Kankesanthurai Electoral District

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

Members of Parliament

Key

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

ElectionMemberPartyTerm
1947 S. J. V. Chelvanayakam All Ceylon Tamil Congress 1947-1952
1952 S. Natesan United National Party 1952-1956
1956 S. J. V. Chelvanayakam Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi 1956-1977
1960 (March)
1960 (July)
1965
1970
1977 A. Amirthalingam 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%
  S. J. V. ChelvanayakamAll Ceylon Tamil CongressKey12,12655.39%
  Ponnambalam NagalingamLanka Sama Samaja PartyHand5,16023.57%
  S. NatesanUnited National PartyPair of Scales4,60521.04%
Valid Votes21,891100.00%
Rejected Votes534
Total Polled22,425
Registered Electors38,871
Turnout57.69%

1952 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
  S. NatesanUnited National PartyKey15,33757.00%
  S. J. V. ChelvanayakamIllankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi[4]Bicycle11,57143.00%
Valid Votes26,908100.00%
Rejected Votes355
Total Polled27,263
Registered Electors38,439
Turnout70.93%

1956 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
  S. J. V. ChelvanayakamIllankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi[4]House14,85554.30%
S. NatesanIndependentUmbrella8,18829.39%
  V. PonnampalamCommunist PartyStar4,31315.77%
Valid Votes27,356100.00%
Rejected Votes317
Total Polled27,673
Registered Electors40,964
Turnout67.55%

1960 (March) Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
  S. J. V. ChelvanayakamIllankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi[4]House13,54567.61%
  V. KaralasinghamLanka Sama Samaja PartyKey5,04225.17%
  R. N. SivapirakasamAll Ceylon Tamil CongressBicycle1,4487.23%
Valid Votes20,035100.00%
Rejected Votes244
Total Polled20,279
Registered Electors28,473
Turnout71.22%

1960 (July) Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
  S. J. V. ChelvanayakamIllankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi[4]House15,66888.63%
  R. N. SivapirakasamAll Ceylon Tamil CongressPair of Spectacles2,00911.37%
Valid Votes17,677100.00%
Rejected Votes131
Total Polled17,808
Registered Electors28,473
Turnout62.54%

1965 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
  S. J. V. ChelvanayakamIllankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi[4]House14,73558.24%
  S. Sri BhaskaranAll Ceylon Tamil CongressBicycle6,61126.13%
V. KaralasinghamLanka Sama Samaja Party (R)Lamp2,2578.92%
  K. VaikunthavasanCommunist Party (Moscow)Star9583.79%
  V. SeenivasagamCommunist Party (Peking)Umbrella7412.93%
Valid Votes25,302100.00%
Rejected Votes269
Total Polled25,571
Registered Electors35,309
Turnout72.42%

1970 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
  S. J. V. ChelvanayakamIllankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi[4]House13,52044.29%
  V. PonnampalamCommunist PartyStar8,16426.75%
C. SuntharalingamIndependentCockerel5,78818.96%
  T. ThirunavukarasuAll Ceylon Tamil CongressBicycle3,05110.00%
Valid Votes30,523100.00%
Rejected Votes140
Total Polled30,663
Registered Electors37,804
Turnout81.11%

1975 by-election

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
  S.J.V. ChelvanayakamTamil United FrontHouse25,92772.55%
  V. PonnampalamCommunist PartyStar9,45726.46%
M. AmbalavanarShip1850.52%
Valid Votes35,569100.00%
Rejected Votes168
Total Polled35,737
Registered Electors41,227
Turnout86.68%

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1977 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
  A. AmirthalingamTamil United Liberation FrontSun31,15585.41%
Sivapiragasam SritharanIndependentPair of Scales5,32214.59%
Valid Votes36,477100.00%
Rejected Votes218
Total Polled36,695
Registered Electors43,907
Turnout83.57%

A. Amirthalingam 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, Amirthalingam forfeited his seat in Parliament on 22 October 1983.[12]

References & footnotes

  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. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Also known as the Federal Party
  5. ↑ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1956" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka.
  6. ↑ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1960-03-19" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka.
  7. ↑ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1960-07-20" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka.
  8. ↑ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1965" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka.
  9. ↑ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1970" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka.
  10. ↑ "Summary of By-Elections 1947 to 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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