Jaffna Electoral District

Jaffna Electoral District is one of the 22 multi-member electoral districts of Sri Lanka created by the 1978 Constitution of Sri Lanka. The district covers the administrative districts of Jaffna and Kilinochchi in the Northern province. The district currently elects 9 of the 225 members of the Sri Lankan Parliament and had 529,239 registered electors in 2014. The district is Sri Lanka's Electorate Number 10.

Polling divisions The Jaffna Electoral District consists of the following polling divisions:

A: Kayts

B: Vaddukoddai

C: Kankesanthurai

D: Manipay

E: Kopay

F: Udupiddy

G: Point Pedro

H: Chavakachcheri

I: Nallur

J: Jaffna

K: Kilinochchi

Election results Presidential elections 1982 presidential election Results of the 1st presidential election held on 20 October 1982:

CandidatePartyVotes per Polling DivisionPostalVotesTotal Votes%Chavaka-chcheriJaffnaKankesan-thuraiKaytsKilino-chchiKopayManipayNallurPointPedroUdu-piddyVaddu-koddai  Kumar Ponnambalam ACTC 9,742 9,319 6,065 8,353 9,822 4,984 7,514 8,979 5,367 5,779 9,741 1,598 87,263 40.03%  Hector Kobbekaduwa SLFP 6,128 3,258 9,523 3,393 4,188 13,678 9,008 4,330 6,348 8,155 7,770 1,431 77,300 35.46%  J. R. Jayewardene UNP 3,629 6,419 3,771 4,067 3,616 3,546 4,463 4,831 3,198 2,282 3,700 1,253 44,780 20.54%  Colvin R. de Silva LSSP 419 134 310 157 171 423 483 332 217 353 257 120 3,376 1.55%  Rohana Wijeweera JVP 204 176 341 119 188 379 559 244 189 208 380 111 3,098 1.42%  Vasudeva Nanayakkara NSSP 125 186 184 98 102 182 298 243 150 224 255 129 2,186 1.00%Valid Votes 20,247 19,502 20,194 16,187 18,087 23,282 22,330 18,959 15,469 17,001 22,103 4,642 218,003 100.00%Rejected Votes 1,205 711 1.078 943 1,012 1,023 1,069 894 585 816 1,076 198 10,610 Total Polled 21,452 20,213 21,272 17,130 19,099 24,305 23,399 19,853 16,054 17,817 23,179 4,840 228,613Registered Electors 44,597 42,296 51,681 42,563 39,773 49,577 48,930 49,233 34,859 43,990 46,206 493,705Turnout (%) 48.10% 47.79% 41.16% 40.25% 48.02% 49.02% 47.82% 40.32% 46.05% 40.50% 50.16% 46.31%

1988 presidential election Results of the 2nd presidential election held on 19 December 1988:

CandidatePartyVotes per Polling DivisionTotal Votes%Chavaka-chcheriJaffnaKankesan-thuraiKaytsKilino-chchiKopayManipayNallurPointPedroUdu-piddyVaddu-koddai  Sirimavo Bandaranaike SLFP 3,704 3,546 3,117 3,264 4,064 5,833 3,491 3,362 3,921 3,400 6,495 44,197 36.82% Ossie Abeygunasekera SLMP 4,023 3,616 3,840 4,503 2,596 4,325 5,089 2,924 2,910 3,120 5,252 42,198 35.15%  Ranasinghe Premadasa UNP 2,300 3,475 2,364 4,628 3,793 2,493 4,006 2,000 2,620 1,662 4,309 33,650 28.03%Valid Votes 10,027 10,637 9,321 12,395 10,453 12,651 12,586 8,286 9,451 8,182 16,056 120,045 100.00%Rejected Votes 1,035 479 451 596 378 733 891 482 772 303 2,397 8,517 Total Polled 11,062 11,116 9,772 12,991 10,831 13,384 13,477 8,768 10,223 8,485 18,453 128,562Registered Electors 51,595 49,229 60,386 49,481 53,604 56,450 58,320 61,936 40,175 52,084 58,522 591,782Turnout (%) 21.44% 22.58% 16.18% 26.25% 20.21% 23.71% 23.11% 14.16% 25.45% 16.29% 31.53% 21.72%

1994 presidential election Results of the 3rd presidential election held on 9 November 1994:

