Batticaloa Electoral District ( Maṭṭakkaḷappu Tērtal Māvaṭṭam) 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. The district currently elects 5 of the 225 members of the Sri Lankan Parliament and had 449,686 registered electors in 2024. The district is Sri Lanka's Electorate Number 12.
Polling Divisions The Batticaloa Electoral District consists of the following polling divisions:
A: Kalkudah
B: Batticaloa
C: Paddiruppu
Election results 1982 presidential election Results of the 1st presidential election held on 20 October 1982:
CandidatePartyVotes per Polling DivisionPostalVotesTotal Votes%Batti-caloaKal-kudahPaddi-ruppu J. R. Jayewardene UNP 24,220 15,950 7,129 795 48,094 40.05% Kumar Ponnambalam ACTC 19,338 5,250 21,918 589 47,095 39.22% Hector Kobbekaduwa SLFP 9.922 7,994 3,485 287 21,688 18.06% Colvin de Silva LSSP 438 304 531 21 1,294 1.08% Rohana Wijeweera JVP 580 258 415 34 1,287 1.07% Vasudeva Nanayakkara NSSP 229 155 230 4 618 0.51%Valid Votes 54,727 29,911 33,708 1,730 120,076 100.00%Rejected Votes 1,120 880 813 66 2,869 Total Polled 55,847 30,791 34,521 1,796 122,955 Registered Electors 80,394 46,195 45,891 172,480 Turnout (%) 69.47% 66.65% 75.22% 71.29%
1988 provincial council election Results of the 1st North Eastern provincial council election held on 19 November 1988:
PartyVotes per Polling DivisionTotal Votes%SeatsBatti-caloaKal-kudahPaddi-ruppu Eelam People's Revolutionary Liberation Front 46,006 32,546 48,394 126,946 74.76% 8 Sri Lanka Muslim Congress 29,594 12,331 175 42,100 24.79% 3 United National Party 476 194 86 756 0.45% 0Valid Votes 76,076 45,071 48,655 169,802 100.00% 11Rejected Votes 1,495 629 610 2,734 Total Polled 77,571 45,700 49,265 172,536 Registered Electors 100,536 60,288 56,452 217,276 Turnout (%) 77.16% 75.80% 87.27% 79.41%
1988 presidential election Results of the 2nd presidential election held on 19 December 1988:
CandidatePartyVotes per Polling DivisionPostalVotesTotal Votes%Batti-caloaKal-kudahPaddi-ruppu Ranasinghe Premadasa UNP 29,976 15,289 16,227 165 61,657 50.99% Sirimavo Bandaranaike SLFP 8,547 8,375 4,031 65 21,018 17.38% Oswin Abeygunasekara SLPP 14,972 9,135 13,977 159 38,243 31.63%Valid Votes 53,495 32,799 34,235 389 120,918 100.00%Rejected Votes 1,702 1,079 2,373 9 5,163 Total Polled 55,197 33,878 36,608 398 126,081 Registered Electors 99,717 59,421 56,447 215,585 Turnout (%) 55.35% 57.01% 64.85% 58.48%
1989 parliamentary general election Results of the 9th parliamentary election held on 15 February 1989:
PartyVotes per Polling DivisionPostalVotesTotal Votes%SeatsBatti-caloaKal-kudahPaddi-ruppu Tamil United Liberation Front (ENDLF, EPRLF, TELO, TULF) 17,194 13,383 24,064 490 55,131 35.49% 3 Independent 1 (EROS) 21,445 11,589 13,007 378 46,419 29.88% 1 Sri Lanka Muslim Congress 21,172 15,522 134 39 36,867 23.73% 1 United National Party (CWC, UNP) 7,186 1,916 1,943 272 11,317 7.28% 0 Sri Lanka Freedom Party 3,162 445 505 18 4,130 2.66% 0 Independent Group 2 899 404 192 2 1,497 0.96% 0Valid Votes 71,058 43,259 39,845 1,199 155,361 100.00% 5Rejected Votes 4,487 4,401 5,003 32 13,923 Total Polled 75,545 47,660 44,848 1,231 169,284 Registered Electors 99,096 60,149 56,079 1,250 216,574 Turnout 76.23% 79.24% 79.97% 98.48% 78.16%
The following candidates were elected: G. Karunakaran (TELO), 25,651 preference votes (pv); Alathipody Gunaseelan (EROS), 22,889 pv; Prince Casinader (EPRLF), 21,959 pv; Sam Tambimuttu (EPRLF), 19,431 pv; and M. L. A. M. Hizbullah (SLMC), 15,832 pv.
Sam Tambimuttu (EPRLF) was killed on 7 May 1990. His replacement was Joseph Pararajasingham (TULF).
