Paddiruppu Electoral District

Paddiruppu electoral district was an electoral district of Sri Lanka between August 1947 and February 1989. The district was named after the town of Paddiruppu 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] Paddiruppu electoral district was replaced by the Batticaloa multi-member electoral district at the 1989 general elections, the first under the PR system, though Paddiruppu 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 S. U. Ethiramanasingham 1947-1952
1952 S. M. Rasamanickam Independent 1952-1956
1956 S. U. Ethiramanasingham 1956-1960
1960 (March) S. M. Rasamanickam Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi 1960-1970
1960 (July)
1965
1970 S. Thambirajah United National Party 1970-1977
1977 P. Ganeshalingam 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 for the district:[2]

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
S. U. EthiramanasinghamBird5,67237.63%
S. M. RasamanickamIndependentPair of Spectacles4,78431.74%
V.O. GurugulasingheHand4,61730.63%
Valid Votes15,073100.00%
Rejected Votes274
Total Polled15,347
Registered Electors22,358
Turnout68.64%

1952 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
S. M. RasamanickamIndependentPair of Spectacles7,67239.92%
S. U. EthiramanasinghamBird7,19837.45%
K. ArulambalamStar4,35022.63%
Valid Votes19,220100.00%
Rejected Votes198
Total Polled19,418
Registered Electors23,440
Turnout82.84%

1956 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
S. U. EthiramanasinghamLamp9,52850.28%
S. M. RasamanickamFederal PartyHouse9,42249.72%
Valid Votes18,950100.00%
Rejected Votes222
Total Polled19,172
Registered Electors25,849
Turnout74.17%

1960 (March) Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 4th parliamentary election held on 19 March 1960 for the district:[5]

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
S. M. RasamanickamFederal PartyHouse10,79962.36%
S. U. EthiramanasinghamCup6,51737.64%
Valid Votes17,316100.00%
Rejected Votes153
Total Polled17,469
Registered Electors19,429
Turnout89.91%

1960 (July) Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 5th parliamentary election held on 20 July 1960 for the district:[6]

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
S. M. RasamanickamFederal PartyHouse10,94866.44%
S. U. EthiramanasinghamAll Ceylon Tamil CongressBicycle5,28332.06%
E. PonniahLadder2471.50%
Valid Votes16,478100.00%
Rejected Votes98
Total Polled16,576
Registered Electors19,429
Turnout85.32%

1965 Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 6th parliamentary election held on 22 March 1965 for the district:[7]

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
S. M. RasamanickamFederal PartyHouse11,27051.50%
S. U. EthiramanasinghamIndependentBird9,14041.77%
V. SinnaduraiElephant1,4726.73%
Valid Votes21,882100.00%
Rejected Votes155
Total Polled22,037
Registered Electors25,855
Turnout85.23%

1970 Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 7th parliamentary election held on 27 May 1970 for the district:[8]

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
S. ThambirajahUnited National PartyElephant13,37051.24%
S. M. RasamanickamFederal PartyHouse12,72348.76%
Valid Votes26,093100.00%
Rejected Votes129
Total Polled26,222
Registered Electors28,992
Turnout90.45%

1977 Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 8th parliamentary election held on 21 July 1977 for the district:[9]

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
P. GaneshalingamTamil United Liberation FrontSun15,87749.17%
S. SivagurunathanLanka Sama Samaja PartyKey5,63317.45%
S. ThambirajahHand5,59017.31%
P. RetnasinghamElephant5,18916.07%
Valid Votes32,289100.00%
Rejected Votes243
Total Polled32,532
Registered Electors35,909
Turnout90.60%

References

  1. ↑ "The Electoral System". Parliament of Sri Lanka.
  2. ↑ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1947" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka.
  3. ↑ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1952" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka.
  4. ↑ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1956" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka.
  5. ↑ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1960-03-19" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka.
  6. ↑ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1960-07-20" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka.
  7. ↑ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1965" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka.
  8. ↑ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1970" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka.
  9. ↑ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1977" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka.

Coordinates: 7°30′58″N 81°47′08″E / 7.5161°N 81.7856°E / 7.5161; 81.7856

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