Jaffna Polling Division

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Jaffna
Polling Division
Jaffna Polling Division Sri Lanka.svg
Coordinates: 9°39′45″N80°01′12″E / 9.662570°N 80.020008°E / 9.662570; 80.020008
Country Sri Lanka
Province Northern Province, Sri Lanka
Electoral District Jaffna Electoral District
Area
 • Total11.31 km2 (4.37 sq mi)
Population
 (2012) [1]
 • Total50,491
 • Density4,464/km2 (11,560/sq mi)
ISO 3166 code EC-10J

The Jaffna Polling Division is a Polling Division in the Jaffna Electoral District, in the Northern Province, Sri Lanka.

Contents

Presidential Election Results

Summary

The winner of Jaffna has matched the final country result 3 out of 8 times.

Year Jaffna Jaffna Electoral District MAE [2]  % Sri Lanka MAE [3]  %
2019 NDF NDF 1.43% SLPP 42.19%
2015 NDF NDF 3.12% NDF 27.02%
2010 NDF NDF 2.24% UPFA 28.00%
2005 UNP UNP 1.88% UPFA 20.89%
1999 PA PA 2.29% PA 2.71%
1994 PA PA 6.36% PA 27.03%
1988 SLMP SLFP 2.99% UNP 15.53%
1982 ACTC ACTC 12.29% UNP 20.66%
Matches/Mean MAE 3/8 3/8 4.08% 8/8 23.00%

2019 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party Jaffna [4] Jaffna Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
NDF 20,792 85.51% 312,722 83.86% 5,564,239 41.99%
SLPP 1,617 6.65% 23,261 6.24% 6,924,255 52.25%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 1,151 4.73% 23,295 6.25% 717,212 5.41%
IND10 466 1.92% 6,845 1.84% 12,256 0.09%
DUNF 288 1.18% 6,790 1.82% 34,537 0.26%
Valid Votes 24,314 97.53% 372,913 97.07% 13,252,499 98.99%
Rejected Votes 616 2.47% 11,251 2.93% 135,452 1.01%
Total Polled 24,930 75.20% 384,164 68.00% 13,387,951 83.71%
Registered Electors 33,153 564,984 15,992,568

2015 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party Jaffna [5] Jaffna Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
NDF 17,994 77.91% 253,574 74.42% 6,217,162 51.28%
UPFA 4,502 19.49% 74,454 21.85% 5,768,090 47.58%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 600 2.60% 12,723 3.73% 138,200 1.14%
Valid Votes 23,096 98.20% 340,751 97.14% 12,123,452 98.85%
Rejected Votes 423 1.80% 10,038 2.86% 140,925 1.15%
Total Polled 23,519 71.16% 350,789 64.22% 12,264,377 78.69%
Registered Electors 33,050 546,265 15,585,942

2010 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party Jaffna [6] Jaffna Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
NDF 7,914 66.17% 113,877 63.84% 4,173,185 40.15%
UPFA 3,296 27.56% 44,154 24.75% 6,015,934 57.88%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 485 4.06% 13,808 7.74% 171,542 1.65%
UDF 139 1.16% 3,325 1.86% 23,290 0.22%
Ind 5 126 1.05% 3,205 1.80% 9,662 0.09%
Valid Votes 11,960 96.34% 178,369 96.35% 10,393,613 99.03%
Rejected Votes 454 3.66% 6,763 3.65% 101,838 0.97%
Total Polled 12,414 19.18% 185,132 25.15% 10,495,451 66.70%
Registered Electors 64,714 736,032 15,734,587

2005 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party Jaffna [7] Jaffna Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
UNP 301 68.72% 5,523 70.20% 4,706,366 48.43%
UPFA 124 28.31% 1,967 25.00% 4,887,152 50.29%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 13 2.97% 378 4.80% 123,521 1.27%
Valid Votes 438 96.26% 7,868 92.30% 9,717,039 98.88%
Rejected Votes 17 3.74% 656 7.70% 109,869 1.12%
Total Polled 455 0.73% 8,524 1.20% 9,826,908 69.51%
Registered Electors 62,089 707,970 14,136,979

1999 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party Jaffna [8] Jaffna Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
PA 3,471 48.80% 52,043 46.65% 4,312,157 51.12%
UNP 3,263 45.87% 48,005 43.03% 3,602,748 42.71%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 228 3.21% 8,129 7.29% 496,938 5.89%
LDA 151 2.12% 3,394 3.04% 23,668 0.28%
Valid Votes 7,113 95.77% 111,568 94.91% 8,435,754 97.69%
Rejected Votes 314 4.23% 5,981 5.09% 199,536 2.31%
Total Polled 7,427 14.40% 117,549 19.15% 8,635,290 72.17%
Registered Electors 51,581 613,718 11,965,536

