Vavuniya Polling Division

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Vavuniya
Location of Vavuniya
Coordinates: 8°47′44″N 80°26′56″E / 8.795424°N 80.448831°E / 8.795424; 80.448831
CountrySri Lanka
ProvinceNorthern Province, Sri Lanka
Electoral DistrictVanni Electoral District
Area
 • Total1,928.44 km2 (744.57 sq mi)
Population
 (2012)[1]
 • Total172,115
 • Density89/km2 (230/sq mi)
ISO 3166 codeEC-11B

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

Presidential Election Results[edit]

Summary[edit]

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

Year Vavuniya Vanni Electoral District MAE[2] % Sri Lanka MAE[3] %
2019 NDF NDF 4.04% SLPP 33.87%
2015 NDF NDF 3.25% NDF 24.17%
2010 NDF NDF 0.91% UPFA 27.38%
2005 UNP UNP 1.49% UPFA 30.85%
1999 UNP UNP 6.18% PA 30.88%
1994 PA PA 3.31% PA 19.83%
1988 UNP UNP 5.67% UNP 8.67%
1982 UNP UNP 2.74% UNP 5.47%
Matches/Mean MAE 4/8 4/8 3.45% 8/8 22.64%

2019 Sri Lankan Presidential Election[edit]

Party Vavuniya[4] Vanni Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
NDF 65,141 77.83% 174,739 82.12% 5,564,239 41.99%
SLPP 13,715 16.39% 26,105 12.27% 6,924,255 52.25%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 3,944 4.71% 9,388 4.41% 729,468 5.50%
DUNF 901 1.08% 2,546 1.20% 34,537 0.26%
Valid Votes 83,701 98.43% 212,778 98.48% 13,252,499 98.99%
Rejected Votes 1,331 1.57% 3,294 1.52% 135,452 1.01%
Total Polled 85,032 75.12% 216,072 76.59% 13,387,951 83.71%
Registered Electors 113,193 282,119 15,992,568

2015 Sri Lankan Presidential Election[edit]

Party Vavuniya[5] Vanni Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
NDF 55,683 75.17% 141,417 78.47% 6,217,162 51.28%
UPFA 16,678 22.51% 34,377 19.07% 5,768,090 47.58%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 1,719 2.32% 4,431 2.46% 138,200 1.14%
Valid Votes 74,080 98.18% 180,225 98.14% 12,123,452 98.85%
Rejected Votes 1,371 1.82% 3,416 1.86% 140,925 1.15%
Total Polled 75,451 68.78% 183,641 70.25% 12,264,377 78.69%
Registered Electors 109,705 261,422 15,585,942

2010 Sri Lankan Presidential Election[edit]

Party Vavuniya[6] Vanni Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
NDF 31,796 66.02% 70,367 66.86% 4,173,185 40.15%
UPFA 13,742 28.53% 28,740 27.31% 6,015,934 57.88%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 2,056 4.27% 4,124 3.92% 165,268 1.59%
DUNF 569 1.18% 2,021 1.92% 39,226 0.38%
Valid Votes 48,163 97.30% 105,252 97.75% 10,393,613 99.03%
Rejected Votes 1,335 2.70% 2,428 2.25% 101,838 0.97%
Total Polled 49,498 43.83% 107,680 19.60% 10,495,451 66.70%
Registered Electors 112,924 549,344 15,734,587

2005 Sri Lankan Presidential Election[edit]

Party Vavuniya[7] Vanni Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
UNP 33,553 79.39% 65,798 77.89% 4,706,366 48.43%
UPFA 7,936 18.78% 17,197 20.36% 4,887,152 50.29%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 773 1.83% 1,481 1.75% 123,521 1.27%
Valid Votes 42,262 98.22% 84,476 98.37% 9,717,039 98.88%
Rejected Votes 766 1.78% 1,398 1.63% 109,869 1.12%
Total Polled 43,028 41.02% 85,874 16.66% 9,826,908 69.51%
Registered Electors 104,884 515,573 14,136,979

1999 Sri Lankan Presidential Election[edit]

Party Vavuniya[8] Vanni Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
UNP 27,621 76.13% 43,803 69.87% 3,602,748 42.71%
PA 6,845 18.87% 16,202 25.84% 4,312,157 51.12%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 1,389 3.83% 2,203 3.51% 176,679 2.09%
JVP 427 1.18% 482 0.77% 343,927 4.08%
Valid Votes 36,282 97.40% 62,690 97.68% 8,435,754 97.69%
Rejected Votes 968 2.60% 1,490 2.32% 199,536 2.31%
Total Polled 37,250 42.83% 64,180 31.13% 8,635,290 72.17%
Registered Electors 86,970 206,176 11,965,536

1994 Sri Lankan Presidential Election[edit]

Party Vavuniya[9] Vanni Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
PA 16,861 81.87% 33,585 85.30% 4,709,205 62.28%
UNP 3,026 14.69% 4,493 11.41% 2,715,283 35.91%
Ind 2 499 2.42% 1,003 2.55% 58,888 0.78%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 209 1.01% 291 0.74% 78,152 1.03%
Valid Votes 20,595 97.89% 39,372 98.30% 7,561,526 98.03%
Rejected Votes 444 2.11% 681 1.70% 151,706 1.97%
Total Polled 21,039 29.05% 40,053 22.27% 7,713,232 69.12%
Registered Electors 72,434 179,858 11,158,880

