Vavuniya Polling Division

The Vavuniya Polling Division is a Polling Division in the Vanni Electoral District, in the Northern Province, Sri Lanka.

Vavuniya
Polling Division
Coordinates: 8.795424°N 80.448831°E / 8.795424; 80.448831
Country	Sri Lanka
Province	Northern Province, Sri Lanka
Electoral District	Vanni Electoral District
Area
• Total	1,928.44 km2 (744.57 sq mi)
Population  (2012)[1]
• Total	172,115
• Density	89/km2 (230/sq mi)
ISO 3166 code	EC-11B

Presidential Election Results

Summary

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

Year	Vavuniya		Vanni Electoral District		MAE[2] %	Sri Lanka		MAE[3] %
2019		NDF		NDF	4.04%		SLPP	33.87%
2015		NDF		NDF	3.25%		NDF	24.17%
2010		NDF		NDF	0.91%		UPFA	27.38%
2005		UNP		UNP	1.49%		UPFA	30.85%
1999		UNP		UNP	6.18%		PA	30.88%
1994		PA		PA	3.31%		PA	19.83%
1988		UNP		UNP	5.67%		UNP	8.67%
1982		UNP		UNP	2.74%		UNP	5.47%
Matches/Mean MAE	4/8		4/8		3.45%	8/8		22.64%

2019 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party		Vavuniya[4]			Vanni Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	NDF		65,141	77.83%		174,739	82.12%		5,564,239	41.99%
	SLPP		13,715	16.39%		26,105	12.27%		6,924,255	52.25%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		3,944	4.71%		9,388	4.41%		729,468	5.50%
	DUNF		901	1.08%		2,546	1.20%		34,537	0.26%
Valid Votes		83,701		98.43%	212,778		98.48%	13,252,499		98.99%
Rejected Votes		1,331		1.57%	3,294		1.52%	135,452		1.01%
Total Polled		85,032		75.12%	216,072		76.59%	13,387,951		83.71%
Registered Electors		113,193			282,119			15,992,568

2015 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party		Vavuniya[5]			Vanni Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	NDF		55,683	75.17%		141,417	78.47%		6,217,162	51.28%
	UPFA		16,678	22.51%		34,377	19.07%		5,768,090	47.58%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		1,719	2.32%		4,431	2.46%		138,200	1.14%
Valid Votes		74,080		98.18%	180,225		98.14%	12,123,452		98.85%
Rejected Votes		1,371		1.82%	3,416		1.86%	140,925		1.15%
Total Polled		75,451		68.78%	183,641		70.25%	12,264,377		78.69%
Registered Electors		109,705			261,422			15,585,942

2010 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party		Vavuniya[6]			Vanni Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	NDF		31,796	66.02%		70,367	66.86%		4,173,185	40.15%
	UPFA		13,742	28.53%		28,740	27.31%		6,015,934	57.88%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		2,056	4.27%		4,124	3.92%		165,268	1.59%
	DUNF		569	1.18%		2,021	1.92%		39,226	0.38%
Valid Votes		48,163		97.30%	105,252		97.75%	10,393,613		99.03%
Rejected Votes		1,335		2.70%	2,428		2.25%	101,838		0.97%
Total Polled		49,498		43.83%	107,680		19.60%	10,495,451		66.70%
Registered Electors		112,924			549,344			15,734,587

2005 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party		Vavuniya[7]			Vanni Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	UNP		33,553	79.39%		65,798	77.89%		4,706,366	48.43%
	UPFA		7,936	18.78%		17,197	20.36%		4,887,152	50.29%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		773	1.83%		1,481	1.75%		123,521	1.27%
Valid Votes		42,262		98.22%	84,476		98.37%	9,717,039		98.88%
Rejected Votes		766		1.78%	1,398		1.63%	109,869		1.12%
Total Polled		43,028		41.02%	85,874		16.66%	9,826,908		69.51%
Registered Electors		104,884			515,573			14,136,979

1999 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party		Vavuniya[8]			Vanni Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	UNP		27,621	76.13%		43,803	69.87%		3,602,748	42.71%
	PA		6,845	18.87%		16,202	25.84%		4,312,157	51.12%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		1,389	3.83%		2,203	3.51%		176,679	2.09%
	JVP		427	1.18%		482	0.77%		343,927	4.08%
Valid Votes		36,282		97.40%	62,690		97.68%	8,435,754		97.69%
Rejected Votes		968		2.60%	1,490		2.32%	199,536		2.31%
Total Polled		37,250		42.83%	64,180		31.13%	8,635,290		72.17%
Registered Electors		86,970			206,176			11,965,536

