Trincomalee Polling Division

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Trincomalee
Trincomalee Polling Division Sri Lanka.svg
Coordinates: 8°44′46″N81°06′06″E / 8.746024°N 81.101654°E / 8.746024; 81.101654
Country Sri Lanka
Province Eastern Province, Sri Lanka
Electoral District Trincomalee Electoral District
Area
  Total537.46 km2 (207.51 sq mi)
Population
 (2012) [1]
  Total130,705
  Density243/km2 (630/sq mi)
ISO 3166 code EC-14B

The Trincomalee Polling Division is a Polling Division in the Trincomalee Electoral District, in the Eastern Province, Sri Lanka.

Contents

Presidential Election Results

Summary

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

Year Trincomalee Trincomalee Electoral District MAE [2]  % Sri Lanka MAE [3]  %
2019 NDF NDF 5.62% SLPP 33.27%
2015 NDF NDF 7.22% NDF 27.77%
2010 NDF NDF 15.22% UPFA 29.65%
2005 UNP UNP 16.29% UPFA 29.27%
1999 UNP UNP 13.02% PA 19.27%
1994 PA PA 13.63% PA 23.24%
1988 SLMP UNP 11.77% UNP 17.13%
1982 UNP UNP 8.27% UNP 8.41%
Matches/Mean MAE 3/8 4/8 11.38% 8/8 23.50%

2019 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party Trincomalee [4] Trincomalee Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
NDF 56,594 78.02% 166,841 72.10% 5,564,239 41.99%
SLPP 12,818 17.67% 54,135 23.39% 6,924,255 52.25%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 3,125 4.31% 10,434 4.51% 764,005 5.76%
Valid Votes 72,537 98.96% 231,410 99.21% 13,252,499 98.99%
Rejected Votes 762 1.04% 1,832 0.79% 135,452 1.01%
Total Polled 73,299 80.65% 233,242 82.97% 13,387,951 83.71%
Registered Electors 90,881 281,114 15,992,568

2015 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party Trincomalee [5] Trincomalee Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
NDF 49,650 79.11% 140,338 71.84% 6,217,162 51.28%
UPFA 12,056 19.21% 52,111 26.67% 5,768,090 47.58%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 1,053 1.68% 2,907 1.49% 138,200 1.14%
Valid Votes 62,759 98.72% 195,356 99.08% 12,123,452 98.85%
Rejected Votes 816 1.28% 1,805 0.92% 140,925 1.15%
Total Polled 63,575 73.09% 197,161 72.50% 12,264,377 78.69%
Registered Electors 86,978 271,953 15,585,942

2010 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party Trincomalee [6] Trincomalee Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
NDF 35,887 69.42% 87,661 54.09% 4,173,185 40.15%
UPFA 13,935 26.95% 69,752 43.04% 6,015,934 57.88%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 1,876 3.63% 4,659 2.87% 204,494 1.97%
Valid Votes 51,698 98.01% 162,072 98.52% 10,393,613 99.03%
Rejected Votes 1,050 1.99% 2,432 1.48% 101,838 0.97%
Total Polled 52,748 60.85% 164,504 34.10% 10,495,451 66.70%
Registered Electors 86,685 482,356 15,734,587

2005 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party Trincomalee [7] Trincomalee Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
UNP 41,369 77.90% 92,197 61.33% 4,706,366 48.43%
UPFA 10,878 20.48% 55,680 37.04% 4,887,152 50.29%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 859 1.62% 2,457 1.63% 123,521 1.27%
Valid Votes 53,106 98.23% 150,334 98.63% 9,717,039 98.88%
Rejected Votes 956 1.77% 2,094 1.37% 109,869 1.12%
Total Polled 54,062 59.35% 152,428 31.92% 9,826,908 69.51%
Registered Electors 91,095 477,540 14,136,979

1999 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party Trincomalee [8] Trincomalee Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
UNP 28,061 64.13% 63,351 50.25% 3,602,748 42.71%
PA 13,807 31.56% 56,691 44.96% 4,312,157 51.12%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 1,313 3.00% 3,732 2.96% 176,679 2.09%
JVP 573 1.31% 2,307 1.83% 343,927 4.08%
Valid Votes 43,754 97.27% 126,081 97.95% 8,435,754 97.69%
Rejected Votes 1,227 2.73% 2,642 2.05% 199,536 2.31%
Total Polled 44,981 58.05% 128,723 62.76% 8,635,290 72.17%
Registered Electors 77,484 205,116 11,965,536

1994 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party Trincomalee [9] Trincomalee Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
PA 28,900 85.58% 77,943 71.62% 4,709,205 62.28%
UNP 3,925 11.62% 28,006 25.74% 2,715,283 35.91%
Ind 2 697 2.06% 2,074 1.91% 58,888 0.78%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 248 0.73% 798 0.73% 78,152 1.03%
Valid Votes 33,770 98.41% 108,821 98.44% 7,561,526 98.03%
Rejected Votes 545 1.59% 1,726 1.56% 151,706 1.97%
Total Polled 34,315 50.83% 110,547 58.80% 7,713,232 69.12%
Registered Electors 67,509 188,017 11,158,880

