Jaffna Electoral District is one of the 22

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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 ...

created by the 1978 Constitution of Sri Lanka. The district covers the

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Jaffna Jaffna (, ) is the capital city of the Northern Province of Sri Lanka. It is the administrative headquarters of the Jaffna District located on a peninsula of the same name. With a population of 88,138 in 2012, Jaffna is Sri Lanka's 12th most ...

and

Kilinochchi Kilinochchi ( ta, கிளிநொச்சி, translit=Kiḷinocci; si, කිලිනොච්චි, translit=Girānika) is the main town of Kilinochchi District, Northern Province of Sri Lanka. Kilinochchi is situated at the A9 road so ...

in the Northern province. The district currently elects 9 of the 225 members of the

Sri Lankan Parliament The Parliament of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka (Sinhala: ශ්‍රී ලංකා පාර්ලිමේන්තුව ''Shri Lanka Parlimenthuwa'', Tamil: இலங்கை நாடாளுமன்றம் ''Ila� ...

and had 529,239 registered electors in 2014. __TOC__

Election results

Presidential elections

1982 presidential election

Results of the 1st presidential election held on 20 October 1982:

1988 presidential election

Results of the 2nd presidential election held on 19 December 1988:

1994 presidential election

Results of the 3rd presidential election held on 9 November 1994:

1999 presidential election

Results of the 4th presidential election held on 21 December 1999:

2005 presidential election

Results of the 5th presidential election held on 17 November 2005:

2010 presidential election

Results of the 6th presidential election held on 26 January 2010:

2015 presidential election

Results of the 7th presidential election held on 8 January 2015:

Parliamentary general elections

1989 parliamentary election

Results of the 9th parliamentary election held on 15 February 1989: The following candidates were elected:

Eliyathamby Ratnasabapathy Eliyathamby Ratnasabapathy (November 3, 1938 – December 12, 2006) was one of the founder member of the Eelam Revolutionary Organization of Students a Tamil militant group from Sri Lanka and a noted Marxist-Leninist political leader. Biography a ...

(EROS), 40,947 preference votes (pv); Eliyathamby Pararasasingam (EROS), 36,340 pv; S. Sivamaharajah (EROS), 22,622 pv;

K. Navaratnam Kandiah Navaratnam (born 2 January 1935) is a Sri Lankan Tamil politician and former Member of Parliament. Navaratnam was born on 2 January 1935. He was educated at Jaffna Hindu College. He is a Hindu. Navaratnam contested the 1989 parliamenta ...

(EPRLF), 22,255 pv; Arunasalam Ponniah Selliah (EROS), 20,747 pv;

Suresh Premachandran Arumugam Kandaiah Premachandran ( ta, ஆறுமுகம் கந்தையா பிரேமச்சந்திரன்; born 8 November 1957; commonly known as Suresh Premachandran) is a Sri Lankan Tamil militant turned politician a ...

(EPRLF), 20,738 pv;

G. Yogasangari Veerasingam Ganeshasangari Yogasangari (died 19 June 1990) was a Sri Lankan Tamil militant, politician and Member of Parliament. Yogasangari was the son of V. Ganeshasangaree, brother of Tamil United Liberation Front politician V. Anandasangaree. ...

(EPRLF), 20,223 pv; Thambu Loganathapillai (EROS), 17,616 pv; Sebastiyampillai Edward (EROS), 17,429 pv; Kanapathy Selvanayagam (EROS), 14,440 pv; and Joseph George Rajenthiram (EROS), 13,928 pv. G. Yogasangari (EPRLF) was killed on 19 June 1990.

1994 parliamentary election

Results of the 10th parliamentary election held on 16 August 1994: The following candidates were elected:

Douglas Devananda Kathiravelu Nythiananda Devananda, commonly known as Douglas Devananda ( ta, டக்ளஸ் தேவானந்தா), is a Sri Lankan Tamil politician, Cabinet Minister and leader of the Eelam People's Democratic Party. Originally a Sri ...

(EPDP), 2,091 preference votes (pv); Aithurus M. Illias (SLMC), 1,575 pv; Alagaiah Rasamanickam (EPDP), 1,110 pv; Umapathisivam Baskaran (EPDP), 1,056 pv; Rajendran Ramamoorthy (EPDP), 1,050 pv; Nadarajah "Ramesh" Atputharajah (EPDP), 968 pv;

Murugesu Chandrakumar Murugesu Chandrakumar is a Sri Lankan Politician .He was a member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka and the Deputy Chairman of Committees. He belongs to the Eelam People's Democratic Party. However, he contested under the symbol of United People's F ...

(EPDP), 798 pv; Sangarapillai Sivathasan (EPDP), 456 pv; Sinniah Thangavel (EPDP) 398 pv; and M.A. Ghafoor Zafarullah (EPDP), 351 pv. Nadarajah "Ramesh" Atputharajah (EPDP) was killed on 2 November 1999.

2000 parliamentary election

Results of the 11th parliamentary election held on 10 October 2000: The following candidates were elected:

V. Anandasangaree Veerasingham Anandasangaree ( ta, வீரசிங்கம் ஆனந்தசங்கரி) is a leading Sri Lankan Tamil politician, former Member of Parliament and leader of the Tamil United Liberation Front. He is commonly known as San ...

(TULF), 12,888 pv;

Mavai Senathirajah Somasundaram Senathirajah ( ta, சோமசுந்தரம் சேனாதிராஜா si, මාවෙයි සේනාධිරාජා) born 27 October 1942; commonly known as Mavai Senathirajah) is a Sri Lankan Tamil politician ...

