Vaddukoddai Polling Division

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Vaddukoddai
Polling Division
Vaddukoddai Polling Division Sri Lanka.svg
Coordinates: 9°44′04″N79°56′22″E / 9.734426°N 79.939364°E / 9.734426; 79.939364
Country Sri Lanka
Province Northern Province, Sri Lanka
Electoral District Jaffna Electoral District
Area
 • Total52.88 km2 (20.42 sq mi)
Population
 (2012) [1]
 • Total46,438
 • Density878/km2 (2,270/sq mi)
ISO 3166 code EC-10B

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

Year Vaddukoddai Jaffna Electoral District MAE [2]  % Sri Lanka MAE [3]  %
2019 NDF NDF 1.25% SLPP 41.55%
2015 NDF NDF 4.50% NDF 19.67%
2010 NDF NDF 1.28% UPFA 29.41%
2005 UNP UNP 2.95% UPFA 26.88%
1999 PA PA 7.58% PA 5.58%
1994 PA PA 3.98% PA 31.26%
1988 SLFP SLFP 2.53% UNP 15.22%
1982 ACTC ACTC 2.50% UNP 21.89%
Matches/Mean MAE 3/8 3/8 3.32% 8/8 23.93%

2019 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party Vaddukoddai [4] Jaffna Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
NDF 26,238 82.44% 312,722 83.86% 5,564,239 41.99%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 2,538 7.97% 23,295 6.25% 717,212 5.41%
SLPP 1,728 5.43% 23,261 6.24% 6,924,255 52.25%
IND10 727 2.28% 6,845 1.84% 12,256 0.09%
DUNF 594 1.87% 6,790 1.82% 34,537 0.26%
Valid Votes 31,825 96.19% 372,913 97.07% 13,252,499 98.99%
Rejected Votes 1,259 3.81% 11,251 2.93% 135,452 1.01%
Total Polled 33,084 69.13% 384,164 68.00% 13,387,951 83.71%
Registered Electors 47,856 564,984 15,992,568

2015 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party Vaddukoddai [5] Jaffna Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
NDF 20,873 69.58% 253,574 74.42% 6,217,162 51.28%
UPFA 7,791 25.97% 74,454 21.85% 5,768,090 47.58%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 1,333 4.44% 12,723 3.73% 138,200 1.14%
Valid Votes 29,997 96.64% 340,751 97.14% 12,123,452 98.85%
Rejected Votes 1,043 3.36% 10,038 2.86% 140,925 1.15%
Total Polled 31,040 65.18% 350,789 64.22% 12,264,377 78.69%
Registered Electors 47,621 546,265 15,585,942

2010 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party Vaddukoddai [6] Jaffna Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
NDF 11,712 62.68% 113,877 63.84% 4,173,185 40.15%
UPFA 4,247 22.73% 44,154 24.75% 6,015,934 57.88%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 1,413 7.56% 10,438 5.85% 132,316 1.27%
Ind 5 500 2.68% 3,205 1.80% 9,662 0.09%
UDF 486 2.60% 3,325 1.86% 23,290 0.22%
DUNF 326 1.74% 3,370 1.89% 39,226 0.38%
Valid Votes 18,684 96.13% 178,369 96.35% 10,393,613 99.03%
Rejected Votes 752 3.87% 6,763 3.65% 101,838 0.97%
Total Polled 19,436 30.37% 185,132 25.15% 10,495,451 66.70%
Registered Electors 63,991 736,032 15,734,587

2005 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party Vaddukoddai [7] Jaffna Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
UNP 191 72.62% 5,523 70.20% 4,706,366 48.43%
UPFA 53 20.15% 1,967 25.00% 4,887,152 50.29%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 7 2.66% 244 3.10% 46,648 0.48%
USP 3 1.14% 72 0.92% 35,425 0.36%
JSP 3 1.14% 34 0.43% 31,238 0.32%
SLPF 3 1.14% 16 0.20% 2,525 0.03%
RPP 3 1.14% 12 0.15% 7,685 0.08%
Valid Votes 263 94.60% 7,868 92.30% 9,717,039 98.88%
Rejected Votes 15 5.40% 656 7.70% 109,869 1.12%
Total Polled 278 0.44% 8,524 1.20% 9,826,908 69.51%
Registered Electors 62,781 707,970 14,136,979

1999 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party Vaddukoddai [8] Jaffna Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
PA 6,854 53.71% 52,043 46.65% 4,312,157 51.12%
UNP 4,232 33.17% 48,005 43.03% 3,602,748 42.71%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 551 4.32% 4,070 3.65% 408,947 4.85%
LDA 466 3.65% 3,394 3.04% 23,668 0.28%
Ind 2 293 2.30% 1,873 1.68% 27,052 0.32%
Liberal 228 1.79% 1,368 1.23% 25,085 0.30%
SMBP 139 1.09% 818 0.73% 35,854 0.43%
Valid Votes 12,760 94.33% 111,568 94.91% 8,435,754 97.69%
Rejected Votes 767 5.67% 5,981 5.09% 199,536 2.31%
Total Polled 13,527 23.18% 117,549 19.15% 8,635,290 72.17%
Registered Electors 58,350 613,718 11,965,536