1988 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party Trincomalee [10] Trincomalee Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
SLMP 8,378 37.64% 14,103 17.49% 235,701 4.63%
UNP 8,112 36.45% 36,841 45.70% 2,569,199 50.43%
SLFP 5,767 25.91% 29,679 36.81% 2,289,857 44.95%
Valid Votes 22,257 97.52% 80,620 98.38% 5,094,754 98.24%
Rejected Votes 565 2.48% 1,326 1.62% 91,499 1.76%
Total Polled 22,822 40.73% 81,949 53.72% 5,186,256 55.87%
Registered Electors 56,026 152,540 9,283,143

1982 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party Trincomalee [11] Trincomalee Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
UNP 14,503 53.97% 45,522 48.64% 3,450,815 52.93%
SLFP 5,424 20.18% 31,700 33.87% 2,546,348 39.05%
ACTC 5,366 19.97% 10,068 10.76% 173,934 2.67%
JVP 1,305 4.86% 5,395 5.76% 273,428 4.19%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 274 1.02% 911 0.97% 75,526 1.16%
Valid Votes 26,872 97.19% 93,596 98.12% 6,520,156 98.78%
Rejected Votes 777 2.81% 1,795 1.88% 80,470 1.22%
Total Polled 27,649 56.15% 95,391 70.69% 6,600,626 80.15%
Registered Electors 49,244 134,948 8,235,358

Parliamentary Election Results

Summary

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

Year Trincomalee Trincomalee Electoral District MAE [12]  % Sri Lanka MAE [13]  %
2015 ITAK UNP 14.56% UNP 20.80%
2010 ITAK UPFA 15.58% UPFA 25.47%
2004 ITAK ITAK 17.61% UPFA 33.80%
2001 TULF UNP 17.10% UNP 22.90%
2000 UNP PA 10.88% PA 15.28%
1994 TULF UNP 13.11% PA 31.41%
1989 INDI INDI 13.09% UNP 31.30%
Matches/Mean MAE 0/7 4/7 14.56% 7/7 25.85%

2015 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party Trincomalee [14] Trincomalee Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
ITAK 27,612 48.72% 45,894 25.49% 515,963 4.63%
UNP 17,674 31.18% 83,638 46.45% 5,098,916 45.77%
UPFA 8,211 14.49% 38,463 21.36% 4,732,664 42.48%
IG0 913 1.61% 6,520 3.62% 14,927 0.13%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 885 1.56% 1,850 1.03% 83,525 0.75%
AITC 783 1.38% 1,144 0.64% 18,644 0.17%
JVP 599 1.06% 2,556 1.42% 544,154 4.88%
Valid Votes 56,677 93.73% 180,065 94.31% 11,140,333 95.35%
Rejected Votes 3,755 6.21% 10,542 5.52% 516,926 4.42%
Total Polled 60,469 69.52% 190,938 74.34% 11,684,111 77.66%
Registered Electors 86,978 256,852 15,044,490

2010 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party Trincomalee [15] Trincomalee Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
ITAK 20,578 47.41% 33,268 23.85% 233,190 2.91%
UPFA 10,961 25.25% 59,784 42.85% 4,846,388 60.38%
UNP 8,718 20.09% 39,691 28.45% 2,357,057 29.37%
TMVP 1,106 2.55% 1,712 1.23% 20,284 0.25%
AITC 956 2.20% 1,182 0.85% 7,544 0.09%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 561 1.29% 1,357 0.97% 33,457 0.42%
DNA 522 1.20% 2,519 1.81% 441,251 5.50%
Valid Votes 43,402 92.47% 139,513 93.02% 8,026,322 96.03%
Rejected Votes 3,483 7.42% 10,240 6.83% 581,465 6.96%
Total Polled 46,937 54.15% 149,982 59.19% 8,358,246 59.29%
Registered Electors 86,685 253,399 14,097,690

2004 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party Trincomalee [16] Trincomalee Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
ITAK 43,880 65.16% 69,087 37.77% 633,203 6.85%
SLMC 13,378 19.86% 65,191 35.64% 186,880 2.02%
UPFA 6,229 9.25% 31,053 16.98% 4,223,126 45.70%
UNP 3,193 4.74% 15,693 8.58% 3,486,792 37.73%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 667 0.99% 1,906 1.04% 601,931 6.51%
Valid Votes 67,347 95.64% 182,930 95.38% 9,241,931 94.52%
Rejected Votes 3,073 4.36% 8,863 4.62% 534,452 5.47%
Total Polled 70,420 81.62% 191,793 85.33% 9,777,821 75.74%
Registered Electors 86,277 224,764 12,909,631

