Chavakachcheri Electoral District

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

Members of Parliament

Key

  All Ceylon Tamil Congress   Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi   TULF

ElectionMemberPartyTerm
1947 V. Kumaraswamy All Ceylon Tamil Congress 1947-1956
1952
1956 V. N. Navaratnam Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi 1956-1977
1960 (March)
1960 (July)
1965
1970
1977 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%
 V. KumaraswamyAll Ceylon Tamil CongressPair of Scales11,81385.51%
 C. R. ThambiahUnited National PartyHouse2,00214.49%
Valid Votes13,815100.00%
Rejected Votes186
Total Polled14,001
Registered Electors28,377
Turnout49.34%

1952 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
 V. KumaraswamyAll Ceylon Tamil CongressPair of Scales14,80172.33%
 Arunachalam NamasivayamIllankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi[4]Bicycle5,66327.67%
Valid Votes20,464100.00%
Rejected Votes168
Total Polled20,632
Registered Electors30,692
Turnout67.22%

1956 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
 V. N. NavaratnamIllankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi[4]House15,95264.77%
V. KumarasamyPair of Scales8,67735.23%
Valid Votes24,629100.00%
Rejected Votes206
Total Polled24,835
Registered Electors35,922
Turnout66.14%

1960 (March) Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
 V. N. NavaratnamIllankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi[4]House13,90765.26%
 V. KumaraswamyAll Ceylon Tamil CongressBicycle6,93032.52%
 A. S. KanagaratnamLanka Sama Samaja PartyKey4732.22%
Valid Votes21,310100.00%
Rejected Votes173
Total Polled21,483
Registered Electors25,822
Turnout83.20%

1960 (July) Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
 V. N. NavaratnamIllankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi[4]House14,79986.00%
 S. K. ThiravianayagamAll Ceylon Tamil CongressBicycle2,41014.00%
Valid Votes17,209100.00%
Rejected Votes135
Total Polled17,344
Registered Electors25,822
Turnout67.17%

1965 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
 V. N. NavaratnamIllankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi[4]House16,31669.41%
 M. SivananthanAll Ceylon Tamil CongressBicycle7,19130.59%
Valid Votes23,507100.00%
Rejected Votes220
Total Polled23,727
Registered Electors30,452
Turnout77.92%

1970 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
 V. N. NavaratnamIllankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi[4]House15,47354.49%
 V. KumaraswamyAll Ceylon Tamil CongressBicycle12,92145.51%
Valid Votes28,394100.00%
Rejected Votes84
Total Polled28,478
Registered Electors33,072
Turnout86.11%

1977 Parliamentary General Election

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

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%
 V. N. NavaratnamTamil United Liberation FrontSun20,02863.27%
V. KumaraswamyIndependentPair of Scales10,81034.15%
S. P. MailvaganamEye4191.32%
Kandiah Asai JeromeIndependentOmnibus2890.91%
Sathasivam NadarajahLamp1110.35%
Valid Votes31,657100.00%
Rejected Votes91
Total Polled31,748
Registered Electors36,959
Turnout85.90%

V. N. Navaratnam 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, Navaratnam forfeited his seat in Parliament on 22 October 1983.[11]

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 2015-09-24.
  3. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1952" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-09-24.
  4. Also known as the Federal Party
  5. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1956" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-09-24.
  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 2015-09-24.
  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. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-12-09.
  10. "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1977" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-17.
  11. 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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