Kankesanthurai Polling Division
Polling Division in Sri Lanka
The Kankesanthurai Polling Division is a Polling Division in the Jaffna Electoral District , in the Northern Province, Sri Lanka .
Presidential Election Results
Summary
The winner of Kankesanthurai has matched the final country result 3 out of 8 times.
Party
Kankesanthurai[ 4]
Jaffna Electoral District
Sri Lanka
Votes
%
Votes
%
Votes
%
NDF
23,773
83.20%
312,722
83.86%
5,564,239
41.99%
Other Parties (with < 1%)
2,052
7.18%
23,295
6.25%
717,212
5.41%
SLPP
1,688
5.91%
23,261
6.24%
6,924,255
52.25%
DUNF
586
2.05%
6,790
1.82%
34,537
0.26%
IND10
475
1.66%
6,845
1.84%
12,256
0.09%
Valid Votes
28,574
96.66%
372,913
97.07%
13,252,499
98.99%
Rejected Votes
988
3.34%
11,251
2.93%
135,452
1.01%
Total Polled
29,562
46.61%
384,164
68.00%
13,387,951
83.71%
Registered Electors
63,428
564,984
15,992,568
Party
Kankesanthurai[ 5]
Jaffna Electoral District
Sri Lanka
Votes
%
Votes
%
Votes
%
NDF
18,729
73.11%
253,574
74.42%
6,217,162
51.28%
UPFA
5,705
22.27%
74,454
21.85%
5,768,090
47.58%
Other Parties (with < 1%)
1,182
4.61%
12,723
3.73%
138,200
1.14%
Valid Votes
25,616
96.89%
340,751
97.14%
12,123,452
98.85%
Rejected Votes
822
3.11%
10,038
2.86%
140,925
1.15%
Total Polled
26,438
41.82%
350,789
64.22%
12,264,377
78.69%
Registered Electors
63,217
546,265
15,585,942
Party
Kankesanthurai[ 6]
Jaffna Electoral District
Sri Lanka
Votes
%
Votes
%
Votes
%
NDF
8,216
56.90%
113,877
63.84%
4,173,185
40.15%
UPFA
4,559
31.57%
44,154
24.75%
6,015,934
57.88%
Other Parties (with < 1%)
752
5.21%
9,128
5.12%
106,050
1.02%
UDF
283
1.96%
3,325
1.86%
23,290
0.22%
DUNF
254
1.76%
3,370
1.89%
39,226
0.38%
Ind 5
207
1.43%
3,205
1.80%
9,662
0.09%
JSP
169
1.17%
1,310
0.73%
26,266
0.25%
Valid Votes
14,440
96.70%
178,369
96.35%
10,393,613
99.03%
Rejected Votes
493
3.30%
6,763
3.65%
101,838
0.97%
Total Polled
14,933
21.62%
185,132
25.15%
10,495,451
66.70%
Registered Electors
69,082
736,032
15,734,587
Party
Kankesanthurai[ 7]
Jaffna Electoral District
Sri Lanka
Votes
%
Votes
%
Votes
%
UNP
148
56.92%
5,523
70.20%
4,706,366
48.43%
UPFA
97
37.31%
1,967
25.00%
4,887,152
50.29%
Other Parties (with < 1%)
9
3.46%
313
3.98%
87,201
0.90%
JSP
3
1.15%
34
0.43%
31,238
0.32%
DUA
3
1.15%
31
0.39%
5,082
0.05%
Valid Votes
260
97.38%
7,868
92.30%
9,717,039
98.88%
Rejected Votes
7
2.62%
656
7.70%
109,869
1.12%
Total Polled
267
0.40%
8,524
1.20%
9,826,908
69.51%
Registered Electors
67,133
707,970
14,136,979
Party
Kankesanthurai[ 8]
Jaffna Electoral District
Sri Lanka
Votes
%
Votes
%
Votes
%
PA
5,324
61.86%
52,043
46.65%
4,312,157
51.12%
UNP
2,271
26.39%
48,005
43.03%
3,602,748
42.71%
Other Parties (with < 1%)
265
3.08%
3,029
2.71%
391,588
4.64%
LDA
208
2.42%
3,394
3.04%
23,668
0.28%
Ind 2
197
2.29%
1,873
1.68%
27,052
0.32%
Liberal
158
1.84%
1,368
1.23%
25,085
0.30%
SMBP
93
1.08%
818
0.73%
35,854
0.43%
SLMP
90
1.05%
1,041
0.93%
17,359
0.21%
Valid Votes
8,606
96.40%
111,568
94.91%
8,435,754
97.69%
Rejected Votes
321
3.60%
5,981
5.09%
199,536
2.31%
Total Polled
8,927
14.51%
117,549
