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Kayts Electoral District

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

Members of Parliament

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Key

  Independent   ACTC   ITAK   TULF

Election Member Party Term
1947 Alfred Thambiayah Independent 1947-1952
1952 All Ceylon Tamil Congress 1952-1956
1956 V. A. Kandiah Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi 1956-1963
1960 (March)
1960 (July)
1963 V. Navaratnam 1963-1970
1965
1970 K. P. Ratnam 1970-1977
1977 Tamil United Liberation Front 1977-1989

Elections

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1947 Parliamentary General Election

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Results of the 1st parliamentary election held between 23 August 1947 and 20 September 1947:[2]

Candidate Party Symbol Votes %
Alfred Thambiayah Independent Pair of Scales 5,552 31.01%
  A. V. Kulasingham All Ceylon Tamil Congress Hand 5,230 29.21%
K. Ambalavner Umbrella 3,701 20.67%
Waithilingam Duraiswamy Independent Bicycle 2,438 13.62%
J. C. Amerasingham Lamp 981 5.48%
Valid Votes 17,902 100.00%
Rejected Votes 502
Total Polled 18,404
Registered Electors 33,045
Turnout 55.69%

1952 Parliamentary General Election

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

Candidate Party Symbol Votes %
  Alfred Thambiayah All Ceylon Tamil Congress Elephant 9,517 43.44%
A. Thiagarajah Independent Pair of Scales 5,649 25.78%
Clough Balasingham Independent Bicycle 5,090 23.23%
  V. Navaratnam Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi[4] Hand 1,420 6.48%
Somasunderam Senathirajah Independent Key 234 1.07%
Valid Votes 21,910 100.00%
Rejected Votes 199
Total Polled 22,109
Registered Electors 30,138
Turnout 73.36%

1956 Parliamentary General Election

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

Candidate Party Symbol Votes %
  V. A. Kandiah Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi[4] House 16,308 71.19%
Alfred Thambiayah Pair of Scales 6,599 28.81%
Valid Votes 22,907 100.00%
Rejected Votes 189
Total Polled 23,096
Registered Electors 32,410
Turnout 71.26%

1960 (March) Parliamentary General Election

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

Candidate Party Symbol Votes %
  V. A. Kandiah Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi[4] House 10,820 56.61%
Alfred Thambiayah Independent Ship 7,574 39.63%
  V. V. Nallathamby Lanka Sama Samaja Party Key 719 3.76%
Valid Votes 19,113 100.00%
Rejected Votes 186
Total Polled 19,299
Registered Electors 25,616
Turnout 75.34%

1960 (July) Parliamentary General Election

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

Candidate Party Symbol Votes %
  V. A. Kandiah Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi[4] House 12,110 81.93%
  S. Senathirajah All Ceylon Tamil Congress Ship 2,671 18.07%
Valid Votes 14,781 100.00%
Rejected Votes 151
Total Polled 14,932
Registered Electors 25,616
Turnout 58.29%

V. A. Kandiah died on 4 June 1963.

1963 Parliamentary By-Election

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Results of the parliamentary by-election held in August 1963:[8]

Candidate Party Symbol Votes %
  V. Navaratnam Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi[4] 14,946 76.46%
A. G. Rajasooriyar Independent 4,602 23.54%
Valid Votes 19,548 100.00%
Rejected Votes 143
Total Polled 19,691
Registered Electors 31,473
Turnout 62.56%

1965 Parliamentary General Election

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Results of the 6th parliamentary election held on 22 March 1965:[9]

Candidate Party Symbol Votes %
  V. Navaratnam Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi[4] House 13,558 69.98%
  N. T. Sivagnanam All Ceylon Tamil Congress Bicycle 5,816 30.02%
Valid Votes 19,374 100.00%
Rejected Votes 170
Total Polled 19,544
Registered Electors 31,785
Turnout 61.49%

1970 Parliamentary General Election

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Results of the 7th parliamentary election held on 27 May 1970:[10]

Candidate Party Symbol Votes %
  K. P. Ratnam Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi[4] House 13,079 53.35%
P. Kathiravelu Independent Cockerel 5,013 20.45%
V. Navaratnam Independent Pair of Scales 4,758 19.41%
  N. T. Sivagnanam All Ceylon Tamil Congress Bicycle 1,667 6.80%
Valid Votes 24,517 100.00%
Rejected Votes 95
Total Polled 24,612
Registered Electors 32,015
Turnout 76.88%

1977 Parliamentary General Election

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

Candidate Party Symbol Votes %
  K. P. Ratnam Tamil United Liberation Front Sun 17,640 64.05%
V. Navaratnam Independent Pair of Scales 8,673 31.49%
M. Amirthalingam Independent Elephant 661 2.40%
Yogendra Duraiswamy Independent Chair 279 1.01%
Thambiah Paranirupasingam Independent Bell 185 0.67%
K. Kanagaratnam Independent Key 103 0.37%
Valid Votes 27,541 100.00%
Rejected Votes 132
Total Polled 27,673
Registered Electors 36,372
Turnout 76.08%

K. P. Ratnam 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, Ratnam forfeited his seat in Parliament on 22 October 1983.[12]

References & footnotes

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  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 2016-02-04.
  3. ^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1952" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-02-04.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g 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 2016-02-04.
  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 2016-02-04.
  8. ^ Sachi Sri Kantha (26 December 2006). "On V. Navaratnam (1910-2006)". Ilankai Tamil Sangam. Retrieved 7 June 2009.
  9. ^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1965" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-07-13.
  10. ^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1970" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 9, 2009.
  11. ^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1977" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 17, 2011.
  12. ^ Wickramasinghe, Wimal (18 January 2008). "Saga of crossovers, expulsions and resignations etc. Referendum for extention [sic] of Parliament". The Island, Sri Lanka.[dead link‍]

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