1994 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party Jaffna [9] Jaffna Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
PA 1,143 89.86% 16,934 96.35% 4,709,205 62.28%
UNP 108 8.49% 223 1.27% 2,715,283 35.91%
Ind 2 15 1.18% 341 1.94% 58,888 0.78%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 6 0.47% 77 0.44% 78,152 1.03%
Valid Votes 1,272 99.45% 17,575 99.20% 7,561,526 98.03%
Rejected Votes 7 0.55% 141 0.80% 151,706 1.97%
Total Polled 1,279 2.56% 17,716 2.97% 7,713,232 69.12%
Registered Electors 50,045 596,422 11,158,880

1988 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party Jaffna [10] Jaffna Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
SLMP 3,616 33.99% 42,198 35.15% 235,701 4.63%
SLFP 3,546 33.34% 44,197 36.82% 2,289,857 44.95%
UNP 3,475 32.67% 33,650 28.03% 2,569,199 50.43%
Valid Votes 10,637 95.69% 120,045 93.38% 5,094,754 98.24%
Rejected Votes 479 4.31% 8,517 6.62% 91,499 1.76%
Total Polled 11,116 22.58% 128,562 23.30% 5,186,256 55.87%
Registered Electors 49,229 551,713 9,283,143

1982 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party Jaffna [11] Jaffna Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
ACTC 9,319 47.78% 87,263 40.03% 173,934 2.67%
UNP 6,419 32.91% 44,775 20.54% 3,450,815 52.93%
SLFP 3,258 16.71% 77,210 35.42% 2,546,348 39.05%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 496 2.54% 8,650 3.97% 348,954 5.35%
Valid Votes 19,502 96.48% 218,003 95.36% 6,520,156 98.78%
Rejected Votes 711 3.52% 10,610 4.64% 80,470 1.22%
Total Polled 20,213 47.79% 228,613 45.86% 6,600,626 80.15%
Registered Electors 42,296 498,545 8,235,358

Parliamentary Election Results

Summary

The winner of Jaffna has matched the final country result 0 out of 7 times.

Year Jaffna Jaffna Electoral District MAE [2]  % Sri Lanka MAE [3]  %
2020 ITAK ITAK SLPFA
2015 ITAK ITAK 1.43% UNP 36.58%
2010 ITAK ITAK 2.22% UPFA 24.10%
2004 ITAK ITAK 2.73% UPFA 5.95%
2001 TULF TULF 2.04% UNP 20.51%
2000 EPDP EPDP 4.12% PA 12.60%
1994 SLMC IND2 72.92% PA 1.69%
1989 INDI INDI 2.35% UNP 27.57%
Matches/Mean MAE 0/7 0/7 12.54% 7/7 18.43%

2020 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party Jaffna [12] Jaffna Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
ITAK 7,634 33% 112,967 31.46% 327,168 2.82%
EPDP 5,545 23.97% 45,797 12.75% 61,464 0.53%
ACTC 4,642 20.06% 55,303 15.4% 67,766 0.58%
SLFP 1,469 6.35% 49,373 13.75% 66,579 0.57%
TMTK 1,372 5.67% 35,925 10% 51,301 0.44%
SJB 805 3.48% 13,564 3.78% 2,771,984 23.9%
IND09_D10 374 1.62% 3,331 0.92% 3,331 0.03%
DLF 254 1.1% 1,656 0.46% 2,964 0.03%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 1,101 4.75% 39,224 11.48% 8,990,771 71.04%
Valid Votes 23,136 68.28% 359,130 91.12% 11,598,929 93.97%
Rejected Votes 2,029 5.99% 35,006 8.88% 744,373 6.03%
Total Polled 25,165 74.26% 394,136 68.92% 12,343,302 75.89%
Registered Electors 33,886 571,848 16,263,885

2015 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party Jaffna [13] Jaffna Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
ITAK 13,545 68.28% 207,577 70.08% 515,963 4.63%
EPDP 2,203 11.10% 30,232 10.21% 33,481 0.30%
UNP 1,414 7.13% 20,025 6.76% 5,098,916 45.77%
AITC 1,132 5.71% 15,022 5.07% 18,644 0.17%
UPFA 1,110 5.60% 17,309 5.84% 4,732,664 42.48%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 434 2.19% 6,034 2.04% 580,476 5.21%
Valid Votes 19,838 92.69% 296,199 90.91% 11,140,333 95.35%
Rejected Votes 1,283 5.99% 25,496 7.83% 516,926 4.42%
Total Polled 21,402 64.76% 325,805 61.56% 11,684,111 77.66%
Registered Electors 33,050 529,239 15,044,490

