Trincomalee Electoral District (1947–1989)

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

Members of Parliament Key

ElectionMemberPartyTerm 1947 S. Sivapalan All Ceylon Tamil Congress 1947-1952 1952N. R. RajavarothiamIllankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi1952-1963 1956 1960 (March) 1960 (July) 1963S. M. Manickarajah1963-1970 1965 1970 B. Neminathan 1970-1977 1977 R. Sampanthan 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:

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%S. SivapalanAll Ceylon Tamil CongressHouse5,25256.15%A.C. KanagasinghamUmbrella322534.48%E.A.P. Nandias SilvaElephant8779.38%Valid Votes9,354100.00%Rejected Votes980Total Polled10,334Registered Electors18,421Turnout56.10%

1952 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 2nd parliamentary election held between 24 May 1952 and 30 May 1952 for the district:

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%N. R. RajavarothiamFederal PartyHouse4,45045.80%S. SivapalanElephant3,86439.77%K. SivapalanStar1,40314.44%Valid Votes9,717100.00%Rejected Votes103Total Polled9,820Registered Electors14,272Turnout68.81%

1956 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 3rd parliamentary election held between 5 April 1956 and 10 April 1956 for the district:

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%N. R. RajavarothiamFederal PartyHouse7,04856.88%J.A. MuthuthanthirigeUmbrella2,96523.93%A.I. RajasinghamBicycle2,37819.19%Valid Votes12,391100.00%Rejected Votes58Total Polled12,449Registered Electors16,093Turnout77.36%

1960 (March) Parliamentary General Election Results of the 4th parliamentary election held on 19 March 1960 for the district:

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%N. R. RajavarothiamFederal PartyHouse8,87271.43%R.M.G. ThusthakeerIndependentPair of Spectacles1,31110.55%A. PiyadasaHand1,26510.18%Sri Lal GoonaratneUmbrella9737.83%Valid Votes12,421100.00%Rejected Votes127Total Polled12,548Registered Electors19,024Turnout65.96%

1960 (July) Parliamentary General Election Results of the 5th parliamentary election held on 20 July 1960 for the district:

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%N. R. RajavarothiamFederal PartyHouse8,64964.88%E.R.S.R. CoomaraswamySri Lanka Freedom PartyHand4,61434.61%K. B.AriyadasaCart Wheel670.50%Valid Votes13,330100.00%Rejected Votes116Total Polled13,446Registered Electors19,024Turnout70.68%

N. R. Rajavarothiam died on 27 August 1963.

1963 Parliamentary By-Election Results of the parliamentary by-election held on November 23, 1963: CandidatePartySymbolVotes%S. M. ManickarajahFederal PartyHouse11,53260.28%A. H. AlwisStar5,72129.91%A. WijayanathanCart Wheel1,8769.81%Valid Votes19,129100.00%Rejected Votes134Total Polled19,263Registered Electors26,427Turnout72.89%

1965 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 6th parliamentary election held on 22 March 1965 for the district:

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%S. M. ManickarajahFederal PartyHouse9,65148.48%V.R. NavaratnarajahElephant5,70228.64%S.H. SomapalaSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand4,55522.88%Valid Votes19,908100.00%Rejected Votes271Total Polled20,179Registered Electors27,643Turnout73.00%

1970 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 7th parliamentary election held on 27 May 1970 for the district:

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%B. NeminathanFederal PartyHouse12,39545.83%S.M.A. C. JamaldeenUnited FrontHand8,34630.86%V.R. NavaratnarajahElephant5,70321.09%R.G.SenanayakeBell6012.22%Valid Votes27,045100.00%Rejected Votes108Total Polled27,153Registered Electors35,445Turnout76.61%

1977 Parliamentary General Election Results of the 8th parliamentary election held on 21 July 1977 for the district:

CandidatePartySymbolVotes%R. SampanthanTamil United Liberation FrontSun15,14451.76%V.R. NavaratnarajahElephant11,82340.41%S. ThavarasaSri Lanka Freedom PartyHand1,6745.72%Gunadasa WarnasuriyaButterfly5651.93%E.J.A.P. BabysinghoBell540.18%Valid Votes29,260100.00%Rejected Votes119Total Polled29,379Registered Electors35,778Turnout82.11%

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