Batticaloa Polling Division

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Batticaloa
Polling Division
Location of Batticaloa
Coordinates: 7°42′49″N 81°32′36″E / 7.713747°N 81.543390°E / 7.713747; 81.543390
CountrySri Lanka
ProvinceEastern Province, Sri Lanka
Electoral DistrictBatticaloa Electoral District
Area
 • Total
811.3 km2 (313.2 sq mi)
Population
 (2012)[1]
 • Total
128,610
 • Density159/km2 (410/sq mi)
ISO 3166 codeEC-12B

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

Presidential Election Results

Summary

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

Year Batticaloa Batticaloa Electoral District MAE[2] % Sri Lanka MAE[3] %
2019 NDF NDF 1.11% SLPP 37.87%
2015 NDF NDF 1.24% NDF 29.16%
2010 NDF NDF 0.49% UPFA 29.01%
2005 UNP UNP 0.19% UPFA 30.63%
1999 UNP UNP 1.30% PA 15.09%
1994 PA PA 4.02% PA 21.04%
1988 UNP UNP 3.97% UNP 16.93%
1982 UNP UNP 3.22% UNP 13.76%
Matches/Mean MAE 4/8 4/8 1.94% 8/8 24.19%

2019 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party Batticaloa[4] Batticaloa Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
NDF 109,449 78.13% 238,649 78.70% 5,564,239 41.99%
SLPP 12,594 8.99% 38,460 12.68% 6,924,255 52.25%
IND11 12,122 8.65% 13,228 4.36% 38,814 0.29%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 4,418 3.15% 10,580 3.49% 306,638 2.31%
NMPP 1,499 1.07% 2,304 0.76% 418,553 3.16%
Valid Votes 140,082 98.26% 303,221 98.62% 13,252,499 98.99%
Rejected Votes 2,480 1.74% 4,258 1.38% 135,452 1.01%
Total Polled 142,562 78.69% 307,479 77.20% 13,387,951 83.71%
Registered Electors 181,169 398,301 15,992,568

2015 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party Batticaloa[5] Batticaloa Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
NDF 97,779 80.39% 209,422 81.62% 6,217,162 51.28%
UPFA 21,473 17.65% 41,631 16.22% 5,768,090 47.58%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 2,385 1.96% 5,533 2.16% 138,200 1.14%
Valid Votes 121,637 99.10% 256,586 99.00% 12,123,452 98.85%
Rejected Votes 1,106 0.90% 2,580 1.00% 140,925 1.15%
Total Polled 122,743 71.16% 259,166 69.30% 12,264,377 78.69%
Registered Electors 172,499 373,982 15,585,942

2010 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party Batticaloa[6] Batticaloa Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
NDF 69,975 68.74% 146,057 68.93% 4,173,185 40.15%
UPFA 28,090 27.59% 55,663 26.27% 6,015,934 57.88%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 3,735 3.67% 10,171 4.80% 204,494 1.97%
Valid Votes 101,800 98.18% 211,891 97.97% 10,393,613 99.03%
Rejected Votes 1,885 1.82% 4,396 2.03% 101,838 0.97%
Total Polled 103,685 66.66% 216,287 32.41% 10,495,451 66.70%
Registered Electors 155,537 667,353 15,734,587

2005 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party Batticaloa[7] Batticaloa Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
UNP 65,401 79.34% 121,514 79.51% 4,706,366 48.43%
UPFA 15,798 19.17% 28,836 18.87% 4,887,152 50.29%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 1,229 1.49% 2,487 1.63% 123,521 1.27%
Valid Votes 82,428 98.84% 152,837 98.85% 9,717,039 98.88%
Rejected Votes 970 1.16% 1,778 1.15% 109,869 1.12%
Total Polled 83,398 56.36% 154,615 47.82% 9,826,908 69.51%
Registered Electors 147,979 323,337 14,136,979

1999 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party Batticaloa[8] Batticaloa Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
UNP 48,700 60.05% 104,100 61.19% 3,602,748 42.71%
PA 29,523 36.40% 58,975 34.66% 4,312,157 51.12%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 2,875 3.55% 7,056 4.15% 520,606 6.17%
Valid Votes 81,098 97.89% 170,131 97.85% 8,435,754 97.69%
Rejected Votes 1,750 2.11% 3,747 2.15% 199,536 2.31%
Total Polled 82,848 66.56% 173,878 63.82% 8,635,290 72.17%
Registered Electors 124,480 272,465 11,965,536

1994 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party Batticaloa[9] Batticaloa Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
PA 59,814 83.21% 144,725 87.30% 4,709,205 62.28%
UNP 9,812 13.65% 14,812 8.93% 2,715,283 35.91%
Ind 2 1,685 2.34% 5,030 3.03% 58,888 0.78%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 578 0.80% 1,214 0.73% 78,152 1.03%
Valid Votes 71,887 98.55% 165,779 98.42% 7,561,526 98.03%
Rejected Votes 1,061 1.45% 2,664 1.58% 151,706 1.97%
Total Polled 72,948 58.88% 168,443 63.57% 7,713,232 69.12%
Registered Electors 123,893 264,975 11,158,880

