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1956 Parliamentary General Election

In the 1956 election in which the SLFP led leftist coalition swept to power, the FP won 5.39% of the popular vote and 10 out of 95 seats in the Sri Lankan parliament. The ACTC won just one seat. The FP became the dominant party in the Tamil districts and remained so for two decades.
Votes and seats won by Federal Party by electoral district

Electoral District	Votes	%	Seats	Turnout	Federal Party MP
Batticaloa	9,300	52.05%	1	61.57%	Chelliah Rajadurai
Chavakachcheri	15,952	64.77%	1	69.14%	V. N. Navaratnam
Jaffna	7,173	32.56%	0	63.72%
Kalkudah	4,555	28.31%	0	60.80%
Kalmunai	9,464	47.80%	1	71.78%	M.S. Kariapper
Kankesanthurai	14,855	54.30%	1	67.55%	S.J.V. Chelvanayakam
Kayts	16,308	71.19%	1	71.26%	V.A. Kandiah
Kopay	12,804	53.83%	1	69.90%	C. Vanniasingam
Mannar	6,726	53.12%	1	80.70%	Viraspillai Albert Alegacone
Paddirippu	9,422	49.72%	0	74.17%
Point Pedro	5,859	20.70%	0	64.17%
Pottuvil	8,355	52.46%	1	63.81%	M.M. Mustapha
Trincomalee	7,048	56.88%	1	77.36%	R.N. Rajavarothiam
Vaddukoddai	14,937	57.92%	1	72.78%	Appapillai Amirthalingam
Total	142,758	5.39%	10
Source: Department of Elections

The FP's uncompromising stand on Tamil rights earned it the enmity of nationalist Sinhalese. In response to the Sinhala Only Act of 1956, FP MPs staged a satyagraha protest, but it was violently broken up by a Sinhalese mob. The FP was blamed for the 1958 riots and banned briefly.

[edit] 1960 (March) Parliamentary General Election

In the March 1960 election in which the UNP became the largest party, the FP won 5.80% of the popular vote and 15 out of 151 seats in the Sri Lankan parliament.
Votes and seats won by Federal Party by electoral district

Electoral District	Votes	%	Seats	Turnout	Federal Party MP
Batticaloa	28,309	47.62%	1	159.67%	Chelliah Rajadurai
Chavakachcheri	13,907	65.26%	1	83.20%	V. N. Navaratnam
Jaffna	5,101	29.35%	0	71.91%
Kalkudah	7,318	48.51%	1	83.46%	P. Manicavasagam
Kalmunai	5,520	39.67%	0	79.41%
Kankesanthurai	13,545	67.61%	1	71.22%	S.J.V. Chelvanayakam
Kayts	10,820	56.61%	1	75.34%	V.A. Kandiah
Kilinochchi	3,741	41.76%	1	64.89%	A. Sivasunderam
Kopay	10,279	48.63%	1	77.13%	M. Balasundaram
Mannar	6,463	47.37%	1	81.31%	Viraspillai Albert Alegacone
Mutur	10,685	26.73%	1	144.20%	T. Ahambaram
Nallur	9,651	49.36%	1	73.12%	Dr. E.M.V. Naganathan
Paddirippu	10,799	62.36%	1	89.91%	S.M. Rasamanickam
Point Pedro	5,679	40.34%	1	73.33%	Kathiripillai Thurairatnam
Trincomalee	8,872	71.43%	1	65.96%	R.N. Rajavarothiam
Udupiddy	3,860	18.19%	0	74.84%
Uduvil	9,033	44.07%	1	75.92%	Visvanathan Dharmalingam
Vaddukoddai	11,524	53.52%	1	75.37%	Appapillai Amirthalingam
Vavuniya	1,338	10.78%	0	67.76%
Total	176,444	5.80%	15
Source: Department of Elections

[edit] 1960 (July) Parliamentary General Election

In the July 1960 election in which the SLFP became the largest party, the FP won 7.0% of the popular vote and 16 out of 151 seats in the Sri Lankan parliament.

