Paddiruppu electoral district was an electoral district

Electoral district

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 of Sri Lanka

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 between August 1947 and February 1989

Sri Lankan parliamentary election, 1989

Sri Lanka had not had a parliamentary election since 1977. The elections that should normally have been held by 1983 had been cancelled by the 1982 referendum.President Ranasinghe Premadasa called the election for February 15.-Electoral District:...

. The district was named after the town of Paddiruppu in Batticaloa District

Batticaloa District

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, Eastern Province

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. The 1978 Constitution

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 of Sri Lanka introduced the proportional representation

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 electoral system for electing

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 members

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 of Parliament

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. The existing 160 mainly single-member

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 electoral districts were replaced with 22 multi-member electoral districts

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. Paddiruppu electoral district was replaced by the Batticaloa multi-member electoral district

Batticaloa Electoral District

Batticaloa Electoral District is one of the 22 multi-member electoral districts of Sri Lanka created by the 1978 Constitution of Sri Lanka. The district is conterminous with the administrative district of Batticaloa in the Eastern province...

 at the 1989 general elections

Sri Lankan parliamentary election, 1989

Sri Lanka had not had a parliamentary election since 1977. The elections that should normally have been held by 1983 had been cancelled by the 1982 referendum.President Ranasinghe Premadasa called the election for February 15.-Electoral District:...

, the first under the PR system, though Paddiruppu continues to be a polling division of the multi-member electoral district.

1947 Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 1st parliamentary election held between 23 August 1947 and 20 September 1947 for the district:

Candidate	|Symbol	|%
U.S Ethiramanasingham		Bird	5,672	37.63%
S.M. Rasamanickam	Independent Independent (politician) In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do...	Pair of Spectacles	4,784	31.74%
V.O. Gurugulasinghe		Hand	4,617	30.63%
Valid Votes			15,073	100.00%
Rejected Votes			274
Total Polled			15,347
Registered Electors			22,358
Turnout			68.64%

1952 Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 2nd parliamentary election held between 24 May 1952 and 30 May 1952 for the district:

Candidate	|Symbol	|%
S.M. Rasamanickam	Independent Independent (politician) In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do...	Pair of Spectacles	7,672	39.92%
U.S Ethiramanasingham		Bird	7,198	37.45%
K. Arulambalam		Star	4,350	22.63%
Valid Votes			19,220	100.00%
Rejected Votes			198
Total Polled			19,418
Registered Electors			23,440
Turnout			82.84%

1956 Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 3rd parliamentary election held between 5 April 1956 and 10 April 1956 for the district:

Candidate	|Symbol	|%
U.S Ethiramanasingham		Lamp	9,528	50.28%
S.M. Rasamanickam	Federal Party	House	9,422	49.72%
Valid Votes			18,950	100.00%
Rejected Votes			222
Total Polled			19,172
Registered Electors			25,849
Turnout			74.17%

1960 (March) Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 4th parliamentary election held on 19 March 1960 for the district:

Candidate	|Symbol	|%
S.M. Rasamanickam	Federal Party	House	10,799	62.36%
U.S Ethiramanasingham		Cup	6,517	37.64%
Valid Votes			17,316	100.00%
Rejected Votes			153
Total Polled			17,469
Registered Electors			19,429
Turnout			89.91%

1960 (July) Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 5th parliamentary election held on 20 July 1960 for the district:

Candidate	|Symbol	|%
S.M. Rasamanickam	Federal Party	House	10,948	66.44%
U.S Ethiramanasingham	All Ceylon Tamil Congress All Ceylon Tamil Congress All Ceylon Tamil Congress , is the oldest Tamil political party in Sri Lanka.-History:The ACTC was founded in 1944 by G.G. Ponnambalam. Ponnambalam asked for a 50-50 representation in parliament...	Bicycle	5,283	32.06%
E. Ponniah		Ladder	247	1.50%
Valid Votes			16,478	100.00%
Rejected Votes			98
Total Polled			16,576
Registered Electors			19,429
Turnout			85.32%

1965 Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 6th parliamentary election held on 22 March 1965 for the district:

Candidate	|Symbol	|%
S.M. Rasamanickam	Federal Party	House	11,270	51.50%
U.S Ethiramanasingham	Independent Independent (politician) In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do...	Bird	9,140	41.77%
V. Sinnadurai		Elephant	1,472	6.73%
Valid Votes			21,882	100.00%
Rejected Votes			155
Total Polled			22,037
Registered Electors			25,855
Turnout			85.23%

1970 Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 7th parliamentary election held on 27 May 1970 for the district:

Candidate	|Symbol	|%
S. Thambirajah	United National Party United National Party The United National Party, often referred to as the UNP ), , is a political party in Sri Lanka. It currently is the main opposition party in Sri Lanka and is headed by Ranil Wickremesinghe...	Elephant	13,370	51.24%
S.M. Rasamanickam	Federal Party	House	12,723	48.76%
Valid Votes			26,093	100.00%
Rejected Votes			129
Total Polled			26,222
Registered Electors			28,992
Turnout			90.45%

1977 Parliamentary General Election

Results of the 8th parliamentary election

Sri Lankan parliamentary election, 1977

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 held on 21 July 1977 for the district:

Candidate	|Symbol	|%
P. Ganeshalingam	Tamil United Liberation Front Tamil United Liberation Front The Tamil United Liberation Front is a political party in Sri Lanka which seeks independence for the Tamil-populated areas of Sri Lanka.-Formation:...	Sun	15,877	49.17%
S. Sivagurunathan	Lanka Sama Samaja Party Lanka Sama Samaja Party The Lanka Sama Samaja Party is a Trotskyist political party in Sri Lanka....	Key	5,633	17.45%
S. Thambirajah		Hand	5,590	17.31%
P. Retnasingham		Elephant	5,189	16.07%
Valid Votes			32,289	100.00%
Rejected Votes			243
Total Polled			32,532
Registered Electors			35,909
Turnout			90.60%