Mannar Polling Division

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Mannar
Polling Division
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Coordinates: 8°58′47″N79°55′10″E / 8.979680°N 79.919456°E / 8.979680; 79.919456
Country Sri Lanka
Province Northern Province, Sri Lanka
Electoral District Vanni Electoral District
Area
 • Total2,144.03 km2 (827.81 sq mi)
Population
 (2012) [1]
 • Total99,570
 • Density46/km2 (120/sq mi)
ISO 3166 code EC-11A

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

Contents

Presidential Election Results

Summary

The winner of Mannar has matched the final country result 4 out of 8 times.

Year Mannar Vanni Electoral District MAE [2]  % Sri Lanka MAE [3]  %
2019 NDF NDF 2.40% SLPP 40.03%
2015 NDF NDF 6.43% NDF 33.93%
2010 NDF NDF 3.38% UPFA 32.16%
2005 UNP UNP 10.65% UPFA 40.05%
1999 UNP UNP 7.32% PA 17.24%
1994 PA PA 5.01% PA 28.28%
1988 UNP UNP 6.93% UNP 18.59%
1982 UNP UNP 9.95% UNP 8.80%
Matches/Mean MAE 4/8 4/8 6.51% 8/8 27.38%

2019 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party Mannar [4] Vanni Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
NDF 53,602 84.73% 174,739 82.12% 5,564,239 41.99%
SLPP 6,435 10.17% 26,105 12.27% 6,924,255 52.25%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 2,533 4.00% 9,388 4.41% 729,468 5.50%
DUNF 695 1.10% 2,546 1.20% 34,537 0.26%
Valid Votes 63,265 98.69% 212,778 98.48% 13,252,499 98.99%
Rejected Votes 837 1.31% 3,294 1.52% 135,452 1.01%
Total Polled 64,102 75.07% 216,072 76.59% 13,387,951 83.71%
Registered Electors 85,394 282,119 15,992,568

2015 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party Mannar [5] Vanni Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
NDF 45,543 85.13% 141,417 78.47% 6,217,162 51.28%
UPFA 6,824 12.76% 34,377 19.07% 5,768,090 47.58%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 1,133 2.12% 4,431 2.46% 138,200 1.14%
Valid Votes 53,500 98.35% 180,225 98.14% 12,123,452 98.85%
Rejected Votes 895 1.65% 3,416 1.86% 140,925 1.15%
Total Polled 54,395 68.48% 183,641 70.25% 12,264,377 78.69%
Registered Electors 79,433 261,422 15,585,942

2010 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party Mannar [6] Vanni Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
NDF 20,157 70.19% 70,367 66.86% 4,173,185 40.15%
UPFA 6,656 23.18% 28,740 27.31% 6,015,934 57.88%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 981 3.42% 4,124 3.92% 165,268 1.59%
DUNF 923 3.21% 2,021 1.92% 39,226 0.38%
Valid Votes 28,717 98.44% 105,252 97.75% 10,393,613 99.03%
Rejected Votes 455 1.56% 2,428 2.25% 101,838 0.97%
Total Polled 29,172 34.19% 107,680 19.60% 10,495,451 66.70%
Registered Electors 85,322 549,344 15,734,587

2005 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party Mannar [7] Vanni Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
UNP 20,463 88.72% 65,798 77.89% 4,706,366 48.43%
UPFA 2,183 9.46% 17,197 20.36% 4,887,152 50.29%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 419 1.82% 1,481 1.75% 123,521 1.27%
Valid Votes 23,065 98.46% 84,476 98.37% 9,717,039 98.88%
Rejected Votes 361 1.54% 1,398 1.63% 109,869 1.12%
Total Polled 23,426 29.69% 85,874 16.66% 9,826,908 69.51%
Registered Electors 78,906 515,573 14,136,979

1999 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party Mannar [8] Vanni Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
UNP 15,407 62.54% 43,803 69.87% 3,602,748 42.71%
PA 8,446 34.28% 16,202 25.84% 4,312,157 51.12%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 784 3.18% 2,685 4.28% 520,606 6.17%
Valid Votes 24,637 98.22% 62,690 97.68% 8,435,754 97.69%
Rejected Votes 446 1.78% 1,490 2.32% 199,536 2.31%
Total Polled 25,083 38.07% 64,180 31.13% 8,635,290 72.17%
Registered Electors 65,883 206,176 11,965,536