[edit] 1965 Parliamentary General Election

In the 1965 election in which the UNP became the largest party, the FP won 5.38% of the popular vote and 14 out of 151 seats in the Sri Lankan parliament.
Votes and seats won by Federal Party by electoral district

Electoral District	Votes	%	Seats	Turnout	Federal Party MP
Batticaloa	29,023	43.47%	1	150.59%	Chelliah Rajadurai
Chavakachcheri	16,316	69.41%	1	77.92%	V. N. Navaratnam
Jaffna	6,800	30.81%	0	77.76%
Kalkudah	6,096	35.22%	0	72.70%
Kalmunai	6,235	32.69%	0	86.07%
Kankesanthurai	14,735	58.24%	1	72.42%	S.J.V. Chelvanayakam
Kayts	13,558	69.98%	1	61.49%	V. Navaratnam
Kilinochchi	5,922	44.69%	1	71.33%	K.P. Ratnam
Kopay	12,339	51.93%	1	72.90%	S. Kathiravelupillai
Mannar	6,896	39.52%	1	82.04%	Viraspillai Albert Alegacone
Mutur	20,237	35.64%	1	150.92%	M.E.H. Mohamed Ali
Nallur	10,301	45.05%	1	72.03%	Dr. E.M.V. Naganathan
Paddirippu	11,270	51.50%	1	85.23%	S.M. Rasamanickam
Point Pedro	7,564	46.24%	1	71.62%	Kathiripillai Thurairatnam
Pottuvil	871	4.53%	0	82.26%
Trincomalee	9,651	48.48%	1	73.00%	S.M. Manickarajah
Udupiddy	8,452	32.85%	0	75.47%
Uduvil	11,638	48.61%	1	72.80%	Visvanathan Dharmalingam
Vaddukoddai	15,498	60.78%	1	69.83%	Appapillai Amirthalingam
Vavuniya	4,512	25.05%	0	73.45%
Total	217,914	5.38%	14
Source: Department of Elections

[edit] 1970 Parliamentary General Election

In the 1970 election in which the SLFP led United Front coalition won a landslide, the FP won 4.92% of the popular vote and 13 out of 151 seats in the Sri Lankan parliament.
Votes and seats won by Federal Party by electoral district

Electoral District	Votes	%	Seats	Turnout	Federal Party MP
Batticaloa	27,661	33.17%	1	164.35%	Chelliah Rajadurai
Chavakachcheri	15,473	54.49%	1	86.11%	V. N. Navaratnam
Jaffna	8,848	35.59%	1	79.89%	C.X. Martyn
Kalkudah	8,420	37.97%	0	83.59%
Kalmunai	4,960	23.00%	0	87.77%
Kankesanthurai	13,520	44.29%	1	81.03%	S.J.V. Chelvanayakam
Kayts	13,079	53.35%	1	76.88%	K.P. Ratnam
Kilinochchi	8,392	46.55%	0	76.03%
Kopay	16,428	43.92%	1	79.01%	S. Kathiravelupillai
Mannar	10,697	48.98%	1	86.34%	Viraspillai Albert Alegacone
Mutur	19,787	25.87%	1	174.73%	A. Thangathurai
Nallur	12,508	44.61%	0	78.69%
Paddirippu	12,723	48.76%	0	90.45%
Point Pedro	9,217	48.50%	1	79.52%	Kathiripillai Thurairatnam
Trincomalee	12,395	45.83%	1	76.61%	B. Neminathan
Udupiddy	12,918	46.54%	1	80.41%	Kandappa Jeyakody
Uduvil	14,120	49.27%	1	78.43%	Visvanathan Dharmalingam
Vaddukoddai	13,634	48.71%	0	78.67%
Vavuniya	10,947	42.99%	1	80.82%	X.M. Sellathambu
Total	245,727	4.92%	13
Source: Department of Elections

[edit] 1977 Parliamentary General Election

In the first general election contested by the TULF, the 21 July 1977 election in which the UNP won by a landslide, the TULF won 6.40% of the popular vote and 18 out of 168 seats in the Sri Lankan parliament, including all 14 seats in the Northern Province.
Votes and seats won by TULF by electoral district

