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Kilinochchi Electoral District

{{short description|Electoral district of Sri Lanka}}

Kilinochchi Electoral District was an electoral district of Sri Lanka between March 1960 and February 1989. The district was named after the town of Kilinochchi in Kilinochchi District, Northern Province. The district was carved out of the southern part of Chavakacheri Electoral District in March 1960. 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.{{cite web|url=http://www.parliament.lk/about_us/electoral_system.jsp |title=The Electoral System |publisher=Parliament of Sri Lanka |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101127041829/http://parliament.lk/about_us/electoral_system.jsp |archive-date=2010-11-27 }} Kilinochchi electoral district was replaced by the Jaffna multi-member electoral district at the 1989 general elections, the first under the PR system, though Kilinochchi continues to be a polling division of the multi-member electoral district.

Members of Parliament

Key

{{Party index link|All Ceylon Tamil Congress}} {{Party index link|Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi}} {{Party index link|Tamil United Liberation Front}}

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| 1960 (March)

| rowspan ="2"|A. Sivasunderam

| rowspan ="3"|Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi

| rowspan ="2"|1960-1965

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| 1960 (July)

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| 1965

| K. P. Ratnam

| 1965-1970

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| 1970

| rowspan ="2"|V. Anandasangaree

| All Ceylon Tamil Congress

| 1970-1977

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| 1977

| Tamil United Liberation Front

| 1977-1989

Elections

=1960 (March) Parliamentary General Election=

Results of the 4th parliamentary election held on 19 March 1960:{{cite web|url=http://www.slelections.gov.lk/pdf/Results_1960_03_19%20GENERAL%20ELECTION.PDF |title=Result of Parliamentary General Election 1960-03-19 |publisher=Department of Elections, Sri Lanka |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150712194326/http://www.slelections.gov.lk/pdf/Results_1960_03_19%20GENERAL%20ELECTION.PDF |archive-date=2015-07-12 }}

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! align=left colspan=2 width="180"|Candidate!!align=left width="180"|Party!!align=left width="120"|Symbol!!align=left width="60"|Votes!!align=left width="60"|%

bgcolor={{party color|Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi}}| align=left|A. Sivasunderamalign=left|Illankai Tamil Arasu KachchiAlso known as the Federal Partyalign=left|House3,74141.76%
align=left|Anton C. Ponnampalamalign=left|Independentalign=left|Sewing Machine2,58228.82%
align=left|P. Arumugamalign=left|Cockerel1,38615.47%
bgcolor={{party color|Lanka Sama Samaja Party}}| align=left|V. Anandasangareealign=left|Lanka Sama Samaja Partyalign=left|Key1,11412.43%
align=left|C. Saravanamuttualign=left|Sun1361.52%
align=left colspan=4|Valid Votes8,959100.00%
align=left colspan=4|Rejected Votes120
align=left colspan=4|Total Polled9,079
align=left colspan=4|Registered Electors13,991
align=left colspan=4|Turnout64.89%

=1960 (July) Parliamentary General Election=

Results of the 5th parliamentary election held on 20 July 1960:{{cite web|url=http://www.slelections.gov.lk/pdf/Results_1960_07_20%20GENERAL%20ELECTION.PDF |title=Result of Parliamentary General Election 1960-07-20 |publisher=Department of Elections, Sri Lanka |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924115611/http://www.slelections.gov.lk/pdf/Results_1960_07_20%20GENERAL%20ELECTION.PDF |archive-date=2015-09-24 }}

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! align=left colspan=2 width="180"|Candidate!!align=left width="180"|Party!!align=left width="120"|Symbol!!align=left width="60"|Votes!!align=left width="60"|%

bgcolor={{party color|Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi}}| align=left|A. Sivasunderamalign=left|Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchialign=left|House5,33872.64%
bgcolor={{party color|Lanka Sama Samaja Party}}| align=left|V. Anandasangareealign=left|Lanka Sama Samaja Partyalign=left|Key2,01127.36%
align=left colspan=4|Valid Votes7,349100.00%
align=left colspan=4|Rejected Votes88
align=left colspan=4|Total Polled7,437
align=left colspan=4|Registered Electors13,991
align=left colspan=4|Turnout53.16%

=1965 Parliamentary General Election=

Results of the 6th parliamentary election held on 22 March 1965:{{cite web|url=http://www.slelections.gov.lk/pdf/Results_1965%20GENERAL%20ELECTION.PDF |title=Result of Parliamentary General Election 1965 |publisher=Department of Elections, Sri Lanka |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150713003440/http://www.slelections.gov.lk/pdf/Results_1965%20GENERAL%20ELECTION.PDF |archive-date=2015-07-13 }}

