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

Presidential Election Results

Summary

The winner of Kankesanthurai has matched the final country result 3 out of 8 times.

Year Kankesanthurai Jaffna Electoral District MAEThe mean absolute error, between the percentages of votes each party got in Kankesanthurai and the Jaffna 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 Kankesanthurai and the country. It is a measure of the difference in voting behaviour between the two regions. % 2019 NDF NDF 0.59% SLPP 41.61% 2015 NDF NDF 1.06% NDF 23.24% 2010 NDF NDF 6.14% UPFA 21.97% 2005 UNP UNP 12.43% UPFA 10.65% 1999 PA PA 14.30% PA 12.64% 1994 PA PA 4.89% PA 29.31% 1988 SLMP SLFP 4.12% UNP 19.50% 1982 SLFP ACTC 8.55% UNP 22.14% Matches/Mean MAE 3/8 3/8 6.51% 8/8 22.63%

2019 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party Kankesanthurai Jaffna Electoral District Sri Lanka Votes % Votes % Votes % NDF 23,773 83.20% 312,722 83.86% 5,564,239 41.99% Other Parties (with < 1%) 2,052 7.18% 23,295 6.25% 717,212 5.41% SLPP 1,688 5.91% 23,261 6.24% 6,924,255 52.25% DUNF 586 2.05% 6,790 1.82% 34,537 0.26% IND10 475 1.66% 6,845 1.84% 12,256 0.09% Valid Votes 28,574 96.66% 372,913 97.07% 13,252,499 98.99% Rejected Votes 988 3.34% 11,251 2.93% 135,452 1.01% Total Polled 29,562 46.61% 384,164 68.00% 13,387,951 83.71% Registered Electors 63,428 564,984 15,992,568

2015 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party Kankesanthurai Jaffna Electoral District Sri Lanka Votes % Votes % Votes % NDF 18,729 73.11% 253,574 74.42% 6,217,162 51.28% UPFA 5,705 22.27% 74,454 21.85% 5,768,090 47.58% Other Parties (with < 1%) 1,182 4.61% 12,723 3.73% 138,200 1.14% Valid Votes 25,616 96.89% 340,751 97.14% 12,123,452 98.85% Rejected Votes 822 3.11% 10,038 2.86% 140,925 1.15% Total Polled 26,438 41.82% 350,789 64.22% 12,264,377 78.69% Registered Electors 63,217 546,265 15,585,942

2010 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party Kankesanthurai Jaffna Electoral District Sri Lanka Votes % Votes % Votes % NDF 8,216 56.90% 113,877 63.84% 4,173,185 40.15% UPFA 4,559 31.57% 44,154 24.75% 6,015,934 57.88% Other Parties (with < 1%) 752 5.21% 9,128 5.12% 106,050 1.02% UDF 283 1.96% 3,325 1.86% 23,290 0.22% DUNF 254 1.76% 3,370 1.89% 39,226 0.38% Ind 5 207 1.43% 3,205 1.80% 9,662 0.09% JSP 169 1.17% 1,310 0.73% 26,266 0.25% Valid Votes 14,440 96.70% 178,369 96.35% 10,393,613 99.03% Rejected Votes 493 3.30% 6,763 3.65% 101,838 0.97% Total Polled 14,933 21.62% 185,132 25.15% 10,495,451 66.70% Registered Electors 69,082 736,032 15,734,587

2005 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party Kankesanthurai Jaffna Electoral District Sri Lanka Votes % Votes % Votes % UNP 148 56.92% 5,523 70.20% 4,706,366 48.43% UPFA 97 37.31% 1,967 25.00% 4,887,152 50.29% Other Parties (with < 1%) 9 3.46% 313 3.98% 87,201 0.90% JSP 3 1.15% 34 0.43% 31,238 0.32% DUA 3 1.15% 31 0.39% 5,082 0.05% Valid Votes 260 97.38% 7,868 92.30% 9,717,039 98.88% Rejected Votes 7 2.62% 656 7.70% 109,869 1.12% Total Polled 267 0.40% 8,524 1.20% 9,826,908 69.51% Registered Electors 67,133 707,970 14,136,979

1999 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party Kankesanthurai Jaffna Electoral District Sri Lanka Votes % Votes % Votes % PA 5,324 61.86% 52,043 46.65% 4,312,157 51.12% UNP 2,271 26.39% 48,005 43.03% 3,602,748 42.71% Other Parties (with < 1%) 265 3.08% 3,029 2.71% 391,588 4.64% LDA 208 2.42% 3,394 3.04% 23,668 0.28% Ind 2 197 2.29% 1,873 1.68% 27,052 0.32% Liberal 158 1.84% 1,368 1.23% 25,085 0.30% SMBP 93 1.08% 818 0.73% 35,854 0.43% SLMP 90 1.05% 1,041 0.93% 17,359 0.21% Valid Votes 8,606 96.40% 111,568 94.91% 8,435,754 97.69% Rejected Votes 321 3.60% 5,981 5.09% 199,536 2.31% Total Polled 8,927 14.51% 117,549 19.15% 8,635,290 72.17% Registered Electors 61,514 613,718 11,965,536