Electoral District	Votes	%	Seats	Turnout	TULF MP
Batticaloa	26,648	24.70%	1	171.15%	Chelliah Rajadurai
Chavakachcheri	20,028	63.27%	1	85.65%	V. N. Navaratnam
Jaffna	16,251	56.62%	1	82.32%	Vettivelu Yogeswaran
Kalkudah	12,595	43.07%	0	86.02%
Kalmunai	7,093	27.38%	0	89.86%
Kankesanthurai	31,155	85.41%	1	83.08%	Appapillai Amirthalingam
Kayts	17,640	64.05%	1	75.72%	K.P. Ratnam
Kilinochchi	15,607	73.42%	1	79.71%	Veerasingham Anandasangaree
Kopay	25,840	77.20%	1	80.03%	S. Kathiravelupillai
Manipay	27,550	83.99%	1	79.28%	Visvanathan Dharmalingam
Mannar	15,141	51.58%	1	92.40%	P.S. Soosaithasan
Mullaitivu	10,261	52.36%	1	79.34%	X.M. Sellathambu
Mutur	7,520	27.00%	0	91.65%
Nallur	29,858	89.42%	1	83.05%	Murugesu Sivasithamparam
Paddirippu	15,877	49.17%	1	89.92%	P. Ganeshalingam
Point Pedro	12,989	55.91%	1	81.66%	Kathiripillai Thurairatnam
Pottuvil	23,990	26.97%	1	179.02%	M. Kanagaratnam
Puttalam	3,268	10.52%	0	83.58%
Samanthurai	8,615	34.65%	0	91.04%
Trincomalee	15,144	51.76%	1	81.78%	Rajavarothiam Sampanthan
Udupiddy	18,768	63.44%	1	80.05%	T. Rasalingam
Vaddukoddai	23,384	70.18%	1	81.90%	T. Thirunavukarasu
Vavuniya	13,821	59.02%	1	82.31%	T. Sivasithamparam
Total	399,043	6.40%	18
Source:[7]

The TULF became the official opposition as result of the rout of the SLFP. The TULF's success would lead to riots in which hundreds of Tamils were murdered by Sinhala mobs.
Throughout the 1970s and early 1980s, the TULF was frequently blamed by nationalist Sinhalese politicians for acts of violence committed by militant groups such as the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). In fact, the TULF represented an older, more conservative generation of Tamils that felt independence could be achieved without violence, more rival than ally to youth groups like the LTTE who believed in armed conflict.
In October 1983, all the TULF legislators, numbering sixteen at the time, forfeited their seats in Parliament for refusing to swear an oath unconditionally renouncing support for a separate state in accordance with the Sixth Amendment to the Constitution of Sri Lanka.
During the 1980s, the LTTE began to see the TULF as a rival in its desire to be considered the sole representatives of the Tamils of the north and east. Over the next two decades, the LTTE has assassinated several TULF leaders, including Appapillai Amirthalingam and Neelan Thiruchelvam.

[edit] 1989 Parliamentary General Election

The TULF formed an alliance with the three Indian backed paramilitary groups, Eelam National Democratic Liberation Front (ENDLF), Eelam People's Revolutionary Liberation Front (EPRLF) and Tamil Eelam Liberation Organization (TELO), to contest the 15 February 1989 election. The alliance won 3.40% of the popular vote and 10 out of 225 seats in the Sri Lankan parliament.
Votes and seats won by TULF / ENDLF / EPRLF / TULF alliance by electoral district

