Batticaloa Electoral District (1947–1989)
Template:Short description Batticaloa Electoral District was an electoral district of Sri Lanka between August 1947 and February 1989. The district was named after the city of Batticaloa in Batticaloa District, Eastern Province. The district was a two-member constituency between March 1960 and February 1989. 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] Batticaloa electoral district was replaced by the Batticaloa multi-member electoral district at the 1989 general elections, the first under the PR system, though Batticaloa continues to be a polling division of the multi-member electoral district.
Members of Parliament
Key
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| Election | Member | Party | Term | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| style="background-color: Template:Party color" | | 1947 | Ahamed Lebbe Sinne Lebbe | UNP | 1947-1952 |
| style="background-color: Template:Party color" | | 1952 | R. B. Kadramer | Ind. | 1952-1956 |
| style="background-color: Template:Party color" | | 1956 | C. Rajadurai | ITAK | 1956-1960 |
| Election | Member 1 | Party | Term | Member 2 | Party | Term | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| style="background-color: Template:Party color" | | 1960 (March) | C. Rajadurai | ITAK | 1960 | style="background-color: Template:Party color" | | Ahmed Hussain Macan Markar | Ind. | 1960 |
| style="background-color: Template:Party color" | | 1960 (July) | 1960-1965 | style="background-color: Template:Party color" | | UNP | 1960-1965 | |||
| style="background-color: Template:Party color" | | 1965 | 1965-1970 | style="background-color: Template:Party color" | | Abdul Lathiff Sinnalebbe | 1965-1970 | |||
| style="background-color: Template:Party color" | | 1970 | 1970-1977 | style="background-color: Template:Party color" | | P. R. Selvanayagam | Ind. | 1970-1977 | ||
| style="background-color: Template:Party color" | | 1977 | TULF | 1977-1989 | style="background-color: Template:Party color" | | M. L. Ahamed Fareeth | UNP | 1977-1985 | |
| style="background-color: Template:Party color" | | style="background-color: Template:Party color" | | Ahamed Rizvi Sinnalebbe | 1985-1989 | |||||
Elections
1947 Parliamentary General Election
Results of the 1st parliamentary election held between 23 August 1947 and 20 September 1947:[2]
| Candidate | Party | Symbol | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Ahamed Lebbe Sinne Lebbe | United National Party | Tree | 4,740 | 35.40% |
| K. V. M. Subramaniam | Independent | Key | 3,395 | 25.36% | |
| R. B. Kadramer | Independent | Umbrella | 2,313 | 17.28% | |
| N. S. Rasiah | Independent | Cup | 2,226 | 16.63% | |
| E. Rasiah | Independent | Hand | 714 | 5.33% | |
| Valid Votes | 13,388 | 100.00% | |||
| Rejected Votes | 324 | ||||
| Total Polled | 13,712 | ||||
| Registered Electors | 27,409 | ||||
| Turnout | 50.03% | ||||
1952 Parliamentary General Election
Results of the 2nd parliamentary election held between 24 May 1952 and 30 May 1952:[3]
| Candidate | Party | Symbol | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R. B. Kadramer | Independent | Elephant | 11,420 | 58.93% | |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Ahamed Lebbe Sinne Lebbe | United National Party | Tree | 7,960 | 41.07% |
| Valid Votes | 19,380 | 100.00% | |||
| Rejected Votes | 260 | ||||
| Total Polled | 19,640 | ||||
| Registered Electors | 24,947 | ||||
| Turnout | 78.73% | ||||
1956 Parliamentary General Election
Results of the 3rd parliamentary election held between 5 April 1956 and 10 April 1956:[4]
| Candidate | Party | Symbol | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | C. Rajadurai | Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi[5] | House | 9,300 | 52.05% |
| S. Ahamathulebbe | Tree | 7,124 | 39.87% | ||
| R. B. Kadramer | Batticaloa Tamil Speakers Front | Pair of Scales | 1,296 | 7.25% | |
| A. Thavarajah | Bicycle | 148 | 0.83% | ||
| Valid Votes | 17,868 | 100.00% | |||
| Rejected Votes | 288 | ||||
| Total Polled | 18,156 | ||||
| Registered Electors | 29,486 | ||||
| Turnout | 61.57% | ||||
1960 (March) Parliamentary General Election
Results of the 4th parliamentary election held on 19 March 1960:[6]
