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

Presidential Election Results

Summary

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

Year Chavakachcheri Jaffna Electoral District MAEThe mean absolute error, between the percentages of votes each party got in Chavakachcheri 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 Chavakachcheri and the country. It is a measure of the difference in voting behaviour between the two regions. % 2019 NDF NDF 0.82% SLPP 42.55% 2015 NDF NDF 2.85% NDF 27.20% 2010 NDF NDF 0.99% UPFA 28.23% 2005 UNP UNP 4.28% UPFA 23.77% 1999 UNP PA 16.70% PA 20.01% 1994 PA PA 6.22% PA 27.09% 1988 SLMP SLFP 3.22% UNP 19.10% 1982 ACTC ACTC 5.62% UNP 23.31% Matches/Mean MAE 2/8 3/8 5.09% 8/8 26.41%

2019 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party Chavakachcheri Jaffna Electoral District Sri Lanka Votes % Votes % Votes % NDF 28,007 84.75% 312,722 83.86% 5,564,239 41.99% Other Parties (with < 1%) 2,231 6.75% 23,295 6.25% 717,212 5.41% SLPP 1,775 5.37% 23,261 6.24% 6,924,255 52.25% DUNF 656 1.99% 6,790 1.82% 34,537 0.26% IND10 377 1.14% 6,845 1.84% 12,256 0.09% Valid Votes 33,046 97.43% 372,913 97.07% 13,252,499 98.99% Rejected Votes 871 2.57% 11,251 2.93% 135,452 1.01% Total Polled 33,917 63.70% 384,164 68.00% 13,387,951 83.71% Registered Electors 53,247 564,984 15,992,568

2015 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party Chavakachcheri Jaffna Electoral District Sri Lanka Votes % Votes % Votes % NDF 23,520 77.23% 253,574 74.42% 6,217,162 51.28% UPFA 5,599 18.38% 74,454 21.85% 5,768,090 47.58% Other Parties (with < 1%) 1,337 4.39% 12,723 3.73% 138,200 1.14% Valid Votes 30,456 96.97% 340,751 97.14% 12,123,452 98.85% Rejected Votes 953 3.03% 10,038 2.86% 140,925 1.15% Total Polled 31,409 60.75% 350,789 64.22% 12,264,377 78.69% Registered Electors 51,702 546,265 15,585,942

2010 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party Chavakachcheri Jaffna Electoral District Sri Lanka Votes % Votes % Votes % NDF 11,599 62.39% 113,877 63.84% 4,173,185 40.15% UPFA 4,567 24.57% 44,154 24.75% 6,015,934 57.88% Other Parties (with < 1%) 1,260 6.78% 10,438 5.85% 132,316 1.27% UDF 493 2.65% 3,325 1.86% 23,290 0.22% Ind 5 348 1.87% 3,205 1.80% 9,662 0.09% DUNF 323 1.74% 3,370 1.89% 39,226 0.38% Valid Votes 18,590 95.58% 178,369 96.35% 10,393,613 99.03% Rejected Votes 860 4.42% 6,763 3.65% 101,838 0.97% Total Polled 19,450 29.86% 185,132 25.15% 10,495,451 66.70% Registered Electors 65,141 736,032 15,734,587

2005 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party Chavakachcheri Jaffna Electoral District Sri Lanka Votes % Votes % Votes % UNP 33 66.00% 5,523 70.20% 4,706,366 48.43% UPFA 10 20.00% 1,967 25.00% 4,887,152 50.29% USP 2 4.00% 72 0.92% 35,425 0.36% NLF 2 4.00% 24 0.31% 9,296 0.10% DUA 1 2.00% 31 0.39% 5,082 0.05% SEP 1 2.00% 29 0.37% 3,500 0.04% SLNF 1 2.00% 15 0.19% 6,639 0.07% Valid Votes 50 94.34% 7,868 92.30% 9,717,039 98.88% Rejected Votes 3 5.66% 656 7.70% 109,869 1.12% Total Polled 53 0.09% 8,524 1.20% 9,826,908 69.51% Registered Electors 62,022 707,970 14,136,979

1999 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party Chavakachcheri Jaffna Electoral District Sri Lanka Votes % Votes % Votes % UNP 7,494 61.94% 48,005 43.03% 3,602,748 42.71% PA 3,430 28.35% 52,043 46.65% 4,312,157 51.12% Other Parties (with < 1%) 533 4.41% 5,215 4.67% 452,527 5.36% LDA 356 2.94% 3,394 3.04% 23,668 0.28% SLMP 158 1.31% 1,041 0.93% 17,359 0.21% Ind 2 127 1.05% 1,873 1.68% 27,052 0.32% Valid Votes 12,098 91.95% 111,568 94.91% 8,435,754 97.69% Rejected Votes 1,059 8.05% 5,981 5.09% 199,536 2.31% Total Polled 13,157 24.71% 117,549 19.15% 8,635,290 72.17% Registered Electors 53,247 613,718 11,965,536