Electoral District	Votes	%	Seats	Turnout	TULF / ENDLF / EPRLF / TELO MPs
Batticaloa	55,131	35.49%	3	71.74%	Prince Gunarasa Casinader (EPRLF) Govinthan Karunakaram (TELO) Thambimuthu Samuel Pennington Thevarasa (EPRLF), murdered 11 May 1990 Joseph Pararajasingham (TULF), from 1990 (replaces Sam Thambimuthu (EPRLF))
Digamadulla	43,424	20.32%	1	80.41%	Jeyaratnam Thiviya Nadan (EPRLF)
Jaffna	60,013	25.02%	3	40.50%	Kandiah Navaratnam (EPRLF) Kandaiah Premachandran (EPRLF) Ganeshankari Yogasangari (EPRLF), murdered 19 June 1990
Vanni	17,271	39.99%	2	30.53%	Raja Kuhaneswaran (TELO) Anthony Emmanuel Silva (EPRLF)
National List			1		Appapillai Amirthalingam (TULF), murdered 13 July 1989 Somasundaram Senathirajah (replaces Appapillai Amirthalingam)
Total	188,593	3.40%	10	63.6%
Sources:[8][9]

[edit] 1994 Parliamentary General Election

In the 16 August 1994 election in which the People's Alliance alliance led by Chandrika Kumaratunga came to power after 17 years of UNP rule, the TULF won 1.60% of the popular vote and 5 out of 225 seats in the Sri Lankan parliament.
Votes and seats won by TULF by electoral district

Electoral District	Votes	%	Seats	Turnout	TULF MPs
Batticaloa	76,516	43.95%	3	66.47%	Joseph Pararajasingham Pon Selvarasa K. Thurairasasingham
Trincomalee	28,380	23.66%	1	65.15%	Thangathurai Arunasalam
National List			1		Dr. Neelan Tiruchelvam, murdered 29 July 1999 Somasundaram Senathirajah, from August 1999 (replaces Dr. Neelan Tiruchelvam)
Total	132,461	1.60%	5	76.23%
Sources:[10][11]

[edit] 2000 Parliamentary General Election

In the 10 October 2000 election in which the People's Alliance alliance led by Ratnasiri Wickremanayake retained to power, the TULF won 1.23% of the popular vote and 5 out of 225 seats in the Sri Lankan parliament. Votes and seats won by TULF by electoral district

Electoral District	Votes	%	Seats	Turnout	TULF MPs
Batticaloa	54,448	29.20%	2	71.74%	Joseph Pararajasingham Nimalan Soundaranayagam
Jaffna	32,852	27.59%	3	21.32%	Veerasingham Anandasangaree Somasundaram Senathirajah Sinnathamby Sivamaharajah
Trincomalee	14,090	10.58%	0	68.52%
Vanni	4,643	5.58%	0	42.13%
National List			0
Total	106,033	1.23%	5	75.62%
Sources:[12][13][14]

[edit] 2001 Parliamentary General Election

In the first parliamentary election contested by the Tamil National Alliance, the 5 December 2001 election, the TNA led by Rajavarothiam Sampanthan won 3.88% of the popular vote and 15 out of 225 seats in the Sri Lankan parliament.
Votes and seats won by TNA by electoral district

Electoral District	Votes	%	Seats	Turnout	TNA MPs
Ampara	48,789	17.41%	1	82.51%	Chandranehru Ariyanayagam (TULF)
Batticaloa	86,284	48.17%	3	68.20%	Gnanamuttu Krishnapillai (ACTC) Joseph Pararajasingham (TULF) Thambiraja Thangavadivel (TELO)
Colombo	12,696	1.20%	0	76.31%
Jaffna	102,324	54.84%	6	31.14%	Veerasingham Anandasangaree (TULF) Gajendrakumar Ponnambalam (ACTC) Nadarajah Raviraj (TULF) Mavai Senathirajah (TULF) M.K. Shivajilingam (TELO) Appathurai Vinayagamoorthy (ACTC)
Trincomalee	56,121	34.83%	1	79.88%	Rajavarothiam Sampanthan (TULF)
Vanni	41,950	44.39%	3	46.77%	Selvam Adaikalanathan (TELO) Sivasakthy Ananthan (EPRLF) Irasa Kuhaneswaran (TELO)
National List			1		Murugesu Sivasithamparam (TULF), died 5 June 2002 Kathirgamathamby Thurairetnasingam (TULF) (replaces Murugesu Sivasithamparam)
Total	348,164	3.88%	15	76.03%
Source:"Parliamentary General Election 2001, Final District Results". Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. http://www.slelections.gov.lk/District2001/district2001.html.

