Kalkudah Electoral District was an electoral district of Sri Lanka between August 1947 and February 1989. The district was named after the town of Kalkudah 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. Kalkudah electoral district was replaced by the Batticaloa multi-member electoral district at the 1989 general elections, the first under the PR system, though Kalkudah continues to be a polling division of the multi-member electoral district.
Members of Parliament Key
ElectionMemberPartyTerm 1947V. Nalliah Independent 1947-1952 1952 United National Party 1952-1956 1956 Ahmed Hussain Macan Markar Independent 1956-1960 1960 (March)P. ManicavasagamIllankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi1960-1965 1960 (July) 1965K. W. DevanayagamUnited National Party1965-1989 1970 1977
Elections 1947 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 1st parliamentary election held between 23 August 1947 and 20 September 1947:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes% V. NalliahIndependentHand5,55946.01% K. W. DevanayagamBird3,17626.29% MeeralebbeHouse2,41119.96% M. A. C. M. SalehKey9357.74%Valid Votes12,081100.00%Rejected Votes220Total Polled12,301Registered Electors22,030Turnout55.84%
1952 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 2nd parliamentary election held between 24 May 1952 and 30 May 1952:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes% V. NalliahUnited National PartyUmbrella7,55952.92% Sivagnanam SubramaniamElephant6,72447.08%Valid Votes14,283100.00%Rejected Votes147Total Polled14,430Registered Electors22,285Turnout64.75%
1956 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 3rd parliamentary election held between 5 April 1956 and 10 April 1956:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes% Ahmed Hussain Macan MarkarIndependentUmbrella6,71941.77% V. NalliahPair of Scales4,62528.75% P. ManicavasagamIllankai Tamil Arasu KachchiAlso known as the Federal PartyHouse4,55528.31% S. SivagnanamBicycle1881.17%Valid Votes16,087100.00%Rejected Votes165Total Polled16,252Registered Electors26,732Turnout60.80%
1960 (March) Parliamentary General Election Results of the 4th parliamentary election held on 19 March 1960:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes% P. ManicavasagamIllankai Tamil Arasu KachchiHouse7,31848.51% A. I. Macan MarkarUnited National PartyElephant5,58737.03% V. NalliahCup2,18214.46%Valid Votes15,087100.00%Rejected Votes212Total Polled15,299Registered Electors18,330Turnout83.46%
1960 (July) Parliamentary General Election Results of the 5th parliamentary election held on 20 July 1960:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes% P. ManicavasagamIllankai Tamil Arasu KachchiHouse7,60558.95% S. SivagnanamIndependentCockerel5,29541.05%Valid Votes12,900100.00%Rejected Votes125Total Polled13,025Registered Electors18,330Turnout71.06%
1965 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 6th parliamentary election held on 22 March 1965:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes% K. W. DevanayagamUnited National PartyElephant6,56637.93% P. ManicavasagamIllankai Tamil Arasu KachchiHouse6,09635.22% V. NalliahAll Ceylon Tamil CongressBicycle3,35419.38% M. A. C. A. RahumanSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand9815.67% U. Haji BhailaUmbrella3121.80%Valid Votes17,309100.00%Rejected Votes144Total Polled17,453Registered Electors24,008Turnout72.70%
1970 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 7th parliamentary election held on 27 May 1970:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes% K. W. DevanayagamUnited National PartyElephant11,20550.53% P. ManicavasagamIllankai Tamil Arasu KachchiHouse8,42037.97% S. SivagnanamPair of Scales1,6607.49% S. S. GabrielUmbrella5572.51% A. M. Abdul CaffoorSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand3311.49%Valid Votes22,173100.00%Rejected Votes120Total Polled22,293Registered Electors26,670Turnout83.59%
1977 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 8th parliamentary election held on 21 July 1977:
CandidatePartySymbolVotes% K. W. DevanayagamUnited National PartyElephant13,14044.94% S. SampanthamoorthiuTamil United Liberation FrontSun12,59543.07% A. H. Macan MarkarHand3,50711.99%Valid Votes29,242100.00%Rejected Votes217Total Polled29,459Registered Electors33,995Turnout86.66%
References & footnotes