Paddiruppu electoral district was an electoral district of Sri Lanka between August 1947 and February 1989. The district was named after the town of Paddiruppu in Batticaloa District, Eastern Province. 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. Paddiruppu electoral district was replaced by the Batticaloa multi-member electoral district at the 1989 general elections, the first under the PR system, though Paddiruppu continues to be a polling division of the multi-member electoral district.
Members of Parliament Key
ElectionMemberPartyTerm 1947 S. U. Ethiramanasingham 1947–1952 1952 S. M. Rasamanickam Independent 1952–1956 1956 S. U. Ethiramanasingham 1956–1960 1960 (March)S. M. RasamanickamIllankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi1960-1970 1960 (July) 1965 1970 S. Thambirajah United National Party 1970–1977 1977 P. Ganeshalingam Tamil United Liberation Front 1977–1989
Elections 1947 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 1st parliamentary election held between 23 August 1947 and 20 September 1947 for the district:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes%S. U. EthiramanasinghamBird5,67237.63%S. M. RasamanickamIndependentPair of Spectacles4,78431.74%V.O. GurugulasingheHand4,61730.63%Valid Votes15,073100.00%Rejected Votes274Total Polled15,347Registered Electors22,358Turnout68.64%
1952 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 2nd parliamentary election held between 24 May 1952 and 30 May 1952 for the district:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes%S. M. RasamanickamIndependentPair of Spectacles7,67239.92%S. U. EthiramanasinghamBird7,19837.45%K. ArulambalamStar4,35022.63%Valid Votes19,220100.00%Rejected Votes198Total Polled19,418Registered Electors23,440Turnout82.84%
1956 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 3rd parliamentary election held between 5 April 1956 and 10 April 1956 for the district:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes%S. U. EthiramanasinghamLamp9,52850.28%S. M. RasamanickamFederal PartyHouse9,42249.72%Valid Votes18,950100.00%Rejected Votes222Total Polled19,172Registered Electors25,849Turnout74.17%
1960 (March) Parliamentary General Election Results of the 4th parliamentary election held on 19 March 1960 for the district:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes%S. M. RasamanickamFederal PartyHouse10,79962.36%S. U. EthiramanasinghamCup6,51737.64%Valid Votes17,316100.00%Rejected Votes153Total Polled17,469Registered Electors19,429Turnout89.91%
1960 (July) Parliamentary General Election Results of the 5th parliamentary election held on 20 July 1960 for the district:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes%S. M. RasamanickamFederal PartyHouse10,94866.44%S. U. EthiramanasinghamAll Ceylon Tamil CongressBicycle5,28332.06%E. PonniahLadder2471.50%Valid Votes16,478100.00%Rejected Votes98Total Polled16,576Registered Electors19,429Turnout85.32%
1965 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 6th parliamentary election held on 22 March 1965 for the district:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes%S. M. RasamanickamFederal PartyHouse11,27051.50%S. U. EthiramanasinghamIndependentBird9,14041.77%V. SinnaduraiElephant1,4726.73%Valid Votes21,882100.00%Rejected Votes155Total Polled22,037Registered Electors25,855Turnout85.23%
1970 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 7th parliamentary election held on 27 May 1970 for the district:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes%S. ThambirajahUnited National PartyElephant13,37051.24%S. M. RasamanickamFederal PartyHouse12,72348.76%Valid Votes26,093100.00%Rejected Votes129Total Polled26,222Registered Electors28,992Turnout90.45%
1977 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 8th parliamentary election held on 21 July 1977 for the district:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes%P. GaneshalingamTamil United Liberation FrontSun15,87749.17%S. SivagurunathanLanka Sama Samaja PartyKey5,63317.45%S. ThambirajahHand5,59017.31%P. RetnasinghamElephant5,18916.07%Valid Votes32,289100.00%Rejected Votes243Total Polled32,532Registered Electors35,909Turnout90.60%
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