[edit] 2004 Parliamentary General Election

In the 2 April 2004 parliamentary election in which the United People's Freedom Alliance alliance led by President Kumaratunga came to power, the Tamil National Alliance led by Rajavarothiam Sampanthan won 6.84% of the popular vote and 22 out of 225 seats in the Sri Lankan parliament.
Votes and seats won by TNA by electoral district

Electoral District	Votes	%	Seats	Turnout	TNA MPs
Ampara	55,533	19.13%	1	81.42%	Kanagasabai Pathmanathan, died 21 May 2009 Thomas Thangathurai William, from 12 June 2009 (replaces Kanagasabai Pathmanathan)
Batticaloa	161,011	66.71%	4	83.58%	Senathirajah Jeyanandamoorthy Thanmanpillai Kanagasabai Thangeswary Kathiraman Kingsley Rasanayagam, resigned April 2004 Pakkiyaselvam Ariyanethiran, from 18 May 2004 (replaces Kingsley Rasanayagam)
Jaffna	257,320	90.60%	8	47.38%	Selvarajah Kajendren Gajendrakumar Ponnambalam (ACTC) Suresh Premachandran (EPRLF) Nadarajah Raviraj (ITAK), murdered 10 November 2006 Mavai Senathirajah (ITAK) M.K. Shivajilingam (TELO) Kidnan Sivanesan, murdered 6 March 2008 Pathmini Sithamparanathan Nallathamby Srikantha (TELO), from 30 November 2006 (replaces Nadarajah Raviraj) Solomon Cyril, from 9 April 2008 (replaces Kidnan Sivanesan)
Trincomalee	68,955	37.72%	2	85.44%	Rajavarothiam Sampanthan (ITAK) Kathirgamathamby Thurairetnasingam (ITAK)
Vanni	90,835	64.71%	5	66.64%	Selvam Adaikalanathan (TELO) Sivasakthy Ananthan (EPRLF) Sathasivam Kanagaratnam Sivanathan Kisshor Vino Noharathalingam (TELO)
National List			2		M.K. Eelaventhan, expelled from Parliament 14 December 2007 for non-attendance Joseph Pararajasingham (ITAK), murdered 24 December 2005 Chandra Nehru Chandrakanthan, from 27 September 2006 (replaces Joseph Pararajasingham) Raseen Mohammed Imam, from 5 February 2008 (replaces M.K. Eelaventhan)
Total	633,654	6.84%	22	75.96%
Source:"Parliamentary General Election 2004, Final District Results". Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. http://www.slelections.gov.lk/District2004/district2004.html.

[edit] 2010 Parliamentary General Election

In the 8 April 2010 parliamentary election in which the United People's Freedom Alliance alliance led by President Rajapaksa retained power, the Tamil National Alliance led by Rajavarothiam Sampanthan won 2.9% of the popular vote and 14 out of 225 seats in the Sri Lankan parliament.
Votes and seats won by TNA by electoral district

Electoral District	Votes	%	Seats	Turnout	TNA MPs
Ampara	26,895	10.47%	1	64.74%	Podiappuhamy Piyasena
Batticaloa	66,235	36.67%	3	58.56%	Pakkiyaselvam Ariyanethiran Pon Selvarasa Seeniththamby Yogeswaran
Jaffna	65,119	43.85%	5	23.33%	Suresh Premachandran (EPRLF) Eswarapatham Saravanapavan Mavai Senathirajah (ITAK) Sivagnanam Sritharan Appathurai Vinayagamoorthy
Trincomalee	33,268	23.81%	1	62.20%	Rajavarothiam Sampanthan (ITAK)
Vanni	41,673	38.96%	3	43.89%	Selvam Adaikalanathan (TELO) Sivasakthy Ananthan (EPRLF) Vino Noharathalingam (TELO)
National List			1		M. A. Sumanthiran
Total	233,190	2.90%	14	61.26%