1994 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party Mannar [9] Vanni Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
PA 14,607 90.45% 33,585 85.30% 4,709,205 62.28%
UNP 981 6.07% 4,493 11.41% 2,715,283 35.91%
Ind 2 490 3.03% 1,003 2.55% 58,888 0.78%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 71 0.44% 291 0.74% 78,152 1.03%
Valid Votes 16,149 98.78% 39,372 98.30% 7,561,526 98.03%
Rejected Votes 199 1.22% 681 1.70% 151,706 1.97%
Total Polled 16,348 30.24% 40,053 22.27% 7,713,232 69.12%
Registered Electors 54,066 179,858 11,158,880

1988 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party Mannar [10] Vanni Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
UNP 4,500 64.60% 10,580 55.78% 2,569,199 50.43%
SLFP 1,431 20.54% 4,889 25.77% 2,289,857 44.95%
SLMP 1,035 14.86% 3,500 18.45% 235,701 4.63%
Valid Votes 6,966 97.91% 18,969 96.40% 5,094,754 98.24%
Rejected Votes 149 2.09% 708 3.60% 91,499 1.76%
Total Polled 7,115 15.12% 19,677 20.70% 5,186,256 55.87%
Registered Electors 47,060 95,061 9,283,143

1982 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party Mannar [11] Vanni Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
UNP 17,008 61.84% 32,834 46.42% 3,450,815 52.93%
SLFP 8,039 29.23% 23,221 32.83% 2,546,348 39.05%
ACTC 1,891 6.88% 11,521 16.29% 173,934 2.67%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 285 1.04% 877 1.24% 75,526 1.16%
JVP 279 1.01% 2,286 3.23% 273,428 4.19%
Valid Votes 27,502 98.26% 70,739 96.66% 6,520,156 98.78%
Rejected Votes 486 1.74% 2,447 3.34% 80,470 1.22%
Total Polled 27,988 68.32% 73,186 60.87% 6,600,626 80.15%
Registered Electors 40,965 120,235 8,235,358

Parliamentary Election Results

Summary

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

Year Mannar Vanni Electoral District MAE [12]  % Sri Lanka MAE [13]  %
2015 ITAK ITAK 3.78% UNP 26.82%
2010 ITAK ITAK 8.92% UPFA 27.67%
2004 ITAK ITAK 4.74% UPFA 35.04%
2001 TULF TULF 15.19% UNP 29.97%
2000 TELO TELO 7.28% PA 33.43%
1994 SLMC DPLF 6.23% PA 37.41%
1989 TULF TULF 4.39% UNP 29.30%
Matches/Mean MAE 0/7 0/7 7.22% 7/7 31.38%

2015 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party Mannar [14] Vanni Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
ITAK 27,096 58.34% 89,886 54.79% 515,963 4.63%
UNP 12,738 27.43% 39,513 24.09% 5,098,916 45.77%
SLMC 2,826 6.09% 5,716 3.48% 44,193 0.40%
UPFA 2,596 5.59% 20,965 12.78% 4,732,664 42.48%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 673 1.45% 5,951 3.63% 637,170 5.72%
PP 512 1.10% 2,022 1.23% 4,272 0.04%
Valid Votes 46,441 91.46% 164,053 90.17% 11,140,333 95.35%
Rejected Votes 4,206 8.28% 17,155 9.43% 516,926 4.42%
Total Polled 50,775 63.92% 181,930 71.89% 11,684,111 77.66%
Registered Electors 79,433 253,058 15,044,490

2010 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party Mannar [15] Vanni Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
ITAK 15,026 53.34% 41,673 39.02% 233,190 2.91%
UPFA 7,431 26.38% 37,522 35.13% 4,846,388 60.38%
UNP 3,125 11.09% 12,783 11.97% 2,357,057 29.37%
DPLF 982 3.49% 5,900 5.52% 6,036 0.08%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 873 3.10% 6,066 5.68% 505,487 6.30%
EPDP 731 2.60% 2,867 2.68% 2,867 0.04%
Valid Votes 28,168 92.78% 106,811 91.15% 8,026,322 96.03%
Rejected Votes 2,168 7.14% 10,208 8.71% 581,465 6.96%
Total Polled 30,359 35.58% 117,185 38.53% 8,358,246 59.29%
Registered Electors 85,322 304,111 14,097,690

