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Polling Division in Sri Lanka
Point Pedro
Polling Division
Location of Point Pedro
Coordinates: 9°40′32″N 80°20′26″E / 9.675482°N 80.340672°E / 9.675482; 80.340672
CountrySri Lanka
ProvinceNorthern Province, Sri Lanka
Electoral DistrictJaffna Electoral District
Area
 • Total178.61 km (68.96 sq mi)
Population
 • Total60,331
 • Density338/km (880/sq mi)
ISO 3166 codeEC-10G

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

Presidential Election Results

Summary

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

Year Point Pedro Jaffna Electoral District MAE % Sri Lanka MAE %
2019 NDF NDF 1.41% SLPP 40.34%
2015 NDF NDF 3.25% NDF 27.31%
2010 NDF NDF 4.92% UPFA 34.19%
2005 UNP UNP 1.09% UPFA 23.51%
1999 UNP PA 8.30% PA 11.24%
1994 PA PA 3.57% PA 36.40%
1988 SLFP SLFP 3.34% UNP 14.21%
1982 SLFP ACTC 4.16% UNP 18.83%
Matches/Mean MAE 2/8 3/8 3.75% 8/8 25.75%

2019 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party Point Pedro Jaffna Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
NDF 19,931 82.31% 312,722 83.86% 5,564,239 41.99%
SLPP 1,848 7.63% 23,261 6.24% 6,924,255 52.25%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 1,362 5.62% 23,295 6.25% 717,212 5.41%
IND10 644 2.66% 6,845 1.84% 12,256 0.09%
DUNF 431 1.78% 6,790 1.82% 34,537 0.26%
Valid Votes 24,216 97.15% 372,913 97.07% 13,252,499 98.99%
Rejected Votes 710 2.85% 11,251 2.93% 135,452 1.01%
Total Polled 24,926 67.96% 384,164 68.00% 13,387,951 83.71%
Registered Electors 36,677 564,984 15,992,568

2015 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party Point Pedro Jaffna Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
NDF 17,388 77.90% 253,574 74.42% 6,217,162 51.28%
UPFA 4,213 18.88% 74,454 21.85% 5,768,090 47.58%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 719 3.22% 12,723 3.73% 138,200 1.14%
Valid Votes 22,320 97.48% 340,751 97.14% 12,123,452 98.85%
Rejected Votes 576 2.52% 10,038 2.86% 140,925 1.15%
Total Polled 22,896 63.36% 350,789 64.22% 12,264,377 78.69%
Registered Electors 36,138 546,265 15,585,942

2010 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party Point Pedro Jaffna Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
NDF 8,585 69.30% 113,877 63.84% 4,173,185 40.15%
UPFA 2,361 19.06% 44,154 24.75% 6,015,934 57.88%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 666 5.38% 10,438 5.85% 132,316 1.27%
Ind 5 326 2.63% 3,205 1.80% 9,662 0.09%
UDF 227 1.83% 3,325 1.86% 23,290 0.22%
DUNF 223 1.80% 3,370 1.89% 39,226 0.38%
Valid Votes 12,388 96.57% 178,369 96.35% 10,393,613 99.03%
Rejected Votes 440 3.43% 6,763 3.65% 101,838 0.97%
Total Polled 12,828 26.39% 185,132 25.15% 10,495,451 66.70%
Registered Electors 48,613 736,032 15,734,587

2005 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party Point Pedro Jaffna Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
UNP 25 71.43% 5,523 70.20% 4,706,366 48.43%
UPFA 9 25.71% 1,967 25.00% 4,887,152 50.29%
NLF 1 2.86% 24 0.31% 9,296 0.10%
Valid Votes 35 89.74% 7,868 92.30% 9,717,039 98.88%
Rejected Votes 4 10.26% 656 7.70% 109,869 1.12%
Total Polled 39 0.08% 8,524 1.20% 9,826,908 69.51%
Registered Electors 47,188 707,970 14,136,979

1999 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party Point Pedro Jaffna Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
UNP 4,270 52.60% 48,005 43.03% 3,602,748 42.71%
PA 3,062 37.72% 52,043 46.65% 4,312,157 51.12%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 433 5.33% 6,256 5.61% 469,886 5.57%
LDA 258 3.18% 3,394 3.04% 23,668 0.28%
Ind 2 95 1.17% 1,873 1.68% 27,052 0.32%
Valid Votes 8,118 94.71% 111,568 94.91% 8,435,754 97.69%
Rejected Votes 453 5.29% 5,981 5.09% 199,536 2.31%
Total Polled 8,571 20.26% 117,549 19.15% 8,635,290 72.17%
Registered Electors 42,304 613,718 11,965,536

