Point Pedro Electoral District was an electoral district of Sri Lanka between August 1947 and February 1989.
The 1978 Constitution of Sri Lanka introduced the proportional representation electoral system for electing members of Parliament.
[1] Point Pedro electoral district was replaced by the Jaffna multi-member electoral district at the 1989 general elections, the first under the PR system, though Point Pedro continues to be a polling division of the multi-member electoral district.
Key ACTC Communist Party ITAK TULF Results of the 1st parliamentary election held between 23 August 1947 and 20 September 1947:[2] Results of the 2nd parliamentary election held between 24 May 1952 and 30 May 1952:[3] Results of the 3rd parliamentary election held between 5 April 1956 and 10 April 1956:[4] Results of the 4th parliamentary election held on 19 March 1960:[6] Results of the 5th parliamentary election held on 20 July 1960:[7] Results of the 6th parliamentary election held on 22 March 1965:[8] Results of the 7th parliamentary election held on 27 May 1970:[9] Results of the 8th parliamentary election held on 21 July 1977:[10] K. Thurairatnam and all other TULF MPs boycotted Parliament from the middle of 1983 for a number of reasons: they were under pressure from Sri Lankan Tamil militants not to stay in Parliament beyond their normal six-year term; the Sixth Amendment to the Constitution of Sri Lanka required them to swear an oath unconditionally renouncing support for a separate state; and the Black July riots in which up to 3,000 Tamils were murdered by Sinhalese mobs.
After three months of absence, Thurairatnam forfeited his seat in Parliament on 5 January 1984.