Jaffna Electoral District was an electoral district of Sri Lanka between August 1947 and February 1989. The district was named after the city of Jaffna...
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Lanka Jaffna Electoral District, a multi-member electoral district of Sri Lanka Jaffna Electoral District (1947–1989), a former single-member electoral district...
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allocated to Vanni Electoral District, the other electoral district in the Northern Province, remained unchanged at 6. Jaffna Electoral District's problems were...
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Kayts Electoral District was an electoral district of Sri Lanka between August 1947 and February 1989. The district was named after the island of Kayts...
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Kankesanthurai Electoral District was an electoral district of Sri Lanka between August 1947 and February 1989. The district was named after the town...
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Vaddukoddai Electoral District was an electoral district of Sri Lanka between August 1947 and February 1989. The district was named after the town of...
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Point Pedro Electoral District was an electoral district of Sri Lanka between August 1947 and February 1989. The district was named after the town of...
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Kopay Electoral District was an electoral district of Sri Lanka between August 1947 and February 1989. The district was named after the town of Kopay...
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183 electoral districts existed from 1947 to 1989 in Sri Lanka. The country's 1978 Constitution introduced a new proportional representation electoral system...
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Jaffna International Airport (Tamil: யாழ்ப்பாணம் சர்வதேச விமான நிலையம், romanized: Yāḻppāṇam Carvatēca Vimāṉa Nilaiyam; Sinhala: යාපනය ජාත්යන්තර ගුවන්තොටුපළ...
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Chavakachcheri Electoral District was an electoral district of Sri Lanka between August 1947 and February 1989. The district was named after the town...
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Kankesanthurai (category Towns in Jaffna District)
fishing division and resort hub of the Jaffna District, Northern Province, Sri Lanka. Formerly an electoral district, Kankesanthurai is home to the Kankesanthurai...
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2000, Final District Results". Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original on 5 August 2012. "EPDP gets four seats in Jaffna". TamilNet...
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1977, 1981 and 1983 anti-Tamil pogroms, as well as the 1981 burning of the Jaffna Public Library. These were carried out by the majority Sinhalese mobs often...
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Matugama (category Electoral divisions in Sri Lanka)
1960 by the creation of Bulathsinhala). Since 1989 it has been an electoral division of the Kalutara District, not a constituency sending a member to parliament...
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Uduvil (category Towns in Jaffna District)
multi-member electoral districts.[1] Manipay electoral district was replaced by the Jaffna multi-member electoral district at the 1989 general elections...
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Koneswaram Temple (category Hindu temples in Trincomalee District)
of the Vannimai districts of the ascending Jaffna kingdom to the Koneswaram shrine. The Tamil Aryacakravarti dynasty kings of the Jaffna kingdom paid homage...
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History of Sri Lanka (section Jaffna Kingdom)
Cakravarti who established the Jaffna kingdom. Also known as the Aryacakravarti dynasty, was a northern kingdom centred around the Jaffna Peninsula. In 1247, the...
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Dinesh Gunawardena (section Electoral history)
candidate in the Maharagama Electoral District at the 1983 by-election, winning and entering Parliament. During the 1989 parliamentary election, Gunawardena...
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Sri Lanka (redirect from Ceylon Independence Act 1947)
Dambadeniya. The north, in the meanwhile, eventually evolved into the Jaffna kingdom. The Jaffna kingdom never came under the rule of any kingdom of the south...
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V. P. Singh (category India MPs 1984–1989)
as a General Secretary. The National Front fought 1989 General Elections after coming to an electoral understanding with Bharatiya Janata Party and the...
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Chaalaram magazine for which he worked was linked to the Federation of Jaffna District Students was seen supporting Tamil nationalism. It was seen as part...
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the dominant of the Tamil militant groups and had a free hand over the Jaffna Peninsula, limiting government activities in that region. Jayewardene's...
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to the present day. From 1948 to 1972, under the Ceylon Independence Act 1947 (11 & 12 Geo. 6. c. 7), the Monarch of the United Kingdom the served as the...
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India". Retrieved 17 June 2022. Kunarasa,The Jaffna Dynasty, p.66 Gnanaprakasar,A Critical History of Jaffna,p.83 Coddrington,Ceylon Coins and Currency...
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United National Party (section Electoral history)
University of Ruhuna and Eastern University as well as the medical faculty of Jaffna university. Bandaranayake International Airport was modernized and Air Lanka...
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was elected to – the House of Representatives from the Attanagalla Electoral District. He was appointed Minister of Health and served as Leader of the House...
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M. Karunanidhi (category Tamil Nadu MLAs 1989–1991)
actions, and encouragements to party members to work very hard throughout electoral campaigns, among other things. Karunanidhi sent around 7,000 of these...
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enfranchisement of the Indian estate workers as they feared that their electoral base would be diluted by a large influx of Indian Tamil votes. They also...
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Donoughmore Constitution, 1931–1947, Tissara Publishers, Colombo 1982 Hindu Organ, June 1, 1939 issue (Newspaper archived at the Jaffna University Library) Wilhelm...
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