The Batticaloa Polling Division is a Polling Division in the Batticaloa Electoral District, in the Eastern Province, Sri Lanka.

Presidential Election Results

Summary

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

Year Batticaloa Batticaloa Electoral District MAEThe mean absolute error, between the percentages of votes each party got in Batticaloa and the Batticaloa Electoral District. It is a measure of the difference in voting behaviour between the two regions. % Sri Lanka MAEThe mean absolute error, between the percentages of votes each party got in Batticaloa and the country. It is a measure of the difference in voting behaviour between the two regions. % 2019 NDF NDF 1.11% SLPP 37.87% 2015 NDF NDF 1.24% NDF 29.16% 2010 NDF NDF 0.49% UPFA 29.01% 2005 UNP UNP 0.19% UPFA 30.63% 1999 UNP UNP 1.30% PA 15.09% 1994 PA PA 4.02% PA 21.04% 1988 UNP UNP 3.97% UNP 16.93% 1982 UNP UNP 3.22% UNP 13.76% Matches/Mean MAE 4/8 4/8 1.94% 8/8 24.19%

2019 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party Batticaloa Batticaloa Electoral District Sri Lanka Votes % Votes % Votes % NDF 109,449 78.13% 238,649 78.70% 5,564,239 41.99% SLPP 12,594 8.99% 38,460 12.68% 6,924,255 52.25% IND11 12,122 8.65% 13,228 4.36% 38,814 0.29% Other Parties (with < 1%) 4,418 3.15% 10,580 3.49% 306,638 2.31% NMPP 1,499 1.07% 2,304 0.76% 418,553 3.16% Valid Votes 140,082 98.26% 303,221 98.62% 13,252,499 98.99% Rejected Votes 2,480 1.74% 4,258 1.38% 135,452 1.01% Total Polled 142,562 78.69% 307,479 77.20% 13,387,951 83.71% Registered Electors 181,169 398,301 15,992,568

2015 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party Batticaloa Batticaloa Electoral District Sri Lanka Votes % Votes % Votes % NDF 97,779 80.39% 209,422 81.62% 6,217,162 51.28% UPFA 21,473 17.65% 41,631 16.22% 5,768,090 47.58% Other Parties (with < 1%) 2,385 1.96% 5,533 2.16% 138,200 1.14% Valid Votes 121,637 99.10% 256,586 99.00% 12,123,452 98.85% Rejected Votes 1,106 0.90% 2,580 1.00% 140,925 1.15% Total Polled 122,743 71.16% 259,166 69.30% 12,264,377 78.69% Registered Electors 172,499 373,982 15,585,942

2010 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party Batticaloa Batticaloa Electoral District Sri Lanka Votes % Votes % Votes % NDF 69,975 68.74% 146,057 68.93% 4,173,185 40.15% UPFA 28,090 27.59% 55,663 26.27% 6,015,934 57.88% Other Parties (with < 1%) 3,735 3.67% 10,171 4.80% 204,494 1.97% Valid Votes 101,800 98.18% 211,891 97.97% 10,393,613 99.03% Rejected Votes 1,885 1.82% 4,396 2.03% 101,838 0.97% Total Polled 103,685 66.66% 216,287 32.41% 10,495,451 66.70% Registered Electors 155,537 667,353 15,734,587

2005 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party Batticaloa Batticaloa Electoral District Sri Lanka Votes % Votes % Votes % UNP 65,401 79.34% 121,514 79.51% 4,706,366 48.43% UPFA 15,798 19.17% 28,836 18.87% 4,887,152 50.29% Other Parties (with < 1%) 1,229 1.49% 2,487 1.63% 123,521 1.27% Valid Votes 82,428 98.84% 152,837 98.85% 9,717,039 98.88% Rejected Votes 970 1.16% 1,778 1.15% 109,869 1.12% Total Polled 83,398 56.36% 154,615 47.82% 9,826,908 69.51% Registered Electors 147,979 323,337 14,136,979

1999 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party Batticaloa Batticaloa Electoral District Sri Lanka Votes % Votes % Votes % UNP 48,700 60.05% 104,100 61.19% 3,602,748 42.71% PA 29,523 36.40% 58,975 34.66% 4,312,157 51.12% Other Parties (with < 1%) 2,875 3.55% 7,056 4.15% 520,606 6.17% Valid Votes 81,098 97.89% 170,131 97.85% 8,435,754 97.69% Rejected Votes 1,750 2.11% 3,747 2.15% 199,536 2.31% Total Polled 82,848 66.56% 173,878 63.82% 8,635,290 72.17% Registered Electors 124,480 272,465 11,965,536