1994 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party Chavakachcheri Jaffna Electoral District Sri Lanka Votes % Votes % Votes % PA 63 90.00% 16,934 96.35% 4,709,205 62.28% UNP 6 8.57% 223 1.27% 2,715,283 35.91% Ind 2 1 1.43% 341 1.94% 58,888 0.78% Valid Votes 70 95.89% 17,575 99.20% 7,561,526 98.03% Rejected Votes 3 4.11% 141 0.80% 151,706 1.97% Total Polled 73 0.14% 17,716 2.97% 7,713,232 69.12% Registered Electors 51,717 596,422 11,158,880

1988 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party Chavakachcheri Jaffna Electoral District Sri Lanka Votes % Votes % Votes % SLMP 4,023 40.12% 42,198 35.15% 235,701 4.63% SLFP 3,704 36.94% 44,197 36.82% 2,289,857 44.95% UNP 2,300 22.94% 33,650 28.03% 2,569,199 50.43% Valid Votes 10,027 90.64% 120,045 93.38% 5,094,754 98.24% Rejected Votes 1,035 9.36% 8,517 6.62% 91,499 1.76% Total Polled 11,062 21.44% 128,562 23.30% 5,186,256 55.87% Registered Electors 51,595 551,713 9,283,143

1982 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party Chavakachcheri Jaffna Electoral District Sri Lanka Votes % Votes % Votes % ACTC 9,742 48.12% 87,263 40.03% 173,934 2.67% SLFP 6,128 30.27% 77,210 35.42% 2,546,348 39.05% UNP 3,629 17.92% 44,775 20.54% 3,450,815 52.93% LSSP 419 2.07% 3,376 1.55% 58,531 0.90% JVP 204 1.01% 3,098 1.42% 273,428 4.19% Other Parties (with < 1%) 125 0.62% 2,176 1.00% 16,995 0.26% Valid Votes 20,247 94.38% 218,003 95.36% 6,520,156 98.78% Rejected Votes 1,205 5.62% 10,610 4.64% 80,470 1.22% Total Polled 21,452 48.10% 228,613 45.86% 6,600,626 80.15% Registered Electors 44,597 498,545 8,235,358

Parliamentary Election Results

Summary

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

Year Chavakachcheri Jaffna Electoral District MAEThe mean absolute error, between the percentages of votes each party got in Chavakachcheri 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 Chavakachcheri and the country. It is a measure of the difference in voting behaviour between the two regions. % 2015 ITAK ITAK 5.67% UNP 37.08% 2010 ITAK ITAK 8.31% UPFA 32.70% 2004 ITAK ITAK 3.61% UPFA 6.40% 2001 TULF TULF 11.92% UNP 20.44% 2000 TULF EPDP 8.29% PA 10.58% 1994 SLMC IND2 60.23% PA 1.43% 1989 INDI INDI 13.13% UNP 27.26% Matches/Mean MAE 0/7 0/7 15.88% 7/7 19.41%

2015 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party Chavakachcheri Jaffna Electoral District Sri Lanka Votes % Votes % Votes % ITAK 20,188 77.29% 207,577 70.08% 515,963 4.63% UNP 1,682 6.44% 20,025 6.76% 5,098,916 45.77% UPFA 1,591 6.09% 17,309 5.84% 4,732,664 42.48% EPDP 1,469 5.62% 30,232 10.21% 33,481 0.30% AITC 766 2.93% 15,022 5.07% 18,644 0.17% Other Parties (with < 1%) 424 1.62% 6,034 2.04% 580,476 5.21% Valid Votes 26,120 90.44% 296,199 90.91% 11,140,333 95.35% Rejected Votes 2,486 8.61% 25,496 7.83% 516,926 4.42% Total Polled 28,881 55.86% 325,805 61.56% 11,684,111 77.66% Registered Electors 51,702 529,239 15,044,490

2010 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party Chavakachcheri Jaffna Electoral District Sri Lanka Votes % Votes % Votes % ITAK 7,664 53.08% 65,119 44.03% 233,190 2.91% UPFA 2,777 19.23% 47,622 32.20% 4,846,388 60.38% UNP 1,248 8.64% 12,624 8.54% 2,357,057 29.37% IG4J 574 3.98% 2,151 1.45% 2,151 0.03% PERLF 563 3.90% 1,821 1.23% 2,100 0.03% Other Parties (with < 1%) 543 3.76% 6,659 4.50% 479,888 5.98% AITC 445 3.08% 6,362 4.30% 7,544 0.09% IG1J 327 2.26% 2,648 1.79% 2,648 0.03% TULF 298 2.06% 2,892 1.96% 9,223 0.11% Valid Votes 14,439 86.69% 147,898 87.89% 8,026,322 96.03% Rejected Votes 2,180 13.09% 19,774 11.75% 581,465 6.96% Total Polled 16,656 25.57% 168,277 22.68% 8,358,246 59.29% Registered Electors 65,141 742,005 14,097,690

