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Nallur
Polling Division
Location of Nallur
Coordinates: 9°39′12″N 80°04′15″E / 9.653338°N 80.070757°E / 9.653338; 80.070757
CountrySri Lanka
ProvinceNorthern Province, Sri Lanka
Electoral DistrictJaffna Electoral District
Area
 • Total35.57 km2 (13.73 sq mi)
Population
 (2012)[1]
 • Total68,142
 • Density1,916/km2 (4,960/sq mi)
ISO 3166 codeEC-10I

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

Presidential Election Results[edit]

Summary[edit]

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

Year Nallur Jaffna Electoral District MAE[2] % Sri Lanka MAE[3] %
2019 NDF NDF 1.86% SLPP 42.89%
2015 NDF NDF 5.05% NDF 29.06%
2010 NDF NDF 5.00% UPFA 33.12%
2005 UNP UNP 6.04% UPFA 16.65%
1999 PA PA 1.23% PA 2.91%
1994 PA PA 5.00% PA 27.86%
1988 SLFP SLFP 2.52% UNP 16.64%
1982 ACTC ACTC 8.41% UNP 22.18%
Matches/Mean MAE 3/8 3/8 4.39% 8/8 23.91%

2019 Sri Lankan Presidential Election[edit]

Party Nallur[4] Jaffna Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
NDF 27,605 86.02% 312,722 83.86% 5,564,239 41.99%
SLPP 1,836 5.72% 23,261 6.24% 6,924,255 52.25%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 1,518 4.73% 23,295 6.25% 717,212 5.41%
IND10 659 2.05% 6,845 1.84% 12,256 0.09%
DUNF 475 1.48% 6,790 1.82% 34,537 0.26%
Valid Votes 32,093 97.43% 372,913 97.07% 13,252,499 98.99%
Rejected Votes 848 2.57% 11,251 2.93% 135,452 1.01%
Total Polled 32,941 70.25% 384,164 68.00% 13,387,951 83.71%
Registered Electors 46,888 564,984 15,992,568

2015 Sri Lankan Presidential Election[edit]

Party Nallur[5] Jaffna Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
NDF 24,929 79.87% 253,574 74.42% 6,217,162 51.28%
UPFA 5,405 17.32% 74,454 21.85% 5,768,090 47.58%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 878 2.81% 12,723 3.73% 138,200 1.14%
Valid Votes 31,212 97.93% 340,751 97.14% 12,123,452 98.85%
Rejected Votes 660 2.07% 10,038 2.86% 140,925 1.15%
Total Polled 31,872 68.25% 350,789 64.22% 12,264,377 78.69%
Registered Electors 46,699 546,265 15,585,942

2010 Sri Lankan Presidential Election[edit]

Party Nallur[6] Jaffna Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
NDF 11,543 70.42% 113,877 63.84% 4,173,185 40.15%
UPFA 3,554 21.68% 44,154 24.75% 6,015,934 57.88%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 694 4.23% 10,438 5.85% 132,316 1.27%
UDF 231 1.41% 3,325 1.86% 23,290 0.22%
DUNF 196 1.20% 3,370 1.89% 39,226 0.38%
Ind 5 173 1.06% 3,205 1.80% 9,662 0.09%
Valid Votes 16,391 96.71% 178,369 96.35% 10,393,613 99.03%
Rejected Votes 557 3.29% 6,763 3.65% 101,838 0.97%
Total Polled 16,948 23.36% 185,132 25.15% 10,495,451 66.70%
Registered Electors 72,558 736,032 15,734,587

2005 Sri Lankan Presidential Election[edit]

Party Nallur[7] Jaffna Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
UNP 198 64.29% 5,523 70.20% 4,706,366 48.43%
UPFA 100 32.47% 1,967 25.00% 4,887,152 50.29%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 6 1.95% 347 4.41% 118,439 1.22%
DUA 4 1.30% 31 0.39% 5,082 0.05%
Valid Votes 308 98.40% 7,868 92.30% 9,717,039 98.88%
Rejected Votes 5 1.60% 656 7.70% 109,869 1.12%
Total Polled 313 0.45% 8,524 1.20% 9,826,908 69.51%
Registered Electors 70,251 707,970 14,136,979

1999 Sri Lankan Presidential Election[edit]

Party Nallur[8] Jaffna Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
PA 5,125 47.55% 52,043 46.65% 4,312,157 51.12%
UNP 4,834 44.85% 48,005 43.03% 3,602,748 42.71%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 378 3.51% 6,256 5.61% 469,886 5.57%
LDA 328 3.04% 3,394 3.04% 23,668 0.28%
Ind 2 113 1.05% 1,873 1.68% 27,052 0.32%
Valid Votes 10,778 96.56% 111,568 94.91% 8,435,754 97.69%
Rejected Votes 384 3.44% 5,981 5.09% 199,536 2.31%
Total Polled 11,162 17.50% 117,549 19.15% 8,635,290 72.17%
Registered Electors 63,799 613,718 11,965,536

