Uduvil Electoral District

Uduvil Electoral District was an electoral district of Sri Lanka between March 1960 and February 1989. The district was renamed Manipay Electoral District in July 1977. The district was named after the towns of Uduvil and Manipay in Jaffna District, Northern 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.[1] Manipay electoral district was replaced by the Jaffna multi-member electoral district at the 1989 general elections, the first under the PR system, though Manipay continues to be a polling division of the multi-member electoral district.

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1960 (March) Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 4th parliamentary election held on 19 March 1960:[2]

Candidate Party Symbol Votes %
  V. Dharmalingam Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi[3] House 9,033 44.07%
  Ponnambalam Nagalingam Lanka Sama Samaja Party Key 3,811 18.59%
  V. Ponnampalam Communist Party Star 3,541 17.27%
J. D. Asservatham Independent Book 1,552 7.57%
S. Handy Perimbanayagam Independent Pair of Spectacles 1,241 6.05%
N. Sivanesan Independent Sun 1,008 4.92%
V. Veerasingham Independent Cockerel 312 1.52%
Valid Votes 20,498 100.00%
Rejected Votes 212
Total Polled 20,710
Registered Electors 27,278
Turnout 75.92%

1960 (July) Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 5th parliamentary election held on 20 July 1960:[4]

Candidate Party Symbol Votes %
  V. Dharmalingam Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi[3] House 11,475 63.12%
  Ponnambalam Nagalingam Lanka Sama Samaja Party Key 6,704 36.88%
Valid Votes 18,179 100.00%
Rejected Votes 195
Total Polled 18,374
Registered Electors 27,278
Turnout 67.36%

1965 Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 6th parliamentary election held on 22 March 1965:[5]

Candidate Party Symbol Votes %
  V. Dharmalingam Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi[3] House 11,638 48.61%
  Ponnambalam Nagalingam Lanka Sama Samaja Party Key 6,726 28.09%
  N. Sivaneson All Ceylon Tamil Congress Bicycle 5,577 23.29%
Valid Votes 23,941 100.00%
Rejected Votes 287
Total Polled 24,228
Registered Electors 33,280
Turnout 72.80%

1970 Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 7th parliamentary election held on 27 May 1970:[6]

Candidate Party Symbol Votes %
  V. Dharmalingam Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi[3] House 14,120 49.27%
  N. Sivaneson All Ceylon Tamil Congress Bicycle 11,656 40.68%
Kumaraswami Vinodhan Independent Pair of Scales 1,362 4.75%
  V. Karalasingham Lanka Sama Samaja Party Key 1,264 4.41%
P. V. M. K. M. Sinnathurai Independent Umbrella 254 0.89%
Valid Votes 28,656 100.00%
Rejected Votes 119
Total Polled 28,775
Registered Electors 36,690
Turnout 78.43%

1977 Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 8th parliamentary election held on 21 July 1977:[7]

Candidate Party Symbol Votes %
  V. Dharmalingam Tamil United Liberation Front Sun 27,550 83.99%
  R. S. Aloysious United National Party Elephant 3,300 10.06%
C. P. V. M. K. Muthaliar Independent Umbrella 1,065 3.25%
K. N. Ratnavel Independent Ladder 887 2.70%
Valid Votes 32,802 100.00%
Rejected Votes 199
Total Polled 33,001
Registered Electors 41,373
Turnout 79.76%

Visvanathan Dharmalingam 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 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 separate state; and the Black July riots in which up to 3,000 Tamils were murdered by Sinhalese mobs. After three months of absence, Dharmalingam forfeited his seat in Parliament on 8 October 1983.[8]

Visvanathan Dharmalingam was murdered on 2 September 1985.[9]

References & footnotes

  1. ^ "The Electoral System". Parliament of Sri Lanka. http://www.parliament.lk/about_us/electoral_system.jsp. 
  2. ^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1960-03-19". Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. http://www.slelections.gov.lk/pdf/Results_1960_03_19%20GENERAL%20ELECTION.PDF. 
  3. ^ a b c d Also known as the Federal Party
  4. ^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1960-07-20". Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. http://www.slelections.gov.lk/pdf/Results_1960_07_20%20GENERAL%20ELECTION.PDF. 
  5. ^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1965". Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. http://www.slelections.gov.lk/pdf/Results_1965%20GENERAL%20ELECTION.PDF. 
  6. ^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1970". Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. http://www.slelections.gov.lk/pdf/Results_1970%20GENERAL%20ELECTION.PDF. 
  7. ^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1977". Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. http://www.slelections.gov.lk/pdf/General%20Election%201977.PDF. 
  8. ^ Wickramasinghe, Wimal (18 January 2008). "Saga of crossovers, expulsions and resignations etc. Referendum for extention of Parliament". The Island, Sri Lanka. http://www.island.lk/2008/01/18/features11.html. 
  9. ^ KT Rajasingham. "Chapter 33: India shows its hand". SRI LANKA: THE UNTOLD STORY. Asia Times. http://www.atimes.com/ind-pak/DC30Df04.html. Retrieved 23 March 2010. 
Former Electoral Districts of Sri Lanka
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