Vanni Electoral District

Vanni Electoral District (Tamil: வன்னி தேர்தல் மாவட்டம்) 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 Mannar, Mullaitivu and Vavuniya in the Northern province. The district currently elects 6 of the 225 members of the Sri Lankan Parliament and had 253,058 registered electors in 2014. The district is Sri Lanka's Electorate Number 11.^[3]

Vanni
Electoral District for the Parliament of Sri Lanka
Administrative District	Mannar Mullaitivu Vavuniya
Province	Northern
Polling divisions	3
Population	363,509 (2011)[1]
Electorate	253,058 (2014)[2]
Current Electoral District
Created	1978
Seats	5 (1989–94) 6 (1994–present)
MPs	NPP (2) Selvathambi Thilakanathan Arumugam Jegadishwaran   ITAK (1) Thurairasa Ravikumar   SJB (1) Rishad Bathiudeen   DTNA (1) A.Adaikkalanathan   SLLP (1) K. Kader Masthan
Provincial Council	Northern
Created from	Mannar Mullaitivu Vavuniya

Polling Divisions

The Vanni Electoral District consists of the following polling divisions:^[3]

A: Mannar

B: Vavuniya

C: Mullaitivu

Election results

1982 presidential election

Results of the 1st presidential election held on 20 October 1982:^[4]

Candidate		Party	Votes per Polling Division			Postal Votes	Total Votes	%
			Mannar	Mullaitivu	Vavuniya
	J. R. Jayewardene	UNP	17,008	3,678	11,720	428	32,834	46.42%
	Hector Kobbekaduwa	SLFP	8,039	5,471	9,385	326	23,221	32.83%
	Kumar Ponnambalam	ACTC	1,891	6,654	2,689	287	11,521	16.29%
	Rohana Wijeweera	JVP	279	204	1,764	39	2,286	3.23%
	Colvin R. de Silva	LSSP	174	150	252	8	584	0.83%
	Vasudeva Nanayakkara	NSSP	111	84	87	11	293	0.41%
Valid Votes			27,502	16,241	25,897	1,099	70,739	100.00%
Rejected Votes			486	971	947	43	2,447
Total Polled			27,988	17,212	26,844	1,142	73,186
Registered Electors			40,965	34,472	43,656		119,093
Turnout (%)			68.32%	49.93%	61.49%		61.45%

1988 provincial council election

Results of the 1st North Eastern provincial council election held on 19 November 1988:

Mannar District - The Eelam People's Revolutionary Liberation Front won all 5 seats uncontested.^[5]

Mullaitivu District - The Eelam National Democratic Liberation Front won all 5 seats uncontested.^[5]

Vavuniya District - The Eelam National Democratic Liberation Front won all 4 seats uncontested.^[5]

1988 presidential election

Results of the 2nd presidential election held on 19 December 1988:^[6]

Candidate		Party	Votes per Polling Division			Total Votes	%
			Mannar	Mullaitivu	Vavuniya
	Ranasinghe Premadasa	UNP	4,500	3,098	2,982	10,580	55.78%
	Sirimavo Bandaranaike	SLFP	1,431	1,639	1,819	4,889	25.77%
	Ossie Abeygunasekera	SLPP	1,035	1,119	1,346	3,500	18.45%
Valid Votes			6,966	5,856	6,147	18,969	100.00%
Rejected Votes			149	329	230	708
Total Polled			7,115	6,185	6,377	19,677
Registered Electors			47,060	41,624	54,039	142,723
Turnout (%)			15.12%	14.86%	11.80%	13.79%

1989 parliamentary general election

Results of the 9th parliamentary election held on 15 February 1989:^[7]

