இலங்கைத் தமிழரசுக் கட்சி -தேர்தல் வெற்றிகள் /பா.உ.கள்
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
[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
[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
[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
