Mannar Electoral District

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

Members of Parliament

Key

  Independent     Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi     United National Party     Tamil United Liberation Front  

ElectionMemberPartyTerm
1947 C. Sittampalam Independent 1947-1952
1952 1952-1956
1956 V. A. Alegacone Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi 1956-1960
1960 (March) 1960-1960
1960 (July) 1960-1965
1965 1965-1970
1970 1970-1977
1974 S. A. Raheem United National Party 1970-1977
1977 P. S. Soosaithasan 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:[2]

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
C. SittampalamIndependentKey5,87759.97%
  Jeganathan TiyagarajahUnited National PartyUmbrella3,38134.50%
S. ViraspillaiIndependentHand5425.53%
Valid Votes9,800100.00%
Rejected Votes71
Total Polled9,871
Registered Electors14,587
Turnout67.67%

1952 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
C. SittampalamIndependentKey5,87652.62%
V. A. AlegaconeIndependentStar5,29047.38%
Valid Votes11,166100.00%
Rejected Votes113
Total Polled11,279
Registered Electors14,959
Turnout75.40%

1956 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
  V. A. AlegaconeIllankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi[5]House6,72653.12%
Sir K. VaithianathanUmbrella4,85738.36%
C. SittampalamIndependentBicycle1,0788.51%
Valid Votes12,661100.00%
Rejected Votes105
Total Polled12,766
Registered Electors15,819
Turnout80.70%

1960 (March) Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
  V. A. AlegaconeIllankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi[5]House6,46347.37%
S. H. MohamedIndependentPot4,58733.62%
Sabamalai John MarkCockerel2,15515.79%
N. M. Abdul CaffoorPair of Spectacles4403.22%
Valid Votes13,645100.00%
Rejected Votes126
Total Polled13,771
Registered Electors16,936
Turnout81.31%

1960 (July) Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
  V. A. AlegaconeIllankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi[5]House7,30755.79%
  S. H. MohamedUnited National PartyElephant5,79044.21%
Valid Votes13,097100.00%
Rejected Votes72
Total Polled13,169
Registered Electors16,936
Turnout77.76%

1965 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
  V. A. AlegaconeIllankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi[5]House6,89639.52%
M. S. Abdul RaheemIndependentUmbrella6,04034.61%
Sabamalai John MarkPair of Spectacles4,51425.87%
Valid Votes17,450100.00%
Rejected Votes121
Total Polled17,571
Registered Electors21,418
Turnout82.04%

1970 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
  V. A. AlegaconeIllankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi[5]House10,69748.98%
  S. A. RaheemUnited National PartyElephant10,62848.67%
  N. M. Abdul CaderSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand5132.35%
Valid Votes21,838100.00%
Rejected Votes127
Total Polled21,965
Registered Electors25,441
Turnout86.34%

V. A. Alegacone died on 25 November 1973.

1974 Parliamentary by-Election

Results of the parliamentary by-election held on 25 February 1974:[10]

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
  S. A. RaheemUnited National PartyElephant12,97449.05%
  S. M. Johan MarkIllankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi[5]House12,89948.77%
S. A. CaderIndependentSun4691.77%
S. Percy Emmanuellamp1080.41%
Valid Votes26,450100%
Rejected Votes130
Total Polled26,580
Registered Electors29,596
Turnout89.81%

1977 Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 8th parliamentary election held on 21 July 1977:[11]

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
  P. S. SoosaithasanTamil United Liberation FrontSun15,14151.58%
M. S. Abdul RaheemUnited National PartyElephant12,92944.05%
Sabamalai John MarkIndependentLamp6632.26%
H. S. DawoodHand4781.63%
M. KanthasamyPair of Scales1410.48%
Valid Votes29,352100.00%
Rejected Votes84
Total Polled29,436
Registered Electors31,767
Turnout92.66%

P. S. Soosaithasan 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, Soosaithasan forfeited his seat in Parliament on 22 October 1983.[12]

References & footnotes

  1. ↑ "The Electoral System". Parliament of Sri Lanka. Archived from the original on 2010-11-27.
  2. ↑ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1947" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-02-04.
  3. ↑ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1952" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-02-04.
  4. ↑ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1956" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-02-04.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Also known as the Federal Party
  6. ↑ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1960-03-19" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-07-12.
  7. ↑ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1960-07-20" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-02-04.
  8. ↑ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1965" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-07-13.
  9. ↑ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1970" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka.
  10. ↑ "Results of the Parliamentary By-Elections Held Between 1947-1988" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka.
  11. ↑ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1977" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka.
  12. ↑ Wickramasinghe, Wimal (18 January 2008). "Saga of crossovers, expulsions and resignations etc. Referendum for extention [sic] of Parliament". The Island, Sri Lanka.

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