Party		Votes per Polling Division			Postal Votes	Total Votes	%	Seats
		Mannar	Mullaitivu	Vavuniya
	Tamil United Liberation Front (ENDLF, EPRLF, TELO, TULF)	5,492	2,937	8,750	92	17,271	39.99%	2
	United National Party (CWC, UNP)	2,507	426	5,423	169	8,525	19.74%	1
	Sri Lanka Muslim Congress	4,419	1,440	2,073	13	7,945	18.40%	1
	Independent (EROS)	2,472	2,882	2,479	46	7,879	18.24%	1
	Sri Lanka Freedom Party	91	37	1,398	42	1,568	3.63%	0
Valid Votes		14,981	7,722	20,123	362	43,188	100.00%	5
Rejected Votes		1,301	1,307	1,827	27	4,462
Total Polled		16,282	9,029	21,950	389	47,650
Registered Electors		46,990	40,224	53,733	501	141,448
Turnout		34.65%	22.45%	40.85%	77.64%	33.69%

The following candidates were elected:^[7] A. E. Silva (EPRLF), 6,385 preference votes (pv); R. Kuhaneswaran (TELO), 6,276 pv; S. S. M. Abu Bakar (SLMC), 5,355 pv; Rasamanohari Pulendran (UNP), 3,260 pv; and Innasimuthu Alfred (EROS), 935 pv.

1994 parliamentary general election

Results of the 10th parliamentary election held on 16 August 1994:^[8]

Party		Votes per Polling Division			Postal Votes	Total Votes	%	Seats
		Mannar	Mullaitivu	Vavuniya
	Democratic People's Liberation Front (EROS, PLOTE, TELO)	4,403	13	7,080	71	11,567	27.36%	3
	Sri Lanka Muslim Congress	5,785	906	1,412	39	8,142	19.26%	1
	United National Party (CWC, UNP)	2,437	799	4,497	117	7,850	18.57%	1
	People's Alliance (SLFP et al.)	207	342	4,869	165	5,583	13.21%	1
	Eelam People's Revolutionary Liberation Front	1,841	53	1,465	106	3,465	8.20%	0
	Tamil United Liberation Front	1,127	8	1,756	148	3,039	7.19%	0
	Independent 2	1,720	82	66	12	1,880	4.45%	0
	Independent 1	92	4	502	26	624	1.48%	0
	Independent 3	49	2	24	2	77	0.18%	0
	Nava Sama Samaja Party	16	2	26	0	44	0.10%	0
Valid Votes		17,677	2,211	21,697	686	42,271	100.00%	6
Rejected Votes		1,106	125	1,766	12	3,009
Total Polled		18,783	2,336	23,463	698	45,280
Registered Electors		54,066	52,197	72,434		178,697
Turnout		34.74%	4.48%	32.39%		25.34%

The following candidates were elected:^[8] D. Siddarthan (DPLF-PLOTE), 6,376 preference votes (pv); S. Shanmuganathan (DPLF), 5,858 pv; V. Balachandran (DPLF), 4,515 pv; S. S. M. Abu Bakar (SLMC), 4,269 pv; Premaratnage Sumathipala (PA), 2,975 pv; and Rasamanohari Pulendran (UNP), 2,217 pv.

S. Shanmuganathan (DPLF) was killed on 15 July 1998.^[9]

1994 presidential election

Results of the 3rd presidential election held on 9 November 1994:^[10]

Candidate		Party	Votes per Polling Division			Postal Votes	Total Votes	%
			Mannar	Mullaitivu	Vavuniya
	Chandrika Kumaratunga	PA	14,607	1,128	16,861	989	33,585	85.30%
	Srimathi Dissanayake	UNP	981	330	3,026	156	4,493	11.41%
	Hudson Samarasinghe	Ind 2	490	13	499	1	1,003	2.55%
	G. A. Nihal	SLPF	35	4	78	1	118	0.30%
	Harischandra Wijayatunga	SMBP	24	3	68	1	96	0.24%
	A. J. Ranashinge	Ind 1	12	0	63	2	77	0.20%
Valid Votes			16,149	1,478	20,595	1,150	39,372	100.00%
Rejected Votes			199	27	444	11	681
Total Polled			16,348	1,505	21,039	1,161	40,053
Registered Electors			54,066	52,197	72,434	1,251	178,697
Turnout (%)			30.24%	2.88%	29.05%	92.81%	22.41%

1999 presidential election

Results of the 4th presidential election held on 21 December 1999:^[11]

