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Polling Division in Sri Lanka
Mannar
Polling Division
Location of Mannar
Coordinates: 8°58′47″N 79°55′10″E / 8.979680°N 79.919456°E / 8.979680; 79.919456
CountrySri Lanka
ProvinceNorthern Province, Sri Lanka
Electoral DistrictVanni Electoral District
Area
 • Total2,144.03 km (827.81 sq mi)
Population
 • Total99,570
 • Density46/km (120/sq mi)
ISO 3166 codeEC-11A

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

Presidential Election Results

Summary

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

Year Mannar Vanni Electoral District MAE % Sri Lanka MAE %
2019 NDF NDF 2.40% SLPP 40.03%
2015 NDF NDF 6.43% NDF 33.93%
2010 NDF NDF 3.38% UPFA 32.16%
2005 UNP UNP 10.65% UPFA 40.05%
1999 UNP UNP 7.32% PA 17.24%
1994 PA PA 5.01% PA 28.28%
1988 UNP UNP 6.93% UNP 18.59%
1982 UNP UNP 9.95% UNP 8.80%
Matches/Mean MAE 4/8 4/8 6.51% 8/8 27.38%

2019 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party Mannar Vanni Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
NDF 53,602 84.73% 174,739 82.12% 5,564,239 41.99%
SLPP 6,435 10.17% 26,105 12.27% 6,924,255 52.25%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 2,533 4.00% 9,388 4.41% 729,468 5.50%
DUNF 695 1.10% 2,546 1.20% 34,537 0.26%
Valid Votes 63,265 98.69% 212,778 98.48% 13,252,499 98.99%
Rejected Votes 837 1.31% 3,294 1.52% 135,452 1.01%
Total Polled 64,102 75.07% 216,072 76.59% 13,387,951 83.71%
Registered Electors 85,394 282,119 15,992,568

2015 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party Mannar Vanni Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
NDF 45,543 85.13% 141,417 78.47% 6,217,162 51.28%
UPFA 6,824 12.76% 34,377 19.07% 5,768,090 47.58%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 1,133 2.12% 4,431 2.46% 138,200 1.14%
Valid Votes 53,500 98.35% 180,225 98.14% 12,123,452 98.85%
Rejected Votes 895 1.65% 3,416 1.86% 140,925 1.15%
Total Polled 54,395 68.48% 183,641 70.25% 12,264,377 78.69%
Registered Electors 79,433 261,422 15,585,942

2010 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party Mannar Vanni Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
NDF 20,157 70.19% 70,367 66.86% 4,173,185 40.15%
UPFA 6,656 23.18% 28,740 27.31% 6,015,934 57.88%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 981 3.42% 4,124 3.92% 165,268 1.59%
DUNF 923 3.21% 2,021 1.92% 39,226 0.38%
Valid Votes 28,717 98.44% 105,252 97.75% 10,393,613 99.03%
Rejected Votes 455 1.56% 2,428 2.25% 101,838 0.97%
Total Polled 29,172 34.19% 107,680 19.60% 10,495,451 66.70%
Registered Electors 85,322 549,344 15,734,587

2005 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party Mannar Vanni Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
UNP 20,463 88.72% 65,798 77.89% 4,706,366 48.43%
UPFA 2,183 9.46% 17,197 20.36% 4,887,152 50.29%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 419 1.82% 1,481 1.75% 123,521 1.27%
Valid Votes 23,065 98.46% 84,476 98.37% 9,717,039 98.88%
Rejected Votes 361 1.54% 1,398 1.63% 109,869 1.12%
Total Polled 23,426 29.69% 85,874 16.66% 9,826,908 69.51%
Registered Electors 78,906 515,573 14,136,979

1999 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party Mannar Vanni Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
UNP 15,407 62.54% 43,803 69.87% 3,602,748 42.71%
PA 8,446 34.28% 16,202 25.84% 4,312,157 51.12%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 784 3.18% 2,685 4.28% 520,606 6.17%
Valid Votes 24,637 98.22% 62,690 97.68% 8,435,754 97.69%
Rejected Votes 446 1.78% 1,490 2.32% 199,536 2.31%
Total Polled 25,083 38.07% 64,180 31.13% 8,635,290 72.17%
Registered Electors 65,883 206,176 11,965,536

1994 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party Mannar Vanni Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
PA 14,607 90.45% 33,585 85.30% 4,709,205 62.28%
UNP 981 6.07% 4,493 11.41% 2,715,283 35.91%
Ind 2 490 3.03% 1,003 2.55% 58,888 0.78%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 71 0.44% 291 0.74% 78,152 1.03%
Valid Votes 16,149 98.78% 39,372 98.30% 7,561,526 98.03%
Rejected Votes 199 1.22% 681 1.70% 151,706 1.97%
Total Polled 16,348 30.24% 40,053 22.27% 7,713,232 69.12%
Registered Electors 54,066 179,858 11,158,880