1994 Sri Lankan Presidential Election[edit]

Party Nallur[9] Jaffna Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
PA 21 91.30% 16,934 96.35% 4,709,205 62.28%
UNP 2 8.70% 223 1.27% 2,715,283 35.91%
Valid Votes 23 100.00% 17,575 99.20% 7,561,526 98.03%

1988 Sri Lankan Presidential Election[edit]

Party Nallur[10] Jaffna Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
SLFP 3,362 40.57% 44,197 36.82% 2,289,857 44.95%
SLMP 2,924 35.29% 42,198 35.15% 235,701 4.63%
UNP 2,000 24.14% 33,650 28.03% 2,569,199 50.43%
Valid Votes 8,286 94.50% 120,045 93.38% 5,094,754 98.24%
Rejected Votes 482 5.50% 8,517 6.62% 91,499 1.76%
Total Polled 8,768 14.16% 128,562 23.30% 5,186,256 55.87%
Registered Electors 61,936 551,713 9,283,143

1982 Sri Lankan Presidential Election[edit]

Party Nallur[11] Jaffna Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
ACTC 8,979 47.36% 87,263 40.03% 173,934 2.67%
UNP 4,831 25.48% 44,775 20.54% 3,450,815 52.93%
SLFP 4,330 22.84% 77,210 35.42% 2,546,348 39.05%
LSSP 332 1.75% 3,376 1.55% 58,531 0.90%
JVP 244 1.29% 3,098 1.42% 273,428 4.19%
NSSP 243 1.28% 2,176 1.00% 16,995 0.26%
Valid Votes 18,959 95.50% 218,003 95.36% 6,520,156 98.78%
Rejected Votes 894 4.50% 10,610 4.64% 80,470 1.22%
Total Polled 19,853 40.32% 228,613 45.86% 6,600,626 80.15%
Registered Electors 49,233 498,545 8,235,358

Parliamentary Election Results[edit]

Summary[edit]

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

Year Nallur Jaffna Electoral District MAE[12] % Sri Lanka MAE[13] %
2015 ITAK ITAK 0.56% UNP 37.17%
2010 ITAK ITAK 7.19% UPFA 29.66%
2004 ITAK ITAK 3.49% UPFA 5.91%
2001 TULF TULF 5.81% UNP 19.39%
2000 TULF EPDP 6.84% PA 11.21%
1994 IND1 IND2 33.80% PA 0.42%
1989 INDI INDI 11.09% UNP 27.91%
Matches/Mean MAE 0/7 0/7 9.83% 7/7 18.81%

2015 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election[edit]

Party Nallur[14] Jaffna Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
ITAK 18,793 70.06% 207,577 70.08% 515,963 4.63%
AITC 2,420 9.02% 15,022 5.07% 18,644 0.17%
EPDP 2,005 7.47% 30,232 10.21% 33,481 0.30%
UNP 1,662 6.20% 20,025 6.76% 5,098,916 45.77%
UPFA 1,444 5.38% 17,309 5.84% 4,732,664 42.48%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 500 1.86% 6,034 2.04% 580,476 5.21%
Valid Votes 26,824 92.95% 296,199 90.91% 11,140,333 95.35%
Rejected Votes 1,707 5.91% 25,496 7.83% 516,926 4.42%
Total Polled 28,859 61.80% 325,805 61.56% 11,684,111 77.66%
Registered Electors 46,699 529,239 15,044,490

2010 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election[edit]

Party Nallur[15] Jaffna Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
ITAK 7,490 54.77% 65,119 44.03% 233,190 2.91%
UPFA 3,467 25.35% 47,622 32.20% 4,846,388 60.38%
UNP 896 6.55% 12,624 8.54% 2,357,057 29.37%
AITC 730 5.34% 6,362 4.30% 7,544 0.09%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 562 4.11% 8,480 5.73% 481,988 6.01%
IG4J 194 1.42% 2,151 1.45% 2,151 0.03%
TULF 188 1.37% 2,892 1.96% 9,223 0.11%
IG1J 148 1.08% 2,648 1.79% 2,648 0.03%
Valid Votes 13,675 90.62% 147,898 87.89% 8,026,322 96.03%
Rejected Votes 1,334 8.84% 19,774 11.75% 581,465 6.96%
Total Polled 15,091 20.80% 168,277 22.68% 8,358,246 59.29%
Registered Electors 72,558 742,005 14,097,690