19.15%
8,635,290
72.17%
Registered Electors
61,514
613,718
11,965,536
Party
Kankesanthurai[ 9]
Jaffna Electoral District
Sri Lanka
Votes
%
Votes
%
Votes
%
PA
116
91.34%
16,934
96.35%
4,709,205
62.28%
UNP
6
4.72%
223
1.27%
2,715,283
35.91%
Ind 2
3
2.36%
341
1.94%
58,888
0.78%
Other Parties (with < 1%)
2
1.57%
77
0.44%
78,152
1.03%
Valid Votes
127
100.00%
17,575
99.20%
7,561,526
98.03%
Party
Kankesanthurai[ 10]
Jaffna Electoral District
Sri Lanka
Votes
%
Votes
%
Votes
%
SLMP
3,840
41.20%
42,198
35.15%
235,701
4.63%
SLFP
3,117
33.44%
44,197
36.82%
2,289,857
44.95%
UNP
2,364
25.36%
33,650
28.03%
2,569,199
50.43%
Valid Votes
9,321
95.38%
120,045
93.38%
5,094,754
98.24%
Rejected Votes
451
4.62%
8,517
6.62%
91,499
1.76%
Total Polled
9,772
16.18%
128,562
23.30%
5,186,256
55.87%
Registered Electors
60,386
551,713
9,283,143
Party
Kankesanthurai[ 11]
Jaffna Electoral District
Sri Lanka
Votes
%
Votes
%
Votes
%
SLFP
9,523
47.16%
77,210
35.42%
2,546,348
39.05%
ACTC
6,065
30.03%
87,263
40.03%
173,934
2.67%
UNP
3,771
18.67%
44,775
20.54%
3,450,815
52.93%
JVP
341
1.69%
3,098
1.42%
273,428
4.19%
LSSP
310
1.54%
3,376
1.55%
58,531
0.90%
Other Parties (with < 1%)
184
0.91%
2,176
1.00%
16,995
0.26%
Valid Votes
20,194
94.93%
218,003
95.36%
6,520,156
98.78%
Rejected Votes
1,078
5.07%
10,610
4.64%
80,470
1.22%
Total Polled
21,272
41.16%
228,613
45.86%
6,600,626
80.15%
Registered Electors
51,681
498,545
8,235,358
Parliamentary Election Results
Summary
The winner of Kankesanthurai has matched the final country result 0 out of 7 times.
Party
Kankesanthurai[ 14]
Jaffna Electoral District
Sri Lanka
Votes
%
Votes
%
Votes
%
ITAK
14,756
65.39%
207,577
70.08%
515,963
4.63%
EPDP
2,464
10.92%
30,232
10.21%
33,481
0.30%
UNP
2,064
9.15%
20,025
6.76%
5,098,916
45.77%
UPFA
1,656
7.34%
17,309
5.84%
4,732,664
42.48%
AITC
1,033
4.58%
15,022
5.07%
18,644
0.17%
IG0
307
1.36%
1,509
0.51%
14,927
0.13%
Other Parties (with < 1%)
286
1.27%
4,525
1.53%
565,549
5.08%
Valid Votes
22,566
90.98%
296,199
90.91%
11,140,333
95.35%
Rejected Votes
1,964
7.92%
25,496
7.83%
516,926
4.42%
Total Polled
24,804
39.24%
325,805
61.56%
11,684,111
77.66%
Registered Electors
63,217
529,239
15,044,490
Party
Kankesanthurai[ 15]
Jaffna Electoral District
Sri Lanka
Votes
%
Votes
%
Votes
%
ITAK
5,018
43.52%
65,119
44.03%
233,190
2.91%
UPFA
4,518
39.18%
47,622
32.20%
4,846,388
60.38%
UNP
584
5.06%
12,624
8.54%
2,357,057
29.37%
Other Parties (with < 1%)
384
3.33%
7,442
5.03%
480,950
5.99%
AITC
337
2.92%
6,362
4.30%
7,544
0.09%
IG1J
209
1.81%
2,648
1.79%
2,648
0.03%
TULF
169
1.47%
2,892
1.96%
9,223
0.11%
IG6J
168
1.46%
1,038
0.70%
1,038
0.01%
IG4J
144
1.25%
2,151
1.45%
2,151
0.03%
Valid Votes
11,531
87.56%
147,898
87.89%
8,026,322
96.03%
Rejected Votes
1,621
12.31%
19,774
11.75%
581,465
6.96%
Total Polled
13,170
19.06%
168,277
22.68%
8,358,246
59.29%
Registered Electors
69,082
742,005
14,097,690
Party
Kankesanthurai[ 16]
Jaffna Electoral District
Sri Lanka
Votes
%
Votes
%
Votes
%
ITAK
18,499
86.50%
257,320
90.60%
633,203
6.85%
EPDP
2,395
11.20%