1994 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party Vaddukoddai [9] Jaffna Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
PA 539 92.29% 16,934 96.35% 4,709,205 62.28%
Ind 2 31 5.31% 341 1.94% 58,888 0.78%
UNP 6 1.03% 223 1.27% 2,715,283 35.91%
SMBP 6 1.03% 36 0.20% 32,651 0.43%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 2 0.34% 41 0.23% 45,501 0.60%
Valid Votes 584 99.32% 17,575 99.20% 7,561,526 98.03%
Rejected Votes 4 0.68% 141 0.80% 151,706 1.97%
Total Polled 588 1.00% 17,716 2.97% 7,713,232 69.12%
Registered Electors 58,949 596,422 11,158,880

1988 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party Vaddukoddai [10] Jaffna Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
SLFP 6,495 40.45% 44,197 36.82% 2,289,857 44.95%
SLMP 5,252 32.71% 42,198 35.15% 235,701 4.63%
UNP 4,309 26.84% 33,650 28.03% 2,569,199 50.43%
Valid Votes 16,056 87.01% 120,045 93.38% 5,094,754 98.24%
Rejected Votes 2,397 12.99% 8,517 6.62% 91,499 1.76%
Total Polled 18,453 100.00% 128,562 23.30% 5,186,256 55.87%
Registered Electors 18,453 551,713 9,283,143

1982 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party Vaddukoddai [11] Jaffna Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
ACTC 9,741 44.07% 87,263 40.03% 173,934 2.67%
SLFP 7,770 35.15% 77,210 35.42% 2,546,348 39.05%
UNP 3,700 16.74% 44,775 20.54% 3,450,815 52.93%
JVP 380 1.72% 3,098 1.42% 273,428 4.19%
LSSP 257 1.16% 3,376 1.55% 58,531 0.90%
NSSP 255 1.15% 2,176 1.00% 16,995 0.26%
Valid Votes 22,103 95.36% 218,003 95.36% 6,520,156 98.78%
Rejected Votes 1,076 4.64% 10,610 4.64% 80,470 1.22%
Total Polled 23,179 50.16% 228,613 45.86% 6,600,626 80.15%
Registered Electors 46,206 498,545 8,235,358

Parliamentary Election Results

Summary

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

Year Vaddukoddai Jaffna Electoral District MAE [12]  % Sri Lanka MAE [13]  %
2015 ITAK ITAK 3.11% UNP 35.28%
2010 ITAK ITAK 8.39% UPFA 26.40%
2004 ITAK ITAK 1.30% UPFA 6.24%
2001 TULF TULF 3.99% UNP 15.30%
2000 EPDP EPDP 2.04% PA 11.07%
1994 IND2 IND2 11.31% PA 0.25%
1989 INDI INDI 3.87% UNP 27.51%
Matches/Mean MAE 0/7 0/7 4.86% 7/7 17.44%

2015 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party Vaddukoddai [14] Jaffna Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
ITAK 17,237 66.15% 207,577 70.08% 515,963 4.63%
EPDP 2,843 10.91% 30,232 10.21% 33,481 0.30%
UNP 2,678 10.28% 20,025 6.76% 5,098,916 45.77%
AITC 1,320 5.07% 15,022 5.07% 18,644 0.17%
UPFA 1,311 5.03% 17,309 5.84% 4,732,664 42.48%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 668 2.56% 6,034 2.04% 580,476 5.21%
Valid Votes 26,057 89.44% 296,199 90.91% 11,140,333 95.35%
Rejected Votes 2,679 9.20% 25,496 7.83% 516,926 4.42%
Total Polled 29,132 61.17% 325,805 61.56% 11,684,111 77.66%
Registered Electors 47,621 529,239 15,044,490

2010 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party Vaddukoddai [15] Jaffna Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
ITAK 5,341 35.57% 65,119 44.03% 233,190 2.91%
UNP 3,438 22.90% 12,624 8.54% 2,357,057 29.37%
UPFA 3,286 21.89% 47,622 32.20% 4,846,388 60.38%
AITC 831 5.53% 6,362 4.30% 7,544 0.09%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 630 4.20% 6,584 4.45% 477,241 5.95%
IG1J 516 3.44% 2,648 1.79% 2,648 0.03%
TULF 388 2.58% 2,892 1.96% 9,223 0.11%
IG4J 252 1.68% 2,151 1.45% 2,151 0.03%
IG6J 171 1.14% 1,038 0.70% 1,038 0.01%
EDF 161 1.07% 858 0.58% 3,709 0.05%
Valid Votes 15,014 87.11% 147,898 87.89% 8,026,322 96.03%
Rejected Votes 2,128 12.35% 19,774 11.75% 581,465 6.96%
Total Polled 17,236 26.94% 168,277 22.68% 8,358,246 59.29%
Registered Electors 63,991 742,005 14,097,690

2004 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party Vaddukoddai [16] Jaffna Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
ITAK 24,240 91.96% 257,320 90.60% 633,203 6.85%
EPDP 1,513 5.74% 18,612 6.55% 24,942 0.27%
IP1D 485 1.84% 5,156 1.82% 6,121 0.07%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 120 0.46% 2,938 1.03% 764,786 8.28%
Valid Votes 26,358 91.20% 284,026 93.04% 9,241,931 94.52%
Rejected Votes 2,543 8.80% 21,233 6.96% 534,452 5.47%
Total Polled 28,901 47.16% 305,259 46.65% 9,777,821 75.74%
Registered Electors 61,283 654,415 12,909,631

2001 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party Vaddukoddai [17] Jaffna Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
TULF 9,800 52.55% 102,324 54.84% 348,164 3.89%
EPDP 4,609 24.71% 57,208 30.66% 72,783 0.81%
UNP 3,445 18.47% 16,245 8.71% 4,086,026 45.62%
DLF 461 2.47% 2,054 1.10% 6,214 0.07%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 335 1.80% 8,767 4.70% 1,046,289 11.68%
Valid Votes 18,650 92.66% 186,598 94.59% 8,955,844 94.77%
Rejected Votes 1,478 7.34% 10,681 5.41% 494,009 5.23%
Total Polled 20,128 33.01% 197,279 31.14% 9,449,878 76.03%
Registered Electors 60,967 633,457 12,428,762

2000 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party Vaddukoddai [18] Jaffna Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
EPDP 4,869 33.85% 41,536 36.13% 50,702 0.59%
TULF 4,035 28.05% 32,761 28.50% 105,907 1.23%
UNP 2,153 14.97% 10,896 9.48% 3,451,765 40.12%
L&DA 1,079 7.50% 2,502 2.18% 9,781 0.11%
ACTC 908 6.31% 10,618 9.24% 27,289 0.32%
DPLF 447 3.11% 4,778 4.16% 20,655 0.24%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 444 3.09% 4,917 4.28% 893,628 10.39%
IG6 241 1.68% 2,058 1.79% 3,162 0.04%
IG2 208 1.45% 4,905 4.27% 31,443 0.37%
Valid Votes 14,384 N/A 114,971 N/A 8,602,617 N/A

1994 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party Vaddukoddai [19] Jaffna Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
IND2 556 90.85% 10,744 79.71% 16,690 0.21%
IND1 43 7.03% 374 2.77% 48,199 0.61%
EPRLF 8 1.31% 263 1.95% 9,411 0.12%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 5 0.82% 2,098 15.56% 143,307 1.80%
Valid Votes 612 95.77% 13,479 97.41% 7,943,688 95.20%
Rejected Votes 27 4.23% 358 2.59% 400,395 4.80%
Total Polled 639 1.08% 13,837 2.32% 8,344,095 74.75%
Registered Electors 58,949 596,375 11,163,064

1989 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party Vaddukoddai [20] Jaffna Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
INDI 17,814 67.52% 150,340 62.68% 175,579 3.14%
TULF 5,827 22.09% 60,013 25.02% 188,594 3.37%
DPLF 1,050 3.98% 7,993 3.33% 19,150 0.34%
SLMC 682 2.58% 8,439 3.52% 202,016 3.61%
ACTC 541 2.05% 7,610 3.17% 7,610 0.14%
UNP 470 1.78% 5,460 2.28% 2,838,005 50.71%
Valid Votes 26,384 89.13% 239,855 90.49% 5,596,468 93.87%
Rejected Votes 3,217 10.87% 25,203 9.51% 365,563 6.13%
Total Polled 29,601 50.37% 265,058 44.76% 5,962,031 63.60%
Registered Electors 58,770 592,210 9,374,164

Demographics

Ethnicity

The Vaddukoddai Polling Division has a Sri Lankan Tamil majority (99.4%) . In comparison, the Jaffna Electoral District (which contains the Vaddukoddai Polling Division) has a Sri Lankan Tamil majority (98.6%) [1]

Ethnicity in Vaddukoddai [1]

   Sri Lankan Tamil (99.4%)
  Other (0.6%)

Religion

The Vaddukoddai Polling Division has a Hindu majority (93.9%) . In comparison, the Jaffna Electoral District (which contains the Vaddukoddai Polling Division) has a Hindu majority (82.6%) and a significant Roman Catholic population (12.6%) [1]

Religion in Vaddukoddai [1]

   Hindu (93.9%)
   Other Christian (4.2%)
   Roman Catholic (1.6%)
  Other (0.3%)

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  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 Vaddukoddai and the Jaffna 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 Vaddukoddai 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 Vaddukoddai and the Jaffna 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 Vaddukoddai 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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