Batticaloa Electoral District was an

electoral district An electoral district, also known as an election district, legislative district, voting district, constituency, riding, ward, division, or (election) precinct is a subdivision of a larger state (a country, administrative region, or other polity ...

Sri Lanka Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්‍රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an ...

between

August 1947 The following events occurred in August 1947: August 1, 1947 (Friday) *Bulgarian leader Georgi Dimitrov and Yugoslav leader Josip Broz Tito signed the Bled agreement, an alliance treaty paving the way for future unification between the state ...

and February 1989. The district was named after the city of

Batticaloa Batticaloa ( ta, மட்டக்களப்பு, ''Maṭṭakkaḷappu''; si, මඩකලපුව, ''Maḍakalapuwa'') is a major city in the Eastern Province, Sri Lanka, and its former capital. It is the administrative capital of the B ...

Batticaloa District Batticaloa District ( ta, மட்டக்களப்பு மாவட்டம் ''Maṭṭakkaḷappu Māvaṭṭam''; si, මඩකලපුව දිස්ත්‍රික්කය ''maḍakalapūva distrikkaya'') is one of the 25 dist ...

, Eastern Province. The district was a two-member

constituency An electoral district, also known as an election district, legislative district, voting district, constituency, riding, ward, division, or (election) precinct is a subdivision of a larger State (polity), state (a country, administrative region, ...

between March 1960 and February 1989. The 1978 Constitution of Sri Lanka introduced the

proportional representation Proportional representation (PR) refers to a type of electoral system under which subgroups of an electorate are reflected proportionately in the elected body. The concept applies mainly to geographical (e.g. states, regions) and political divis ...

electoral system for electing

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. The existing 160 mainly

single-member A single-member district is an electoral district represented by a single officeholder. It contrasts with a multi-member district, which is represented by multiple officeholders. Single-member districts are also sometimes called single-winner vo ...

electoral districts were replaced with 22

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s. Batticaloa electoral district was replaced by the Batticaloa multi-member electoral district at the 1989 general elections, the first under the PR system, though Batticaloa continues to be a polling division of the multi-member electoral district.

Members of Parliament

Key

Elections

1947 Parliamentary General Election

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

1952 Parliamentary General Election

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

1956 Parliamentary General Election

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

1960 (March) Parliamentary General Election

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

1960 (July) Parliamentary General Election

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

1965 Parliamentary General Election

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

1970 Parliamentary General Election

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

1977 Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 8th parliamentary election held on 21 July 1977: M. L. Ahamed Fareeth died on 10 September 1985. His replacement

Ahamed Rizvi Sinnalebbe Ahamed is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * E. Ahamed, Indian politician *Emajuddin Ahamed (1933–2020), Bangladeshi academic *Liaquat Ahamed Liaquat Ahamed (born 14 November 1952 in Kenya) is an American author. Life and wo ...

was nominated on 25 October 1985.

References & footnotes

{{DEFAULTSORT:Batticaloa Electoral District (1947-1989) Former electoral districts of Sri Lanka Politics of Batticaloa District