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! align=left colspan=2 width="180"|Candidate!!align=left width="180"|Party!!align=left width="120"|Symbol!!align=left width="60"|Votes!!align=left width="60"|%

bgcolor={{party color|Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi}}| align=left|K. P. Ratnamalign=left|Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchialign=left|House5,92244.69%
bgcolor={{party color|All Ceylon Tamil Congress}}| align=left|V. Coomaraswamyalign=left|All Ceylon Tamil Congressalign=left|Bicycle4,07630.76%
bgcolor={{party color|Lanka Sama Samaja Party}}| align=left|V. Anandasangareealign=left|Lanka Sama Samaja Partyalign=left|Key1,80413.62%
align=left|C. Saravanamuttualign=left|Tree8316.27%
align=left|K. Selvanayagamalign=left|Pair of Scales3902.94%
align=left|N. S. Sethukavalaralign=left|Omnibus1300.98%
align=left|R. Vethanayagamalign=left|Umbrella970.73%
align=left colspan=4|Valid Votes13,250100.00%
align=left colspan=4|Rejected Votes116
align=left colspan=4|Total Polled13,366
align=left colspan=4|Registered Electors18,738
align=left colspan=4|Turnout71.33%

=1970 Parliamentary General Election=

Results of the 7th parliamentary election held on 27 May 1970:{{cite web|url=http://www.slelections.gov.lk/pdf/Results_1970%20GENERAL%20ELECTION.PDF|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091209231958/http://www.slelections.gov.lk/pdf/Results_1970%20GENERAL%20ELECTION.PDF|url-status=dead|archive-date=2009-12-09|title=Result of Parliamentary General Election 1970|publisher=Department of Elections, Sri Lanka}}

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! align=left colspan=2 width="180"|Candidate!!align=left width="180"|Party!!align=left width="120"|Symbol!!align=left width="60"|Votes!!align=left width="60"|%

bgcolor={{party color|All Ceylon Tamil Congress}}| align=left|V. Anandasangareealign=left|All Ceylon Tamil Congressalign=left|Bicycle9,04950.19%
bgcolor={{party color|Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi}}| align=left|M. Alalasundaramalign=left|Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchialign=left|House8,39246.55%
align=left|K. A. Jeromealign=left|Independentalign=left|Pair of Scales2531.40%
align=left|A. Sivasunderamalign=left|Eye1961.09%
bgcolor={{party color|Lanka Sama Samaja Party}}| align=left|K. Kanagaratnamalign=left|Lanka Sama Samaja Partyalign=left|Key1390.77%
align=left colspan=4|Valid Votes18,029100.00%
align=left colspan=4|Rejected Votes60
align=left colspan=4|Total Polled18,089
align=left colspan=4|Registered Electors23,793
align=left colspan=4|Turnout76.03%

=1977 Parliamentary General Election=

Results of the 8th parliamentary election held on 21 July 1977:{{cite web|url=http://www.slelections.gov.lk/pdf/General%20Election%201977.PDF|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110717002624/http://www.slelections.gov.lk/pdf/General%20Election%201977.PDF|url-status=dead|archive-date=2011-07-17|title=Result of Parliamentary General Election 1977|publisher=Department of Elections, Sri Lanka}}

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! align=left colspan=2 width="180"|Candidate!!align=left width="180"|Party!!align=left width="120"|Symbol!!align=left width="60"|Votes!!align=left width="60"|%

bgcolor={{party color|Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi}}| align=left|V. Anandasangareealign=left|Tamil United Liberation Frontalign=left|Sun15,60773.42%
bgcolor={{party color|Sri Lanka Freedom Party}}| align=left|C. Kumarasuriaralign=left|Sri Lanka Freedom Partyalign=left|Hand4,00618.84%
align=left|N. Kanagasuriaralign=left|Elephant1,4977.04%
align=left|I. Gnanasangaryalign=left|Pair of Scales760.36%
align=left|Sinnathamby Ganesualign=left|Eye720.34%
align=left colspan=4|Valid Votes21,258100.00%
align=left colspan=4|Rejected Votes56
align=left colspan=4|Total Polled21,314
align=left colspan=4|Registered Electors26,670
align=left colspan=4|Turnout79.92%

V. Anandasangaree 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, Anandasangaree forfeited his seat in Parliament on 22 October 1983.{{cite news|last=Wickramasinghe|first=Wimal|title=Saga of crossovers, expulsions and resignations etc. Referendum for extension of Parliament|url=http://www.island.lk/2008/01/18/features11.html|newspaper=The Island, Sri Lanka|date=18 January 2008}}

References & footnotes

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