1988 Sri Lankan Presidential Election[edit]

Party Vavuniya[10] Vanni Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
UNP 2,982 48.51% 10,580 55.78% 2,569,199 50.43%
SLFP 1,819 29.59% 4,889 25.77% 2,289,857 44.95%
SLMP 1,346 21.90% 3,500 18.45% 235,701 4.63%
Valid Votes 6,147 96.39% 18,969 96.40% 5,094,754 98.24%
Rejected Votes 230 3.61% 708 3.60% 91,499 1.76%
Total Polled 6,377 100.00% 19,677 20.70% 5,186,256 55.87%
Registered Electors 6,377 95,061 9,283,143

1982 Sri Lankan Presidential Election[edit]

Party Vavuniya[11] Vanni Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
UNP 11,720 45.26% 32,834 46.42% 3,450,815 52.93%
SLFP 9,385 36.24% 23,221 32.83% 2,546,348 39.05%
ACTC 2,689 10.38% 11,521 16.29% 173,934 2.67%
JVP 1,764 6.81% 2,286 3.23% 273,428 4.19%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 339 1.31% 877 1.24% 75,526 1.16%
Valid Votes 25,897 96.47% 70,739 96.66% 6,520,156 98.78%
Rejected Votes 947 3.53% 2,447 3.34% 80,470 1.22%
Total Polled 26,844 61.49% 73,186 60.87% 6,600,626 80.15%
Registered Electors 43,656 120,235 8,235,358

Parliamentary Election Results[edit]

Summary[edit]

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

Year Vavuniya Vanni Electoral District MAE[12] % Sri Lanka MAE[13] %
2015 ITAK ITAK 5.33% UNP 21.92%
2010 ITAK ITAK 2.29% UPFA 25.20%
2004 ITAK ITAK 10.50% UPFA 28.26%
2001 TULF TULF 6.93% UNP 27.37%
2000 TELO TELO 3.14% PA 23.97%
1994 SLMC DPLF 16.09% PA 20.60%
1989 TULF TULF 5.51% UNP 21.63%
Matches/Mean MAE 0/7 0/7 7.11% 7/7 24.14%

2015 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election[edit]

Party Vavuniya[14] Vanni Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
ITAK 31,836 48.36% 89,886 54.79% 515,963 4.63%
UPFA 14,402 21.88% 20,965 12.78% 4,732,664 42.48%
UNP 14,380 21.84% 39,513 24.09% 5,098,916 45.77%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 1,646 2.50% 7,497 4.57% 85,084 0.76%
PP 1,417 2.15% 2,022 1.23% 4,272 0.04%
EPDP 748 1.14% 2,120 1.29% 33,481 0.30%
JVP 701 1.06% 876 0.53% 544,154 4.88%
AITC 699 1.06% 1,174 0.72% 18,644 0.17%
Valid Votes 65,829 90.59% 164,053 90.17% 11,140,333 95.35%
Rejected Votes 6,423 8.84% 17,155 9.43% 516,926 4.42%
Total Polled 72,669 66.24% 181,930 71.89% 11,684,111 77.66%
Registered Electors 109,705 253,058 15,044,490

2010 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election[edit]

Party Vavuniya[15] Vanni Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
ITAK 17,372 39.45% 41,673 39.02% 233,190 2.91%
UPFA 13,714 31.14% 37,522 35.13% 4,846,388 60.38%
DPLF 4,200 9.54% 5,900 5.52% 6,036 0.08%
UNP 3,638 8.26% 12,783 11.97% 2,357,057 29.37%
IG1V 1,573 3.57% 1,979 1.85% 1,979 0.02%
EPDP 1,405 3.19% 2,867 2.68% 2,867 0.04%
EDF 797 1.81% 1,394 1.31% 3,709 0.05%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 716 1.63% 1,620 1.52% 490,576 6.11%
TULF 625 1.42% 1,073 1.00% 9,223 0.11%
Valid Votes 44,040 90.53% 106,811 91.15% 8,026,322 96.03%
Rejected Votes 4,481 9.21% 10,208 8.71% 581,465 6.96%
Total Polled 48,646 43.08% 117,185 38.53% 8,358,246 59.29%
Registered Electors 112,924 304,111 14,097,690

2004 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election[edit]

Party Vavuniya[16] Vanni Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
ITAK 35,012 62.09% 90,252 74.68% 633,203 6.85%
UNP 10,724 19.02% 16,213 13.42% 3,486,792 37.73%
DPLF 4,908 8.70% 6,028 4.99% 7,038 0.08%
UPFA 4,713 8.36% 6,415 5.31% 4,223,126 45.70%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 1,029 1.82% 1,940 1.61% 616,556 6.67%
Valid Votes 56,386 92.09% 120,848 92.59% 9,241,931 94.52%
Rejected Votes 4,846 7.91% 9,665 7.41% 534,452 5.47%
Total Polled 61,232 61.12% 130,513 57.60% 9,777,821 75.74%
Registered Electors 100,185 226,604 12,909,631