Candidate		Party	Votes per Polling Division			Postal Votes	Total Votes	%
			Mannar	Mullaitivu	Vavuniya
	Ranil Wickremasinghe	UNP	15,407	389	27,621	386	43,803	69.87%
	Chandrika Kumaratunga	PA	8,446	751	6,845	160	16,202	25.84%
	Nandana Gunathilake	JVP	34	15	427	6	482	0.77%
	Rajiva Wijesinha	Liberal	128	1	326	1	456	0.73%
	Vasudeva Nanayakkara	LDA	120	4	293	27	444	0.71%
	W. V. M. Ranjith	Ind 2	156	6	257	1	420	0.67%
	Abdul Rasool	SLMP	113	9	178	6	306	0.49%
	T. Edirisuriya	Ind 1	91	1	142	0	234	0.37%
	Harischandra Wijayatunga	SMBP	35	2	55	1	93	0.15%
	Kamal Karunadasa	PLSF	39	2	42	0	83	0.13%
	Hudson Samarasinghe	Ind 3	21	2	45	1	69	0.11%
	A. W. Premawardhana	PFF	31	0	27	0	58	0.09%
	A. Dissanayaka	DUNF	16	0	24	0	40	0.06%
Valid Votes			24,637	1,182	36,282	589	62,690	100.00%
Rejected Votes			446	30	968	46	1,490
Total Polled			25,083	1,212	37,250	635	64,180
Registered Electors			65,883	52,688	86,970		205,541
Turnout (%)			38.07%	2.30%	42.83%		31.22%

2000 parliamentary general election

Results of the 11th parliamentary election held on 10 October 2000:^[12]

Party		Votes per Polling Division			Postal Votes	Displaced Votes	Total Votes	%	Seats
		Mannar	Mullaitivu	Vavuniya
	Tamil Eelam Liberation Organization	9,580	0	11,325	518		21,705	26.09%	3
	National Unity Alliance (SLMC et al.)	1,821	0	2,294	165		15,837	19.04%	1
	United National Party (DWC, NWC, UCPF, UNP)	1,695	182	8,335	406		11,545	13.88%	1
	People's Alliance (SLFP et al.)	350	439	5,110	424		7,837	9.42%	1
	Democratic People's Liberation Front (PLOTE)	1,200	0	5,484	163		6,961	8.37%	0
	Tamil United Liberation Front	1,450	0	2,709	451		4,643	5.58%	0
	Independent 4	1,440	0	1,937	42		3,511	4.22%	0
	Independent 2	1,053	1	83	98		2,414	2.90%	0
	Independent 7	1,796	0	496	33		2,359	2.84%	0
	Independent 5	15	0	1,518	37		1,819	2.19%	0
	Eelam People's Democratic Party	157	0	1,129	31		1,370	1.65%	0
	Citizen's Front	191	3	891	23		1,233	1.48%	0
	All Ceylon Tamil Congress	139	0	522	56		721	0.87%	0
	Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna	42	18	334	18		444	0.53%	0
	Ceylon Workers' Congress	22	0	169	6		225	0.27%	0
	Sinhalaye Mahasammatha Bhoomiputra Pakshaya	68	1	69	3		144	0.17%	0
	Independent 1	23	0	27	5		132	0.16%	0
	Sinhala Heritage	18	3	79	1		104	0.13%	0
	Democratic United National Front	34	1	38	0		75	0.09%	0
	Liberal Party	3	4	31	0		42	0.05%	0
	Ruhuna People's Party	12	0	19	0		34	0.04%	0
	Independent 3	8	0	11	0		19	0.02%	0
	Independent 6	5	0	11	0		19	0.02%	0
Valid Votes		21,122	652	42,621	2,480		83,193	100.00%	6
Rejected Votes		1,295		3,856			6,604
Total Polled		22,417		46,477			89,797
Registered Electors		68,468	53,054	91,589			213,111
Turnout (%)		32.74%		50.75%			42.13%

The following candidates were elected:^[13] Selvam Adaikalanathan (TELO), 15,490 preference votes (pv); Noordeen Mashoor (NUA), 12,283 pv; Vino Noharathalingam (TELO), 10,959 pv; R. Kuhaneswaran (TELO), 6,739 pv; Premaratnage Sumathipala (PA), 5,205 pv; and Santhakumara Punchihewa (UNP), 3,975 pv.