CandidatePartyVotes per Polling DivisionPostalVotesTotal Votes%Chavaka-chcheriJaffnaKankesan-thuraiKaytsKilino-chchiKopayManipayNallurPointPedroUdu-piddyVaddu-koddai  Chandrika Kumaratunga PA 63 1,143 116 14,761 174 11 18 21 8 24 539 56 16,934 96.35%  Hudson Samarasinghe Ind 2 1 15 3 291 0 0 0 0 0 00 31 0 341 1.94%  Srimathi Dissanayake UNP 6 108 6 83 9 1 0 2 0 2 6 0 223 1.27%  Harischandra Wijayatunga SMBP 0 1 1 27 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 36 0.20%  G. A. Nihal SLPF 0 4 0 17 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 25 0.14%  A. J. Ranashinge Ind 1 0 1 1 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 0.09%Valid Votes 70 1,272 127 15,193 186 12 18 23 8 26 584 56 17,575 100.00%Rejected Votes 3 7 0 120 7 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 141Total Polled 73 1,279 127 15,313 193 12 18 23 8 26 588 56 17,716Registered Electors 51,717 50,045 60,417 49,504 55,995 56,496 58,382 62,372 40,336 52,153 58,949 62 596,366Turnout (%) 0.14% 2.56% 0.21% 30.93% 0.34% 0.02% 0.03% 0.04% 0.02% 0.05% 1.00% 90.32% 2.97%

1999 presidential election Results of the 4th presidential election held on 21 December 1999:

CandidatePartyVotes per Polling DivisionPostalVotesTotal Votes%Chavaka-chcheriJaffnaKankesan-thuraiKaytsKilino-chchiKopayManipayNallurPointPedroUdu-piddyVaddu-koddai  Chandrika Kumaratunga PA 3,430 3,471 5,324 3,377 593 6,607 9,194 5,125 3,062 4,664 6,854 342 52,043 46.65%  Ranil Wickremasinghe UNP 7,494 3,263 2,271 3,580 1,262 5,941 5,003 4,834 4,270 5,685 4,232 170 48,005 43.03% Vasudeva Nanayakkara LDA 356 151 208 154 33 332 386 328 258 417 466 305 3,394 3.04%  W. V. M. Ranjith Ind 2 127 57 197 108 26 335 311 113 95 210 293 1 1,873 1.68% Rajiva Wijesinha Liberal 109 28 158 62 22 265 191 95 72 138 228 0 1,368 1.23% Abdul Rasool SLMP 158 46 90 84 31 161 126 47 80 88 125 5 1,041 0.93%  T. Edirisuriya Ind 1 84 25 81 45 11 122 104 49 65 118 127 0 831 0.74%  Harischandra Wijayatunga SMBP 77 22 93 40 12 133 115 54 58 72 139 3 818 0.73%  Hudson Samarasinghe Ind 3 51 10 49 31 6 111 55 41 32 88 77 1 552 0.49% Kamal Karunadasa PLSF 33 14 58 34 3 84 73 29 34 53 71 1 487 0.44%  Nandana Gunathilake JVP 68 11 24 50 6 49 57 18 33 44 53 0 413 0.37% A. W. Premawardhana PFF 62 7 25 32 3 78 40 24 31 51 49 1 403 0.36% A. Dissanayaka DUNF 49 8 28 20 8 55 36 21 28 41 49 0 340 0.30%Valid Votes 12,098 7,113 8,606 7,617 2,016 14,273 15,691 10,778 8,118 11,669 12,760 829 111,568 100.00%Rejected Votes 1,059 314 321 419 117 577 714 384 453 737 767 119 5,981Total Polled 13,157 7,427 8,927 8,036 2,133 14,850 16,405 11,162 8,571 12,406 13,527 948 117,549Registered Electors 53,247 51,581 61,514 50,885 56,792 58,751 62,002 63,799 42,304 53,545 58,350 612,770Turnout (%) 24.71% 14.40% 14.51% 15.79% 3.76% 25.28% 26.46% 17.50% 20.26% 23.17% 23.18% 19.18%

2005 presidential election Results of the 5th presidential election held on 17 November 2005:

CandidatePartyVotes per Polling DivisionPostalVotesDisplacedVotesTotal Votes%Chavaka-chcheriJaffnaKankesan-thuraiKaytsKilino-chchiKopayManipayNallurPointPedroUdu-piddyVaddu-koddai  Ranil Wickremasinghe UNP 33 301 148 98 1 267 256 198 25 52 191 1,405 2,548 5,523 70.20%  Mahinda Rajapaksa UPFA 10 124 97 139 0 54 64 100 9 11 53 327 979 1,967 25.00% Victor Hettigoda ULPP 0 3 0 3 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 109 1 120 1.53%  Siritunga Jayasuriya USP 2 4 2 3 0 14 11 2 0 0 3 5 26 72 0.92% A. A. Suraweera NDF 0 2 3 3 0 5 1 1 0 0 3 4 12 34 0.43%  A. K. J. Arachchige DUA 1 1 3 4 0 2 3 4 0 0 0 3 10 31 0.39%  Wije Dias SEP 1 1 0 10 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 10 4 29 0.37%  Chamil Jayaneththi NLF 2 1 2 2 0 5 1 0 1 0 2 7 1 24 0.31% Anura De Silva ULF 0 0 2 1 0 4 3 1 0 0 1 3 6 21 0.27% P. Nelson Perera SLPF 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 3 4 4 16 0.20% Wimal Geeganage SLNF 1 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 2 4 4 15 0.19% Aruna de Soyza RPP 0 0 2 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 3 2 2 12 0.15% H. S. Dharmadwaja UNAF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 4 0.05%Valid Votes 50 438 260 263 1 362 340 308 35 64 263 1,885 3,599 7,868 100.00%Rejected Votes 3 17 7 13 0 26 17 5 4 1 15 441 107 656 Total Polled 53 455 267 276 1 388 357 313 39 65 278 2,326 3,706 8,524 Registered Electors 62,022 62,089 67,133 52,986 89,454 63,752 68,783 70,251 47,188 55,499 62,781 701,938 Turnout (%) 0.08% 0.73% 0.40% 0.52% 0.00% 0.61% 0.52% 0.45% 0.08% 0.12% 0.44% 1.21%