1988 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party Batticaloa[10] Batticaloa Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
UNP 29,976 56.04% 61,657 50.99% 2,569,199 50.43%
SLMP 14,972 27.99% 38,243 31.63% 235,701 4.63%
SLFP 8,547 15.98% 21,018 17.38% 2,289,857 44.95%
Valid Votes 53,495 96.92% 120,918 95.91% 5,094,754 98.24%
Rejected Votes 1,702 3.08% 5,163 4.09% 91,499 1.76%
Total Polled 55,197 55.35% 126,081 58.38% 5,186,256 55.87%
Registered Electors 99,717 215,983 9,283,143

1982 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party Batticaloa[11] Batticaloa Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
UNP 24,220 44.26% 48,094 40.05% 3,450,815 52.93%
ACTC 19,338 35.34% 47,095 39.22% 173,934 2.67%
SLFP 9,922 18.13% 21,688 18.06% 2,546,348 39.05%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 667 1.22% 1,912 1.59% 75,526 1.16%
JVP 580 1.06% 1,287 1.07% 273,428 4.19%
Valid Votes 54,727 97.99% 120,076 97.66% 6,520,156 98.78%
Rejected Votes 1,120 2.01% 2,879 2.34% 80,470 1.22%
Total Polled 55,847 69.47% 122,955 70.55% 6,600,626 80.15%
Registered Electors 80,394 174,276 8,235,358

Parliamentary Election Results

Summary

The winner of Batticaloa has matched the final country result 1 out of 7 times.

Year Batticaloa Batticaloa Electoral District MAE[12] % Sri Lanka MAE[13] %
2015 ITAK ITAK 5.16% UNP 31.34%
2010 UPFA ITAK 2.56% UPFA 18.18%
2004 ITAK ITAK 9.77% UPFA 27.87%
2001 TULF TULF 7.43% UNP 19.37%
2000 NUA TULF 5.15% PA 25.05%
1994 TULF TULF 5.63% PA 32.05%
1989 IND 1 TULF 5.79% UNP 31.24%
Matches/Mean MAE 1/7 0/7 5.93% 7/7 26.44%

2015 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party Batticaloa[14] Batticaloa Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
ITAK 56,876 50.25% 127,185 54.11% 515,963 4.63%
SLMC 27,869 24.62% 38,477 16.37% 44,193 0.40%
UPFA 20,258 17.90% 32,232 13.71% 4,732,664 42.48%
UNP 6,179 5.46% 32,359 13.77% 5,098,916 45.77%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 2,008 1.77% 4,789 2.04% 667,616 5.99%
Valid Votes 113,190 94.02% 235,042 93.12% 11,140,333 95.35%
Rejected Votes 5,525 4.59% 13,551 5.37% 516,926 4.42%
Total Polled 120,384 69.79% 252,397 69.12% 11,684,111 77.66%
Registered Electors 172,499 365,167 15,044,490

2010 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party Batticaloa[15] Batticaloa Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
UPFA 35,089 39.92% 62,009 34.67% 4,846,388 60.38%
ITAK 32,758 37.27% 66,235 37.04% 233,190 2.91%
UNP 12,284 13.97% 22,935 12.82% 2,357,057 29.37%
TMVP 3,756 4.27% 16,886 9.44% 20,284 0.25%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 2,439 2.77% 6,348 3.55% 485,855 6.05%
TULF 1,578 1.80% 4,424 2.47% 9,223 0.11%
Valid Votes 87,904 92.98% 178,837 91.54% 8,026,322 96.03%
Rejected Votes 5,783 6.12% 14,749 7.55% 581,465 6.96%
Total Polled 94,537 60.78% 195,367 57.46% 8,358,246 59.29%
Registered Electors 155,537 339,982 14,097,690

2004 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party Batticaloa[16] Batticaloa Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
ITAK 57,144 54.01% 161,011 66.71% 633,203 6.85%
UPFA 22,716 21.47% 26,268 10.88% 4,223,126 45.70%
SLMC 19,612 18.53% 43,131 17.87% 186,880 2.02%
UNP 3,819 3.61% 6,151 2.55% 3,486,792 37.73%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 1,421 1.34% 2,258 0.94% 616,111 6.67%
EPDP 1,099 1.04% 2,556 1.06% 24,942 0.27%
Valid Votes 105,811 94.98% 241,375 95.02% 9,241,931 94.52%
Rejected Votes 5,592 5.02% 12,648 4.98% 534,452 5.47%
Total Polled 111,403 78.90% 254,023 83.58% 9,777,821 75.74%
Registered Electors 141,190 303,928 12,909,631

2001 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party Batticaloa[17] Batticaloa Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
TULF 32,805 39.45% 86,284 48.17% 348,164 3.89%
PA 21,076 25.34% 25,705 14.35% 3,330,815 37.19%
UNP 14,903 17.92% 22,638 12.64% 4,086,026 45.62%
SLMC 7,512 9.03% 26,725 14.92% 105,346 1.18%
DPLF 3,074 3.70% 5,601 3.13% 16,669 0.19%
EPDP 2,054 2.47% 4,153 2.32% 72,783 0.81%
IND4 1,046 1.26% 6,406 3.58% 7,563 0.08%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 692 0.83% 1,596 0.89% 946,107 10.56%
Valid Votes 83,162 93.63% 179,108 93.10% 8,955,844 94.77%
Rejected Votes 5,657 6.37% 13,275 6.90% 494,009 5.23%
Total Polled 88,819 67.88% 192,383 68.20% 9,449,878 76.03%
Registered Electors 130,846 282,079 12,428,762

2000 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party Batticaloa[18] Batticaloa Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
NUA 27,079 30.36% 53,646 28.77% 185,593 2.16%
UNP 21,267 23.84% 29,163 15.64% 3,451,765 40.12%
TULF 16,621 18.63% 54,448 29.20% 105,907 1.23%
PA 6,436 7.22% 16,510 8.86% 3,899,329 45.33%
DPLF 5,539 6.21% 9,030 4.84% 20,655 0.24%
TELO 3,282 3.68% 3,909 2.10% 25,830 0.30%
IG1 2,801 3.14% 5,556 2.98% 9,799 0.11%
EPDP 1,950 2.19% 3,325 1.78% 50,702 0.59%
ACTC 1,839 2.06% 6,968 3.74% 27,289 0.32%
PP 1,279 1.43% 1,938 1.04% 19,830 0.23%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 1,103 1.24% 1,946 1.04% 721,565 8.39%
Valid Votes 89,196 N/A 186,439 N/A 8,602,617 N/A

1994 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party Batticaloa[19] Batticaloa Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
TULF 28,020 35.85% 76,516 43.95% 132,461 1.67%
SLMC 19,368 24.78% 31,072 17.85% 143,307 1.80%
UNP 13,622 17.43% 23,244 13.35% 3,498,370 44.04%
PA 7,413 9.48% 19,278 11.07% 3,887,805 48.94%
TELO 6,804 8.71% 17,073 9.81% 24,974 0.31%
EPRLF 2,069 2.65% 4,802 2.76% 9,411 0.12%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 861 1.10% 2,103 1.21% 64,889 0.82%
Valid Votes 78,157 93.09% 174,088 91.81% 7,943,688 95.20%
Rejected Votes 5,805 6.91% 15,531 8.19% 400,395 4.80%
Total Polled 83,962 67.77% 189,619 71.49% 8,344,095 74.75%
Registered Electors 123,893 265,253 11,163,064

1989 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party Batticaloa[20] Batticaloa Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
IND 1 21,445 30.18% 46,419 29.88% 46,419 0.83%
SLMC 21,172 29.80% 36,867 23.73% 202,016 3.61%
TULF 17,194 24.20% 55,131 35.49% 188,594 3.37%
UNP 7,186 10.11% 11,317 7.28% 2,838,005 50.71%
SLFP 3,162 4.45% 4,130 2.66% 1,785,369 31.90%
IND 2 899 1.27% 1,497 0.96% 1,497 0.03%
Valid Votes 71,058 94.06% 155,361 91.78% 5,596,468 93.87%
Rejected Votes 4,487 5.94% 13,923 8.22% 365,563 6.13%
Total Polled 75,545 76.23% 169,284 78.16% 5,962,031 63.60%
Registered Electors 99,096 216,574 9,374,164

Demographics

Ethnicity

The Batticaloa Polling Division has a Sri Lankan Tamil majority (71.4%) and a significant Moor population (26.2%) . In comparison, the Batticaloa Electoral District (which contains the Batticaloa Polling Division) has a Sri Lankan Tamil majority (72.3%) and a significant Moor population (25.4%) [1]

Ethnicity in Batticaloa[1]
  1. Sri Lankan Tamil (71.4%)
  2. Moor (26.2%)
  3. Sinhalese (2.00%)
  4. Other (0.40%)

Religion

The Batticaloa Polling Division has a Hindu majority (65.7%) and a significant Muslim population (26.3%) . In comparison, the Batticaloa Electoral District (which contains the Batticaloa Polling Division) has a Hindu majority (64.4%) and a significant Muslim population (25.5%) [1]

Religion in Batticaloa[1]
  1. Hindu (65.7%)
  2. Muslim (26.3%)
  3. Other Christian (3.40%)
  4. Roman Catholic (2.60%)
  5. Buddhist (1.90%)
  6. Other (0.00%)

References

  1. "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 Batticaloa and the Batticaloa 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 Batticaloa 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. The mean absolute error, between the percentages of votes each party got in Batticaloa and the Batticaloa 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 Batticaloa 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.