3|Registered Electors||37,334||
|-
| align=left colspan=4|Turnout||52.00
|}

===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|access-date=2013-12-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924115603/http://www.slelections.gov.lk/pdf/Results_1952%20GENERAL%20ELECTION.PDF|archive-date=2015-09-24|url-status=dead}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" border="1" style="text-align:right;"
! align=left colspan=1 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. Veerasingam]]||align=left|[[Independent (politician)|Independent]]||align=left|Bicycle||5,687||24.47
|-
| align=left|[[K. Kanagaratnam]]||align=left|[[All Ceylon Tamil Congress]]||align=left|Hand||5,261||22.64
|-
| align=left|[[A. Amirthalingam]]||align=left|[[Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi]]<ref name=FP>Also known as the [[Federal Party (Sri Lanka)|Federal Party]]</ref>||align=left|Pair of Scales||4,500||19.36
|-
| align=left|Thillainathan Rudra||||align=left|Umbrella||3,033||13.05
|-
| align=left|C. Ragunathan||||align=left|Elephant||2,467||10.61
|-
| align=left|A. Vaidialingam||||align=left|Key||2,294||9.87
|-
| align=left colspan=3|'''Valid Votes'''||'''23,242'''||'''97.91'''
|-
| align=left colspan=3|Rejected Votes||495|| 2.09
|-
| align=left colspan=3|Total Polled||23,737|| 100.00
|-
| align=left colspan=3|Registered Electors||34,135||
|-
| align=left colspan=4|Turnout||69.54
|}

===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|access-date=2013-07-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924115606/http://www.slelections.gov.lk/pdf/Results_1956%20GENERAL%20ELECTION.PDF|archive-date=2015-09-24|url-status=dead}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" border="1" style="text-align:right;"
! align=left colspan=1 width="180"|Candidate!!align=left width="180"|Party!!align=left width="120"|Symbol!!align=left width="60"|Votes!!align=left width="60"|%
|-
| align=left|[[A. Amirthalingam]]||align=left|[[Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi]]<ref name=FP/>||align=left|House||14,937||57.92
|-
| align=left|A. Vaidialingam||align=left|[[Communist Party of Ceylon|Communist Party]]||align=left|Star||10,850||42.08
|-
| align=left colspan=3|'''Valid Votes'''||'''25,787'''||'''98.62'''
|-
| align=left colspan=3|Rejected Votes||361|| 1.38
|-
| align=left colspan=3|Total Polled||26,148|| 100.00
|-
| align=left colspan=3|Registered Electors||35,927||
|-
| align=left colspan=4|Turnout||72.78
|}

===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|access-date=2013-12-30|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|url-status=dead}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" border="1" style="text-align:right;"
! align=left colspan=1 width="180"|Candidate!!align=left width="180"|Party!!align=left width="120"|Symbol!!align=left width="60"|Votes!!align=left width="60"|%
|-
| align=left|[[A. Amirthalingam]]||align=left|[[Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi]]<ref name=FP/>||align=left|House||11,524||53.52
|-
| align=left|Sanmugam Suntharasivam||align=left|[[Lanka Sama Samaja Party]]||align=left|Key||3,614||16.78
|-
| align=left|A. Vaidialingam||align=left|[[Communist Party of Ceylon|Communist Party]]||align=left|Star||3,180||14.77
|-
| align=left|M. P. Sangarapillai||align=left|[[All Ceylon Tamil Congress]]||align=left|Bicycle||2,955||13.72
|-
| align=left|C. S. Ratnasabapathy||||align=left|Sun||260||1.21
|-
| align=left colspan=3|'''Valid Votes'''||'''21,533'''||'''98.68'''
|-
| align=left colspan=3|Rejected Votes||289||1.32
|-
| align=left colspan=3|Total Polled||21,822||100.00
|-
| align=left colspan=3|Registered Electors||28,955||
|-
| align=left colspan=4|Turnout||75.37
|}

===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|access-date=2013-12-30|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|url-status=dead}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" border="1" style="text-align:right;"
! align=left colspan=1 width="180"|Candidate!!align=left width="180"|Party!!align=left width="120"|Symbol!!align=left width="60"|Votes!!align=left width="60"|%
|-
| align=left|[[A. Amirthalingam]]||align=left|[[Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi]]<ref name=FP/>||align=left|House||13,454||72.10
|-
| align=left|A. Vaidialingam||align=left|[[Communist Party of Ceylon|Communist Party]]||align=left|Star||5,206||27.90
|-
| align=left colspan=3|'''Valid Votes'''||'''18,660'''||'''98.60'''
|-
| align=left colspan=3|Rejected Votes||265|| 1.40
|-
| align=left colspan=3|Total Polled||18,925||100.00
|-
| align=left colspan=3|Registered Electors||28,955||
|-
| align=left colspan=4|Turnout||65.36
|}

