Results of the 9th parliamentary election held on 15 February 1989: The following candidates were elected: Eliyathamby Ratnasabapathy, 40,947 preference votes ; Eliyathamby Pararasasingam, 36,340 pv; S. Sivamaharajah, 22,622 pv; K. Navaratnam, 22,255 pv; Arunasalam Ponniah Selliah, 20,747 pv; Suresh Premachandran, 20,738 pv; G. Yogasangari, 20,223 pv; Thambu Loganathapillai, 17,616 pv; Sebastiyampillai Edward, 17,429 pv; Kanapathy Selvanayagam, 14,440 pv; and Joseph George Rajenthiram, 13,928 pv. G. Yogasangari was killed on 19 June 1990.
1994 parliamentary election
Results of the 10th parliamentary election held on 16 August 1994: The following candidates were elected: Douglas Devananda, 2,091 preference votes ; Aithurus M. Illias, 1,575 pv; Alagaiah Rasamanickam, 1,110 pv; Umapathisivam Baskaran, 1,056 pv; Rajendran Ramamoorthy, 1,050 pv; Nadarajah "Ramesh" Atputharajah, 968 pv; Murugesu Chandrakumar, 798 pv; Sangarapillai Sivathasan, 456 pv; Sinniah Thangavel 398 pv; and M.A. Ghafoor Zafarullah, 351 pv. Nadarajah "Ramesh" Atputharajah was killed on 2 November 1999.
2000 parliamentary election
Results of the 11th parliamentary election held on 10 October 2000: The following candidates were elected: V. Anandasangaree, 12,888 pv; Mavai Senathirajah, 10,965 pv; Douglas Devananda, 7,658 pv; S. Sivamaharajah, 7,187 pv; T. Maheswaran, 4,807 pv; Nadarasah Mathanarajah, 4,673 pv; Karthigesu Velummylum Kugendran, 4,244 pv; A. Vinayagamoorthy, 3,825 pv; and Kandiah Sangaran, 2,902 pv.
2001 parliamentary election
Results of the 12th parliamentary election held on 5 December 2001: The following candidates were elected: V. Anandasangaree, 36,217 preference votes ; Mavai Senathirajah, 33,831 pv; Gajendrakumar Ponnambalam, 29,641 pv; A. Vinayagamoorthy, 19,472 pv; Nadarajah Raviraj, 19,263 pv; M. K. Shivajilingam, 17,859 pv; T. Maheswaran, 11,598 pv; Douglas Devananda, 9,744 pv; and Nadarasah Mathanarajah, 7,350 pv.
2004 parliamentary election
Results of the 13th parliamentary election held on 2 April 2004: The following candidates were elected: Selvarajah Kajendren, 112,077 preference votes ; Pathmini Sithamparanathan, 68,240 pv; Gajendrakumar Ponnambalam, 60,770 pv; Suresh Premachandran, 45,786 pv; K. Sivanesan, 43,730 pv; Nadarajah Raviraj, 42,965 pv; M. K. Shivajilingam, 42,193 pv; Mavai Senathirajah, 38,783 pv; and Douglas Devananda, 9,405 pv. Nadarajah Raviraj was killed on 10 November 2006. His replacement Nallathamby Srikantha was sworn in on 30 November 2006. K. Sivanesan was killed on 6 March 2008. His replacement Solomon Cyril was sworn in on 9 April 2008.
2010 parliamentary election
Results of the 14th parliamentary election held on 8 April 2010: The following candidates were elected: Douglas Devananda, 28,585 preference votes ; Mavai Senathirajah, 20,501 pv; Suresh Premachandran, 16,425 pv; A. Vinayagamoorthy, 15,311 pv; E. Saravanapavan, 14,961 pv; Silvestri Alantine, 13,128 pv; S. Sritharan, 10,057; Murugesu Chandrakumar, 8,105 pv; and Vijayakala Maheswaran, 7,160 pv.