1994 parliamentary general election Results of the 10th parliamentary election held on 16 August 1994:
PartyVotes per Polling DivisionPostalVotesTotal Votes%SeatsBatti-caloaKal-kudahPaddi-ruppu Tamil United Liberation Front 28,020 23,261 23,688 1,547 76,516 43.95% 3 Sri Lanka Muslim Congress 19,368 11,179 79 446 31,072 17.85% 1 United National Party (CWC, UNP) 13,622 6,891 2,269 462 23,244 13.35% 1 People's Alliance (SLFP et al.) 7,413 2,944 8,672 249 19,278 11.07% 0 Tamil Eelam Liberation Organization (EROS, PLOTE, TELO) 6,804 3,557 6,493 219 17,073 9.81% 0 Eelam People's Revolutionary Liberation Front 2,069 687 1,976 70 4,802 2.76% 0 Independent Group 1 514 91 926 16 1,547 0.89% 0 Independent Group 2 347 100 98 11 556 0.32% 0Valid Votes 78,157 48,710 44,201 3,020 174,088 100.00% 5Rejected Votes 5,805 4,705 4,940 81 15,531 Total Polled 83,962 53,415 49,141 3,101 189,619 Registered Electors 123,893 73,640 64,365 261,898 Turnout 67.77% 72.54% 76.35% 72.40%
The following candidates were elected: Joseph Pararajasingham (TULF), 43,350 preference votes (pv); P. Selvarasa (TULF), 17,450 pv; K. Thurairajasingam (TULF),15,974 pv; M. L. A. M. Hizbullah (SLMC), 12,583 pv; and Seyed Ali Zahir Moulana (UNP), 11,508 pv.
1994 presidential election Results of the 3rd presidential election held on 9 November 1994:
CandidatePartyVotes per Polling DivisionPostalVotesTotal Votes%Batti-caloaKal-kudahPaddi-ruppu Chandrika Kumaratunga PA 59,814 41,821 40,489 2,601 144,725 87.30% Srimathi Dissanayake UNP 9,812 3,930 631 439 14,812 8.93% Hudson Samarasinghe Ind 2 1,685 1,731 1,611 3 5,028 3.03% G. A. Nihal SLPF 194 183 107 0 484 0.29% A. J. Ranashinge Ind 1 239 77 59 6 381 0.23% Harischandra Wijayatunga SMBP 145 99 102 3 349 0.21%Valid Votes 71,887 47,841 42,999 3,052 165,779 100.00%Rejected Votes 1,061 730 848 25 2,664 Total Polled 72,948 48,571 43,847 3,077 168,443 Registered Electors 123,893 73,640 64,365 3,204 261,898 Turnout (%) 58.88% 65.96% 68.12% 96.04% 64.32%
1999 presidential election Results of the 4th presidential election held on 21 December 1999:
CandidatePartyVotes per Polling DivisionPostalVotesTotal Votes%Batti-caloaKal-kudahPaddi-ruppu Ranil Wickremasinghe UNP 48,700 22,614 31,295 1,491 104,100 61.19% Chandrika Kumaratunga PA 29,523 21,939 6,962 551 58,975 34.66% Rajiva Wijesinha Liberal 687 665 484 2 1,838 1.08% W. V. M. Ranjith Ind 2 550 623 354 1 1,528 0.90% Vasudeva Nanayakkara LDA 406 183 200 95 884 0.52% T. Edirisuriya Ind 1 269 381 132 2 784 0.46% Abdul Rasool SLMP 394 288 37 31 750 0.44% Kamal Karunadasa PLSF 148 130 53 0 331 0.19% Nandana Gunathilake JVP 159 70 53 8 290 0.17% Harischandra Wijayatunga SMBP 100 95 54 1 250 0.15% Hudson Samarasinghe Ind 3 89 86 59 0 234 0.14% A. W. Premawardhana PFF 41 26 22 0 89 0.05% A. Dissanayaka DUNF 32 27 18 1 78 0.05%Valid Votes 81,098 47,127 39,723 2,183 170,131 100.00%Rejected Votes 1,750 1,043 869 85 3,747 Total Polled 82,848 48,170 40,592 2,268 173,878 Registered Electors 124,480 76,988 68,729 270,197 Turnout (%) 66.56% 62.57% 59.06% 64.35%
2000 parliamentary general election Results of the 11th parliamentary election held on 10 October 2000:
PartyVotes per Polling DivisionPostalVotesTotal Votes%SeatsBatti-caloaKal-kudahPaddi-ruppu Tamil United Liberation Front 16,621 21,425 15,207 1,195 54,448 29.20% 2 National Unity Alliance (SLMC et al.) 27,079 23,140 2,796 631 53,646 28.77% 1 United National Party (DWC, NWC, UCPF, UNP) 21,267 4,092 3,128 676 29,165 15.64% 1 People's Alliance (SLFP et al.) 6,436 1,532 8,088 454 16,510 8.86% 1 Democratic People's Liberation Front (PLOTE) 5,539 602 2,847 42 9,030 4.84% 0 All Ceylon Tamil Congress 1,839 333 4,635 161 6,968 3.74% 0 Independent Group 1 2,801 1,416 1,243 96 5,556 2.98% 0 Tamil Eelam Liberation Organization 3,282 276 333 18 3,909 2.10% 0 Eelam People's Democratic Party 1,950 454 870 51 3,325 1.78% 0 Citizen's Front 1,279 228 421 10 1,938 1.04% 0 Independent Group 3 383 164 41 1 589 0.32% 0 Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna 175 90 27 3 295 0.16% 0 Independent Group 2 174 27 33 6 240 0.13% 0 Liberal Party 72 14 91 0 177 0.09% 0 Independent Group 5 53 41 49 0 143 0.08% 0 Sinhala Heritage 54 17 64 0 135 0.07% 0 Left & Democratic Alliance 68 18 22 5 113 0.06% 0 Sinhalaye Mahasammatha Bhoomiputra Pakshaya 49 17 26 0 92 0.05% 0 Democratic United National Front 39 17 28 0 84 0.05% 0 Independent Group 4 18 9 16 0 43 0.02% 0 Ruhuna People's Party 18 6 11 0 35 0.02% 0Valid Votes 89,196 53,918 39,976 186,441 100.00% 5Rejected Votes 5,047 2,918 3,159 11,205 Total Polled 94,243 56,836 43,135 197,646 Registered Electors 127,532 78,516 69,437 275,485 Turnout (%) 73.90% 72.39% 62.12% 71.74%
The following candidates were elected: Abdul Cader (NUA), 22,975 preference votes (pv); Nimalan Soundaranayagam (TULF), 16,542 pv; Seyed Ali Zahir Moulana (UNP), 14,284 pv; Joseph Pararajasingham (TULF), 12,605 pv; and S. Ganeshamoorthy (PA), 9,132 pv.
Nimalan Soundaranayagam (TULF) was killed on 7 November 2000.
2001 parliamentary general election Results of the 12th parliamentary election held on 5 December 2001:
PartyVotes per Polling DivisionPostalVotesTotal Votes%SeatsBatti-caloaKal-kudahPaddi-ruppu Tamil National Alliance (ACTC, EPRLF(S), TELO, TULF) 32,805 20,767 30,725 1,987 86,284 48.17% 3 Sri Lanka Muslim Congress 7,512 18,689 180 344 26,725 14.92% 1 People's Alliance (NUA, SLFP et al.) 21,076 2,079 2,159 391 25,705 14.35% 1 United National Front (CWC, UNP, WPF) 14,903 3,103 3,967 665 22,638 12.64% 0 Independent Group 4 1,046 4,714 579 67 6,406 3.58% 0 Democratic People's Liberation Front (PLOTE) 3,074 1,040 1,449 38 5,601 3.13% 0 Eelam People's Democratic Party 2,054 784 1,265 50 4,153 2.32% 0 New Left Front (NSSP et al.) 290 134 195 0 619 0.35% 0 National Development Front 51 48 49 0 148 0.08% 0 Sri Lanka Muslim Party 62 52 9 2 125 0.07% 0 Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna 63 22 31 3 119 0.07% 0 Sinhala Heritage 40 49 14 0 103 0.06% 0 Independent Group 3 15 43 19 0 77 0.04% 0 Independent Group 1 18 51 4 3 76 0.04% 0 Independent Group 8 59 8 5 3 75 0.04% 0 Independent Group 10 25 17 22 0 64 0.04% 0 Sri Lanka Progressive Front 16 21 9 0 46 0.03% 0 Independent Group 9 14 19 6 1 40 0.02% 0 Independent Group 2 12 13 9 1 35 0.02% 0 Independent Group 5 14 10 10 0 34 0.02% 0 Independent Group 7 9 7 2 0 18 0.01% 0 Independent Group 6 4 5 8 0 17 0.01% 0Valid Votes 83,162 51,675 40,716 3,555 179,108 100.00% 5Rejected Votes 5,657 4,272 3,241 105 13,275 Total Polled 88,819 55,947 43,957 3,660 192,383 Registered Electors 130,846 80,685 70,548 282,079 Turnout (%) 67.88% 69.34% 62.31% 68.20%
The following candidates were elected: T. Thangavadivel (TNA-TELO), 24,475 preference votes (pv); G. Krishnapillai (TNA-ACTC), 20,675 pv; Joseph Pararajasingham (TNA-TULF), 20,279 pv; M. L. A. M. Hizbullah (PA), 19,787 pv; and M. B. Mohideen Abdul Cader (SLMC), 17,497 pv.
2004 parliamentary general election Results of the 13th parliamentary election held on 2 April 2004: