Jaffna Polling Division

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Jaffna
Polling Division
Location of Jaffna
Coordinates: 9°39′45″N 80°01′12″E / 9.662570°N 80.020008°E / 9.662570; 80.020008
CountrySri Lanka
ProvinceNorthern Province, Sri Lanka
Electoral DistrictJaffna Electoral District
Area
 • Total
11.31 km2 (4.37 sq mi)
Population
 (2012)[1]
 • Total
50,491
 • Density4,464/km2 (11,560/sq mi)
ISO 3166 codeEC-10J

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

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]
  1. Sri Lankan Tamil (95.6%)
  2. Moor (3.30%)
  3. Other (1.00%)

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]
  1. Roman Catholic (52.9%)
  2. Hindu (37.7%)
  3. Other Christian (5.70%)
  4. Muslim (3.40%)
  5. Other (0.30%)

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 Jaffna 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 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.