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. 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
ElectionMemberPartyTerm 1947 Ahamed Lebbe Sinne Lebbe UNP 1947-1952 1952 R. B. Kadramer Ind. 1952-1956 1956 C. RajaduraiITAK 1956-1960 ElectionMember 1PartyTermMember 2PartyTerm 1960 (March)C. RajaduraiITAK 1960Ahmed Hussain Macan Markar Ind. 1960 1960 (July) 1960-1965UNP 1960-1965 1965 1965-1970Abdul Lathiff Sinnalebbe 1965-1970 1970 1970-1977 P. R. Selvanayagam Ind. 1970-1977 1977 TULF 1977-1989 M. L. Ahamed Fareeth UNP 1977-1985 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:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes% Ahamed Lebbe Sinne LebbeUnited National PartyTree4,74035.40% K. V. M. SubramaniamIndependentKey3,39525.36% R. B. KadramerIndependentUmbrella2,31317.28% N. S. RasiahIndependentCup2,22616.63% E. RasiahIndependentHand7145.33%Valid Votes13,388100.00%Rejected Votes324Total Polled13,712Registered Electors27,409Turnout50.03%
1952 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 2nd parliamentary election held between 24 May 1952 and 30 May 1952:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes% R. B. KadramerIndependentElephant11,42058.93% Ahamed Lebbe Sinne LebbeUnited National PartyTree7,96041.07%Valid Votes19,380100.00%Rejected Votes260Total Polled19,640Registered Electors24,947Turnout78.73%
1956 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 3rd parliamentary election held between 5 April 1956 and 10 April 1956:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes% C. RajaduraiIllankai Tamil Arasu KachchiAlso known as the Federal PartyHouse9,30052.05% S. AhamathulebbeTree7,12439.87% R. B. KadramerBatticaloa Tamil Speakers Front Pair of Scales1,2967.25% A. ThavarajahBicycle1480.83%Valid Votes17,868100.00%Rejected Votes288Total Polled18,156Registered Electors29,486Turnout61.57%
1960 (March) Parliamentary General Election Results of the 4th parliamentary election held on 19 March 1960:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes% C. RajaduraiIllankai Tamil Arasu KachchiHouse28,30947.62% Ahmed Hussain Macan MarkarIndependentCockerel22,89338.51% T. MylvaganamLadder8,24213.87%Valid Votes59,444100.00%Rejected Votes964Total Polled60,408Registered Electors37,832Turnout159.67%
1960 (July) Parliamentary General Election Results of the 5th parliamentary election held on 20 July 1960:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes% C. RajaduraiIllankai Tamil Arasu KachchiHouse29,85352.68% Ahmed Hussain Macan MarkarUnited National PartyElephant22,03138.88% Abdul Lathiff SinnalebbeIllankai Tamil Arasu KachchiPair of Spectacles2,4844.38% K. N. KumaraswamyCockerel2,3004.06%Valid Votes56,668100.00%Rejected Votes954Total Polled57,622Registered Electors37,832Turnout152.31%
1965 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 6th parliamentary election held on 22 March 1965:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes% C. RajaduraiIllankai Tamil Arasu KachchiHouse29,02343.47% Abdul Lathiff SinnalebbeUnited National PartyElephant12,01017.99% Ahmed Hussain Macan MarkarCockerel9,91514.85% J. L. TissaveerasingheAll Ceylon Tamil CongressBicycle8,10712.14% A. Ahamed LebbeUmbrella4,5726.85% S. NadarajahChair2,2983.44% S. VinayagamaniCommunist PartyStar8331.25%Valid Votes66,758100.00%Rejected Votes1,124Total Polled67,882Registered Electors45,078Turnout150.59%
1970 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 7th parliamentary election held on 27 May 1970:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes% C. RajaduraiIllankai Tamil Arasu KachchiHouse27,66133.17% P. R. SelvanayagamIndependentLamp23,08227.68% Ahmed Hussain Macan MarkarUnited National PartyElephant17,01520.41% M. A. C. A. RahumanSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand14,80517.76% S. J. ArasaratnamCockerel6240.75% T. Francis XavierPair of Scales1960.24%Valid Votes83,383100.00%Rejected Votes1,298Total Polled84,681Registered Electors51,524Turnout164.35%
1977 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 8th parliamentary election held on 21 July 1977:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes% C. RajaduraiTamil United Liberation FrontSun26,64824.70% M. L. Ahamed FareethUnited National PartyElephant25,34523.49% Kasi AnanthanTamil United Liberation FrontHouse22,44320.80% Badiudin MahmudSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand21,27519.72% P. R. SelvanayagamLamp11,79710.93% Vinayagamoorthy VettivelUmbrella3830.35%Valid Votes107,891100.00%Rejected Votes1,618 Total Polled109,509Registered Electors63,039 Turnout173.72%
M. L. Ahamed Fareeth died on 10 September 1985. His replacement Ahamed Rizvi Sinnalebbe was nominated on 25 October 1985.
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