1994 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party Point Pedro Jaffna Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
PA 8 100.00% 16,934 96.35% 4,709,205 62.28%
Valid Votes 8 100.00% 17,575 99.20% 7,561,526 98.03%

1988 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party Point Pedro Jaffna Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
SLFP 3,921 41.49% 44,197 36.82% 2,289,857 44.95%
SLMP 2,910 30.79% 42,198 35.15% 235,701 4.63%
UNP 2,620 27.72% 33,650 28.03% 2,569,199 50.43%
Valid Votes 9,451 92.45% 120,045 93.38% 5,094,754 98.24%
Rejected Votes 772 7.55% 8,517 6.62% 91,499 1.76%
Total Polled 10,223 25.45% 128,562 23.30% 5,186,256 55.87%
Registered Electors 40,175 551,713 9,283,143

1982 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party Point Pedro Jaffna Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
SLFP 6,348 41.04% 77,210 35.42% 2,546,348 39.05%
ACTC 5,367 34.70% 87,263 40.03% 173,934 2.67%
UNP 3,198 20.67% 44,775 20.54% 3,450,815 52.93%
LSSP 217 1.40% 3,376 1.55% 58,531 0.90%
JVP 189 1.22% 3,098 1.42% 273,428 4.19%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 150 0.97% 2,176 1.00% 16,995 0.26%
Valid Votes 15,469 96.36% 218,003 95.36% 6,520,156 98.78%
Rejected Votes 585 3.64% 10,610 4.64% 80,470 1.22%
Total Polled 16,054 46.05% 228,613 45.86% 6,600,626 80.15%
Registered Electors 34,859 498,545 8,235,358

Parliamentary Election Results

Summary

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

Year Point Pedro Jaffna Electoral District MAE % Sri Lanka MAE %
2015 ITAK ITAK 2.87% UNP 36.96%
2010 ITAK ITAK 3.76% UPFA 23.59%
2004 ITAK ITAK 5.01% UPFA 6.50%
2001 TULF TULF 8.53% UNP 19.78%
2000 ACTC EPDP 10.07% PA 12.16%
1994 IND1 IND2 61.42% PA 0.60%
1989 INDI INDI 2.26% UNP 25.32%
Matches/Mean MAE 0/7 0/7 13.42% 7/7 17.84%

2015 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party Point Pedro Jaffna Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
ITAK 12,678 66.43% 207,577 70.08% 515,963 4.63%
EPDP 1,920 10.06% 30,232 10.21% 33,481 0.30%
AITC 1,858 9.73% 15,022 5.07% 18,644 0.17%
UNP 1,187 6.22% 20,025 6.76% 5,098,916 45.77%
UPFA 1,050 5.50% 17,309 5.84% 4,732,664 42.48%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 393 2.06% 6,034 2.04% 580,476 5.21%
Valid Votes 19,086 91.18% 296,199 90.91% 11,140,333 95.35%
Rejected Votes 1,631 7.79% 25,496 7.83% 516,926 4.42%
Total Polled 20,932 57.92% 325,805 61.56% 11,684,111 77.66%
Registered Electors 36,138 529,239 15,044,490

2010 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party Point Pedro Jaffna Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
ITAK 3,783 38.24% 65,119 44.03% 233,190 2.91%
UPFA 3,402 34.38% 47,622 32.20% 4,846,388 60.38%
AITC 1,123 11.35% 6,362 4.30% 7,544 0.09%
UNP 697 7.04% 12,624 8.54% 2,357,057 29.37%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 408 4.12% 12,362 8.36% 492,201 6.13%
IG1J 267 2.70% 2,648 1.79% 2,648 0.03%
IG3J 214 2.16% 1,161 0.79% 1,161 0.01%
Valid Votes 9,894 89.04% 147,898 87.89% 8,026,322 96.03%
Rejected Votes 1,194 10.75% 19,774 11.75% 581,465 6.96%
Total Polled 11,112 22.86% 168,277 22.68% 8,358,246 59.29%
Registered Electors 48,613 742,005 14,097,690