1994 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party Batticaloa Batticaloa Electoral District Sri Lanka Votes % Votes % Votes % PA 59,814 83.21% 144,725 87.30% 4,709,205 62.28% UNP 9,812 13.65% 14,812 8.93% 2,715,283 35.91% Ind 2 1,685 2.34% 5,030 3.03% 58,888 0.78% Other Parties (with < 1%) 578 0.80% 1,214 0.73% 78,152 1.03% Valid Votes 71,887 98.55% 165,779 98.42% 7,561,526 98.03% Rejected Votes 1,061 1.45% 2,664 1.58% 151,706 1.97% Total Polled 72,948 58.88% 168,443 63.57% 7,713,232 69.12% Registered Electors 123,893 264,975 11,158,880

1988 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party Batticaloa Batticaloa Electoral District Sri Lanka Votes % Votes % Votes % UNP 29,976 56.04% 61,657 50.99% 2,569,199 50.43% SLMP 14,972 27.99% 38,243 31.63% 235,701 4.63% SLFP 8,547 15.98% 21,018 17.38% 2,289,857 44.95% Valid Votes 53,495 96.92% 120,918 95.91% 5,094,754 98.24% Rejected Votes 1,702 3.08% 5,163 4.09% 91,499 1.76% Total Polled 55,197 55.35% 126,081 58.38% 5,186,256 55.87% Registered Electors 99,717 215,983 9,283,143

1982 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party Batticaloa Batticaloa Electoral District Sri Lanka Votes % Votes % Votes % UNP 24,220 44.26% 48,094 40.05% 3,450,815 52.93% ACTC 19,338 35.34% 47,095 39.22% 173,934 2.67% SLFP 9,922 18.13% 21,688 18.06% 2,546,348 39.05% Other Parties (with < 1%) 667 1.22% 1,912 1.59% 75,526 1.16% JVP 580 1.06% 1,287 1.07% 273,428 4.19% Valid Votes 54,727 97.99% 120,076 97.66% 6,520,156 98.78% Rejected Votes 1,120 2.01% 2,879 2.34% 80,470 1.22% Total Polled 55,847 69.47% 122,955 70.55% 6,600,626 80.15% Registered Electors 80,394 174,276 8,235,358

Parliamentary Election Results

Summary

The winner of Batticaloa has matched the final country result 1 out of 7 times.

Year Batticaloa Batticaloa Electoral District MAEThe mean absolute error, between the percentages of votes each party got in Batticaloa and the Batticaloa Electoral District. It is a measure of the difference in voting behaviour between the two regions. % Sri Lanka MAEThe mean absolute error, between the percentages of votes each party got in Batticaloa and the country. It is a measure of the difference in voting behaviour between the two regions. % 2015 ITAK ITAK 5.16% UNP 31.34% 2010 UPFA ITAK 2.56% UPFA 18.18% 2004 ITAK ITAK 9.77% UPFA 27.87% 2001 TULF TULF 7.43% UNP 19.37% 2000 NUA TULF 5.15% PA 25.05% 1994 TULF TULF 5.63% PA 32.05% 1989 IND 1 TULF 5.79% UNP 31.24% Matches/Mean MAE 1/7 0/7 5.93% 7/7 26.44%

2015 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party Batticaloa Batticaloa Electoral District Sri Lanka Votes % Votes % Votes % ITAK 56,876 50.25% 127,185 54.11% 515,963 4.63% SLMC 27,869 24.62% 38,477 16.37% 44,193 0.40% UPFA 20,258 17.90% 32,232 13.71% 4,732,664 42.48% UNP 6,179 5.46% 32,359 13.77% 5,098,916 45.77% Other Parties (with < 1%) 2,008 1.77% 4,789 2.04% 667,616 5.99% Valid Votes 113,190 94.02% 235,042 93.12% 11,140,333 95.35% Rejected Votes 5,525 4.59% 13,551 5.37% 516,926 4.42% Total Polled 120,384 69.79% 252,397 69.12% 11,684,111 77.66% Registered Electors 172,499 365,167 15,044,490

2010 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party Batticaloa Batticaloa Electoral District Sri Lanka Votes % Votes % Votes % UPFA 35,089 39.92% 62,009 34.67% 4,846,388 60.38% ITAK 32,758 37.27% 66,235 37.04% 233,190 2.91% UNP 12,284 13.97% 22,935 12.82% 2,357,057 29.37% TMVP 3,756 4.27% 16,886 9.44% 20,284 0.25% Other Parties (with < 1%) 2,439 2.77% 6,348 3.55% 485,855 6.05% TULF 1,578 1.80% 4,424 2.47% 9,223 0.11% Valid Votes 87,904 92.98% 178,837 91.54% 8,026,322 96.03% Rejected Votes 5,783 6.12% 14,749 7.55% 581,465 6.96% Total Polled 94,537 60.78% 195,367 57.46% 8,358,246 59.29% Registered Electors 155,537 339,982 14,097,690