2001 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election[edit]

Party Vavuniya[17] Vanni Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
TULF 23,965 49.51% 41,950 44.39% 348,164 3.89%
DPLF 8,316 17.18% 9,614 10.17% 16,669 0.19%
UNP 7,069 14.60% 26,575 28.12% 4,086,026 45.62%
PA 4,119 8.51% 7,831 8.29% 3,330,815 37.19%
IND7 2,645 5.46% 2,810 2.97% 3,275 0.04%
EPDP 1,100 2.27% 3,404 3.60% 72,783 0.81%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 654 1.35% 1,639 1.73% 127,450 1.42%
JVP 535 1.11% 683 0.72% 815,353 9.10%
Valid Votes 48,403 91.26% 94,506 92.33% 8,955,844 94.77%
Rejected Votes 4,635 8.74% 7,855 7.67% 494,009 5.23%
Total Polled 53,038 55.92% 102,361 46.77% 9,449,878 76.03%
Registered Electors 94,853 218,861 12,428,762

2000 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election[edit]

Party Vavuniya[18] Vanni Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
TELO 11,325 26.57% 21,423 32.03% 25,830 0.30%
UNP 8,335 19.56% 10,618 15.88% 3,451,765 40.12%
DPLF 5,484 12.87% 6,847 10.24% 20,655 0.24%
PA 5,110 11.99% 6,323 9.45% 3,899,329 45.33%
TULF 2,709 6.36% 4,610 6.89% 105,907 1.23%
NUA 2,294 5.38% 4,280 6.40% 185,593 2.16%
IG4 1,937 4.54% 3,419 5.11% 5,792 0.07%
IG5 1,518 3.56% 1,570 2.35% 4,327 0.05%
EPDP 1,129 2.65% 1,317 1.97% 50,702 0.59%
PP 891 2.09% 1,108 1.66% 19,830 0.23%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 871 2.04% 2,318 3.47% 737,611 8.57%
ACTC 522 1.22% 717 1.07% 27,289 0.32%
IG7 496 1.16% 2,325 3.48% 2,382 0.03%
Valid Votes 42,621 N/A 66,875 N/A 8,602,617 N/A

1994 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election[edit]

Party Vavuniya[19] Vanni Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
SLMC 906 40.98% 8,142 19.26% 143,307 1.80%
UNP 799 36.14% 7,850 18.57% 3,498,370 44.04%
PA 342 15.47% 5,583 13.21% 3,887,805 48.94%
IND2 82 3.71% 1,880 4.45% 16,690 0.21%
EPRLF 53 2.40% 3,465 8.20% 9,411 0.12%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 29 1.31% 15,351 36.32% 194,664 2.45%
Valid Votes 2,211 94.65% 42,271 93.35% 7,943,688 95.20%
Rejected Votes 125 5.35% 3,009 6.65% 400,395 4.80%
Total Polled 2,336 4.48% 45,280 25.23% 8,344,095 74.75%
Registered Electors 52,197 179,435 11,163,064

1989 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election[edit]

Party Vavuniya[20] Vanni Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
TULF 8,750 43.48% 17,271 39.99% 188,594 3.37%
UNP 5,423 26.95% 8,525 19.74% 2,838,005 50.71%
IND 2,479 12.32% 7,879 18.24% 12,285 0.22%
SLMC 2,073 10.30% 7,945 18.40% 202,016 3.61%
SLFP 1,398 6.95% 1,568 3.63% 1,785,369 31.90%
Valid Votes 20,123 91.68% 43,188 90.64% 5,596,468 93.87%
Rejected Votes 1,827 8.32% 4,462 9.36% 365,563 6.13%
Total Polled 21,950 40.85% 47,650 33.69% 5,962,031 63.60%
Registered Electors 53,733 141,448 9,374,164

Demographics[edit]

Ethnicity[edit]

The Vavuniya Polling Division has a Sri Lankan Tamil majority (82.0%) . In comparison, the Vanni Electoral District (which contains the Vavuniya Polling Division) has a Sri Lankan Tamil majority (82.5%) [1]

Ethnicity in Vavuniya[1]

  Sri Lankan Tamil (82.0%)
  Sinhalese (10.0%)
  Moor (6.8%)
  Indian Tamil (1.1%)
  Other (0.1%)

Religion[edit]

The Vavuniya Polling Division has a Hindu majority (69.4%) . In comparison, the Vanni Electoral District (which contains the Vavuniya Polling Division) has a Hindu majority (58.5%) and a significant Roman Catholic population (21.1%) [1]

Religion in Vavuniya[1]

  Hindu (69.4%)
  Buddhist (9.8%)
  Roman Catholic (8.9%)
  Muslim (7.0%)
  Other Christian (4.9%)
  Other (0.0%)

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d e "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 Vavuniya 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 Vavuniya 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 Vavuniya 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 Vavuniya 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.