2004 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party Mannar [16] Vanni Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
ITAK 25,631 80.47% 90,252 74.68% 633,203 6.85%
UNP 4,413 13.86% 16,213 13.42% 3,486,792 37.73%
DPLF 945 2.97% 6,028 4.99% 7,038 0.08%
EPDP 476 1.49% 1,084 0.90% 24,942 0.27%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 385 1.21% 7,271 6.02% 4,814,740 52.10%
Valid Votes 31,850 92.12% 120,848 92.59% 9,241,931 94.52%
Rejected Votes 2,726 7.88% 9,665 7.41% 534,452 5.47%
Total Polled 34,576 47.38% 130,513 57.60% 9,777,821 75.74%
Registered Electors 72,980 226,604 12,909,631

2001 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party Mannar [17] Vanni Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
TULF 15,906 66.33% 41,950 44.39% 348,164 3.89%
UNP 2,910 12.13% 26,575 28.12% 4,086,026 45.62%
EPDP 1,742 7.26% 3,404 3.60% 72,783 0.81%
PA 1,576 6.57% 7,831 8.29% 3,330,815 37.19%
DPLF 1,046 4.36% 9,614 10.17% 16,669 0.19%
IND1 487 2.03% 705 0.75% 2,263 0.03%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 314 1.31% 4,427 4.68% 943,815 10.54%
Valid Votes 23,981 93.08% 94,506 92.33% 8,955,844 94.77%
Rejected Votes 1,782 6.92% 7,855 7.67% 494,009 5.23%
Total Polled 25,763 36.36% 102,361 46.77% 9,449,878 76.03%
Registered Electors 70,850 218,861 12,428,762

2000 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party Mannar [18] Vanni Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
TELO 9,580 45.36% 21,423 32.03% 25,830 0.30%
NUA 1,821 8.62% 4,280 6.40% 185,593 2.16%
IG7 1,796 8.50% 2,325 3.48% 2,382 0.03%
UNP 1,695 8.02% 10,618 15.88% 3,451,765 40.12%
TULF 1,450 6.86% 4,610 6.89% 105,907 1.23%
IG4 1,440 6.82% 3,419 5.11% 5,792 0.07%
DPLF 1,200 5.68% 6,847 10.24% 20,655 0.24%
IG2 1,053 4.99% 1,235 1.85% 31,443 0.37%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 737 3.49% 5,795 8.67% 808,316 9.40%
PA 350 1.66% 6,323 9.45% 3,899,329 45.33%
Valid Votes 21,122 N/A 66,875 N/A 8,602,617 N/A

1994 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party Mannar [19] Vanni Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
SLMC 5,785 32.73% 8,142 19.26% 143,307 1.80%
DPLF 4,403 24.91% 11,567 27.36% 11,567 0.15%
UNP 2,437 13.79% 7,850 18.57% 3,498,370 44.04%
EPRLF 1,841 10.41% 3,465 8.20% 9,411 0.12%
IND2 1,720 9.73% 1,880 4.45% 16,690 0.21%
TULF 1,127 6.38% 3,039 7.19% 132,461 1.67%
PA 207 1.17% 5,583 13.21% 3,887,805 48.94%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 157 0.89% 745 1.76% 50,636 0.64%
Valid Votes 17,677 94.11% 42,271 93.35% 7,943,688 95.20%
Rejected Votes 1,106 5.89% 3,009 6.65% 400,395 4.80%
Total Polled 18,783 34.74% 45,280 25.23% 8,344,095 74.75%
Registered Electors 54,066 179,435 11,163,064

