Vaddukoddai
Location of Vaddukoddai
Coordinates: 9°44′04″N 79°56′22″E / 9.734426°N 79.939364°E / 9.734426; 79.939364
CountrySri Lanka
ProvinceNorthern Province, Sri Lanka
Electoral DistrictJaffna Electoral District
Area
  Total52.88 km2 (20.42 sq mi)
Population
 (2012)[1]
  Total46,438
  Density878/km2 (2,270/sq mi)
ISO 3166 codeEC-10B

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

Presidential Election Results

Summary

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

Year Vaddukoddai Jaffna Electoral District MAE[2] % Sri Lanka MAE[3] %
2019 NDF NDF 1.25% SLPP 41.55%
2015 NDF NDF 4.50% NDF 19.67%
2010 NDF NDF 1.28% UPFA 29.41%
2005 UNP UNP 2.95% UPFA 26.88%
1999 PA PA 7.58% PA 5.58%
1994 PA PA 3.98% PA 31.26%
1988 SLFP SLFP 2.53% UNP 15.22%
1982 ACTC ACTC 2.50% UNP 21.89%
Matches/Mean MAE 3/8 3/8 3.32% 8/8 23.93%

2019 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party Vaddukoddai[4] Jaffna Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
NDF 26,238 82.44% 312,722 83.86% 5,564,239 41.99%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 2,538 7.97% 23,295 6.25% 717,212 5.41%
SLPP 1,728 5.43% 23,261 6.24% 6,924,255 52.25%
IND10 727 2.28% 6,845 1.84% 12,256 0.09%
DUNF 594 1.87% 6,790 1.82% 34,537 0.26%
Valid Votes 31,825 96.19% 372,913 97.07% 13,252,499 98.99%
Rejected Votes 1,259 3.81% 11,251 2.93% 135,452 1.01%
Total Polled 33,084 69.13% 384,164 68.00% 13,387,951 83.71%
Registered Electors 47,856 564,984 15,992,568

2015 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party Vaddukoddai[5] Jaffna Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
NDF 20,873 69.58% 253,574 74.42% 6,217,162 51.28%
UPFA 7,791 25.97% 74,454 21.85% 5,768,090 47.58%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 1,333 4.44% 12,723 3.73% 138,200 1.14%
Valid Votes 29,997 96.64% 340,751 97.14% 12,123,452 98.85%
Rejected Votes 1,043 3.36% 10,038 2.86% 140,925 1.15%
Total Polled 31,040 65.18% 350,789 64.22% 12,264,377 78.69%
Registered Electors 47,621 546,265 15,585,942

2010 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party Vaddukoddai[6] Jaffna Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
NDF 11,712 62.68% 113,877 63.84% 4,173,185 40.15%
UPFA 4,247 22.73% 44,154 24.75% 6,015,934 57.88%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 1,413 7.56% 10,438 5.85% 132,316 1.27%
Ind 5 500 2.68% 3,205 1.80% 9,662 0.09%
UDF 486 2.60% 3,325 1.86% 23,290 0.22%
DUNF 326 1.74% 3,370 1.89% 39,226 0.38%
Valid Votes 18,684 96.13% 178,369 96.35% 10,393,613 99.03%
Rejected Votes 752 3.87% 6,763 3.65% 101,838 0.97%
Total Polled 19,436 30.37% 185,132 25.15% 10,495,451 66.70%
Registered Electors 63,991 736,032 15,734,587

2005 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party Vaddukoddai[7] Jaffna Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
UNP 191 72.62% 5,523 70.20% 4,706,366 48.43%
UPFA 53 20.15% 1,967 25.00% 4,887,152 50.29%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 7 2.66% 244 3.10% 46,648 0.48%
USP 3 1.14% 72 0.92% 35,425 0.36%
JSP 3 1.14% 34 0.43% 31,238 0.32%
SLPF 3 1.14% 16 0.20% 2,525 0.03%
RPP 3 1.14% 12 0.15% 7,685 0.08%
Valid Votes 263 94.60% 7,868 92.30% 9,717,039 98.88%
Rejected Votes 15 5.40% 656 7.70% 109,869 1.12%
Total Polled 278 0.44% 8,524 1.20% 9,826,908 69.51%
Registered Electors 62,781 707,970 14,136,979

1999 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party Vaddukoddai[8] Jaffna Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
PA 6,854 53.71% 52,043 46.65% 4,312,157 51.12%
UNP 4,232 33.17% 48,005 43.03% 3,602,748 42.71%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 551 4.32% 4,070 3.65% 408,947 4.85%
LDA 466 3.65% 3,394 3.04% 23,668 0.28%
Ind 2 293 2.30% 1,873 1.68% 27,052 0.32%
Liberal 228 1.79% 1,368 1.23% 25,085 0.30%
SMBP 139 1.09% 818 0.73% 35,854 0.43%
Valid Votes 12,760 94.33% 111,568 94.91% 8,435,754 97.69%
Rejected Votes 767 5.67% 5,981 5.09% 199,536 2.31%
Total Polled 13,527 23.18% 117,549 19.15% 8,635,290 72.17%
Registered Electors 58,350 613,718 11,965,536

