Batticaloa Electoral District (Tamil: மட்டக்களப்பு தேர்தல் மாவட்டம் 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 currently elects 5 of the 225 members of the Sri Lankan Parliament and had 449,686 registered electors in 2024.
[3] The Batticaloa Electoral District consists of the following polling divisions:[3] A: Kalkudah B: Batticaloa C: Paddiruppu Results of the 1st presidential election held on 20 October 1982:[4] Results of the 1st North Eastern provincial council election held on 19 November 1988:[5] Results of the 2nd presidential election held on 19 December 1988:[6] Results of the 9th parliamentary election held on 15 February 1989:[7] The following candidates were elected:[7] 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.
Results of the 3rd presidential election held on 9 November 1994:[9] Results of the 4th presidential election held on 21 December 1999:[10] Results of the 11th parliamentary election held on 10 October 2000:[11] The following candidates were elected:[12] 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.
[20] Results of the 5th presidential election held on 17 November 2005:[21] Results of the 1st Eastern provincial council election held on 10 May 2008:[22] The following candidates were elected:[23] S. Chandrakanthan (UPFA-TMVP); Basheer Segu Dawood (UNP-SLMC); Edwin Silva Krishnanandaharajah (UPFA); M. L. A. M. Hizbullah (UPFA); Thambimuththu Alosiyas Masilamany (UNP); Aliyar Salih Javahir Salih (UPFA); Arasaretnam Sasitharan (UNP); Muhamed Sharief Subair (UPFA); Nagalingam Thiraviyam (UPFA); R. Thurairatnam (TDNA-EPRLF); and Ameertheen Vellathamby (UNP).