Kilinochchi Polling Division

Kilinochchi
Polling Division
Location of Kilinochchi
Coordinates: 9°28′10″N 80°12′33″E / 9.469341°N 80.209104°E / 9.469341; 80.209104
CountrySri Lanka
ProvinceNorthern Province, Sri Lanka
Electoral DistrictJaffna Electoral District
Area
 • Total
1,314.4 km2 (507.5 sq mi)
Population
 (2012)[1]
 • Total
113,510
 • Density86/km2 (220/sq mi)
ISO 3166 codeEC-10K

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

Presidential Election Results

Summary

The winner of Kilinochchi has matched the final country result 2 out of 8 times.

Year Kilinochchi Jaffna Electoral District MAE[2] % Sri Lanka MAE[3] %
2019 NDF NDF 2.82% SLPP 43.69%
2015 NDF NDF 2.34% NDF 21.58%
2010 NDF NDF 9.49% UPFA 38.42%
2005 UNP UNP 27.21% UPFA 50.27%
1999 UNP PA 16.52% PA 19.76%
1994 PA PA 2.79% PA 30.64%
1988 SLFP SLFP 6.70% UNP 10.79%
1982 ACTC ACTC 10.19% UNP 25.15%
Matches/Mean MAE 2/8 3/8 9.76% 8/8 30.04%

2019 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party Kilinochchi[4] Jaffna Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
NDF 55,585 87.11% 312,722 83.86% 5,564,239 41.99%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 3,949 6.19% 30,140 8.08% 729,468 5.50%
SLPP 3,238 5.07% 23,261 6.24% 6,924,255 52.25%
DUNF 1,041 1.63% 6,790 1.82% 34,537 0.26%
Valid Votes 63,813 97.28% 372,913 97.07% 13,252,499 98.99%
Rejected Votes 1,782 2.72% 11,251 2.93% 135,452 1.01%
Total Polled 65,595 75.68% 384,164 68.00% 13,387,951 83.71%
Registered Electors 86,670 564,984 15,992,568

2015 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party Kilinochchi[5] Jaffna Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
NDF 38,856 72.11% 253,574 74.42% 6,217,162 51.28%
UPFA 13,300 24.68% 74,454 21.85% 5,768,090 47.58%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 1,730 3.21% 12,723 3.73% 138,200 1.14%
Valid Votes 53,886 96.52% 340,751 97.14% 12,123,452 98.85%
Rejected Votes 1,940 3.48% 10,038 2.86% 140,925 1.15%
Total Polled 55,826 70.58% 350,789 64.22% 12,264,377 78.69%
Registered Electors 79,093 546,265 15,585,942

2010 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party Kilinochchi[6] Jaffna Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
NDF 4,717 75.11% 113,877 63.84% 4,173,185 40.15%
UPFA 991 15.78% 44,154 24.75% 6,015,934 57.88%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 373 5.94% 16,968 9.51% 165,268 1.59%
DUNF 199 3.17% 3,370 1.89% 39,226 0.38%
Valid Votes 6,280 95.64% 178,369 96.35% 10,393,613 99.03%
Rejected Votes 286 4.36% 6,763 3.65% 101,838 0.97%
Total Polled 6,566 7.23% 185,132 25.15% 10,495,451 66.70%
Registered Electors 90,811 736,032 15,734,587

2005 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party Kilinochchi[7] Jaffna Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
UNP 1 100.00% 5,523 70.20% 4,706,366 48.43%
Valid Votes 1 100.00% 7,868 92.30% 9,717,039 98.88%

1999 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party Kilinochchi[8] Jaffna Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
UNP 1,262 62.60% 48,005 43.03% 3,602,748 42.71%
PA 593 29.41% 52,043 46.65% 4,312,157 51.12%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 49 2.43% 3,847 3.45% 427,442 5.07%
LDA 33 1.64% 3,394 3.04% 23,668 0.28%
SLMP 31 1.54% 1,041 0.93% 17,359 0.21%
Ind 2 26 1.29% 1,873 1.68% 27,052 0.32%
Liberal 22 1.09% 1,368 1.23% 25,085 0.30%
Valid Votes 2,016 94.51% 111,568 94.91% 8,435,754 97.69%
Rejected Votes 117 5.49% 5,981 5.09% 199,536 2.31%
Total Polled 2,133 3.76% 117,549 19.15% 8,635,290 72.17%
Registered Electors 56,792 613,718 11,965,536

1994 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party Kilinochchi[9] Jaffna Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
PA 174 93.55% 16,934 96.35% 4,709,205 62.28%
UNP 9 4.84% 223 1.27% 2,715,283 35.91%
SLPF 2 1.08% 25 0.14% 22,749 0.30%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 1 0.54% 393 2.24% 114,291 1.51%
Valid Votes 186 96.37% 17,575 99.20% 7,561,526 98.03%
Rejected Votes 7 3.63% 141 0.80% 151,706 1.97%
Total Polled 193 0.34% 17,716 2.97% 7,713,232 69.12%
Registered Electors 55,995 596,422 11,158,880

1988 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party Kilinochchi[10] Jaffna Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
SLFP 4,064 38.88% 44,197 36.82% 2,289,857 44.95%
UNP 3,793 36.29% 33,650 28.03% 2,569,199 50.43%
SLMP 2,596 24.83% 42,198 35.15% 235,701 4.63%
Valid Votes 10,453 96.51% 120,045 93.38% 5,094,754 98.24%
Rejected Votes 378 3.49% 8,517 6.62% 91,499 1.76%
Total Polled 10,831 20.21% 128,562 23.30% 5,186,256 55.87%
Registered Electors 53,604 551,713 9,283,143

1982 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party Kilinochchi[11] Jaffna Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
ACTC 9,822 54.30% 87,263 40.03% 173,934 2.67%
SLFP 4,188 23.15% 77,210 35.42% 2,546,348 39.05%
UNP 3,616 19.99% 44,775 20.54% 3,450,815 52.93%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 273 1.51% 5,552 2.55% 75,526 1.16%
JVP 188 1.04% 3,098 1.42% 273,428 4.19%
Valid Votes 18,087 94.70% 218,003 95.36% 6,520,156 98.78%
Rejected Votes 1,012 5.30% 10,610 4.64% 80,470 1.22%
Total Polled 19,099 48.02% 228,613 45.86% 6,600,626 80.15%
Registered Electors 39,773 498,545 8,235,358

Parliamentary Election Results

Summary

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

Year Kilinochchi Jaffna Electoral District MAE[12] % Sri Lanka MAE[13] %
2015 ITAK ITAK 6.34% UNP 40.01%
2010 ITAK ITAK 2.94% UPFA 23.17%
2004 ITAK ITAK 7.84% UPFA 6.70%
2001 TULF TULF 5.58% UNP 19.24%
2000 UNP EPDP 11.26% PA 3.80%
1994 SLMC IND2 72.10% PA 1.56%
1989 TULF INDI 18.06% UNP 24.56%
Matches/Mean MAE 0/7 0/7 17.73% 7/7 17.01%

2015 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party Kilinochchi[14] Jaffna Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
ITAK 38,155 77.82% 207,577 70.08% 515,963 4.63%
EPDP 6,417 13.09% 30,232 10.21% 33,481 0.30%
UNP 1,646 3.36% 20,025 6.76% 5,098,916 45.77%
UPFA 1,285 2.62% 17,309 5.84% 4,732,664 42.48%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 997 2.03% 6,034 2.04% 580,476 5.21%
AITC 532 1.09% 15,022 5.07% 18,644 0.17%
Valid Votes 49,032 90.87% 296,199 90.91% 11,140,333 95.35%
Rejected Votes 4,689 8.69% 25,496 7.83% 516,926 4.42%
Total Polled 53,957 68.22% 325,805 61.56% 11,684,111 77.66%
Registered Electors 79,093 529,239 15,044,490

2010 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party Kilinochchi[15] Jaffna Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
ITAK 4,192 45.82% 65,119 44.03% 233,190 2.91%
UPFA 3,367 36.81% 47,622 32.20% 4,846,388 60.38%
TULF 497 5.43% 2,892 1.96% 9,223 0.11%
UNP 386 4.22% 12,624 8.54% 2,357,057 29.37%
DUA 255 2.79% 764 0.52% 1,270 0.02%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 250 2.73% 17,056 11.53% 490,961 6.12%
PERLF 201 2.20% 1,821 1.23% 2,100 0.03%
Valid Votes 9,148 83.02% 147,898 87.89% 8,026,322 96.03%
Rejected Votes 1,807 16.40% 19,774 11.75% 581,465 6.96%
Total Polled 11,019 12.13% 168,277 22.68% 8,358,246 59.29%
Registered Electors 90,811 742,005 14,097,690