1994 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party Vaddukoddai[9] Jaffna Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
PA 539 92.29% 16,934 96.35% 4,709,205 62.28%
Ind 2 31 5.31% 341 1.94% 58,888 0.78%
UNP 6 1.03% 223 1.27% 2,715,283 35.91%
SMBP 6 1.03% 36 0.20% 32,651 0.43%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 2 0.34% 41 0.23% 45,501 0.60%
Valid Votes 584 99.32% 17,575 99.20% 7,561,526 98.03%
Rejected Votes 4 0.68% 141 0.80% 151,706 1.97%
Total Polled 588 1.00% 17,716 2.97% 7,713,232 69.12%
Registered Electors 58,949 596,422 11,158,880

1988 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party Vaddukoddai[10] Jaffna Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
SLFP 6,495 40.45% 44,197 36.82% 2,289,857 44.95%
SLMP 5,252 32.71% 42,198 35.15% 235,701 4.63%
UNP 4,309 26.84% 33,650 28.03% 2,569,199 50.43%
Valid Votes 16,056 87.01% 120,045 93.38% 5,094,754 98.24%
Rejected Votes 2,397 12.99% 8,517 6.62% 91,499 1.76%
Total Polled 18,453 100.00% 128,562 23.30% 5,186,256 55.87%
Registered Electors 18,453 551,713 9,283,143

1982 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party Vaddukoddai[11] Jaffna Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
ACTC 9,741 44.07% 87,263 40.03% 173,934 2.67%
SLFP 7,770 35.15% 77,210 35.42% 2,546,348 39.05%
UNP 3,700 16.74% 44,775 20.54% 3,450,815 52.93%
JVP 380 1.72% 3,098 1.42% 273,428 4.19%
LSSP 257 1.16% 3,376 1.55% 58,531 0.90%
NSSP 255 1.15% 2,176 1.00% 16,995 0.26%
Valid Votes 22,103 95.36% 218,003 95.36% 6,520,156 98.78%
Rejected Votes 1,076 4.64% 10,610 4.64% 80,470 1.22%
Total Polled 23,179 50.16% 228,613 45.86% 6,600,626 80.15%
Registered Electors 46,206 498,545 8,235,358

Parliamentary Election Results

Summary

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

Year Vaddukoddai Jaffna Electoral District MAE[12] % Sri Lanka MAE[13] %
2015 ITAK ITAK 3.11% UNP 35.28%
2010 ITAK ITAK 8.39% UPFA 26.40%
2004 ITAK ITAK 1.30% UPFA 6.24%
2001 TULF TULF 3.99% UNP 15.30%
2000 EPDP EPDP 2.04% PA 11.07%
1994 IND2 IND2 11.31% PA 0.25%
1989 INDI INDI 3.87% UNP 27.51%
Matches/Mean MAE 0/7 0/7 4.86% 7/7 17.44%

2015 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party Vaddukoddai[14] Jaffna Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
ITAK 17,237 66.15% 207,577 70.08% 515,963 4.63%
EPDP 2,843 10.91% 30,232 10.21% 33,481 0.30%
UNP 2,678 10.28% 20,025 6.76% 5,098,916 45.77%
AITC 1,320 5.07% 15,022 5.07% 18,644 0.17%
UPFA 1,311 5.03% 17,309 5.84% 4,732,664 42.48%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 668 2.56% 6,034 2.04% 580,476 5.21%
Valid Votes 26,057 89.44% 296,199 90.91% 11,140,333 95.35%
Rejected Votes 2,679 9.20% 25,496 7.83% 516,926 4.42%
Total Polled 29,132 61.17% 325,805 61.56% 11,684,111 77.66%
Registered Electors 47,621 529,239 15,044,490

2010 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party Vaddukoddai[15] Jaffna Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
ITAK 5,341 35.57% 65,119 44.03% 233,190 2.91%
UNP 3,438 22.90% 12,624 8.54% 2,357,057 29.37%
UPFA 3,286 21.89% 47,622 32.20% 4,846,388 60.38%
AITC 831 5.53% 6,362 4.30% 7,544 0.09%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 630 4.20% 6,584 4.45% 477,241 5.95%
IG1J 516 3.44% 2,648 1.79% 2,648 0.03%
TULF 388 2.58% 2,892 1.96% 9,223 0.11%
IG4J 252 1.68% 2,151 1.45% 2,151 0.03%
IG6J 171 1.14% 1,038 0.70% 1,038 0.01%
EDF 161 1.07% 858 0.58% 3,709 0.05%
Valid Votes 15,014 87.11% 147,898 87.89% 8,026,322 96.03%
Rejected Votes 2,128 12.35% 19,774 11.75% 581,465 6.96%
Total Polled 17,236 26.94% 168,277 22.68% 8,358,246 59.29%
Registered Electors 63,991 742,005 14,097,690

