Kalkudah Electoral District

Kalkudah Electoral District was an electoral district of Sri Lanka between August 1947 and February 1989. The district was named after the town of Kalkudah 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.[1] Kalkudah electoral district was replaced by the Batticaloa multi-member electoral district at the 1989 general elections, the first under the PR system, though Kalkudah continues to be a polling division of the multi-member electoral district.

Members of Parliament

Key

  Independent     Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi     United National Party  

ElectionMemberPartyTerm
1947 V. Nalliah Independent 1947-1952
1952 United National Party 1952-1956
1956 Ahmed Hussain Macan Markar Independent 1956-1960
1960 (March) P. Manicavasagam Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi 1960-1965
1960 (July)
1965 K. W. Devanayagam United National Party 1965-1989
1970
1977

Elections

1947 Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 1st parliamentary election held between 23 August 1947 and 20 September 1947:[2]

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
V. NalliahIndependentHand5,55946.01%
K. W. DevanayagamBird3,17626.29%
MeeralebbeHouse2,41119.96%
M. A. C. M. SalehKey9357.74%
Valid Votes12,081100.00%
Rejected Votes220
Total Polled12,301
Registered Electors22,030
Turnout55.84%

1952 Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 2nd parliamentary election held between 24 May 1952 and 30 May 1952:[3]

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
  V. NalliahUnited National PartyUmbrella7,55952.92%
Sivagnanam SubramaniamElephant6,72447.08%
Valid Votes14,283100.00%
Rejected Votes147
Total Polled14,430
Registered Electors22,285
Turnout64.75%

1956 Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 3rd parliamentary election held between 5 April 1956 and 10 April 1956:[4]

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
Ahmed Hussain Macan MarkarIndependentUmbrella6,71941.77%
V. NalliahPair of Scales4,62528.75%
  P. ManicavasagamIllankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi[5]House4,55528.31%
S. SivagnanamBicycle1881.17%
Valid Votes16,087100.00%
Rejected Votes165
Total Polled16,252
Registered Electors26,732
Turnout60.80%

1960 (March) Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 4th parliamentary election held on 19 March 1960:[6]

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
  P. ManicavasagamIllankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi[5]House7,31848.51%
  A. I. Macan MarkarUnited National PartyElephant5,58737.03%
V. NalliahCup2,18214.46%
Valid Votes15,087100.00%
Rejected Votes212
Total Polled15,299
Registered Electors18,330
Turnout83.46%

1960 (July) Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 5th parliamentary election held on 20 July 1960:[7]

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
  P. ManicavasagamIllankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi[5]House7,60558.95%
S. SivagnanamIndependentCockerel5,29541.05%
Valid Votes12,900100.00%
Rejected Votes125
Total Polled13,025
Registered Electors18,330
Turnout71.06%

1965 Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 6th parliamentary election held on 22 March 1965:[8]

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
  K. W. DevanayagamUnited National PartyElephant6,56637.93%
  P. ManicavasagamIllankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi[5]House6,09635.22%
  V. NalliahAll Ceylon Tamil CongressBicycle3,35419.38%
  M. A. C. A. RahumanSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand9815.67%
U. Haji BhailaUmbrella3121.80%
Valid Votes17,309100.00%
Rejected Votes144
Total Polled17,453
Registered Electors24,008
Turnout72.70%

1970 Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 7th parliamentary election held on 27 May 1970:[9]

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
  K. W. DevanayagamUnited National PartyElephant11,20550.53%
  P. ManicavasagamIllankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi[5]House8,42037.97%
S. SivagnanamPair of Scales1,6607.49%
S. S. GabrielUmbrella5572.51%
  A. M. Abdul CaffoorSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand3311.49%
Valid Votes22,173100.00%
Rejected Votes120
Total Polled22,293
Registered Electors26,670
Turnout83.59%

1977 Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 8th parliamentary election held on 21 July 1977:[10]

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
  K. W. DevanayagamUnited National PartyElephant13,14044.94%
  S. SampanthamoorthiuTamil United Liberation FrontSun12,59543.07%
A. H. Macan MarkarHand3,50711.99%
Valid Votes29,242100.00%
Rejected Votes217
Total Polled29,459
Registered Electors33,995
Turnout86.66%

References & footnotes

  1. ↑ "The Electoral System". Parliament of Sri Lanka.
  2. ↑ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1947". Department of Elections, Sri Lanka.
  3. ↑ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1952". Department of Elections, Sri Lanka.
  4. ↑ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1956". Department of Elections, Sri Lanka.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 Also known as the Federal Party
  6. ↑ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1960-03-19". Department of Elections, Sri Lanka.
  7. ↑ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1960-07-20". Department of Elections, Sri Lanka.
  8. ↑ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1965". Department of Elections, Sri Lanka.
  9. ↑ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1970". Department of Elections, Sri Lanka.
  10. ↑ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1977". Department of Elections, Sri Lanka.