1989 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party Mannar [20] Vanni Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
TULF 5,492 36.66% 17,271 39.99% 188,594 3.37%
SLMC 4,419 29.50% 7,945 18.40% 202,016 3.61%
UNP 2,507 16.73% 8,525 19.74% 2,838,005 50.71%
IND 2,472 16.50% 7,879 18.24% 12,285 0.22%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 91 0.61% 1,568 3.63% 1,785,369 31.90%
Valid Votes 14,981 92.01% 43,188 90.64% 5,596,468 93.87%
Rejected Votes 1,301 7.99% 4,462 9.36% 365,563 6.13%
Total Polled 16,282 34.65% 47,650 33.69% 5,962,031 63.60%
Registered Electors 46,990 141,448 9,374,164

Demographics

Ethnicity

The Mannar Polling Division has a Sri Lankan Tamil majority (80.4%) and a significant Moor population (16.5%) . In comparison, the Vanni Electoral District (which contains the Mannar Polling Division) has a Sri Lankan Tamil majority (82.5%) [1]

Ethnicity in Mannar [1]

   Sri Lankan Tamil (80.4%)
   Moor (16.5%)
   Sinhalese (2.3%)
  Other (0.7%)

Religion

The Mannar Polling Division has a Roman Catholic majority (52.6%), a significant Hindu population (24.1%) and a significant Muslim population (16.6%) . In comparison, the Vanni Electoral District (which contains the Mannar Polling Division) has a Hindu majority (58.5%) and a significant Roman Catholic population (21.1%) [1]

Religion in Mannar [1]

   Roman Catholic (52.6%)
   Hindu (24.1%)
   Muslim (16.6%)
   Other Christian (4.8%)
   Buddhist (1.8%)
  Other (0.0%)

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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. ↑ The mean absolute error, between the percentages of votes each party got in Mannar and the Vanni Electoral District. It is a measure of the difference in voting behaviour between the two regions.
  3. ↑ The mean absolute error, between the percentages of votes each party got in Mannar 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.
  5. ↑ "2015 Sri Lankan presidential election Results". elections.gov.lk. Election Commission of Sri Lanka. 2015.
  6. ↑ "2010 Sri Lankan presidential election Results". elections.gov.lk. Election Commission of Sri Lanka. 2010.
  7. ↑ "2005 Sri Lankan presidential election Results". elections.gov.lk. Election Commission of Sri Lanka. 2005.
  8. ↑ "1999 Sri Lankan presidential election Results". elections.gov.lk. Election Commission of Sri Lanka. 1999.
  9. ↑ "1994 Sri Lankan presidential election Results". elections.gov.lk. Election Commission of Sri Lanka. 1994.
  10. ↑ "1988 Sri Lankan presidential election Results". elections.gov.lk. Election Commission of Sri Lanka. 1988.
  11. ↑ "1982 Sri Lankan presidential election Results". elections.gov.lk. Election Commission of Sri Lanka. 1982.
  12. ↑ The mean absolute error, between the percentages of votes each party got in Mannar and the Vanni Electoral District. It is a measure of the difference in voting behaviour between the two regions.
  13. ↑ The mean absolute error, between the percentages of votes each party got in Mannar and the country. It is a measure of the difference in voting behaviour between the two regions.
  14. ↑ "2015 Sri Lankan parliamentary election Results" (PDF). elections.gov.lk. Election Commission of Sri Lanka. 2015.
  15. ↑ "2010 Sri Lankan parliamentary election Results" (PDF). elections.gov.lk. Election Commission of Sri Lanka. 2010.
  16. ↑ "2004 Sri Lankan parliamentary election Results" (PDF). elections.gov.lk. Election Commission of Sri Lanka. 2004.
  17. ↑ "2001 Sri Lankan parliamentary election Results" (PDF). elections.gov.lk. Election Commission of Sri Lanka. 2001.
  18. ↑ "2000 Sri Lankan parliamentary election Results" (PDF). elections.gov.lk. Election Commission of Sri Lanka. 2000.
  19. ↑ "1994 Sri Lankan parliamentary election Results" (PDF). elections.gov.lk. Election Commission of Sri Lanka. 1994.
  20. ↑ "1989 Sri Lankan parliamentary election Results" (PDF). elections.gov.lk. Election Commission of Sri Lanka. 1989.
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