| Candidate | Party | Symbol | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | C. Rajadurai | Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi[5] | House | 28,309 | 47.62% |
| Ahmed Hussain Macan Markar | Independent | Cockerel | 22,893 | 38.51% | |
| T. Mylvaganam | Ladder | 8,242 | 13.87% | ||
| Valid Votes | 59,444 | 100.00% | |||
| Rejected Votes | 964 | ||||
| Total Polled | 60,408 | ||||
| Registered Electors | 37,832 | ||||
| Turnout | 159.67% | ||||
1960 (July) Parliamentary General Election
Results of the 5th parliamentary election held on 20 July 1960:[7]
| Candidate | Party | Symbol | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | C. Rajadurai | Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi[5] | House | 29,853 | 52.68% |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Ahmed Hussain Macan Markar | United National Party | Elephant | 22,031 | 38.88% |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Abdul Lathiff Sinnalebbe | Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi[5] | Pair of Spectacles | 2,484 | 4.38% |
| K. N. Kumaraswamy | Cockerel | 2,300 | 4.06% | ||
| Valid Votes | 56,668 | 100.00% | |||
| Rejected Votes | 954 | ||||
| Total Polled | 57,622 | ||||
| Registered Electors | 37,832 | ||||
| Turnout | 152.31% | ||||
1965 Parliamentary General Election
Results of the 6th parliamentary election held on 22 March 1965:[8]
| Candidate | Party | Symbol | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | C. Rajadurai | Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi[5] | House | 29,023 | 43.47% |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Abdul Lathiff Sinnalebbe | United National Party | Elephant | 12,010 | 17.99% |
| Ahmed Hussain Macan Markar | Cockerel | 9,915 | 14.85% | ||
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | J. L. Tissaveerasinghe | All Ceylon Tamil Congress | Bicycle | 8,107 | 12.14% |
| A. Ahamed Lebbe | Umbrella | 4,572 | 6.85% | ||
| S. Nadarajah | Chair | 2,298 | 3.44% | ||
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | S. Vinayagamani | Communist Party | Star | 833 | 1.25% |
| Valid Votes | 66,758 | 100.00% | |||
| Rejected Votes | 1,124 | ||||
| Total Polled | 67,882 | ||||
| Registered Electors | 45,078 | ||||
| Turnout | 150.59% | ||||
1970 Parliamentary General Election
Results of the 7th parliamentary election held on 27 May 1970:[9]
| Candidate | Party | Symbol | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | C. Rajadurai | Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi[5] | House | 27,661 | 33.17% |
| P. R. Selvanayagam | Independent | Lamp | 23,082 | 27.68% | |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Ahmed Hussain Macan Markar | United National Party | Elephant | 17,015 | 20.41% |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | M. A. C. A. Rahuman | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Hand | 14,805 | 17.76% |
| S. J. Arasaratnam | Cockerel | 624 | 0.75% | ||
| T. Francis Xavier | Pair of Scales | 196 | 0.24% | ||
| Valid Votes | 83,383 | 100.00% | |||
| Rejected Votes | 1,298 | ||||
| Total Polled | 84,681 | ||||
| Registered Electors | 51,524 | ||||
| Turnout | 164.35% | ||||
1977 Parliamentary General Election
Results of the 8th parliamentary election held on 21 July 1977:[10]
| Candidate | Party | Symbol | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | C. Rajadurai | Tamil United Liberation Front | Sun | 26,648 | 24.70% |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | M. L. Ahamed Fareeth | United National Party | Elephant | 25,345 | 23.49% |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Kasi Ananthan | Tamil United Liberation Front | House | 22,443 | 20.80% |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Badiudin Mahmud | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | Hand | 21,275 | 19.72% |
| P. R. Selvanayagam | Lamp | 11,797 | 10.93% | ||
| Vinayagamoorthy Vettivel | Umbrella | 383 | 0.35% | ||
| Valid Votes | 107,891 | 100.00% | |||
| Rejected Votes | 1,618 | ||||
| Total Polled | 109,509 | ||||
| Registered Electors | 63,039 | ||||
| Turnout | 173.72% | ||||
M. L. Ahamed Fareeth died on 10 September 1985. His replacement Ahamed Rizvi Sinnalebbe was nominated on 25 October 1985.
References & footnotes
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