===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|access-date=2013-03-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150713003440/http://www.slelections.gov.lk/pdf/Results_1965%20GENERAL%20ELECTION.PDF|archive-date=2015-07-13|url-status=dead}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" border="1" style="text-align:right;"
! align=left colspan=1 width="180"|Candidate!!align=left width="180"|Party!!align=left width="120"|Symbol!!align=left width="60"|Votes!!align=left width="60"|%
|-
| align=left|[[A. Amirthalingam]]||align=left|[[Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi]]<ref name=FP/>||align=left|House||15,498||60.78
|-
| align=left|K. Subramaniam||align=left|[[All Ceylon Tamil Congress]]||align=left|Bicycle||4,359||17.09
|-
| align=left|Arunasalam Thampipillay||||align=left|Umbrella||4,082||16.01
|-
| align=left|I. R. Ariaratnam||align=left|[[Communist Party of Ceylon|Communist Party]]||align=left|Star||1,561||6.12
|-
| align=left colspan=3|'''Valid Votes'''||'''25,500'''||'''98.88'''
|-
| align=left colspan=3|Rejected Votes||290|| 1.12
|-
| align=left colspan=3|Total Polled||25,790|| 100.00
|-
| align=left colspan=3|Registered Electors||36,935||
|-
| align=left colspan=4|Turnout||69.83
|}

===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|access-date=2010-04-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091209231958/http://www.slelections.gov.lk/pdf/Results_1970%20GENERAL%20ELECTION.PDF|archive-date=2009-12-09|url-status=dead}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" border="1" style="text-align:right;"
! align=left colspan=1 width="180"|Candidate!!align=left width="180"|Party!!align=left width="120"|Symbol!!align=left width="60"|Votes!!align=left width="60"|%
|-
| align=left|[[A. Thiagarajah]]||align=left|[[All Ceylon Tamil Congress]]||align=left|Bicycle||14,359||51.29
|-
| align=left|[[A. Amirthalingam]]||align=left|[[Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi]]<ref name=FP/>||align=left|House||13,634||48.71
|-
| align=left colspan=3|'''Valid Votes'''||'''27,993'''||'''99.36'''
|-'''
| align=left colspan=3|Rejected Votes||181|| 0.64
|-
| align=left colspan=3|Total Polled||28,174|| 100.00
|-
| align=left colspan=3|Registered Electors||35,812||
|-
| align=left colspan=4|Turnout||78.67
|}

===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|access-date=2013-03-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110717002624/http://www.slelections.gov.lk/pdf/General%20Election%201977.PDF|archive-date=2011-07-17|url-status=dead}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" border="1" style="text-align:right;"
! align=left colspan=1 width="180"|Candidate!!align=left width="180"|Party!!align=left width="120"|Symbol!!align=left width="60"|Votes!!align=left width="60"|%
|-
| align=left|[[T. Thirunavukarasu]]||align=left|[[Tamil United Liberation Front]]||align=left|Sun||23,384||70.18%
|-
| align=left|[[A. Thiagarajah]]||align=left|[[Independent (politician)|Independent]]||align=left|Umbrella||5,176||15.53
|-
| align=left|V. Rattai||||align=left|Eye||3,187||9.56
|-
| align=left|V. Rajasundaram||||align=left|Pair of Scales||837||2.51
|-
| align=left|N. Ratnasingam||||align=left|Elephant||480||1.44
|-
| align=left|V. Tharumalingam||align=left|[[Independent (politician)|Independent]]||align=left|Flower||150||0.45
|-
| align=left|M. Ambalavanar||||align=left|Ship||107||0.32
|-
| align=left colspan=3|'''Valid Votes'''||'''33,321'''||'''99.60'''
|-
| align=left colspan=3|Rejected Votes||135||0.40
|-
| align=left colspan=3|Total Polled||33,456||100.00
|-
| align=left colspan=3|Registered Electors||40,684||
|-
| align=left colspan=4|Turnout||82.23
|}

[[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 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, Tiruchelvam forfeited his seat in Parliament on 22 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==
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{{Former Electoral Districts of Sri Lanka}}

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

Vaddukoddai Electoral District - Revision history

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