1994 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party		Vavuniya[9]			Vanni Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	PA		16,861	81.87%		33,585	85.30%		4,709,205	62.28%
	UNP		3,026	14.69%		4,493	11.41%		2,715,283	35.91%
	Ind 2		499	2.42%		1,003	2.55%		58,888	0.78%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		209	1.01%		291	0.74%		78,152	1.03%
Valid Votes		20,595		97.89%	39,372		98.30%	7,561,526		98.03%
Rejected Votes		444		2.11%	681		1.70%	151,706		1.97%
Total Polled		21,039		29.05%	40,053		22.27%	7,713,232		69.12%
Registered Electors		72,434			179,858			11,158,880

1988 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party		Vavuniya[10]			Vanni Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	UNP		2,982	48.51%		10,580	55.78%		2,569,199	50.43%
	SLFP		1,819	29.59%		4,889	25.77%		2,289,857	44.95%
	SLMP		1,346	21.90%		3,500	18.45%		235,701	4.63%
Valid Votes		6,147		96.39%	18,969		96.40%	5,094,754		98.24%
Rejected Votes		230		3.61%	708		3.60%	91,499		1.76%
Total Polled		6,377		100.00%	19,677		20.70%	5,186,256		55.87%
Registered Electors		6,377			95,061			9,283,143

1982 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party		Vavuniya[11]			Vanni Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	UNP		11,720	45.26%		32,834	46.42%		3,450,815	52.93%
	SLFP		9,385	36.24%		23,221	32.83%		2,546,348	39.05%
	ACTC		2,689	10.38%		11,521	16.29%		173,934	2.67%
	JVP		1,764	6.81%		2,286	3.23%		273,428	4.19%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		339	1.31%		877	1.24%		75,526	1.16%
Valid Votes		25,897		96.47%	70,739		96.66%	6,520,156		98.78%
Rejected Votes		947		3.53%	2,447		3.34%	80,470		1.22%
Total Polled		26,844		61.49%	73,186		60.87%	6,600,626		80.15%
Registered Electors		43,656			120,235			8,235,358

Parliamentary Election Results

Summary

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

Year	Vavuniya		Vanni Electoral District		MAE[12] %	Sri Lanka		MAE[13] %
2015		ITAK		ITAK	5.33%		UNP	21.92%
2010		ITAK		ITAK	2.29%		UPFA	25.20%
2004		ITAK		ITAK	10.50%		UPFA	28.26%
2001		TULF		TULF	6.93%		UNP	27.37%
2000		TELO		TELO	3.14%		PA	23.97%
1994		SLMC		DPLF	16.09%		PA	20.60%
1989		TULF		TULF	5.51%		UNP	21.63%
Matches/Mean MAE	0/7		0/7		7.11%	7/7		24.14%

2015 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party		Vavuniya[14]			Vanni Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	ITAK		31,836	48.36%		89,886	54.79%		515,963	4.63%
	UPFA		14,402	21.88%		20,965	12.78%		4,732,664	42.48%
	UNP		14,380	21.84%		39,513	24.09%		5,098,916	45.77%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		1,646	2.50%		7,497	4.57%		85,084	0.76%
	PP		1,417	2.15%		2,022	1.23%		4,272	0.04%
	EPDP		748	1.14%		2,120	1.29%		33,481	0.30%
	JVP		701	1.06%		876	0.53%		544,154	4.88%
	AITC		699	1.06%		1,174	0.72%		18,644	0.17%
Valid Votes		65,829		90.59%	164,053		90.17%	11,140,333		95.35%
Rejected Votes		6,423		8.84%	17,155		9.43%	516,926		4.42%
Total Polled		72,669		66.24%	181,930		71.89%	11,684,111		77.66%
Registered Electors		109,705			253,058			15,044,490