2004 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party Batticaloa Batticaloa Electoral District Sri Lanka Votes % Votes % Votes % ITAK 57,144 54.01% 161,011 66.71% 633,203 6.85% UPFA 22,716 21.47% 26,268 10.88% 4,223,126 45.70% SLMC 19,612 18.53% 43,131 17.87% 186,880 2.02% UNP 3,819 3.61% 6,151 2.55% 3,486,792 37.73% Other Parties (with < 1%) 1,421 1.34% 2,258 0.94% 616,111 6.67% EPDP 1,099 1.04% 2,556 1.06% 24,942 0.27% Valid Votes 105,811 94.98% 241,375 95.02% 9,241,931 94.52% Rejected Votes 5,592 5.02% 12,648 4.98% 534,452 5.47% Total Polled 111,403 78.90% 254,023 83.58% 9,777,821 75.74% Registered Electors 141,190 303,928 12,909,631

2001 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party Batticaloa Batticaloa Electoral District Sri Lanka Votes % Votes % Votes % TULF 32,805 39.45% 86,284 48.17% 348,164 3.89% PA 21,076 25.34% 25,705 14.35% 3,330,815 37.19% UNP 14,903 17.92% 22,638 12.64% 4,086,026 45.62% SLMC 7,512 9.03% 26,725 14.92% 105,346 1.18% DPLF 3,074 3.70% 5,601 3.13% 16,669 0.19% EPDP 2,054 2.47% 4,153 2.32% 72,783 0.81% IND4 1,046 1.26% 6,406 3.58% 7,563 0.08% Other Parties (with < 1%) 692 0.83% 1,596 0.89% 946,107 10.56% Valid Votes 83,162 93.63% 179,108 93.10% 8,955,844 94.77% Rejected Votes 5,657 6.37% 13,275 6.90% 494,009 5.23% Total Polled 88,819 67.88% 192,383 68.20% 9,449,878 76.03% Registered Electors 130,846 282,079 12,428,762

2000 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party Batticaloa Batticaloa Electoral District Sri Lanka Votes % Votes % Votes % NUA 27,079 30.36% 53,646 28.77% 185,593 2.16% UNP 21,267 23.84% 29,163 15.64% 3,451,765 40.12% TULF 16,621 18.63% 54,448 29.20% 105,907 1.23% PA 6,436 7.22% 16,510 8.86% 3,899,329 45.33% DPLF 5,539 6.21% 9,030 4.84% 20,655 0.24% TELO 3,282 3.68% 3,909 2.10% 25,830 0.30% IG1 2,801 3.14% 5,556 2.98% 9,799 0.11% EPDP 1,950 2.19% 3,325 1.78% 50,702 0.59% ACTC 1,839 2.06% 6,968 3.74% 27,289 0.32% PP 1,279 1.43% 1,938 1.04% 19,830 0.23% Other Parties (with < 1%) 1,103 1.24% 1,946 1.04% 721,565 8.39% Valid Votes 89,196 N/A 186,439 N/A 8,602,617 N/A

1994 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party Batticaloa Batticaloa Electoral District Sri Lanka Votes % Votes % Votes % TULF 28,020 35.85% 76,516 43.95% 132,461 1.67% SLMC 19,368 24.78% 31,072 17.85% 143,307 1.80% UNP 13,622 17.43% 23,244 13.35% 3,498,370 44.04% PA 7,413 9.48% 19,278 11.07% 3,887,805 48.94% TELO 6,804 8.71% 17,073 9.81% 24,974 0.31% EPRLF 2,069 2.65% 4,802 2.76% 9,411 0.12% Other Parties (with < 1%) 861 1.10% 2,103 1.21% 64,889 0.82% Valid Votes 78,157 93.09% 174,088 91.81% 7,943,688 95.20% Rejected Votes 5,805 6.91% 15,531 8.19% 400,395 4.80% Total Polled 83,962 67.77% 189,619 71.49% 8,344,095 74.75% Registered Electors 123,893 265,253 11,163,064

1989 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party Batticaloa Batticaloa Electoral District Sri Lanka Votes % Votes % Votes % IND 1 21,445 30.18% 46,419 29.88% 46,419 0.83% SLMC 21,172 29.80% 36,867 23.73% 202,016 3.61% TULF 17,194 24.20% 55,131 35.49% 188,594 3.37% UNP 7,186 10.11% 11,317 7.28% 2,838,005 50.71% SLFP 3,162 4.45% 4,130 2.66% 1,785,369 31.90% IND 2 899 1.27% 1,497 0.96% 1,497 0.03% Valid Votes 71,058 94.06% 155,361 91.78% 5,596,468 93.87% Rejected Votes 4,487 5.94% 13,923 8.22% 365,563 6.13% Total Polled 75,545 76.23% 169,284 78.16% 5,962,031 63.60% Registered Electors 99,096 216,574 9,374,164

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