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

Presidential Election Results

Summary

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

Year Udupiddy Jaffna Electoral District MAEThe mean absolute error, between the percentages of votes each party got in Udupiddy 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 Udupiddy and the country. It is a measure of the difference in voting behaviour between the two regions. % 2019 NDF NDF 1.87% SLPP 41.14% 2015 NDF NDF 4.22% NDF 28.56% 2010 NDF NDF 3.58% UPFA 33.35% 2005 UNP UNP 9.73% UPFA 32.55% 1999 UNP PA 5.59% PA 8.44% 1994 PA PA 4.02% PA 28.84% 1988 SLFP SLFP 4.96% UNP 18.26% 1982 SLFP ACTC 8.34% UNP 25.36% Matches/Mean MAE 2/8 3/8 5.29% 8/8 27.06%

2019 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party Udupiddy Jaffna Electoral District Sri Lanka Votes % Votes % Votes % NDF 19,307 81.74% 312,722 83.86% 5,564,239 41.99% Other Parties (with < 1%) 1,509 6.39% 23,295 6.25% 717,212 5.41% SLPP 1,334 5.65% 23,261 6.24% 6,924,255 52.25% IND10 942 3.99% 6,845 1.84% 12,256 0.09% DUNF 529 2.24% 6,790 1.82% 34,537 0.26% Valid Votes 23,621 96.50% 372,913 97.07% 13,252,499 98.99% Rejected Votes 857 3.50% 11,251 2.93% 135,452 1.01% Total Polled 24,478 62.96% 384,164 68.00% 13,387,951 83.71% Registered Electors 38,879 564,984 15,992,568

2015 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party Udupiddy Jaffna Electoral District Sri Lanka Votes % Votes % Votes % NDF 18,137 78.68% 253,574 74.42% 6,217,162 51.28% UPFA 3,937 17.08% 74,454 21.85% 5,768,090 47.58% Other Parties (with < 1%) 978 4.24% 12,723 3.73% 138,200 1.14% Valid Votes 23,052 97.57% 340,751 97.14% 12,123,452 98.85% Rejected Votes 574 2.43% 10,038 2.86% 140,925 1.15% Total Polled 23,626 60.26% 350,789 64.22% 12,264,377 78.69% Registered Electors 39,204 546,265 15,585,942

2010 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party Udupiddy Jaffna Electoral District Sri Lanka Votes % Votes % Votes % NDF 8,974 67.20% 113,877 63.84% 4,173,185 40.15% UPFA 2,545 19.06% 44,154 24.75% 6,015,934 57.88% Other Parties (with < 1%) 887 6.64% 10,438 5.85% 132,316 1.27% Ind 5 334 2.50% 3,205 1.80% 9,662 0.09% UDF 314 2.35% 3,325 1.86% 23,290 0.22% DUNF 301 2.25% 3,370 1.89% 39,226 0.38% Valid Votes 13,355 95.70% 178,369 96.35% 10,393,613 99.03% Rejected Votes 600 4.30% 6,763 3.65% 101,838 0.97% Total Polled 13,955 24.73% 185,132 25.15% 10,495,451 66.70% Registered Electors 56,426 736,032 15,734,587

2005 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party Udupiddy Jaffna Electoral District Sri Lanka Votes % Votes % Votes % UNP 52 81.25% 5,523 70.20% 4,706,366 48.43% UPFA 11 17.19% 1,967 25.00% 4,887,152 50.29% ULPP 1 1.56% 120 1.53% 14,458 0.15% Valid Votes 64 98.46% 7,868 92.30% 9,717,039 98.88% Rejected Votes 1 1.54% 656 7.70% 109,869 1.12% Total Polled 65 0.12% 8,524 1.20% 9,826,908 69.51% Registered Electors 55,499 707,970 14,136,979

1999 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party Udupiddy Jaffna Electoral District Sri Lanka Votes % Votes % Votes % UNP 5,685 48.72% 48,005 43.03% 3,602,748 42.71% PA 4,664 39.97% 52,043 46.65% 4,312,157 51.12% Other Parties (with < 1%) 437 3.74% 4,057 3.64% 423,682 5.02% LDA 417 3.57% 3,394 3.04% 23,668 0.28% Ind 2 210 1.80% 1,873 1.68% 27,052 0.32% Liberal 138 1.18% 1,368 1.23% 25,085 0.30% Ind 1 118 1.01% 831 0.74% 21,119 0.25% Valid Votes 11,669 94.06% 111,568 94.91% 8,435,754 97.69% Rejected Votes 737 5.94% 5,981 5.09% 199,536 2.31% Total Polled 12,406 23.17% 117,549 19.15% 8,635,290 72.17% Registered Electors 53,545 613,718 11,965,536

1994 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party Udupiddy Jaffna Electoral District Sri Lanka Votes % Votes % Votes % PA 24 92.31% 16,934 96.35% 4,709,205 62.28% UNP 2 7.69% 223 1.27% 2,715,283 35.91% Valid Votes 26 100.00% 17,575 99.20% 7,561,526 98.03%

1988 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party Udupiddy Jaffna Electoral District Sri Lanka Votes % Votes % Votes % SLFP 3,400 41.55% 44,197 36.82% 2,289,857 44.95% SLMP 3,120 38.13% 42,198 35.15% 235,701 4.63% UNP 1,662 20.31% 33,650 28.03% 2,569,199 50.43% Valid Votes 8,182 96.43% 120,045 93.38% 5,094,754 98.24% Rejected Votes 303 3.57% 8,517 6.62% 91,499 1.76% Total Polled 8,485 16.29% 128,562 23.30% 5,186,256 55.87% Registered Electors 52,084 551,713 9,283,143

1982 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party Udupiddy Jaffna Electoral District Sri Lanka Votes % Votes % Votes % SLFP 8,155 47.97% 77,210 35.42% 2,546,348 39.05% ACTC 5,779 33.99% 87,263 40.03% 173,934 2.67% UNP 2,282 13.42% 44,775 20.54% 3,450,815 52.93% LSSP 353 2.08% 3,376 1.55% 58,531 0.90% NSSP 224 1.32% 2,176 1.00% 16,995 0.26% JVP 208 1.22% 3,098 1.42% 273,428 4.19% Valid Votes 17,001 95.42% 218,003 95.36% 6,520,156 98.78% Rejected Votes 816 4.58% 10,610 4.64% 80,470 1.22% Total Polled 17,817 40.50% 228,613 45.86% 6,600,626 80.15% Registered Electors 43,990 498,545 8,235,358

Parliamentary Election Results

Summary

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

Year Udupiddy Jaffna Electoral District MAEThe mean absolute error, between the percentages of votes each party got in Udupiddy 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 Udupiddy and the country. It is a measure of the difference in voting behaviour between the two regions. % 2015 ITAK ITAK 3.01% UNP 34.95% 2010 ITAK ITAK 3.19% UPFA 29.72% 2004 ITAK ITAK 3.99% UPFA 6.43% 2001 TULF TULF 13.10% UNP 21.76% 2000 TULF EPDP 11.69% PA 13.21% 1994 IND2 IND2 14.67% PA 0.41% 1989 INDI INDI 11.25% UNP 27.63% Matches/Mean MAE 0/7 0/7 8.70% 7/7 19.16%

2015 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party Udupiddy Jaffna Electoral District Sri Lanka Votes % Votes % Votes % ITAK 12,650 67.38% 207,577 70.08% 515,963 4.63% UPFA 2,192 11.68% 17,309 5.84% 4,732,664 42.48% AITC 1,606 8.55% 15,022 5.07% 18,644 0.17% EPDP 1,037 5.52% 30,232 10.21% 33,481 0.30% UNP 925 4.93% 20,025 6.76% 5,098,916 45.77% Other Parties (with < 1%) 363 1.93% 6,034 2.04% 580,476 5.21% Valid Votes 18,773 88.81% 296,199 90.91% 11,140,333 95.35% Rejected Votes 1,835 8.68% 25,496 7.83% 516,926 4.42% Total Polled 21,138 53.92% 325,805 61.56% 11,684,111 77.66% Registered Electors 39,204 529,239 15,044,490

2010 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party Udupiddy Jaffna Electoral District Sri Lanka Votes % Votes % Votes % ITAK 4,630 44.93% 65,119 44.03% 233,190 2.91% UPFA 2,533 24.58% 47,622 32.20% 4,846,388 60.38% AITC 760 7.38% 6,362 4.30% 7,544 0.09% UNP 717 6.96% 12,624 8.54% 2,357,057 29.37% Other Parties (with < 1%) 315 3.06% 6,190 4.19% 478,181 5.96% LLF 314 3.05% 868 0.59% 2,385 0.03% IG1J 270 2.62% 2,648 1.79% 2,648 0.03% IG4J 257 2.49% 2,151 1.45% 2,151 0.03% TULF 228 2.21% 2,892 1.96% 9,223 0.11% IG3J 171 1.66% 1,161 0.79% 1,161 0.01% IG7J 109 1.06% 261 0.18% 261 0.00% Valid Votes 10,304 87.09% 147,898 87.89% 8,026,322 96.03% Rejected Votes 1,485 12.55% 19,774 11.75% 581,465 6.96% Total Polled 11,832 20.97% 168,277 22.68% 8,358,246 59.29% Registered Electors 56,426 742,005 14,097,690

