Vanni Electoral District () is one of the 22

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created by the 1978 Constitution of Sri Lanka. The district covers the

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Mannar Mannar may refer to the following places: India * Mannar, Alappuzha, a town in Chengannur Taluk, Kerala Sri Lanka * Mannar District, one of 25 districts in Sri Lanka ** Mannar Island, an island within the district ** Mannar Bridge, a bridge conne ...

Mullaitivu Mullaitivu (; ) is the main town of Mullaitivu District, situated on the north-eastern coast of Northern Province, Sri Lanka. A largely fishing settlement, the town in the early twentieth century grew as an anchoring harbour of the small sailing ...

and

Vavuniya Vavuniya (, ) is a city in Vavuniya District in the Northern Province of Sri Lanka. The municipality is administered by an Municipal Council. The town has been known since ancient times, but being a heavily forested area, less than 100,000 people ...

in the Northern province. The district currently elects 6 of the 225 members of the

Sri Lankan Parliament The Parliament of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka (Sinhala: ශ්‍රී ලංකා පාර්ලිමේන්තුව ''Śrī Laṇkā Pārlimentuvā'', Tamil: இலங்கை நாடாளுமன்றம் '' ...

and had 253,058 registered electors in 2014. The district is Sri Lanka's Electorate Number 11.

Polling Divisions

The Vanni Electoral District consists of the following polling divisions: A:

Election results

1982 presidential election

Results of the 1st presidential election held on 20 October 1982:

1988 provincial council election

Results of the 1st North Eastern provincial council election held on 19 November 1988: Mannar District - The

Eelam People's Revolutionary Liberation Front The Eelam People's Revolutionary Liberation Front (EPRLF) is a series of Sri Lankan political parties and a former militant separatist group. Militant separatists The EPRLF was formed in 1980 by K. Pathmanabha (Padmanaba), Douglas Devananda, Su ...

won all 5 seats uncontested. Mullaitivu District - The

Eelam National Democratic Liberation Front The Eelam National Democratic Liberation Front (ENDLF) was a former Indian backed Tamil militant group in Sri Lanka. It was formed in 1987 as an amalgamation of splinter groups from other militant groups ( Eelam People's Revolutionary Liberation ...

won all 5 seats uncontested. Vavuniya District - The

won all 4 seats uncontested.

1988 presidential election

Results of the 2nd presidential election held on 19 December 1988:

1989 parliamentary general election

Results of the 9th parliamentary election held on 15 February 1989: The following candidates were elected:

A. E. Silva Anthony Emmanuel Silva (died 14 September 2002) was a Sri Lankan Tamil politician and Member of Parliament. Silva contested the 1989 parliamentary election as one of the Eelam People's Revolutionary Liberation Front's candidates in Vanni Distr ...

(EPRLF), 6,385 preference votes (pv); R. Kuhaneswaran (TELO), 6,276 pv; S. S. M. Abu Bakar (SLMC), 5,355 pv; Rasamanohari Pulendran (UNP), 3,260 pv; and Innasimuthu Alfred (EROS), 935 pv.

1994 parliamentary general election

Results of the 10th parliamentary election held on 16 August 1994: The following candidates were elected:

D. Siddarthan Dharmalingam Siddarthan (; born 10 September 1948) is a Sri Lankan Tamil militant turned politician, former provincial councillor and Member of Parliament. He is the leader of the People's Liberation Organisation of Tamil Eelam, a member of the ...

(DPLF-PLOTE), 6,376 preference votes (pv); S. Shanmuganathan (DPLF), 5,858 pv; V. Balachandran (DPLF), 4,515 pv; S. S. M. Abu Bakar (SLMC), 4,269 pv; Premaratnage Sumathipala (PA), 2,975 pv; and Rasamanohari Pulendran (UNP), 2,217 pv. S. Shanmuganathan (DPLF) was killed on 15 July 1998.

1994 presidential election

Results of the 3rd presidential election held on 9 November 1994:

1999 presidential election

Results of the 4th presidential election held on 21 December 1999:

2000 parliamentary general election

Results of the 11th parliamentary election held on 10 October 2000: The following candidates were elected:

Selvam Adaikalanathan Amirthanathan Adaikalanathan (; born 10 June 1962), commonly known as Selvam Adaikalanathan, is a Sri Lankan Tamil militant turned politician and Member of Parliament. He was the Deputy chairman of committees of the Parliament of Sri Lanka f ...

(TELO), 15,490 preference votes (pv); Noordeen Mashoor (NUA), 12,283 pv;

Vino Noharathalingam Subramanyam Noharathalingam (; born 7 June 1963), commonly known as Vino Noharathalingam, is a Sri Lankan Tamil politician and Member of Parliament. Early life Noharathalingam was born on 7 June 1963. Career Noharathalingam contested the 20 ...

(TELO), 10,959 pv; R. Kuhaneswaran (TELO), 6,739 pv; Premaratnage Sumathipala (PA), 5,205 pv; and Santhakumara Punchihewa (UNP), 3,975 pv.

2001 parliamentary general election

Results of the 12th parliamentary election held on 5 December 2001: The following candidates were elected:

(TNA-TELO), 28,548 preference votes (pv); R. Kuhaneswaran (TNA-TELO), 15,936 pv; Sivasakthy Ananthan (TNA-EPRLF), 14,023 pv; Noordeen Mashoor (UNF), 12,673 pv;

Rishad Bathiudeen Rishad Bathiudeen (born November 27, 1972) is a Sri Lankan parliamentarian and former senior cabinet minister. He is the leader of the All Ceylon Makkal Congress (ACMC) Party, a registered political party in Sri Lanka. Bathiudeen was first elect ...

(UNF-SLMC), 9,276 pv; and

(DPLF-PLOTE), 4,468 pv.

2004 parliamentary general election

Results of the 13th parliamentary election held on 2 April 2004: The following candidates were elected:

(TNA-TELO), 39,535 preference votes (pv); S. Kanagaratnam (TNA), 30,390 pv; Sivasakthy Ananthan (TNA-EPRLF), 29,801 pv;

(TNA-TELO), 28,252 pv; Sivanathan Kisshor (TNA), 17,653 pv; and

(UNF-SLMC), 15,981 pv.

2005 presidential election

Results of the 5th presidential election held on 17 November 2005:

2010 presidential election

Results of the 6th presidential election held on 26 January 2010:

2010 parliamentary general election

Results of the 14th parliamentary election held on 8 April 2010: The following candidates were elected:

(UPFA-ACMC), 27,461 preference votes (pv);

(TNA-TELO), 17,366 pv;

(TNA-TELO), 12,120 pv; Sivasakthy Ananthan (TNA-EPRLF), 11,674 pv;

Hunais Farook Unaiz Farook (born 15 March 1973) is a Sri Lankan politician who represents the Vanni multi-member electoral district An electoral (congressional, legislative, etc.) district, sometimes called a constituency, riding, or ward, is a geograph ...

(UPFA-ACMC), 10,851 pv; and Noordeen Mashoor (UNF-SLMC), 9,518 pv. Noordeen Mashoor (UPFA-SLMC) died on 2 December 2010. His replacement Muthali Bawa Farook (UPFA-SLMC) was sworn in on 5 January 2011.

2013 provincial council election

Results of the 1st Northern provincial council election held on 21 September 2013: Mannar District Mullaitivu District Vavuniya District

2015 presidential election

Results of the 7th presidential election held on 8 January 2015:

References

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