1994 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party Kankesanthurai Jaffna Electoral District Sri Lanka Votes % Votes % Votes % PA 116 91.34% 16,934 96.35% 4,709,205 62.28% UNP 6 4.72% 223 1.27% 2,715,283 35.91% Ind 2 3 2.36% 341 1.94% 58,888 0.78% Other Parties (with < 1%) 2 1.57% 77 0.44% 78,152 1.03% Valid Votes 127 100.00% 17,575 99.20% 7,561,526 98.03%

1988 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party Kankesanthurai Jaffna Electoral District Sri Lanka Votes % Votes % Votes % SLMP 3,840 41.20% 42,198 35.15% 235,701 4.63% SLFP 3,117 33.44% 44,197 36.82% 2,289,857 44.95% UNP 2,364 25.36% 33,650 28.03% 2,569,199 50.43% Valid Votes 9,321 95.38% 120,045 93.38% 5,094,754 98.24% Rejected Votes 451 4.62% 8,517 6.62% 91,499 1.76% Total Polled 9,772 16.18% 128,562 23.30% 5,186,256 55.87% Registered Electors 60,386 551,713 9,283,143

1982 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party Kankesanthurai Jaffna Electoral District Sri Lanka Votes % Votes % Votes % SLFP 9,523 47.16% 77,210 35.42% 2,546,348 39.05% ACTC 6,065 30.03% 87,263 40.03% 173,934 2.67% UNP 3,771 18.67% 44,775 20.54% 3,450,815 52.93% JVP 341 1.69% 3,098 1.42% 273,428 4.19% LSSP 310 1.54% 3,376 1.55% 58,531 0.90% Other Parties (with < 1%) 184 0.91% 2,176 1.00% 16,995 0.26% Valid Votes 20,194 94.93% 218,003 95.36% 6,520,156 98.78% Rejected Votes 1,078 5.07% 10,610 4.64% 80,470 1.22% Total Polled 21,272 41.16% 228,613 45.86% 6,600,626 80.15% Registered Electors 51,681 498,545 8,235,358

Parliamentary Election Results

Summary

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

Year Kankesanthurai Jaffna Electoral District MAEThe mean absolute error, between the percentages of votes each party got in Kankesanthurai and the Jaffna 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 Kankesanthurai and the country. It is a measure of the difference in voting behaviour between the two regions. % 2015 ITAK ITAK 3.64% UNP 34.78% 2010 ITAK ITAK 2.86% UPFA 21.42% 2004 ITAK ITAK 4.02% UPFA 5.88% 2001 TULF TULF 1.32% UNP 20.44% 2000 TULF EPDP 6.20% PA 15.39% 1994 IND2 IND2 4.55% PA 0.27% 1989 INDI INDI 6.73% UNP 27.75% Matches/Mean MAE 0/7 0/7 4.19% 7/7 17.99%

2015 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party Kankesanthurai Jaffna Electoral District Sri Lanka Votes % Votes % Votes % ITAK 14,756 65.39% 207,577 70.08% 515,963 4.63% EPDP 2,464 10.92% 30,232 10.21% 33,481 0.30% UNP 2,064 9.15% 20,025 6.76% 5,098,916 45.77% UPFA 1,656 7.34% 17,309 5.84% 4,732,664 42.48% AITC 1,033 4.58% 15,022 5.07% 18,644 0.17% IG0 307 1.36% 1,509 0.51% 14,927 0.13% Other Parties (with < 1%) 286 1.27% 4,525 1.53% 565,549 5.08% Valid Votes 22,566 90.98% 296,199 90.91% 11,140,333 95.35% Rejected Votes 1,964 7.92% 25,496 7.83% 516,926 4.42% Total Polled 24,804 39.24% 325,805 61.56% 11,684,111 77.66% Registered Electors 63,217 529,239 15,044,490

2010 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party Kankesanthurai Jaffna Electoral District Sri Lanka Votes % Votes % Votes % ITAK 5,018 43.52% 65,119 44.03% 233,190 2.91% UPFA 4,518 39.18% 47,622 32.20% 4,846,388 60.38% UNP 584 5.06% 12,624 8.54% 2,357,057 29.37% Other Parties (with < 1%) 384 3.33% 7,442 5.03% 480,950 5.99% AITC 337 2.92% 6,362 4.30% 7,544 0.09% IG1J 209 1.81% 2,648 1.79% 2,648 0.03% TULF 169 1.47% 2,892 1.96% 9,223 0.11% IG6J 168 1.46% 1,038 0.70% 1,038 0.01% IG4J 144 1.25% 2,151 1.45% 2,151 0.03% Valid Votes 11,531 87.56% 147,898 87.89% 8,026,322 96.03% Rejected Votes 1,621 12.31% 19,774 11.75% 581,465 6.96% Total Polled 13,170 19.06% 168,277 22.68% 8,358,246 59.29% Registered Electors 69,082 742,005 14,097,690

2004 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party Kankesanthurai Jaffna Electoral District Sri Lanka Votes % Votes % Votes % ITAK 18,499 86.50% 257,320 90.60% 633,203 6.85% EPDP 2,395 11.20% 18,612 6.55% 24,942 0.27% IP1D 405 1.89% 5,156 1.82% 6,121 0.07% Other Parties (with < 1%) 87 0.41% 2,938 1.03% 764,786 8.28% Valid Votes 21,386 92.91% 284,026 93.04% 9,241,931 94.52% Rejected Votes 1,631 7.09% 21,233 6.96% 534,452 5.47% Total Polled 23,017 35.72% 305,259 46.65% 9,777,821 75.74% Registered Electors 64,434 654,415 12,909,631

2001 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party Kankesanthurai Jaffna Electoral District Sri Lanka Votes % Votes % Votes % TULF 8,898 54.72% 102,324 54.84% 348,164 3.89% EPDP 5,580 34.32% 57,208 30.66% 72,783 0.81% UNP 1,231 7.57% 16,245 8.71% 4,086,026 45.62% Other Parties (with < 1%) 317 1.95% 8,144 4.36% 1,049,603 11.72% INDP 234 1.44% 2,677 1.43% 2,900 0.03% Valid Votes 16,260 94.76% 186,598 94.59% 8,955,844 94.77% Rejected Votes 899 5.24% 10,681 5.41% 494,009 5.23% Total Polled 17,159 26.76% 197,279 31.14% 9,449,878 76.03% Registered Electors 64,119 633,457 12,428,762

2000 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party Kankesanthurai Jaffna Electoral District Sri Lanka Votes % Votes % Votes % TULF 4,943 44.92% 32,761 28.50% 105,907 1.23% EPDP 4,068 36.97% 41,536 36.13% 50,702 0.59% UNP 524 4.76% 10,896 9.48% 3,451,765 40.12% ACTC 331 3.01% 10,618 9.24% 27,289 0.32% IG2 304 2.76% 4,905 4.27% 31,443 0.37% DPLF 254 2.31% 4,778 4.16% 20,655 0.24% Other Parties (with < 1%) 254 2.31% 5,334 4.64% 886,991 10.31% IG1 174 1.58% 1,641 1.43% 9,799 0.11% L&DA 152 1.38% 2,502 2.18% 9,781 0.11% Valid Votes 11,004 N/A 114,971 N/A 8,602,617 N/A

1994 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party Kankesanthurai Jaffna Electoral District Sri Lanka Votes % Votes % Votes % IND2 93 76.86% 10,744 79.71% 16,690 0.21% IND1 15 12.40% 374 2.77% 48,199 0.61% EPRLF 9 7.44% 263 1.95% 9,411 0.12% SLMC 4 3.31% 2,098 15.56% 143,307 1.80% Valid Votes 121 95.28% 13,479 97.41% 7,943,688 95.20% Rejected Votes 6 4.72% 358 2.59% 400,395 4.80% Total Polled 127 0.21% 13,837 2.32% 8,344,095 74.75% Registered Electors 60,417 596,375 11,163,064

1989 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party Kankesanthurai Jaffna Electoral District Sri Lanka Votes % Votes % Votes % INDI 14,801 55.87% 150,340 62.68% 175,579 3.14% TULF 9,073 34.25% 60,013 25.02% 188,594 3.37% DPLF 1,199 4.53% 7,993 3.33% 19,150 0.34% ACTC 532 2.01% 7,610 3.17% 7,610 0.14% SLMC 500 1.89% 8,439 3.52% 202,016 3.61% UNP 388 1.46% 5,460 2.28% 2,838,005 50.71% Valid Votes 26,493 90.39% 239,855 90.49% 5,596,468 93.87% Rejected Votes 2,817 9.61% 25,203 9.51% 365,563 6.13% Total Polled 29,310 48.62% 265,058 44.76% 5,962,031 63.60% Registered Electors 60,282 592,210 9,374,164

Demographics

Ethnicity

The Kankesanthurai Polling Division has a Sri Lankan Tamil majority (98.8%) . In comparison, the Jaffna Electoral District (which contains the Kankesanthurai Polling Division) has a Sri Lankan Tamil majority (98.6%)

Religion