2004 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party Udupiddy Jaffna Electoral District Sri Lanka Votes % Votes % Votes % ITAK 24,172 94.77% 257,320 90.60% 633,203 6.85% EPDP 874 3.43% 18,612 6.55% 24,942 0.27% IP1D 362 1.42% 5,156 1.82% 6,121 0.07% Other Parties (with < 1%) 99 0.39% 2,938 1.03% 764,786 8.28% Valid Votes 25,507 92.88% 284,026 93.04% 9,241,931 94.52% Rejected Votes 1,956 7.12% 21,233 6.96% 534,452 5.47% Total Polled 27,463 50.78% 305,259 46.65% 9,777,821 75.74% Registered Electors 54,087 654,415 12,909,631

2001 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party Udupiddy Jaffna Electoral District Sri Lanka Votes % Votes % Votes % TULF 12,493 71.95% 102,324 54.84% 348,164 3.89% EPDP 3,385 19.49% 57,208 30.66% 72,783 0.81% UNP 1,022 5.89% 16,245 8.71% 4,086,026 45.62% Other Parties (with < 1%) 464 2.67% 10,821 5.80% 1,052,503 11.75% Valid Votes 17,364 94.12% 186,598 94.59% 8,955,844 94.77% Rejected Votes 1,084 5.88% 10,681 5.41% 494,009 5.23% Total Polled 18,448 34.20% 197,279 31.14% 9,449,878 76.03% Registered Electors 53,941 633,457 12,428,762

2000 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party Udupiddy Jaffna Electoral District Sri Lanka Votes % Votes % Votes % TULF 4,180 39.19% 32,761 28.50% 105,907 1.23% ACTC 2,024 18.98% 10,618 9.24% 27,289 0.32% EPDP 1,662 15.58% 41,536 36.13% 50,702 0.59% UNP 1,046 9.81% 10,896 9.48% 3,451,765 40.12% IG6 782 7.33% 2,058 1.79% 3,162 0.04% IG2 328 3.08% 4,905 4.27% 31,443 0.37% Other Parties (with < 1%) 290 2.72% 5,786 5.03% 897,300 10.43% DPLF 243 2.28% 4,778 4.16% 20,655 0.24% IG3 110 1.03% 1,633 1.42% 6,109 0.07% Valid Votes 10,665 N/A 114,971 N/A 8,602,617 N/A

1994 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party Udupiddy Jaffna Electoral District Sri Lanka Votes % Votes % Votes % IND2 5 62.50% 10,744 79.71% 16,690 0.21% EPRLF 1 12.50% 263 1.95% 9,411 0.12% SLMC 1 12.50% 2,098 15.56% 143,307 1.80% IND1 1 12.50% 374 2.77% 48,199 0.61% Valid Votes 8 100.00% 13,479 97.41% 7,943,688 95.20%

1989 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party Udupiddy Jaffna Electoral District Sri Lanka Votes % Votes % Votes % INDI 1,587 49.70% 150,340 62.68% 175,579 3.14% TULF 1,178 36.89% 60,013 25.02% 188,594 3.37% DPLF 171 5.36% 7,993 3.33% 19,150 0.34% ACTC 127 3.98% 7,610 3.17% 7,610 0.14% SLMC 84 2.63% 8,439 3.52% 202,016 3.61% UNP 46 1.44% 5,460 2.28% 2,838,005 50.71% Valid Votes 3,193 89.36% 239,855 90.49% 5,596,468 93.87% Rejected Votes 380 10.64% 25,203 9.51% 365,563 6.13% Total Polled 3,573 6.88% 265,058 44.76% 5,962,031 63.60% Registered Electors 51,943 592,210 9,374,164

Demographics

Ethnicity

The Udupiddy Polling Division has a Sri Lankan Tamil majority (99.6%) . In comparison, the Jaffna Electoral District (which contains the Udupiddy Polling Division) has a Sri Lankan Tamil majority (98.6%)

Religion

The Udupiddy Polling Division has a Hindu majority (95.9%) . In comparison, the Jaffna Electoral District (which contains the Udupiddy Polling Division) has a Hindu majority (82.6%) and a significant Roman Catholic population (12.6%)

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