1988 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party Mannar Vanni Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
UNP 4,500 64.60% 10,580 55.78% 2,569,199 50.43%
SLFP 1,431 20.54% 4,889 25.77% 2,289,857 44.95%
SLMP 1,035 14.86% 3,500 18.45% 235,701 4.63%
Valid Votes 6,966 97.91% 18,969 96.40% 5,094,754 98.24%
Rejected Votes 149 2.09% 708 3.60% 91,499 1.76%
Total Polled 7,115 15.12% 19,677 20.70% 5,186,256 55.87%
Registered Electors 47,060 95,061 9,283,143

1982 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party Mannar Vanni Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
UNP 17,008 61.84% 32,834 46.42% 3,450,815 52.93%
SLFP 8,039 29.23% 23,221 32.83% 2,546,348 39.05%
ACTC 1,891 6.88% 11,521 16.29% 173,934 2.67%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 285 1.04% 877 1.24% 75,526 1.16%
JVP 279 1.01% 2,286 3.23% 273,428 4.19%
Valid Votes 27,502 98.26% 70,739 96.66% 6,520,156 98.78%
Rejected Votes 486 1.74% 2,447 3.34% 80,470 1.22%
Total Polled 27,988 68.32% 73,186 60.87% 6,600,626 80.15%
Registered Electors 40,965 120,235 8,235,358

Parliamentary Election Results

Summary

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

Year Mannar Vanni Electoral District MAE % Sri Lanka MAE %
2015 ITAK ITAK 3.78% UNP 26.82%
2010 ITAK ITAK 8.92% UPFA 27.67%
2004 ITAK ITAK 4.74% UPFA 35.04%
2001 TULF TULF 15.19% UNP 29.97%
2000 TELO TELO 7.28% PA 33.43%
1994 SLMC DPLF 6.23% PA 37.41%
1989 TULF TULF 4.39% UNP 29.30%
Matches/Mean MAE 0/7 0/7 7.22% 7/7 31.38%

2015 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party Mannar Vanni Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
ITAK 27,096 58.34% 89,886 54.79% 515,963 4.63%
UNP 12,738 27.43% 39,513 24.09% 5,098,916 45.77%
SLMC 2,826 6.09% 5,716 3.48% 44,193 0.40%
UPFA 2,596 5.59% 20,965 12.78% 4,732,664 42.48%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 673 1.45% 5,951 3.63% 637,170 5.72%
PP 512 1.10% 2,022 1.23% 4,272 0.04%
Valid Votes 46,441 91.46% 164,053 90.17% 11,140,333 95.35%
Rejected Votes 4,206 8.28% 17,155 9.43% 516,926 4.42%
Total Polled 50,775 63.92% 181,930 71.89% 11,684,111 77.66%
Registered Electors 79,433 253,058 15,044,490

2010 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party Mannar Vanni Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
ITAK 15,026 53.34% 41,673 39.02% 233,190 2.91%
UPFA 7,431 26.38% 37,522 35.13% 4,846,388 60.38%
UNP 3,125 11.09% 12,783 11.97% 2,357,057 29.37%
DPLF 982 3.49% 5,900 5.52% 6,036 0.08%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 873 3.10% 6,066 5.68% 505,487 6.30%
EPDP 731 2.60% 2,867 2.68% 2,867 0.04%
Valid Votes 28,168 92.78% 106,811 91.15% 8,026,322 96.03%
Rejected Votes 2,168 7.14% 10,208 8.71% 581,465 6.96%
Total Polled 30,359 35.58% 117,185 38.53% 8,358,246 59.29%
Registered Electors 85,322 304,111 14,097,690

2004 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party Mannar Vanni Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
ITAK 25,631 80.47% 90,252 74.68% 633,203 6.85%
UNP 4,413 13.86% 16,213 13.42% 3,486,792 37.73%
DPLF 945 2.97% 6,028 4.99% 7,038 0.08%
EPDP 476 1.49% 1,084 0.90% 24,942 0.27%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 385 1.21% 7,271 6.02% 4,814,740 52.10%
Valid Votes 31,850 92.12% 120,848 92.59% 9,241,931 94.52%
Rejected Votes 2,726 7.88% 9,665 7.41% 534,452 5.47%
Total Polled 34,576 47.38% 130,513 57.60% 9,777,821 75.74%
Registered Electors 72,980 226,604 12,909,631