2010 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party		Vavuniya[15]			Vanni Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	ITAK		17,372	39.45%		41,673	39.02%		233,190	2.91%
	UPFA		13,714	31.14%		37,522	35.13%		4,846,388	60.38%
	DPLF		4,200	9.54%		5,900	5.52%		6,036	0.08%
	UNP		3,638	8.26%		12,783	11.97%		2,357,057	29.37%
	IG1V		1,573	3.57%		1,979	1.85%		1,979	0.02%
	EPDP		1,405	3.19%		2,867	2.68%		2,867	0.04%
	EDF		797	1.81%		1,394	1.31%		3,709	0.05%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		716	1.63%		1,620	1.52%		490,576	6.11%
	TULF		625	1.42%		1,073	1.00%		9,223	0.11%
Valid Votes		44,040		90.53%	106,811		91.15%	8,026,322		96.03%
Rejected Votes		4,481		9.21%	10,208		8.71%	581,465		6.96%
Total Polled		48,646		43.08%	117,185		38.53%	8,358,246		59.29%
Registered Electors		112,924			304,111			14,097,690

2004 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party		Vavuniya[16]			Vanni Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	ITAK		35,012	62.09%		90,252	74.68%		633,203	6.85%
	UNP		10,724	19.02%		16,213	13.42%		3,486,792	37.73%
	DPLF		4,908	8.70%		6,028	4.99%		7,038	0.08%
	UPFA		4,713	8.36%		6,415	5.31%		4,223,126	45.70%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		1,029	1.82%		1,940	1.61%		616,556	6.67%
Valid Votes		56,386		92.09%	120,848		92.59%	9,241,931		94.52%
Rejected Votes		4,846		7.91%	9,665		7.41%	534,452		5.47%
Total Polled		61,232		61.12%	130,513		57.60%	9,777,821		75.74%
Registered Electors		100,185			226,604			12,909,631

2001 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party		Vavuniya[17]			Vanni Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	TULF		23,965	49.51%		41,950	44.39%		348,164	3.89%
	DPLF		8,316	17.18%		9,614	10.17%		16,669	0.19%
	UNP		7,069	14.60%		26,575	28.12%		4,086,026	45.62%
	PA		4,119	8.51%		7,831	8.29%		3,330,815	37.19%
	IND7		2,645	5.46%		2,810	2.97%		3,275	0.04%
	EPDP		1,100	2.27%		3,404	3.60%		72,783	0.81%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		654	1.35%		1,639	1.73%		127,450	1.42%
	JVP		535	1.11%		683	0.72%		815,353	9.10%
Valid Votes		48,403		91.26%	94,506		92.33%	8,955,844		94.77%
Rejected Votes		4,635		8.74%	7,855		7.67%	494,009		5.23%
Total Polled		53,038		55.92%	102,361		46.77%	9,449,878		76.03%
Registered Electors		94,853			218,861			12,428,762

2000 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party		Vavuniya[18]			Vanni Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	TELO		11,325	26.57%		21,423	32.03%		25,830	0.30%
	UNP		8,335	19.56%		10,618	15.88%		3,451,765	40.12%
	DPLF		5,484	12.87%		6,847	10.24%		20,655	0.24%
	PA		5,110	11.99%		6,323	9.45%		3,899,329	45.33%
	TULF		2,709	6.36%		4,610	6.89%		105,907	1.23%
	NUA		2,294	5.38%		4,280	6.40%		185,593	2.16%
	IG4		1,937	4.54%		3,419	5.11%		5,792	0.07%
	IG5		1,518	3.56%		1,570	2.35%		4,327	0.05%
	EPDP		1,129	2.65%		1,317	1.97%		50,702	0.59%
	PP		891	2.09%		1,108	1.66%		19,830	0.23%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		871	2.04%		2,318	3.47%		737,611	8.57%
	ACTC		522	1.22%		717	1.07%		27,289	0.32%
	IG7		496	1.16%		2,325	3.48%		2,382	0.03%
Valid Votes		42,621		N/A	66,875		N/A	8,602,617		N/A

1994 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party		Vavuniya[19]			Vanni Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	SLMC		906	40.98%		8,142	19.26%		143,307	1.80%
	UNP		799	36.14%		7,850	18.57%		3,498,370	44.04%
	PA		342	15.47%		5,583	13.21%		3,887,805	48.94%
	IND2		82	3.71%		1,880	4.45%		16,690	0.21%
	EPRLF		53	2.40%		3,465	8.20%		9,411	0.12%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		29	1.31%		15,351	36.32%		194,664	2.45%
Valid Votes		2,211		94.65%	42,271		93.35%	7,943,688		95.20%
Rejected Votes		125		5.35%	3,009		6.65%	400,395		4.80%
Total Polled		2,336		4.48%	45,280		25.23%	8,344,095		74.75%
Registered Electors		52,197			179,435			11,163,064