2001 parliamentary general election

Results of the 12th parliamentary election held on 5 December 2001:^[14][15]

Party		Votes per Polling Division			Postal Votes	Displaced Votes	Total Votes	%	Seats
		Mannar	Mullaitivu	Vavuniya
	Tamil National Alliance (ACTC, EPRLF(S), TELO, TULF)	15,906	1	23,965	1,139	939	41,950	44.39%	3
	United National Front (CWC, SLMC, UNP, WPF)	2,910	237	7,069	564	15,795	26,575	28.12%	2
	Democratic People's Liberation Front (PLOTE)	1,046	0	8,316	99	153	9,614	10.17%	1
	People's Alliance (NUA, SLFP et al.)	1,576	298	4,119	779	1,059	7,831	8.29%	0
	Eelam People's Democratic Party	1,742	2	1,100	62	498	3,404	3.60%	0
	Independent 7	59	0	2,645	48	58	2,810	2.97%	0
	Independent 1	487	0	197	13	8	705	0.75%	0
	Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna	39	56	535	46	7	683	0.72%	0
	New Left Front (NSSP et al.)	124	5	137	15	43	324	0.34%	0
	United Socialist Party	39	1	79	1	122	242	0.26%	0
	Sinhala Heritage	18	0	61	1	9	89	0.09%	0
	Independent 8	5	0	40	1	14	60	0.06%	0
	United Lanka People's Party	9	1	20	0	26	56	0.06%	0
	Independent 6	2	1	42	0	8	53	0.06%	0
	Independent 3	8	0	22	0	1	31	0.03%	0
	Ruhuna People's Party	7	0	17	0	2	26	0.03%	0
	Independent 4	2	0	16	0	1	19	0.02%	0
	Independent 2	1	0	9	1	6	17	0.02%	0
	Independent 5	1	0	14	0	2	17	0.02%	0
Valid Votes		23,981	602	48,403	2,769	18,751	94,506	100.00%	6
Rejected Votes		1,782	28	4,635	82	1,328	7,855
Total Polled		25,763	630	53,038			102,361
Registered Electors		70,850	53,158	94,853			218,861
Turnout (%)		36.36%	1.19%	55.92%			46.77%

The following candidates were elected:^[16] Selvam Adaikalanathan (TNA-TELO), 28,548 preference votes (pv); R. Kuhaneswaran (TNA-TELO), 15,936 pv; Sivasakthy Ananthan (TNA-EPRLF), 14,023 pv; Noordeen Mashoor (UNF), 12,673 pv; Rishad Bathiudeen (UNF-SLMC), 9,276 pv; and D. Siddarthan (DPLF-PLOTE), 4,468 pv.

2004 parliamentary general election

Results of the 13th parliamentary election held on 2 April 2004:^[17]

Party		Votes per Polling Division			Postal Votes	Displaced Votes	Total Votes	%	Seats
		Mannar	Mullaitivu	Vavuniya
	Tamil National Alliance (ACTC, EPRLF(S), ITAK, TELO)	25,631	27,667	35,012	1,942		90,835	64.71%	5
	United National Front (CWC, DPF, SLMC, UNP)	4,413	277	10,724	799		33,621	23.95%	1
	United People's Freedom Alliance (JVP, NUA, SLFP et al.)	179	391	4,713	1,132		7,259	5.17%	0
	Democratic People's Liberation Front (PLOTE)	945	71	4,908	104		6,316	4.50%	0
	Eelam People's Democratic Party	476	68	488	52		1,097	0.78%	0
	United Socialist Party	92	7	158	1		588	0.42%	0
	Independent 9	43	60	113	1		231	0.16%	0
	Jathika Hela Urumaya	2	3	58	10		74	0.05%	0
	Sinhalaye Mahasammatha Bhoomiputra Pakshaya	17	2	37	1		67	0.05%	0
	New Left Front (NSSP et al.)	6	4	44	3		66	0.05%	0
	Independent 5	0	0	57	0		60	0.04%	0
	Independent 3	22	3	22	0		54	0.04%	0
	Independent 1	7	4	13	0		26	0.02%	0
	Independent 6	4	4	10	0		19	0.01%	0
	Independent 8	3	1	12	0		19	0.01%	0
	Independent 2	2	5	9	0		17	0.01%	0
	Independent 4	2	0	5	0		15	0.01%	0
	Independent 7	2	0	2	0		7	0.00%	0
	Ruhuna People's Party	4	0	1	0		6	0.00%	0
Valid Votes		31,850	28,567	56,386	4,045		140,377	100.00%	6
Rejected Votes		2,726	1,895	4,846	198		10,626
Total Polled		34,576	30,462	61,232	4,243		151,003
Registered Electors		72,980	53,439	100,185			226,604
Turnout (%)		47.38%	57.00%	61.12%			66.64%

The following candidates were elected:^[18] Selvam Adaikalanathan (TNA-TELO), 39,535 preference votes (pv); S. Kanagaratnam (TNA), 30,390 pv; Sivasakthy Ananthan (TNA-EPRLF), 29,801 pv; Vino Noharathalingam (TNA-TELO), 28,252 pv; Sivanathan Kisshor (TNA), 17,653 pv; and Rishad Bathiudeen (UNF-SLMC), 15,981 pv.

2005 presidential election

Results of the 5th presidential election held on 17 November 2005:^[19]

Candidate		Party	Votes per Polling Division			Postal Votes	Displaced Votes	Total Votes	%
			Mannar	Mullaitivu	Vavuniya
	Ranil Wickremasinghe	UNP	20,463	372	33,553	2,234	9,176	65,798	77.89%
	Mahinda Rajapaksa	UPFA	2,183	510	7,936	1,356	5,212	17,197	20.36%
	Siritunga Jayasuriya	USP	160	2	276	2	80	520	0.62%
	A. A. Suraweera	NDF	54	1	155	5	71	286	0.34%
	Chamil Jayaneththi	NLF	50	1	68	5	9	133	0.16%
	Victor Hettigoda	ULPP	21	1	62	21	10	115	0.14%
	A. K. J. Arachchige	DUA	44	0	37	1	25	107	0.13%
	Aruna de Soyza	RPP	18	2	37	2	12	71	0.08%
	Wije Dias	SEP	18	0	37	6	8	69	0.08%
	Wimal Geeganage	SLNF	21	1	40	4	2	68	0.08%
	Anura De Silva	ULF	21	1	33	1	6	62	0.07%
	P. Nelson Perera	SLPF	7	0	15	0	5	27	0.03%
	H. S. Dharmadwaja	UNAF	5	0	13	1	4	23	0.03%
Valid Votes			23,065	891	42,262	3,638	14,620	84,476	100.00%
Rejected Votes			361	11	766	79	181	1,398
Total Polled			23,426	902	43,028	3,717	14,801	85,874
Registered Electors			78,906	66,596	104,884			250,386
Turnout (%)			29.69%	1.35%	41.02%			34.30%

2010 presidential election

Results of the 6th presidential election held on 26 January 2010:^[20]