2004 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party Chavakachcheri Jaffna Electoral District Sri Lanka Votes % Votes % Votes % ITAK 30,882 94.37% 257,320 90.60% 633,203 6.85% EPDP 1,252 3.83% 18,612 6.55% 24,942 0.27% IP1D 492 1.50% 5,156 1.82% 6,121 0.07% Other Parties (with < 1%) 98 0.30% 2,938 1.03% 764,786 8.28% Valid Votes 32,724 91.69% 284,026 93.04% 9,241,931 94.52% Rejected Votes 2,966 8.31% 21,233 6.96% 534,452 5.47% Total Polled 35,690 62.20% 305,259 46.65% 9,777,821 75.74% Registered Electors 57,379 654,415 12,909,631

2001 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party Chavakachcheri Jaffna Electoral District Sri Lanka Votes % Votes % Votes % TULF 9,865 67.68% 102,324 54.84% 348,164 3.89% EPDP 2,221 15.24% 57,208 30.66% 72,783 0.81% UNP 1,218 8.36% 16,245 8.71% 4,086,026 45.62% INDP 1,045 7.17% 2,677 1.43% 2,900 0.03% Other Parties (with < 1%) 227 1.56% 8,144 4.36% 1,049,603 11.72% Valid Votes 14,576 92.02% 186,598 94.59% 8,955,844 94.77% Rejected Votes 1,264 7.98% 10,681 5.41% 494,009 5.23% Total Polled 15,840 28.92% 197,279 31.14% 9,449,878 76.03% Registered Electors 54,779 633,457 12,428,762

2000 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party Chavakachcheri Jaffna Electoral District Sri Lanka Votes % Votes % Votes % TULF 1,284 22.60% 32,761 28.50% 105,907 1.23% EPDP 1,256 22.11% 41,536 36.13% 50,702 0.59% IG2 1,043 18.36% 4,905 4.27% 31,443 0.37% UNP 913 16.07% 10,896 9.48% 3,451,765 40.12% ACTC 658 11.58% 10,618 9.24% 27,289 0.32% DPLF 288 5.07% 4,778 4.16% 20,655 0.24% Other Parties (with < 1%) 173 3.05% 7,844 6.82% 900,462 10.47% IG3 66 1.16% 1,633 1.42% 6,109 0.07% Valid Votes 5,681 N/A 114,971 N/A 8,602,617 N/A

1994 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party Chavakachcheri Jaffna Electoral District Sri Lanka Votes % Votes % Votes % SLMC 62 78.48% 2,098 15.56% 143,307 1.80% IND2 13 16.46% 10,744 79.71% 16,690 0.21% EPRLF 2 2.53% 263 1.95% 9,411 0.12% IND1 2 2.53% 374 2.77% 48,199 0.61% Valid Votes 79 96.34% 13,479 97.41% 7,943,688 95.20% Rejected Votes 3 3.66% 358 2.59% 400,395 4.80% Total Polled 82 0.16% 13,837 2.32% 8,344,095 74.75% Registered Electors 51,717 596,375 11,163,064

1989 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party Chavakachcheri Jaffna Electoral District Sri Lanka Votes % Votes % Votes % INDI 7,851 47.13% 150,340 62.68% 175,579 3.14% TULF 6,350 38.12% 60,013 25.02% 188,594 3.37% ACTC 985 5.91% 7,610 3.17% 7,610 0.14% DPLF 581 3.49% 7,993 3.33% 19,150 0.34% SLMC 553 3.32% 8,439 3.52% 202,016 3.61% UNP 339 2.03% 5,460 2.28% 2,838,005 50.71% Valid Votes 16,659 83.66% 239,855 90.49% 5,596,468 93.87% Rejected Votes 3,254 16.34% 25,203 9.51% 365,563 6.13% Total Polled 19,913 38.76% 265,058 44.76% 5,962,031 63.60% Registered Electors 51,374 592,210 9,374,164

Demographics

Ethnicity

The Chavakachcheri Polling Division has a Sri Lankan Tamil majority (99.3%) . In comparison, the Jaffna Electoral District (which contains the Chavakachcheri Polling Division) has a Sri Lankan Tamil majority (98.6%)

Religion