1989 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party		Vavuniya[20]			Vanni Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	TULF		8,750	43.48%		17,271	39.99%		188,594	3.37%
	UNP		5,423	26.95%		8,525	19.74%		2,838,005	50.71%
	IND		2,479	12.32%		7,879	18.24%		12,285	0.22%
	SLMC		2,073	10.30%		7,945	18.40%		202,016	3.61%
	SLFP		1,398	6.95%		1,568	3.63%		1,785,369	31.90%
Valid Votes		20,123		91.68%	43,188		90.64%	5,596,468		93.87%
Rejected Votes		1,827		8.32%	4,462		9.36%	365,563		6.13%
Total Polled		21,950		40.85%	47,650		33.69%	5,962,031		63.60%
Registered Electors		53,733			141,448			9,374,164

Demographics

Ethnicity

The Vavuniya Polling Division has a Sri Lankan Tamil majority (82.0%) . In comparison, the Vanni Electoral District (which contains the Vavuniya Polling Division) has a Sri Lankan Tamil majority (82.5%) ^[1]

Ethnicity in Vavuniya^[1]

  Sri Lankan Tamil (82.0%)

  Sinhalese (10.0%)

  Moor (6.8%)

  Indian Tamil (1.1%)

  Other (0.1%)

Religion

The Vavuniya Polling Division has a Hindu majority (69.4%) . In comparison, the Vanni Electoral District (which contains the Vavuniya Polling Division) has a Hindu majority (58.5%) and a significant Roman Catholic population (21.1%) ^[1]

Religion in Vavuniya^[1]

  Hindu (69.4%)

  Buddhist (9.8%)

  Roman Catholic (8.9%)

  Muslim (7.0%)

  Other Christian (4.9%)

  Other (0.0%)

References

1. "Census of Population and Housing 2012". statistics.gov.lk. Department of Census and Statistics, Sri Lanka. 2012.
2. The mean absolute error, between the percentages of votes each party got in Vavuniya and the Vanni Electoral District. It is a measure of the difference in voting behaviour between the two regions.
3. The mean absolute error, between the percentages of votes each party got in Vavuniya and the country. It is a measure of the difference in voting behaviour between the two regions.
4. "2019 Sri Lankan presidential election Results". elections.gov.lk. Election Commission of Sri Lanka. 2019.
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7. "2005 Sri Lankan presidential election Results". elections.gov.lk. Election Commission of Sri Lanka. 2005.
8. "1999 Sri Lankan presidential election Results". elections.gov.lk. Election Commission of Sri Lanka. 1999.
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10. "1988 Sri Lankan presidential election Results". elections.gov.lk. Election Commission of Sri Lanka. 1988.
11. "1982 Sri Lankan presidential election Results". elections.gov.lk. Election Commission of Sri Lanka. 1982.
12. The mean absolute error, between the percentages of votes each party got in Vavuniya and the Vanni Electoral District. It is a measure of the difference in voting behaviour between the two regions.
13. The mean absolute error, between the percentages of votes each party got in Vavuniya and the country. It is a measure of the difference in voting behaviour between the two regions.
14. "2015 Sri Lankan parliamentary election Results" (PDF). elections.gov.lk. Election Commission of Sri Lanka. 2015.
15. "2010 Sri Lankan parliamentary election Results" (PDF). elections.gov.lk. Election Commission of Sri Lanka. 2010.
16. "2004 Sri Lankan parliamentary election Results" (PDF). elections.gov.lk. Election Commission of Sri Lanka. 2004.
17. "2001 Sri Lankan parliamentary election Results" (PDF). elections.gov.lk. Election Commission of Sri Lanka. 2001.
18. "2000 Sri Lankan parliamentary election Results" (PDF). elections.gov.lk. Election Commission of Sri Lanka. 2000.
19. "1994 Sri Lankan parliamentary election Results" (PDF). elections.gov.lk. Election Commission of Sri Lanka. 1994.
20. "1989 Sri Lankan parliamentary election Results" (PDF). elections.gov.lk. Election Commission of Sri Lanka. 1989.