Candidate		Party	Votes per Polling Division			Postal Votes	Displaced Votes	Total Votes	%
			Mannar	Mullaitivu	Vavuniya
	Sarath Fonseka	NDF	20,157	6,882	31,796	1,845	9,687	70,367	66.86%
	Mahinda Rajapaksa	UPFA	6,656	1,726	13,742	2,018	4,598	28,740	27.31%
	M. C. M. Ismail	DUNF	923	237	569	6	286	2,021	1.92%
	C. J. Sugathsiri Gamage	UDF	242	99	381	2	67	791	0.75%
	M. K. Shivajilingam	Ind 5	105	41	308	40	55	549	0.52%
	A. A. Suraweera	NDF	73	28	183	9	50	343	0.33%
	Sarath Manamendra	NSH	74	53	127	0	40	294	0.28%
	W. V. Mahiman Ranjith	Ind 1	65	35	125	6	48	279	0.27%
	Lal Perera	ONF	71	33	122	2	46	274	0.26%
	A. S. P. Liyanage	SLLP	44	43	104	4	32	227	0.22%
	Vikramabahu Karunaratne	LF	42	16	136	6	17	217	0.21%
	Siritunga Jayasuriya	USP	49	27	115	0	21	212	0.20%
	Wije Dias	SEP	45	12	58	2	16	133	0.13%
	Sarath Kongahage	UNAF	35	17	71	3	6	132	0.13%
	Sanath Pinnaduwa	NA	22	27	52	1	28	130	0.12%
	Ukkubanda Wijekoon	Ind 3	28	10	68	1	8	115	0.11%
	M. Mohamed Musthaffa	Ind 4	13	15	46	0	10	84	0.08%
	Aithurus M. Illias	Ind 2	16	16	39	0	11	82	0.08%
	Senaratna de Silva	PNF	10	10	41	0	13	74	0.07%
	Battaramulla Seelarathana	JP	13	18	30	0	9	70	0.07%
	Aruna de Soyza	RPP	17	13	27	0	8	65	0.06%
	M. B. Thaminimulla	ACAKO	17	9	23	1	3	53	0.05%
Valid Votes			28,717	9,367	48,163	3,946	15,059	105,252	100.00%
Rejected Votes			455	258	1,335	45	335	2,428
Total Polled			29,172	9,625	49,498	3,991	15,394	107,680
Registered Electors			85,322	68,729	112,924			266,975
Turnout			34.19%	14.00%	43.83%			40.33%

2010 parliamentary general election

Results of the 14th parliamentary election held on 8 April 2010:^[21]

Party		Votes per Polling Division			Postal Votes	Displaced Votes	Total Votes	%	Seats
		Mannar	Mullaitivu	Vavuniya
	Tamil National Alliance (EPRLF(S), ITAK, TELO)	15,026	5,241	17,372	1,507	2,527	41,673	38.96%	3
	United People's Freedom Alliance (ACMC, SLFP et al.)	7,431	2,238	13,714	2,128	12,011	37,522	35.07%	2
	United National Front (DPF, SLFP(P), SLMC, UNP)	3,125	169	3,638	354	5,497	12,783	11.95%	1
	Democratic People's Liberation Front (PLOTE)	982	527	4,200	111	80	5,900	5.52%	0
	Eelam People's Democratic Party	731	593	1,405	53	85	2,867	2.68%	0
	Independent 1	202	131	1,569	45	26	1,973	1.84%	0
	Eelavar Democratic Front (EROS)	89	393	797	27	88	1,394	1.30%	0
	Tamil United Liberation Front	241	124	625	71	12	1,073	1.00%	0
	Democratic Unity Alliance	229	114	92	32	39	506	0.47%	0
	Democratic National Alliance (JVP et al.)	15	20	230	34	2	301	0.28%	0
	Independent 9	7	145	64	4	42	262	0.24%	0
	Independent 10	19	6	114	5	3	147	0.14%	0
	Our National Front	28	9	39	1	9	86	0.08%	0
	National Development Front	10	7	31	0	19	67	0.06%	0
	Independent 7	17	0	21	0	24	62	0.06%	0
	Sinhalaye Mahasammatha Bhoomiputra Pakshaya	4	8	45	1	0	58	0.05%	0
	Janasetha Peramuna	1	4	41	0	1	47	0.04%	0
	Independent 8	0	4	32	0	1	37	0.03%	0
	Independent 2	4	3	25	1	3	36	0.03%	0
	Independent 5	6	0	13	0	13	32	0.03%	0
	Independent 6	8	2	17	1	3	31	0.03%	0
	Sri Lanka National Front	0	4	22	1	2	29	0.03%	0
	Tamil Makkal Viduthalai Pulikal	7	5	12	0	1	25	0.02%	0
	Independent 12	4	2	11	0	2	19	0.02%	0
	Independent 4	2	0	13	0	1	16	0.01%	0
	Left Liberation Front (LLF, TNLA)	1	1	10	0	1	13	0.01%	0
	Independent 3	0	2	9	0	1	12	0.01%	0
	Independent 11	2	0	4	0	0	6	0.01%	0
Valid Votes		28,191	9,752	44,165	4,376	20,493	106,977	100.00%	6
Rejected Votes		2,168	1,610	4,481	185	1,764	10,208
Total Polled		30,359	11,362	48,646	4,561	22,257	117,185
Registered Electors		85,322	68,729	112,924			266,975
Turnout		35.58%	16.53%	43.08%			43.89%