2010 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party Jaffna [14] Jaffna Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
ITAK 4,713 46.59% 65,119 44.03% 233,190 2.91%
UPFA 3,479 34.39% 47,622 32.20% 4,846,388 60.38%
AITC 688 6.80% 6,362 4.30% 7,544 0.09%
UNP 616 6.09% 12,624 8.54% 2,357,057 29.37%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 489 4.83% 13,279 8.98% 486,787 6.06%
TULF 130 1.29% 2,892 1.96% 9,223 0.11%
Valid Votes 10,115 90.31% 147,898 87.89% 8,026,322 96.03%
Rejected Votes 1,037 9.26% 19,774 11.75% 581,465 6.96%
Total Polled 11,200 17.31% 168,277 22.68% 8,358,246 59.29%
Registered Electors 64,714 742,005 14,097,690

2004 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party Jaffna [15] Jaffna Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
ITAK 16,353 87.78% 257,320 90.60% 633,203 6.85%
EPDP 1,710 9.18% 18,612 6.55% 24,942 0.27%
IP1-Jaffna District 360 1.93% 5,156 1.82% 6,121 0.07%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 207 1.11% 2,938 1.03% 764,786 8.28%
Valid Votes 18,630 94.33% 284,026 93.04% 9,241,931 94.52%
Rejected Votes 1,120 5.67% 21,233 6.96% 534,452 5.47%
Total Polled 19,750 34.37% 305,259 46.65% 9,777,821 75.74%
Registered Electors 57,460 654,415 12,909,631

2001 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party Jaffna [16] Jaffna Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
TULF 7,368 56.88% 102,324 54.84% 348,164 3.89%
EPDP 3,647 28.15% 57,208 30.66% 72,783 0.81%
UNP 974 7.52% 16,245 8.71% 4,086,026 45.62%
IG1-Jaffna District 311 2.40% 2,677 1.43% 2,900 0.03%
SLMC 299 2.31% 3,364 1.80% 105,346 1.18%
DPLF 274 2.12% 1,454 0.78% 16,669 0.19%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 81 0.63% 3,326 1.78% 927,588 10.36%
Valid Votes 12,954 95.40% 186,598 94.59% 8,955,844 94.77%
Rejected Votes 624 4.60% 10,681 5.41% 494,009 5.23%
Total Polled 13,578 24.58% 197,279 31.14% 9,449,878 76.03%
Registered Electors 55,244 633,457 12,428,762

2000 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party Jaffna [17] Jaffna Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
EPDP 1,571 30.06% 41,536 36.13% 50,702 0.59%
TULF 1,277 24.43% 32,761 28.50% 105,907 1.23%
UNP 581 11.12% 10,896 9.48% 3,451,765 40.12%
DPLF 471 9.01% 4,778 4.16% 20,655 0.24%
IG2-Jaffna District 406 7.77% 4,905 4.27% 31,443 0.37%
ACTC 394 7.54% 10,618 9.24% 27,289 0.32%
IG3-Jaffna District 226 4.32% 1,633 1.42% 6,109 0.07%
IG6-Jaffna District 120 2.30% 2,058 1.79% 3,162 0.04%
IG1-Jaffna District 114 2.18% 1,641 1.43% 9,799 0.11%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 67 1.28% 4,145 3.61% 887,501 10.32%
Valid Votes 5,227 N/A 114,971 N/A 8,602,617 N/A

1994 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party Jaffna [18] Jaffna Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
SLMC 1,914 94.66% 2,098 15.56% 143,307 1.80%
IND2-Jaffna District 76 3.76% 10,744 79.71% 16,690 0.21%
IND1-Jaffna District 26 1.29% 374 2.77% 48,199 0.61%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 6 0.30% 263 1.95% 9,411 0.12%
Valid Votes 2,022 99.61% 13,479 97.41% 7,943,688 95.20%
Rejected Votes 8 0.39% 358 2.59% 400,395 4.80%
Total Polled 2,030 4.06% 13,837 2.32% 8,344,095 74.75%
Registered Electors 50,045 596,375 11,163,064