2004 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election[edit]

Party Nallur[16] Jaffna Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
ITAK 22,321 86.99% 257,320 90.60% 633,203 6.85%
EPDP 2,431 9.47% 18,612 6.55% 24,942 0.27%
IP1D 800 3.12% 5,156 1.82% 6,121 0.07%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 107 0.42% 2,938 1.03% 764,786 8.28%
Valid Votes 25,659 94.60% 284,026 93.04% 9,241,931 94.52%
Rejected Votes 1,465 5.40% 21,233 6.96% 534,452 5.47%
Total Polled 27,124 40.08% 305,259 46.65% 9,777,821 75.74%
Registered Electors 67,672 654,415 12,909,631

2001 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election[edit]

Party Nallur[17] Jaffna Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
TULF 11,787 61.30% 102,324 54.84% 348,164 3.89%
EPDP 4,565 23.74% 57,208 30.66% 72,783 0.81%
UNP 1,970 10.24% 16,245 8.71% 4,086,026 45.62%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 356 1.85% 4,780 2.56% 944,257 10.54%
SLMC 334 1.74% 3,364 1.80% 105,346 1.18%
INDP 217 1.13% 2,677 1.43% 2,900 0.03%
Valid Votes 19,229 97.23% 186,598 94.59% 8,955,844 94.77%
Rejected Votes 547 2.77% 10,681 5.41% 494,009 5.23%
Total Polled 19,776 29.49% 197,279 31.14% 9,449,878 76.03%
Registered Electors 67,057 633,457 12,428,762

2000 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election[edit]

Party Nallur[18] Jaffna Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
TULF 3,587 34.76% 32,761 28.50% 105,907 1.23%
EPDP 2,560 24.81% 41,536 36.13% 50,702 0.59%
UNP 1,523 14.76% 10,896 9.48% 3,451,765 40.12%
ACTC 1,262 12.23% 10,618 9.24% 27,289 0.32%
IG3 406 3.93% 1,633 1.42% 6,109 0.07%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 343 3.32% 7,844 6.82% 900,462 10.47%
IG2 342 3.31% 4,905 4.27% 31,443 0.37%
DPLF 295 2.86% 4,778 4.16% 20,655 0.24%
Valid Votes 10,318 N/A 114,971 N/A 8,602,617 N/A

1994 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election[edit]

Party Nallur[19] Jaffna Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
IND1 9 47.37% 374 2.77% 48,199 0.61%
IND2 8 42.11% 10,744 79.71% 16,690 0.21%
EPRLF 2 10.53% 263 1.95% 9,411 0.12%
Valid Votes 19 95.00% 13,479 97.41% 7,943,688 95.20%
Rejected Votes 1 5.00% 358 2.59% 400,395 4.80%
Total Polled 20 0.03% 13,837 2.32% 8,344,095 74.75%
Registered Electors 62,372 596,375 11,163,064

1989 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election[edit]

Party Nallur[20] Jaffna Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
INDI 21,123 76.17% 150,340 62.68% 175,579 3.14%
TULF 4,211 15.18% 60,013 25.02% 188,594 3.37%
ACTC 1,137 4.10% 7,610 3.17% 7,610 0.14%
DPLF 531 1.91% 7,993 3.33% 19,150 0.34%
SLMC 410 1.48% 8,439 3.52% 202,016 3.61%
UNP 320 1.15% 5,460 2.28% 2,838,005 50.71%
Valid Votes 27,732 95.28% 239,855 90.49% 5,596,468 93.87%
Rejected Votes 1,375 4.72% 25,203 9.51% 365,563 6.13%
Total Polled 29,107 47.23% 265,058 44.76% 5,962,031 63.60%
Registered Electors 61,624 592,210 9,374,164

Demographics[edit]

Ethnicity[edit]

The Nallur Polling Division has a Sri Lankan Tamil majority (99.2%) . In comparison, the Jaffna Electoral District (which contains the Nallur Polling Division) has a Sri Lankan Tamil majority (98.6%) [1]

Ethnicity in Nallur[1]

  Sri Lankan Tamil (99.2%)
  Other (0.8%)

Religion[edit]

The Nallur Polling Division has a Hindu majority (90.4%) . In comparison, the Jaffna Electoral District (which contains the Nallur Polling Division) has a Hindu majority (82.6%) and a significant Roman Catholic population (12.6%) [1]

Religion in Nallur[1]

  Hindu (90.4%)
  Roman Catholic (5.1%)
  Other Christian (4.0%)
  Other (0.5%)

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d e "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 Nallur 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 Nallur 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 Nallur 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 Nallur 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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