The following candidates were elected:^[22] Rishad Bathiudeen (UPFA-ACMC), 27,461 preference votes (pv); Selvam Adaikalanathan (TNA-TELO), 17,366 pv; Vino Noharathalingam (TNA-TELO), 12,120 pv; Sivasakthy Ananthan (TNA-EPRLF), 11,674 pv; Hunais Farook (UPFA-ACMC), 10,851 pv; and Noordeen Mashoor (UNF-SLMC), 9,518 pv.

Noordeen Mashoor (UPFA-SLMC) died on 2 December 2010.^[23] His replacement Muthali Bawa Farook (UPFA-SLMC) was sworn in on 5 January 2011.^[24]

2013 provincial council election

Results of the 1st Northern provincial council election held on 21 September 2013:^[25][26][27]

Mannar District

Party		Mannar	Postal Votes	Total Votes	%	Seats
	Tamil National Alliance (EPRLF (S), ITAK, PLOTE, TELO, TULF)	31,818	1,300	33,118	62.22%	3
	United People's Freedom Alliance (ACMC, EPDP, SLFP et al.)	14,696	408	15,104	28.38%	1
	Sri Lanka Muslim Congress	4,436	135	4,571	8.59%	1
	United National Party	180	7	187	0.35%	0
	Our National Front	87	0	87	0.16%	0
	Democratic Unity Alliance	69	1	70	0.13%	0
	Independent 6	12	1	13	0.02%	0
	Independent 8	13	0	13	0.02%	0
	Democratic Party	11	0	11	0.02%	0
	Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna	11	0	11	0.02%	0
	Janasetha Peramuna	7	0	7	0.01%	0
	Sri Lanka Labour Party	7	0	7	0.01%	0
	Independent 5	6	0	6	0.01%	0
	Independent 4	5	0	5	0.01%	0
	Independent 7	5	0	5	0.01%	0
	Independent 1	3	0	3	0.01%	0
	Independent 3	3	0	3	0.01%	0
	Muslim Liberation Front	3	0	3	0.01%	0
	Independent 2	1	0	1	0.00%	0
	United Lanka Great Council	1	0	1	0.00%	0
Valid Votes		51,374	1,852	53,226	100.00%	5
Rejected Votes		2,972	17	2,989
Total Polled		54,346	1,869	56,215
Registered Electors		75,737		75,737
Turnout		71.76%		74.22%

Mullaitivu District

Party		Mullaitivu	Postal Votes	Total Votes	%	Seats
	Tamil National Alliance (EPRLF (S), ITAK, PLOTE, TELO, TULF)	27,620	646	28,266	78.56%	4
	United People's Freedom Alliance (ACMC, EPDP, SLFP et al.)	7,063	146	7,209	20.04%	1
	Sri Lanka Muslim Congress	199	0	199	0.55%	0
	United National Party	195	2	197	0.55%	0
	Independent 1	44	0	44	0.12%	0
	Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna	30	0	30	0.08%	0
	Independent 2	10	0	10	0.03%	0
	Nationalities Unity Organisation	10	0	10	0.03%	0
	United Lanka Great Council	6	0	6	0.02%	0
	Janasetha Peramuna	5	0	5	0.01%	0
	Democratic Party	1	1	2	0.01%	0
	Sri Lanka Labour Party	2	0	2	0.01%	0
	United Lanka People's Party	2	0	2	0.01%	0
Valid Votes		35,187	795	35,982	100.00%	5
Rejected Votes		2,815	5	2,820
Total Polled		38,002	800	38,802
Registered Electors		53,683		53,683
Turnout		70.79%		72.28%

