Batticaloa Electoral District (1947–1989)
Members of Parliament
Key
Independent Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi TULF UNP
Election | Member | Party | Term | |
---|---|---|---|---|
1947 | Ahamed Lebbe Sinne Lebbe | UNP | 1947-1952 | |
1952 | R. B. Kadramer | Ind. | 1952-1956 | |
1956 | C. Rajadurai | ITAK | 1956-1960 |
Election | Member 1 | Party | Term | Member 2 | Party | Term | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1960 (March) | C. Rajadurai | ITAK | 1960 | Ahmed Hussain Macan Markar | Ind. | 1960 | ||
1960 (July) | 1960-1965 | UNP | 1960-1965 | |||||
1965 | 1965-1970 | Abdul 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:
Candidate | Party | Symbol | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
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:
Candidate | Party | Symbol | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
R. B. Kadramer | Independent | Elephant | 11,420 | 58.93% | |
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:
Candidate | Party | Symbol | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
C. Rajadurai | Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi | 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:
Candidate | Party | Symbol | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
C. Rajadurai | Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi | 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:
Candidate | Party | Symbol | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
C. Rajadurai | Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi | House | 29,853 | 52.68% | |
Ahmed Hussain Macan Markar | United National Party | Elephant | 22,031 | 38.88% | |
Abdul Lathiff Sinnalebbe | Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi | 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:
Candidate | Party | Symbol | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
C. Rajadurai | Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi | House | 29,023 | 43.47% | |
Abdul Lathiff Sinnalebbe | United National Party | Elephant | 12,010 | 17.99% | |
Ahmed Hussain Macan Markar | Cockerel | 9,915 | 14.85% | ||
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% | ||
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:
Candidate | Party | Symbol | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
C. Rajadurai | Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi | House | 27,661 | 33.17% | |
P. R. Selvanayagam | Independent | Lamp | 23,082 | 27.68% | |
Ahmed Hussain Macan Markar | United National Party | Elephant | 17,015 | 20.41% | |
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:
Candidate | Party | Symbol | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
C. Rajadurai | Tamil United Liberation Front | Sun | 26,648 | 24.70% | |
M. L. Ahamed Fareeth | United National Party | Elephant | 25,345 | 23.49% | |
Kasi Ananthan | Tamil United Liberation Front | House | 22,443 | 20.80% | |
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
- ^ "The Electoral System". Parliament of Sri Lanka. Archived from the original on 2010-11-27.
- ^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1947" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-09-24.
- ^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1952" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-09-24.
- ^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1956" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-09-24.
- ^ Also known as the Federal Party
- ^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1960-03-19" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-07-12.
- ^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1960-07-20" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-09-24.
- ^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1965" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-07-13.
- ^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1970" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-12-09.
- ^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1977" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-17.