(TULF), 10,965 pv;

(EPDP), 7,658 pv; S. Sivamaharajah (TULF), 7,187 pv;

T. Maheswaran Thiyagarajah Maheswaran ( ta, தியாகராஜா மகேஸ்வரன்) (10 January 1966 – 1 January 2008) was a Tamil Sri Lankan Member of Parliament (MP) from Colombo. He belonged to the main opposition United National Par ...

(UNP), 4,807 pv; Nadarasah Mathanarajah (EPDP), 4,673 pv; Karthigesu Velummylum Kugendran (EPDP), 4,244 pv; A. Vinayagamoorthy (ACTC), 3,825 pv; and Kandiah Sangaran (EPDP), 2,902 pv.

2001 parliamentary election

Results of the 12th parliamentary election held on 5 December 2001: The following candidates were elected:

(TNA-TULF), 36,217 preference votes (pv);

(TNA-TULF), 33,831 pv;

Gajendrakumar Ponnambalam Gajendrakumar Gangaser Ponnambalam ( ta, கஜேந்திரகுமார் காங்கேசர் பொன்னம்பலம், translit=Kajēntirakumār Kāṅkēcar Poṉṉampalam; born 16 January 1974) is a Sri Lankan lawye ...

(TNA-ACTC), 29,641 pv; A. Vinayagamoorthy (TNA-ACTC), 19,472 pv;

Nadarajah Raviraj Nadarajah Raviraj ( ta, நடராஜா ரவிராஜ், translit=naṭarājā ravirāj, ; 25 June 1962 – 10 November 2006) was a Sri Lankan Tamil lawyer and politician. He was Mayor of Jaffna in 2001 and a Member of Parliament for J ...

(TNA-TULF), 19,263 pv; M. K. Shivajilingam (TNA-TELO), 17,859 pv;

(UNF), 11,598 pv;

(EPDP), 9,744 pv; and Nadarasah Mathanarajah (EPDP), 7,350 pv.

2004 parliamentary election

Results of the 13th parliamentary election held on 2 April 2004: The following candidates were elected: Selvarajah Kajendren (TNA), 112,077 preference votes (pv);

Pathmini Sithamparanathan Pathmini Sithamparanathan ( ta, பத்மினி சிதம்பரநாதன்; born 26 July 1954) is a Sri Lankan Tamil politician and former Member of Parliament. Early life Sithamparanathan was born on 26 July 1954. Career Sithamp ...

(TNA), 68,240 pv;

(TNA-ACTC), 60,770 pv;

(TNA-EPRLF), 45,786 pv; K. Sivanesan (TNA), 43,730 pv;

(TNA-ITAK), 42,965 pv; M. K. Shivajilingam (TNA-TELO), 42,193 pv;

(TNA-ITAK), 38,783 pv; and

(EPDP), 9,405 pv.

(TNA-ITAK) was killed on 10 November 2006. His replacement

Nallathamby Srikantha Kanthar Nallathamby Srikantha is a Sri Lankan Tamil lawyer, politician and former Member of Parliament. Career Srikantha is an attorney-at-law. He is a member of Tamil Eelam Liberation Organization (TELO) and entered politics in the mid 1980s. ...

(TNA-TELO) was sworn in on 30 November 2006. K. Sivanesan (TNA) was killed on 6 March 2008. His replacement Solomon Cyril (TNA) was sworn in on 9 April 2008.

2010 parliamentary election

Results of the 14th parliamentary election held on 8 April 2010: The following candidates were elected:

(UPFA-EPDP), 28,585 preference votes (pv);

(TNA-ITAK), 20,501 pv;

(TNA-EPRLF), 16,425 pv; A. Vinayagamoorthy (TNA), 15,311 pv; E. Saravanapavan (TNA), 14,961 pv; Silvestri Alantine (UPFA-EPDP), 13,128 pv;

S. Sritharan Sivagnanam Shritharan ( ta, சிவஞானம் சிறீதரன், translit=Civañāṉam Ciṟītaraṉ; born 8 December 1968) is a Sri Lankan Tamil teacher, politician and Member of Parliament. Early life and family Shritharan was ...

(TNA), 10,057;

(UPFA-EPDP), 8,105 pv; and

Vijayakala Maheswaran Vijayakala Maheswaran, MP ( ta, விஜயகலா மகேசுவரன்; born 23 November 1972) is a Sri Lankan Tamil politician. A Member of Parliament from the Jaffna District, she is the former State Minister for Education and is ...

(UNF-UNP), 7,160 pv.

Provincial council elections

1988 provincial council election

Results of the 1st North Eastern provincial council election held on 19 November 1988: Jaffna District - The

Eelam People's Revolutionary Liberation Front The Eelam People's Revolutionary Liberation Front (EPRLF) is a series of Sri Lankan political parties and a former militant separatist group. Militant separatists The EPRLF was formed in 1980 by K. Pathmanabha (Padmanaba), Douglas Devananda, Su ...

won all 19 seats uncontested. Kilinochchi District - The

Eelam National Democratic Liberation Front The Eelam National Democratic Liberation Front (ENDLF) is a former Indian backed Tamil militant group in Sri Lanka. It was formed in 1987 as an amalgamation of splinter groups from other militant groups (Eelam People's Revolutionary Liberation Fr ...

won all 3 seats uncontested.

2013 provincial council election

Results of the 1st Northern provincial council election held on 21 September 2013: Jaffna District Kilinochchi District

References

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