Vavuniya District

Party		Vavuniya	Postal Votes	Total Votes	%	Seats
	Tamil National Alliance (EPRLF (S), ITAK, PLOTE, TELO, TULF)	40,324	901	41,225	66.10%	4
	United People's Freedom Alliance (ACMC, EPDP, SLFP et al.)	16,310	323	16,633	26.67%	2
	Sri Lanka Muslim Congress	1,967	24	1,991	3.19%	0
	United National Party	1,704	65	1,769	2.84%	0
	Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna	158	15	173	0.28%	0
	Democratic Unity Alliance	170	0	170	0.27%	0
	Independent 6	155	5	160	0.26%	0
	Independent 3	45	0	45	0.07%	0
	Democratic Party	29	12	41	0.07%	0
	Independent 5	34	0	34	0.05%	0
	Independent 1	32	0	32	0.05%	0
	Independent 4	26	0	26	0.04%	0
	United Socialist Party	23	0	23	0.04%	0
	Independent 7	21	1	22	0.04%	0
	Independent 2	8	0	8	0.01%	0
	United Lanka People's Party	6	0	6	0.01%	0
	Sri Lanka Labour Party	3	0	3	0.00%	0
	Janasetha Peramuna	2	0	2	0.00%	0
	United Lanka Great Council	2	0	2	0.00%	0
Valid Votes		61,019	1,346	62,365	100.00%	6
Rejected Votes		4,391	25	4,416
Total Polled		65,410	1,371	66,781
Registered Electors		94,644		94,644
Turnout		69.11%		70.56%

2015 presidential election

Results of the 7th presidential election held on 8 January 2015:^[2]

Candidate		Party	Votes per Polling Division			Postal Votes	Total Votes	%
			Mannar	Mullaitivu	Vavuniya
	Maithripala Sirisena	NDF	45,543	35,441	55,683	4,750	141,417	78.47%
	Mahinda Rajapaksa	UPFA	6,824	7,935	16,678	2,940	34,377	19.07%
	A. S. P. Liyanage	SLLP	159	195	213	7	574	0.32%
	Maulawi Ibrahim Mohanmed Mishlar	UPF	160	185	212	6	563	0.31%
	Ruwanthileke Peduru	ULPP	136	151	164	2	453	0.25%
	Namal Ajith Rajapaksa	ONF	74	176	143	7	400	0.22%
	Ratnayake Arachchige Sirisena	PNF	68	135	148	7	358	0.20%
	Aithurus M. Illias	Ind	78	124	146	8	356	0.20%
	Siritunga Jayasuriya	USP	100	67	128	5	300	0.17%
	Sarath Manamendra	NSH	61	81	91	2	235	0.13%
	Sundaram Mahendran	NSSP	46	69	91	12	218	0.12%
	Pani Wijesiriwardene	SEP	57	78	78	3	216	0.12%
	Duminda Nagamuwa	FSP	44	68	74	5	191	0.11%
	Muthu Bandara Theminimulla	AACAAK	32	44	57	0	133	0.07%
	Anurudha Polgampola	Ind	32	29	53	0	114	0.06%
	Prasanna Priyankara	DNM	29	37	45	2	113	0.06%
	Battaramulle Seelarathana	JSP	23	19	30	0	72	0.04%
	Wimal Geeganage	SLNF	19	23	26	0	68	0.04%
	Jayantha Kulathunga	ULGC	15	32	20	0	67	0.04%
Valid Votes			53,500	44,889	74,080	7,756	180,225	100.00%
Rejected Votes			895	1,052	1,371	98	3,416
Total Polled			54,395	45,941	75,451	7,854	183,641
Registered Electors			79,433	63,920	109,705		253,058
Turnout			68.48%	71.87%	68.78%		72.57%

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