2004 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party Point Pedro Jaffna Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
ITAK 22,400 95.84% 257,320 90.60% 633,203 6.85%
EPDP 676 2.89% 18,612 6.55% 24,942 0.27%
IP1D 248 1.06% 5,156 1.82% 6,121 0.07%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 48 0.21% 2,938 1.03% 764,786 8.28%
Valid Votes 23,372 95.79% 284,026 93.04% 9,241,931 94.52%
Rejected Votes 1,028 4.21% 21,233 6.96% 534,452 5.47%
Total Polled 24,400 53.68% 305,259 46.65% 9,777,821 75.74%
Registered Electors 45,457 654,415 12,909,631

2001 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party Point Pedro Jaffna Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
TULF 8,525 64.54% 102,324 54.84% 348,164 3.89%
EPDP 2,736 20.71% 57,208 30.66% 72,783 0.81%
UNP 1,273 9.64% 16,245 8.71% 4,086,026 45.62%
DLF 429 3.25% 2,054 1.10% 6,214 0.07%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 245 1.85% 8,767 4.70% 1,046,289 11.68%
Valid Votes 13,208 94.13% 186,598 94.59% 8,955,844 94.77%
Rejected Votes 823 5.87% 10,681 5.41% 494,009 5.23%
Total Polled 14,031 32.56% 197,279 31.14% 9,449,878 76.03%
Registered Electors 43,087 633,457 12,428,762

2000 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party Point Pedro Jaffna Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
ACTC 2,493 30.66% 10,618 9.24% 27,289 0.32%
EPDP 1,862 22.90% 41,536 36.13% 50,702 0.59%
TULF 1,540 18.94% 32,761 28.50% 105,907 1.23%
UNP 978 12.03% 10,896 9.48% 3,451,765 40.12%
DPLF 705 8.67% 4,778 4.16% 20,655 0.24%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 249 3.06% 7,419 6.45% 903,409 10.50%
IG2 180 2.21% 4,905 4.27% 31,443 0.37%
IG6 123 1.51% 2,058 1.79% 3,162 0.04%
Valid Votes 8,130 N/A 114,971 N/A 8,602,617 N/A

1994 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party Point Pedro Jaffna Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
IND1 31 91.18% 374 2.77% 48,199 0.61%
IND2 3 8.82% 10,744 79.71% 16,690 0.21%
Valid Votes 34 97.14% 13,479 97.41% 7,943,688 95.20%
Rejected Votes 1 2.86% 358 2.59% 400,395 4.80%
Total Polled 35 0.09% 13,837 2.32% 8,344,095 74.75%
Registered Electors 40,336 596,375 11,163,064

1989 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party Point Pedro Jaffna Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
INDI 5,860 59.44% 150,340 62.68% 175,579 3.14%
TULF 2,428 24.63% 60,013 25.02% 188,594 3.37%
UNP 569 5.77% 5,460 2.28% 2,838,005 50.71%
DPLF 384 3.90% 7,993 3.33% 19,150 0.34%
ACTC 342 3.47% 7,610 3.17% 7,610 0.14%
SLMC 275 2.79% 8,439 3.52% 202,016 3.61%
Valid Votes 9,858 91.69% 239,855 90.49% 5,596,468 93.87%
Rejected Votes 894 8.31% 25,203 9.51% 365,563 6.13%
Total Polled 10,752 26.84% 265,058 44.76% 5,962,031 63.60%
Registered Electors 40,060 592,210 9,374,164

Demographics

Ethnicity

The Point Pedro Polling Division has a Sri Lankan Tamil majority (99.1%) . In comparison, the Jaffna Electoral District (which contains the Point Pedro Polling Division) has a Sri Lankan Tamil majority (98.6%)

Ethnicity in Point Pedro

  Sri Lankan Tamil (99.1%)  Other (0.9%)

Religion

The Point Pedro Polling Division has a Hindu majority (80.6%) and a significant Roman Catholic population (16.8%) . In comparison, the Jaffna Electoral District (which contains the Point Pedro Polling Division) has a Hindu majority (82.6%) and a significant Roman Catholic population (12.6%)

Religion in Point Pedro

  Hindu (80.6%)  Roman Catholic (16.8%)  Other Christian (2.1%)  Other (0.5%)

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 Point Pedro 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 Point Pedro 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 Point Pedro 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 Point Pedro 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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