2004 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party Vaddukoddai[16] Jaffna Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
ITAK 24,240 91.96% 257,320 90.60% 633,203 6.85%
EPDP 1,513 5.74% 18,612 6.55% 24,942 0.27%
IP1D 485 1.84% 5,156 1.82% 6,121 0.07%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 120 0.46% 2,938 1.03% 764,786 8.28%
Valid Votes 26,358 91.20% 284,026 93.04% 9,241,931 94.52%
Rejected Votes 2,543 8.80% 21,233 6.96% 534,452 5.47%
Total Polled 28,901 47.16% 305,259 46.65% 9,777,821 75.74%
Registered Electors 61,283 654,415 12,909,631

2001 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party Vaddukoddai[17] Jaffna Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
TULF 9,800 52.55% 102,324 54.84% 348,164 3.89%
EPDP 4,609 24.71% 57,208 30.66% 72,783 0.81%
UNP 3,445 18.47% 16,245 8.71% 4,086,026 45.62%
DLF 461 2.47% 2,054 1.10% 6,214 0.07%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 335 1.80% 8,767 4.70% 1,046,289 11.68%
Valid Votes 18,650 92.66% 186,598 94.59% 8,955,844 94.77%
Rejected Votes 1,478 7.34% 10,681 5.41% 494,009 5.23%
Total Polled 20,128 33.01% 197,279 31.14% 9,449,878 76.03%
Registered Electors 60,967 633,457 12,428,762

2000 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party Vaddukoddai[18] Jaffna Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
EPDP 4,869 33.85% 41,536 36.13% 50,702 0.59%
TULF 4,035 28.05% 32,761 28.50% 105,907 1.23%
UNP 2,153 14.97% 10,896 9.48% 3,451,765 40.12%
L&DA 1,079 7.50% 2,502 2.18% 9,781 0.11%
ACTC 908 6.31% 10,618 9.24% 27,289 0.32%
DPLF 447 3.11% 4,778 4.16% 20,655 0.24%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 444 3.09% 4,917 4.28% 893,628 10.39%
IG6 241 1.68% 2,058 1.79% 3,162 0.04%
IG2 208 1.45% 4,905 4.27% 31,443 0.37%
Valid Votes 14,384 N/A 114,971 N/A 8,602,617 N/A

1994 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party Vaddukoddai[19] Jaffna Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
IND2 556 90.85% 10,744 79.71% 16,690 0.21%
IND1 43 7.03% 374 2.77% 48,199 0.61%
EPRLF 8 1.31% 263 1.95% 9,411 0.12%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 5 0.82% 2,098 15.56% 143,307 1.80%
Valid Votes 612 95.77% 13,479 97.41% 7,943,688 95.20%
Rejected Votes 27 4.23% 358 2.59% 400,395 4.80%
Total Polled 639 1.08% 13,837 2.32% 8,344,095 74.75%
Registered Electors 58,949 596,375 11,163,064

1989 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party Vaddukoddai[20] Jaffna Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
INDI 17,814 67.52% 150,340 62.68% 175,579 3.14%
TULF 5,827 22.09% 60,013 25.02% 188,594 3.37%
DPLF 1,050 3.98% 7,993 3.33% 19,150 0.34%
SLMC 682 2.58% 8,439 3.52% 202,016 3.61%
ACTC 541 2.05% 7,610 3.17% 7,610 0.14%
UNP 470 1.78% 5,460 2.28% 2,838,005 50.71%
Valid Votes 26,384 89.13% 239,855 90.49% 5,596,468 93.87%
Rejected Votes 3,217 10.87% 25,203 9.51% 365,563 6.13%
Total Polled 29,601 50.37% 265,058 44.76% 5,962,031 63.60%
Registered Electors 58,770 592,210 9,374,164

Demographics

Ethnicity

The Vaddukoddai Polling Division has a Sri Lankan Tamil majority (99.4%) . In comparison, the Jaffna Electoral District (which contains the Vaddukoddai Polling Division) has a Sri Lankan Tamil majority (98.6%) [1]

Ethnicity in Vaddukoddai[1]

  Sri Lankan Tamil (99.4%)
  Other (0.6%)

Religion

The Vaddukoddai Polling Division has a Hindu majority (93.9%) . In comparison, the Jaffna Electoral District (which contains the Vaddukoddai Polling Division) has a Hindu majority (82.6%) and a significant Roman Catholic population (12.6%) [1]

Religion in Vaddukoddai[1]

  Hindu (93.9%)
  Other Christian (4.2%)
  Roman Catholic (1.6%)
  Other (0.3%)

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "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 Vaddukoddai and the Jaffna 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 Vaddukoddai 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.
  5. "2015 Sri Lankan presidential election Results". elections.gov.lk. Election Commission of Sri Lanka. 2015.
  6. "2010 Sri Lankan presidential election Results". elections.gov.lk. Election Commission of Sri Lanka. 2010.
  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.
  9. "1994 Sri Lankan presidential election Results". elections.gov.lk. Election Commission of Sri Lanka. 1994.
  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 Vaddukoddai and the Jaffna 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 Vaddukoddai 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.
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