2001 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party Mannar Vanni Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
TULF 15,906 66.33% 41,950 44.39% 348,164 3.89%
UNP 2,910 12.13% 26,575 28.12% 4,086,026 45.62%
EPDP 1,742 7.26% 3,404 3.60% 72,783 0.81%
PA 1,576 6.57% 7,831 8.29% 3,330,815 37.19%
DPLF 1,046 4.36% 9,614 10.17% 16,669 0.19%
IND1 487 2.03% 705 0.75% 2,263 0.03%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 314 1.31% 4,427 4.68% 943,815 10.54%
Valid Votes 23,981 93.08% 94,506 92.33% 8,955,844 94.77%
Rejected Votes 1,782 6.92% 7,855 7.67% 494,009 5.23%
Total Polled 25,763 36.36% 102,361 46.77% 9,449,878 76.03%
Registered Electors 70,850 218,861 12,428,762

2000 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party Mannar Vanni Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
TELO 9,580 45.36% 21,423 32.03% 25,830 0.30%
NUA 1,821 8.62% 4,280 6.40% 185,593 2.16%
IG7 1,796 8.50% 2,325 3.48% 2,382 0.03%
UNP 1,695 8.02% 10,618 15.88% 3,451,765 40.12%
TULF 1,450 6.86% 4,610 6.89% 105,907 1.23%
IG4 1,440 6.82% 3,419 5.11% 5,792 0.07%
DPLF 1,200 5.68% 6,847 10.24% 20,655 0.24%
IG2 1,053 4.99% 1,235 1.85% 31,443 0.37%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 737 3.49% 5,795 8.67% 808,316 9.40%
PA 350 1.66% 6,323 9.45% 3,899,329 45.33%
Valid Votes 21,122 N/A 66,875 N/A 8,602,617 N/A

1994 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party Mannar Vanni Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
SLMC 5,785 32.73% 8,142 19.26% 143,307 1.80%
DPLF 4,403 24.91% 11,567 27.36% 11,567 0.15%
UNP 2,437 13.79% 7,850 18.57% 3,498,370 44.04%
EPRLF 1,841 10.41% 3,465 8.20% 9,411 0.12%
IND2 1,720 9.73% 1,880 4.45% 16,690 0.21%
TULF 1,127 6.38% 3,039 7.19% 132,461 1.67%
PA 207 1.17% 5,583 13.21% 3,887,805 48.94%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 157 0.89% 745 1.76% 50,636 0.64%
Valid Votes 17,677 94.11% 42,271 93.35% 7,943,688 95.20%
Rejected Votes 1,106 5.89% 3,009 6.65% 400,395 4.80%
Total Polled 18,783 34.74% 45,280 25.23% 8,344,095 74.75%
Registered Electors 54,066 179,435 11,163,064

1989 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party Mannar Vanni Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
TULF 5,492 36.66% 17,271 39.99% 188,594 3.37%
SLMC 4,419 29.50% 7,945 18.40% 202,016 3.61%
UNP 2,507 16.73% 8,525 19.74% 2,838,005 50.71%
IND 2,472 16.50% 7,879 18.24% 12,285 0.22%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 91 0.61% 1,568 3.63% 1,785,369 31.90%
Valid Votes 14,981 92.01% 43,188 90.64% 5,596,468 93.87%
Rejected Votes 1,301 7.99% 4,462 9.36% 365,563 6.13%
Total Polled 16,282 34.65% 47,650 33.69% 5,962,031 63.60%
Registered Electors 46,990 141,448 9,374,164

Demographics

Ethnicity

The Mannar Polling Division has a Sri Lankan Tamil majority (80.4%) and a significant Moor population (16.5%) . In comparison, the Vanni Electoral District (which contains the Mannar Polling Division) has a Sri Lankan Tamil majority (82.5%)

Ethnicity in Mannar

  Sri Lankan Tamil (80.4%)  Moor (16.5%)  Sinhalese (2.3%)  Other (0.7%)

Religion

The Mannar Polling Division has a Roman Catholic majority (52.6%), a significant Hindu population (24.1%) and a significant Muslim population (16.6%) . In comparison, the Vanni Electoral District (which contains the Mannar Polling Division) has a Hindu majority (58.5%) and a significant Roman Catholic population (21.1%)

Religion in Mannar

  Roman Catholic (52.6%)  Hindu (24.1%)  Muslim (16.6%)  Other Christian (4.8%)  Buddhist (1.8%)  Other (0.0%)

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 Mannar 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 Mannar 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 Mannar 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 Mannar 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.
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