Kalkudah Electoral District

Kalkudah Electoral District was an electoral district of Sri Lanka between August 1947 and February 1989. The district was named after the town of Kalkudah in Batticaloa 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.^[1] Kalkudah electoral district was replaced by the Batticaloa multi-member electoral district at the 1989 general elections, the first under the PR system, though Kalkudah continues to be a polling division of the multi-member electoral district.

Members of Parliament

Key

Independent ITAK UNP

	Member	Party	Term
1947	V. Nalliah	Independent	1947-1952
1952	V. Nalliah	United National Party	1952-1956
1956	Ahmed Hussain Macan Markar	Independent	1956-1960
1960 (March)	P. Manicavasagam	Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi	1960-1965
1960 (July)	P. Manicavasagam	Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi	1960-1965
1965	K. W. Devanayagam	United National Party	1965-1989
1970
1977

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

Candidate		Party	Symbol	Votes	%
	V. Nalliah	Independent	Hand	5,559	46.01%
	K. W. Devanayagam		Bird	3,176	26.29%
	Meeralebbe		House	2,411	19.96%
	M. A. C. M. Saleh		Key	935	7.74%
Valid Votes				12,081	100.00%
Rejected Votes				220
Total Polled				12,301
Registered Electors				22,030
Turnout				55.84%

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

Results of the 3rd parliamentary election held between 5 April 1956 and 10 April 1956:^[4]

Candidate		Party	Symbol	Votes	%
	Ahmed Hussain Macan Markar	Independent	Umbrella	6,719	41.77%
	V. Nalliah		Pair of Scales	4,625	28.75%
	P. Manicavasagam	Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi^[5]	House	4,555	28.31%
	S. Sivagnanam		Bicycle	188	1.17%
Valid Votes				16,087	100.00%
Rejected Votes				165
Total Polled				16,252
Registered Electors				26,732
Turnout				60.80%

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

Candidate		Party	Symbol	Votes	%
	P. Manicavasagam	Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi^[5]	House	7,318	48.51%
	A. I. Macan Markar	United National Party	Elephant	5,587	37.03%
	V. Nalliah		Cup	2,182	14.46%
Valid Votes				15,087	100.00%
Rejected Votes				212
Total Polled				15,299
Registered Electors				18,330
Turnout				83.46%

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

Candidate		Party	Symbol	Votes	%
	P. Manicavasagam	Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi^[5]	House	7,605	58.95%
	S. Sivagnanam	Independent	Cockerel	5,295	41.05%
Valid Votes				12,900	100.00%
Rejected Votes				125
Total Polled				13,025
Registered Electors				18,330
Turnout				71.06%

Results of the 6th parliamentary election held on 22 March 1965:^[8]

Candidate		Party	Symbol	Votes	%
	K. W. Devanayagam	United National Party	Elephant	6,566	37.93%
	P. Manicavasagam	Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi^[5]	House	6,096	35.22%
	V. Nalliah	All Ceylon Tamil Congress	Bicycle	3,354	19.38%
	M. A. C. A. Rahuman	Sri Lanka Freedom Party	Hand	981	5.67%
	U. Haji Bhaila		Umbrella	312	1.80%
Valid Votes				17,309	100.00%
Rejected Votes				144
Total Polled				17,453
Registered Electors				24,008
Turnout				72.70%

Results of the 7th parliamentary election held on 27 May 1970:^[9]

Candidate		Party	Symbol	Votes	%
	K. W. Devanayagam	United National Party	Elephant	11,205	50.53%
	P. Manicavasagam	Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi^[5]	House	8,420	37.97%
	S. Sivagnanam		Pair of Scales	1,660	7.49%
	S. S. Gabriel		Umbrella	557	2.51%
	A. M. Abdul Caffoor	Sri Lanka Freedom Party	Hand	331	1.49%
Valid Votes				22,173	100.00%
Rejected Votes				120
Total Polled				22,293
Registered Electors				26,670
Turnout				83.59%

Results of the 8th parliamentary election held on 21 July 1977:^[10]

Candidate		Party	Symbol	Votes	%
	K. W. Devanayagam	United National Party	Elephant	13,140	44.94%
	S. Sampanthamoorthiu	Tamil United Liberation Front	Sun	12,595	43.07%
	A. H. Macan Markar		Hand	3,507	11.99%
Valid Votes				29,242	100.00%
Rejected Votes				217
Total Polled				29,459
Registered Electors				33,995
Turnout				86.66%

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^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1952" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-09-24.
^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1956" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-09-24.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Also known as the Federal Party
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^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1960-07-20" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-09-24.
^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1965" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-07-13.
^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1970" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-12-09.
^ "Result of Parliamentary General Election 1977" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-17.