Nallur Electoral District

Nallur Electoral District was an electoral district of Sri Lanka between March 1960 and February 1989. The district was named after the town of Nallur in Jaffna District, Northern Province. The district was carved out of the eastern part of Jaffna Electoral District in March 1960. 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] Nallur electoral district was replaced by the Jaffna multi-member electoral district at the 1989 general elections, the first under the PR system, though Nallur continues to be a polling division of the multi-member electoral district.

Members of Parliament

Key

  Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi     All Ceylon Tamil Congress     Tamil United Liberation Front  

ElectionMemberPartyTerm
1960 (March) E. M. V. Naganathan Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi 1960-1960
1960 (July) 1960-1965
1965 1965-1970
1970 C. Arulampalam All Ceylon Tamil Congress 1970-1977
1977 M. Sivasithamparam Tamil United Liberation Front 1977-1989

Elections

1960 (March) Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
  E. M. V. NaganathanIllankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi[3]House9,65149.24%
  C. ArulampalamAll Ceylon Tamil CongressBicycle6,80834.73%
  A. ThurairajasingamLanka Sama Samaja PartyKey1,8709.54%
  M. KarthigesanCommunist PartyStar7573.86%
Chelvarayan ManmatharayanSun2911.48%
Sinnappu SinnaduraiLadder2241.14%
Valid Votes19,601100.00%
Rejected Votes166
Total Polled19,767
Registered Electors26,966
Turnout73.30%

1960 (July) Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
  E. M. V. NaganathanIllankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi[3]House11,72865.44%
  C. ArulampalamAll Ceylon Tamil CongressChair6,19534.56%
Valid Votes17,923100.00%
Rejected Votes142
Total Polled18,065
Registered Electors26,966
Turnout66.99%

1965 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
  E. M. V. NaganathanIllankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi[3]House10,30145.04%
  C. ArulampalamAll Ceylon Tamil CongressBicycle9,86043.11%
  Arulambalam VisuvanathanLanka Sama Samaja PartyKey2,70911.85%
Valid Votes22,870100.00%
Rejected Votes86
Total Polled22,956
Registered Electors31,864
Turnout72.04%

1970 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
  C. ArulampalamAll Ceylon Tamil CongressBicycle13,11646.78%
  E. M. V. NaganathanIllankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi[3]House12,50844.61%
A. RatnamPair of Scales1,5935.68%
  V. SatchithanandamLanka Sama Samaja PartyKey4841.73%
C. ThanabalasinghamCockerel2230.80%
S. SrinivasanIndependentUmbrella1140.41%
Valid Votes28,038100.00%
Rejected Votes92
Total Polled28,130
Registered Electors35,747
Turnout78.69%

C. Arulampalam defected to the Sri Lanka Freedom Party.

1977 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
  M. SivasithamparamTamil United Liberation FrontSun29,85889.42%
K. RamanathanIndependentOmnibus1,7215.15%
  C. ArulampalamSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand1,0423.12%
Rajah Rajeswaram ThangarajahIndependentPair of Scales6672.00%
Sivakolunthu SubramaniuamIndependentUmbrella1040.31%
Valid Votes33,392100.00%
Rejected Votes137
Total Polled33,529
Registered Electors40,205
Turnout83.40%

M. Sivasithamparam 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, Sivasithamparam forfeited his seat in Parliament on 22 October 1983.[8]

References & footnotes

  1. ↑ "The Electoral System". Parliament of Sri Lanka.
  2. ↑ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1960-03-19". Department of Elections, Sri Lanka.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Also known as the Federal Party
  4. ↑ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1960-07-20". Department of Elections, Sri Lanka.
  5. ↑ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1965". Department of Elections, Sri Lanka.
  6. ↑ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1970". Department of Elections, Sri Lanka.
  7. ↑ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1977". Department of Elections, Sri Lanka.
  8. ↑ Wickramasinghe, Wimal (18 January 2008). "Saga of crossovers, expulsions and resignations etc. Referendum for extention [sic] of Parliament". The Island, Sri Lanka.