18,612
6.55%
24,942
0.27%
IP1D
405
1.89%
5,156
1.82%
6,121
0.07%
Other Parties (with < 1%)
87
0.41%
2,938
1.03%
764,786
8.28%
Valid Votes
21,386
92.91%
284,026
93.04%
9,241,931
94.52%
Rejected Votes
1,631
7.09%
21,233
6.96%
534,452
5.47%
Total Polled
23,017
35.72%
305,259
46.65%
9,777,821
75.74%
Registered Electors
64,434
654,415
12,909,631
Party
Kankesanthurai[ 17]
Jaffna Electoral District
Sri Lanka
Votes
%
Votes
%
Votes
%
TULF
8,898
54.72%
102,324
54.84%
348,164
3.89%
EPDP
5,580
34.32%
57,208
30.66%
72,783
0.81%
UNP
1,231
7.57%
16,245
8.71%
4,086,026
45.62%
Other Parties (with < 1%)
317
1.95%
8,144
4.36%
1,049,603
11.72%
INDP
234
1.44%
2,677
1.43%
2,900
0.03%
Valid Votes
16,260
94.76%
186,598
94.59%
8,955,844
94.77%
Rejected Votes
899
5.24%
10,681
5.41%
494,009
5.23%
Total Polled
17,159
26.76%
197,279
31.14%
9,449,878
76.03%
Registered Electors
64,119
633,457
12,428,762
Party
Kankesanthurai[ 18]
Jaffna Electoral District
Sri Lanka
Votes
%
Votes
%
Votes
%
TULF
4,943
44.92%
32,761
28.50%
105,907
1.23%
EPDP
4,068
36.97%
41,536
36.13%
50,702
0.59%
UNP
524
4.76%
10,896
9.48%
3,451,765
40.12%
ACTC
331
3.01%
10,618
9.24%
27,289
0.32%
IG2
304
2.76%
4,905
4.27%
31,443
0.37%
DPLF
254
2.31%
4,778
4.16%
20,655
0.24%
Other Parties (with < 1%)
254
2.31%
5,334
4.64%
886,991
10.31%
IG1
174
1.58%
1,641
1.43%
9,799
0.11%
L&DA
152
1.38%
2,502
2.18%
9,781
0.11%
Valid Votes
11,004
N/A
114,971
N/A
8,602,617
N/A
Party
Kankesanthurai[ 19]
Jaffna Electoral District
Sri Lanka
Votes
%
Votes
%
Votes
%
IND2
93
76.86%
10,744
79.71%
16,690
0.21%
IND1
15
12.40%
374
2.77%
48,199
0.61%
EPRLF
9
7.44%
263
1.95%
9,411
0.12%
SLMC
4
3.31%
2,098
15.56%
143,307
1.80%
Valid Votes
121
95.28%
13,479
97.41%
7,943,688
95.20%
Rejected Votes
6
4.72%
358
2.59%
400,395
4.80%
Total Polled
127
0.21%
13,837
2.32%
8,344,095
74.75%
Registered Electors
60,417
596,375
11,163,064
Party
Kankesanthurai[ 20]
Jaffna Electoral District
Sri Lanka
Votes
%
Votes
%
Votes
%
INDI
14,801
55.87%
150,340
62.68%
175,579
3.14%
TULF
9,073
34.25%
60,013
25.02%
188,594
3.37%
DPLF
1,199
4.53%
7,993
3.33%
19,150
0.34%
ACTC
532
2.01%
7,610
3.17%
7,610
0.14%
SLMC
500
1.89%
8,439
3.52%
202,016
3.61%
UNP
388
1.46%
5,460
2.28%
2,838,005
50.71%
Valid Votes
26,493
90.39%
239,855
90.49%
5,596,468
93.87%
Rejected Votes
2,817
9.61%
25,203
9.51%
365,563
6.13%
Total Polled
29,310
48.62%
265,058
44.76%
5,962,031
63.60%
Registered Electors
60,282
592,210
9,374,164
Demographics
Ethnicity
The Kankesanthurai Polling Division has a Sri Lankan Tamil majority (98.8%) . In comparison, the Jaffna Electoral District (which contains the Kankesanthurai Polling Division) has a Sri Lankan Tamil majority (98.6%) [ 1]
Ethnicity in Kankesanthurai[ 1]
Other (1.2%)
Religion
The Kankesanthurai Polling Division has a Hindu majority (87.5%) . In comparison, the Jaffna Electoral District (which contains the Kankesanthurai Polling Division) has a Hindu majority (82.6%) and a significant Roman Catholic population (12.6%) [ 1]
Religion in Kankesanthurai[ 1]
Other (0.9%)
References