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. 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
ElectionMemberPartyTerm 1960 (March)E. M. V. NaganathanIllankai 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:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes% E. M. V. NaganathanIllankai Tamil Arasu KachchiAlso known as the Federal PartyHouse9,65149.24% 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 Votes166Total Polled19,767Registered Electors26,966Turnout73.30%
1960 (July) Parliamentary General Election Results of the 5th parliamentary election held on 20 July 1960:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes% E. M. V. NaganathanIllankai Tamil Arasu KachchiHouse11,72865.44% C. ArulampalamAll Ceylon Tamil CongressChair6,19534.56%Valid Votes17,923100.00%Rejected Votes142Total Polled18,065Registered Electors26,966Turnout66.99%
1965 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 6th parliamentary election held on 22 March 1965:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes% E. M. V. NaganathanIllankai Tamil Arasu KachchiHouse10,30145.04% C. ArulampalamAll Ceylon Tamil CongressBicycle9,86043.11% Arulambalam VisuvanathanLanka Sama Samaja PartyKey2,70911.85%Valid Votes22,870100.00%Rejected Votes86Total Polled22,956Registered Electors31,864Turnout72.04%
1970 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 7th parliamentary election held on 27 May 1970:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes% C. ArulampalamAll Ceylon Tamil CongressBicycle13,11646.78% E. M. V. NaganathanIllankai Tamil Arasu KachchiHouse12,50844.61% A. RatnamPair of Scales1,5935.68% V. SatchithanandamLanka Sama Samaja PartyKey4841.73% C. ThanabalasinghamCockerel2230.80% S. SrinivasanIndependentUmbrella1140.41%Valid Votes28,038100.00%Rejected Votes92Total Polled28,130Registered Electors35,747Turnout78.69%
C. Arulampalam defected to the Sri Lanka Freedom Party.
1977 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 8th parliamentary election held on 21 July 1977:
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 Votes137Total Polled33,529Registered Electors40,205Turnout83.40%
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.
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