2004 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party Kilinochchi[16] Jaffna Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
ITAK 29,574 98.78% 257,320 90.60% 633,203 6.85%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 365 1.22% 26,706 9.40% 795,849 8.61%
Valid Votes 29,939 93.12% 284,026 93.04% 9,241,931 94.52%
Rejected Votes 2,213 6.88% 21,233 6.96% 534,452 5.47%
Total Polled 32,152 55.46% 305,259 46.65% 9,777,821 75.74%
Registered Electors 57,975 654,415 12,909,631

2001 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party Kilinochchi[17] Jaffna Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
TULF 1,100 60.74% 102,324 54.84% 348,164 3.89%
EPDP 431 23.80% 57,208 30.66% 72,783 0.81%
UNP 191 10.55% 16,245 8.71% 4,086,026 45.62%
INDP 68 3.75% 2,677 1.43% 2,900 0.03%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 21 1.16% 8,144 4.36% 1,049,603 11.72%
Valid Votes 1,811 93.16% 186,598 94.59% 8,955,844 94.77%
Rejected Votes 133 6.84% 10,681 5.41% 494,009 5.23%
Total Polled 1,944 3.38% 197,279 31.14% 9,449,878 76.03%
Registered Electors 57,595 633,457 12,428,762

2000 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party Kilinochchi[18] Jaffna Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
UNP 278 32.67% 10,896 9.48% 3,451,765 40.12%
EPDP 216 25.38% 41,536 36.13% 50,702 0.59%
IG2 138 16.22% 4,905 4.27% 31,443 0.37%
TULF 119 13.98% 32,761 28.50% 105,907 1.23%
ACTC 43 5.05% 10,618 9.24% 27,289 0.32%
DPLF 24 2.82% 4,778 4.16% 20,655 0.24%
IG6 18 2.12% 2,058 1.79% 3,162 0.04%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 15 1.76% 7,419 6.45% 903,409 10.50%
Valid Votes 851 N/A 114,971 N/A 8,602,617 N/A

1994 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party Kilinochchi[19] Jaffna Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
SLMC 56 84.85% 2,098 15.56% 143,307 1.80%
IND1 6 9.09% 374 2.77% 48,199 0.61%
EPRLF 2 3.03% 263 1.95% 9,411 0.12%
IND2 2 3.03% 10,744 79.71% 16,690 0.21%
Valid Votes 66 100.00% 13,479 97.41% 7,943,688 95.20%

1989 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party Kilinochchi[20] Jaffna Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
TULF 8,850 42.30% 60,013 25.02% 188,594 3.37%
INDI 8,576 40.99% 150,340 62.68% 175,579 3.14%
UNP 1,522 7.27% 5,460 2.28% 2,838,005 50.71%
DPLF 740 3.54% 7,993 3.33% 19,150 0.34%
SLMC 669 3.20% 8,439 3.52% 202,016 3.61%
ACTC 565 2.70% 7,610 3.17% 7,610 0.14%
Valid Votes 20,922 85.31% 239,855 90.49% 5,596,468 93.87%
Rejected Votes 3,603 14.69% 25,203 9.51% 365,563 6.13%
Total Polled 24,525 45.91% 265,058 44.76% 5,962,031 63.60%
Registered Electors 53,421 592,210 9,374,164

Demographics

Ethnicity

The Kilinochchi Polling Division has a Sri Lankan Tamil majority (97.3%) . In comparison, the Jaffna Electoral District (which contains the Kilinochchi Polling Division) has a Sri Lankan Tamil majority (98.6%) [1]

Ethnicity in Kilinochchi[1]

  Sri Lankan Tamil (97.3%)
  Other (1.5%)
  Sinhalese (1.2%)

Religion

The Kilinochchi Polling Division has a Hindu majority (81.9%) and a significant Roman Catholic population (10.6%) . In comparison, the Jaffna Electoral District (which contains the Kilinochchi Polling Division) has a Hindu majority (82.6%) and a significant Roman Catholic population (12.6%) [1]

Religion in Kilinochchi[1]

  Hindu (81.9%)
  Roman Catholic (10.6%)
  Other Christian (5.7%)
  Buddhist (1.1%)
  Other (0.7%)

References

  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 Kilinochchi 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 Kilinochchi 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 Kilinochchi 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 Kilinochchi 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.