1989 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party Jaffna [19] Jaffna Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
IND1-Jaffna District 18,688 62.95% 150,340 62.68% 175,579 3.14%
TULF 5,323 17.93% 60,013 25.02% 188,594 3.37%
SLMC 3,387 11.41% 8,439 3.52% 202,016 3.61%
ACTC 1,410 4.75% 7,610 3.17% 7,610 0.14%
UNP 470 1.58% 5,460 2.28% 2,838,005 50.71%
DPLF 409 1.38% 7,993 3.33% 19,150 0.34%
Valid Votes 29,687 94.74% 239,855 90.49% 5,596,468 93.87%
Rejected Votes 1,649 5.26% 25,203 9.51% 365,563 6.13%
Total Polled 31,336 63.86% 265,058 44.76% 5,962,031 63.60%
Registered Electors 49,068 592,210 9,374,164

Demographics

Ethnicity

The Jaffna Polling Division has a Sri Lankan Tamil majority (95.6%) . In comparison, the Jaffna Electoral District (which contains the Jaffna Polling Division) has a Sri Lankan Tamil majority (98.6%) [1]

Ethnicity in Jaffna [1]

   Sri Lankan Tamil (95.6%)
   Moor (3.3%)
  Other (1.0%)

Religion

The Jaffna Polling Division has a Roman Catholic majority (52.9%) and a significant Hindu population (37.7%) . In comparison, the Jaffna Electoral District (which contains the Jaffna Polling Division) has a Hindu majority (82.6%) and a significant Roman Catholic population (12.6%) [1]

Religion in Jaffna [1]

   Roman Catholic (52.9%)
   Hindu (37.7%)
   Other Christian (5.7%)
   Muslim (3.4%)
  Other (0.3%)

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Census of Population and Housing 2012". statistics.gov.lk. Department of Census and Statistics, Sri Lanka. 2012.
  2. 1 2 The mean absolute error, between the percentages of votes each party got in Jaffna and the Jaffna Electoral District. It is a measure of the difference in voting behaviour between the two regions.
  3. 1 2 The mean absolute error, between the percentages of votes each party got in Jaffna and the country. It is a measure of the difference in voting behaviour between the two regions.
  4. ↑ "2019 Sri Lankan presidential election Results". elections.gov.lk. Election Commission of Sri Lanka. 2019. Archived from the original on 2019-12-19. Retrieved 2020-06-10.
  5. ↑ "2015 Sri Lankan presidential election Results". elections.gov.lk. Election Commission of Sri Lanka. 2015. Archived from the original on 2019-12-19. Retrieved 2020-06-10.
  6. ↑ "2010 Sri Lankan presidential election Results". elections.gov.lk. Election Commission of Sri Lanka. 2010. Archived from the original on 2019-12-19. Retrieved 2020-06-10.
  7. ↑ "2005 Sri Lankan presidential election Results". elections.gov.lk. Election Commission of Sri Lanka. 2005. Archived from the original on 2019-12-19. Retrieved 2020-06-10.
  8. ↑ "1999 Sri Lankan presidential election Results". elections.gov.lk. Election Commission of Sri Lanka. 1999. Archived from the original on 2019-12-19. Retrieved 2020-06-10.
  9. ↑ "1994 Sri Lankan presidential election Results". elections.gov.lk. Election Commission of Sri Lanka. 1994. Archived from the original on 2019-12-19. Retrieved 2020-06-10.
  10. ↑ "1988 Sri Lankan presidential election Results". elections.gov.lk. Election Commission of Sri Lanka. 1988. Archived from the original on 2019-12-19. Retrieved 2020-06-10.
  11. ↑ "1982 Sri Lankan presidential election Results". elections.gov.lk. Election Commission of Sri Lanka. 1982. Archived from the original on 2019-12-19. Retrieved 2020-06-10.
  12. ↑ "2020 Sri Lankan parliamentary election Results" (PDF). elections.gov.lk. Election Commission of Sri Lanka. 2020.
  13. ↑ "2015 Sri Lankan parliamentary election Results" (PDF). elections.gov.lk. Election Commission of Sri Lanka. 2015.
  14. ↑ "2010 Sri Lankan parliamentary election Results" (PDF). elections.gov.lk. Election Commission of Sri Lanka. 2010.
  15. ↑ "2004 Sri Lankan parliamentary election Results" (PDF). elections.gov.lk. Election Commission of Sri Lanka. 2004.
  16. ↑ "2001 Sri Lankan parliamentary election Results" (PDF). elections.gov.lk. Election Commission of Sri Lanka. 2001.
  17. ↑ "2000 Sri Lankan parliamentary election Results" (PDF). elections.gov.lk. Election Commission of Sri Lanka. 2000.
  18. ↑ "1994 Sri Lankan parliamentary election Results" (PDF). elections.gov.lk. Election Commission of Sri Lanka. 1994.
  19. ↑ "1989 Sri Lankan parliamentary election Results" (PDF). elections.gov.lk. Election Commission of Sri Lanka. 1989.
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