2001 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party Trincomalee [17] Trincomalee Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
TULF 35,639 60.93% 56,121 34.83% 348,164 3.89%
UNP 14,560 24.89% 62,930 39.05% 4,086,026 45.62%
PA 5,027 8.59% 32,997 20.48% 3,330,815 37.19%
JVP 1,664 2.84% 6,095 3.78% 815,353 9.10%
EPDP 1,209 2.07% 1,470 0.91% 72,783 0.81%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 396 0.68% 1,525 0.95% 128,199 1.43%
Valid Votes 58,495 94.73% 161,138 95.03% 8,955,844 94.77%
Rejected Votes 3,251 5.27% 8,429 4.97% 494,009 5.23%
Total Polled 61,746 75.83% 169,567 79.88% 9,449,878 76.03%
Registered Electors 81,422 212,280 12,428,762

2000 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party Trincomalee [18] Trincomalee Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
UNP 12,861 26.75% 46,676 35.08% 3,451,765 40.12%
PA 11,928 24.81% 53,802 40.44% 3,899,329 45.33%
TULF 11,070 23.02% 14,088 10.59% 105,907 1.23%
EPDP 3,382 7.03% 4,524 3.40% 50,702 0.59%
ACTC 3,269 6.80% 3,748 2.82% 27,289 0.32%
IG2 2,268 4.72% 2,621 1.97% 31,443 0.37%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 1,208 2.51% 1,979 1.49% 216,732 2.52%
JVP 901 1.87% 3,293 2.48% 518,725 6.03%
IG3 674 1.40% 1,434 1.08% 6,109 0.07%
IG6 526 1.09% 872 0.66% 3,162 0.04%
Valid Votes 48,087 N/A 133,037 N/A 8,602,617 N/A

1994 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party Trincomalee [19] Trincomalee Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
TULF 18,548 47.79% 28,380 23.66% 132,461 1.67%
SLMC 5,710 14.71% 26,903 22.43% 143,307 1.80%
UNP 5,703 14.69% 34,986 29.17% 3,498,370 44.04%
PA 5,156 13.28% 23,886 19.91% 3,887,805 48.94%
TELO 2,736 7.05% 3,709 3.09% 24,974 0.31%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 551 1.42% 1,197 1.00% 138,277 1.74%
EPRLF 408 1.05% 881 0.73% 9,411 0.12%
Valid Votes 38,812 94.84% 119,942 94.72% 7,943,688 95.20%
Rejected Votes 2,110 5.16% 6,682 5.28% 400,395 4.80%
Total Polled 40,922 60.62% 126,624 67.36% 8,344,095 74.75%
Registered Electors 67,509 187,991 11,163,064

1989 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party Trincomalee [20] Trincomalee Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
INDI 15,915 46.30% 25,239 24.85% 175,579 3.14%
TULF 7,325 21.31% 12,755 12.56% 188,594 3.37%
SLMC 5,164 15.02% 17,884 17.61% 202,016 3.61%
SLFP 2,950 8.58% 22,966 22.61% 1,785,369 31.90%
UNP 2,881 8.38% 22,450 22.10% 2,838,005 50.71%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 141 0.41% 284 0.28% 90,480 1.62%
Valid Votes 34,376 96.36% 101,578 95.42% 5,596,468 93.87%
Rejected Votes 1,299 3.64% 4,878 4.58% 365,563 6.13%
Total Polled 35,675 64.59% 106,456 69.90% 5,962,031 63.60%
Registered Electors 55,236 152,289 9,374,164

Demographics

Ethnicity

The Trincomalee Polling Division has a Sri Lankan Tamil majority (54.9%), a significant Moor population (26.3%) and a significant Sinhalese population (17.2%) . In comparison, the Trincomalee Electoral District (which contains the Trincomalee Polling Division) has a Moor plurality (41.8%), a significant Sri Lankan Tamil population (30.7%) and a significant Sinhalese population (26.7%) [1]

Ethnicity in Trincomalee [1]

   Sri Lankan Tamil (54.9%)
   Moor (26.3%)
   Sinhalese (17.2%)
  Other (1.6%)

Religion

The Trincomalee Polling Division has a Hindu plurality (43.6%), a significant Muslim population (26.6%) and a significant Buddhist population (16.1%) . In comparison, the Trincomalee Electoral District (which contains the Trincomalee Polling Division) has a Muslim plurality (42.0%), a significant Buddhist population (26.2%) and a significant Hindu population (25.9%) [1]

Religion in Trincomalee [1]

   Hindu (43.6%)
   Muslim (26.6%)
   Buddhist (16.1%)
   Roman Catholic (9.5%)
   Other Christian (4.2%)
  Other (0.0%)

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  3. The mean absolute error, between the percentages of votes each party got in Trincomalee and the country. It is a measure of the difference in voting behaviour between the two regions.
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