2010 presidential election Results of the 6th presidential election held on 26 January 2010:

CandidatePartyVotes per Polling DivisionPostalVotesDisplacedVotesTotal Votes%Chavaka-chcheriJaffnaKankesan-thuraiKaytsKilino-chchiKopayManipayNallurPointPedroUdu-piddyVaddu-koddai  Sarath Fonseka NDF 11,599 7,914 8,216 3,976 4,717 13,151 13,390 11,543 8,585 8,974 11,712 3,173 6,927 113,877 63.84%  Mahinda Rajapaksa UPFA 4,567 3,296 4,559 4,611 991 4,538 5,749 3,554 2,361 2,545 4,247 892 2,244 44,154 24.75% M. C. M. Ismail DUNF 323 107 254 283 199 528 391 196 223 301 326 6 233 3,370 1.89% C. J. Sugathsiri Gamage UDF 493 139 283 144 45 471 447 231 227 314 486 4 41 3,325 1.86%  M. K. Shivajilingam Ind 5 348 126 207 284 42 306 231 173 326 334 500 263 65 3,205 1.80% A. A. Suraweera NDF 141 50 169 136 28 160 189 73 73 97 164 2 28 1,310 0.73%  Vikramabahu Karunaratne LF 121 41 88 56 23 151 173 89 100 78 139 49 20 1,128 0.63%  Siritunga Jayasuriya USP 113 18 68 42 19 146 122 68 47 68 110 1 18 840 0.47% Sarath Manamendra NSH 94 29 59 32 26 112 106 50 44 68 71 6 35 732 0.41% Lal Perera ONF 55 30 56 30 32 98 101 52 43 61 106 0 32 696 0.39%  Ukkubanda Wijekoon Ind 3 82 31 70 38 10 93 105 52 34 71 85 1 11 683 0.38% Wije Dias SEP 92 20 32 94 19 68 62 25 43 58 127 1 16 657 0.37% A. S. P. Liyanage SLLP 80 31 59 43 23 100 85 54 24 50 75 0 21 645 0.36%  W. V. Mahiman Ranjith Ind 1 59 27 51 60 27 83 66 31 39 47 63 2 16 571 0.32% Sarath Kongahage UNAF 67 23 35 33 12 64 63 37 41 57 71 3 12 518 0.29%  Aithurus M. Illias Ind 2 85 19 43 36 8 72 48 31 27 41 62 1 12 485 0.27%  M. Mohamed Musthaffa Ind 4 71 10 49 15 10 84 56 27 35 43 75 0 10 485 0.27% Sanath Pinnaduwa NA 47 8 35 18 13 67 45 36 24 38 63 0 18 412 0.23% Senaratna de Silva PNF 45 11 37 15 8 65 51 13 20 31 51 1 10 358 0.20% Aruna de Soyza RPP 41 12 19 12 8 64 35 16 30 38 70 2 4 351 0.20% Battaramulla Seelarathana JP 36 7 28 16 11 53 41 20 20 21 46 2 6 307 0.17% M. B. Thaminimulla ACAKO 31 11 23 9 9 34 38 20 22 20 35 1 7 260 0.15%Valid Votes 18,590 11,960 14,440 9,983 6,280 20,508 21,594 16,391 12,388 13,355 18,684 4,410 9,786 178,369 100.00%Rejected Votes 860 454 493 338 286 625 881 557 440 600 752 116 361 6,763 Total Polled 19,450 12,414 14,933 10,321 6,566 21,133 22,475 16,948 12,828 13,955 19,436 4,526 10,147 185,132 Registered Electors 65,141 64,714 69,082 53,111 90,811 65,798 71,114 72,558 48,613 56,426 63,991 721,359 Turnout 29.86% 19.18% 21.62% 19.43% 7.23% 32.12% 31.60% 23.36% 26.39% 24.73% 30.37% 25.66%

2015 presidential election Results of the 7th presidential election held on 8 January 2015: