Vanni Electoral District
Template:Short description Template:Infobox constituencyVanni Electoral District (Template:Langx) 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.[1]
Polling Divisions
The Vanni Electoral District consists of the following polling divisions:[1]
A: Mannar
B: Vavuniya
C: Mullaitivu
Election results
1982 presidential election
Results of the 1st presidential election held on 20 October 1982:[2]
| Candidate | Party | Votes per Polling Division | Postal Votes |
Total Votes | % | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mannar | Mullaitivu | Vavuniya | ||||||
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | J. R. Jayewardene | UNP | 17,008 | 3,678 | 11,720 | 428 | 32,834 | 46.42% |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Hector Kobbekaduwa | SLFP | 8,039 | 5,471 | 9,385 | 326 | 23,221 | 32.83% |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Kumar Ponnambalam | ACTC | 1,891 | 6,654 | 2,689 | 287 | 11,521 | 16.29% |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Rohana Wijeweera | JVP | 279 | 204 | 1,764 | 39 | 2,286 | 3.23% |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Colvin R. de Silva | LSSP | 174 | 150 | 252 | 8 | 584 | 0.83% |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | 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.[3]
Mullaitivu District - The Eelam National Democratic Liberation Front won all 5 seats uncontested.[3]
Vavuniya District - The Eelam National Democratic Liberation Front won all 4 seats uncontested.[3]
1988 presidential election
Results of the 2nd presidential election held on 19 December 1988:[4]
| Candidate | Party | Votes per Polling Division | Total Votes | % | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mannar | Mullaitivu | Vavuniya | |||||
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Ranasinghe Premadasa | UNP | 4,500 | 3,098 | 2,982 | 10,580 | 55.78% |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | 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:[5]
| Party | Votes per Polling Division | Postal Votes |
Total Votes | % | Seats | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mannar | Mullaitivu | Vavuniya | ||||||
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Tamil United Liberation Front (ENDLF, EPRLF, TELO, TULF) | 5,492 | 2,937 | 8,750 | 92 | 17,271 | 39.99% | 2 |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | United National Party (CWC, UNP) | 2,507 | 426 | 5,423 | 169 | 8,525 | 19.74% | 1 |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Sri Lanka Muslim Congress | 4,419 | 1,440 | 2,073 | 13 | 7,945 | 18.40% | 1 |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Independent (EROS) | 2,472 | 2,882 | 2,479 | 46 | 7,879 | 18.24% | 1 |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | 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:[5] 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:[6]
| Party | Votes per Polling Division | Postal Votes |
Total Votes | % | Seats | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mannar | Mullaitivu | Vavuniya | ||||||
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Democratic People's Liberation Front (EROS, PLOTE, TELO) | 4,403 | 13 | 7,080 | 71 | 11,567 | 27.36% | 3 |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Sri Lanka Muslim Congress | 5,785 | 906 | 1,412 | 39 | 8,142 | 19.26% | 1 |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | United National Party (CWC, UNP) | 2,437 | 799 | 4,497 | 117 | 7,850 | 18.57% | 1 |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | People's Alliance (SLFP et al.) | 207 | 342 | 4,869 | 165 | 5,583 | 13.21% | 1 |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Eelam People's Revolutionary Liberation Front | 1,841 | 53 | 1,465 | 106 | 3,465 | 8.20% | 0 |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Tamil United Liberation Front | 1,127 | 8 | 1,756 | 148 | 3,039 | 7.19% | 0 |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Independent 2 | 1,720 | 82 | 66 | 12 | 1,880 | 4.45% | 0 |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Independent 1 | 92 | 4 | 502 | 26 | 624 | 1.48% | 0 |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Independent 3 | 49 | 2 | 24 | 2 | 77 | 0.18% | 0 |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | 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:[6] 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.[7]
1994 presidential election
Results of the 3rd presidential election held on 9 November 1994:[8]
| Candidate | Party | Votes per Polling Division | Postal Votes |
Total Votes | % | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mannar | Mullaitivu | Vavuniya | ||||||
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Chandrika Kumaratunga | PA | 14,607 | 1,128 | 16,861 | 989 | 33,585 | 85.30% |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Srimathi Dissanayake | UNP | 981 | 330 | 3,026 | 156 | 4,493 | 11.41% |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Hudson Samarasinghe | Ind 2 | 490 | 13 | 499 | 1 | 1,003 | 2.55% |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | G. A. Nihal | SLPF | 35 | 4 | 78 | 1 | 118 | 0.30% |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Harischandra Wijayatunga | SMBP | 24 | 3 | 68 | 1 | 96 | 0.24% |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | 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:[9]
| Candidate | Party | Votes per Polling Division | Postal Votes |
Total Votes | % | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mannar | Mullaitivu | Vavuniya | ||||||
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Ranil Wickremasinghe | UNP | 15,407 | 389 | 27,621 | 386 | 43,803 | 69.87% |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Chandrika Kumaratunga | PA | 8,446 | 751 | 6,845 | 160 | 16,202 | 25.84% |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | 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% | |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | W. V. M. Ranjith | Ind 2 | 156 | 6 | 257 | 1 | 420 | 0.67% |
| Abdul Rasool | SLMP | 113 | 9 | 178 | 6 | 306 | 0.49% | |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | T. Edirisuriya | Ind 1 | 91 | 1 | 142 | 0 | 234 | 0.37% |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Harischandra Wijayatunga | SMBP | 35 | 2 | 55 | 1 | 93 | 0.15% |
| Kamal Karunadasa | PLSF | 39 | 2 | 42 | 0 | 83 | 0.13% | |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | 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:[10]
| Party | Votes per Polling Division | Postal Votes |
Displaced Votes |
Total Votes | % | Seats | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mannar | Mullaitivu | Vavuniya | |||||||
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Tamil Eelam Liberation Organization | 9,580 | 0 | 11,325 | 518 | 21,705 | 26.09% | 3 | |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | National Unity Alliance (SLMC et al.) | 1,821 | 0 | 2,294 | 165 | 15,837 | 19.04% | 1 | |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | United National Party (DWC, NWC, UCPF, UNP) | 1,695 | 182 | 8,335 | 406 | 11,545 | 13.88% | 1 | |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | People's Alliance (SLFP et al.) | 350 | 439 | 5,110 | 424 | 7,837 | 9.42% | 1 | |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Democratic People's Liberation Front (PLOTE) | 1,200 | 0 | 5,484 | 163 | 6,961 | 8.37% | 0 | |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Tamil United Liberation Front | 1,450 | 0 | 2,709 | 451 | 4,643 | 5.58% | 0 | |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Independent 4 | 1,440 | 0 | 1,937 | 42 | 3,511 | 4.22% | 0 | |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Independent 2 | 1,053 | 1 | 83 | 98 | 2,414 | 2.90% | 0 | |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Independent 7 | 1,796 | 0 | 496 | 33 | 2,359 | 2.84% | 0 | |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Independent 5 | 15 | 0 | 1,518 | 37 | 1,819 | 2.19% | 0 | |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | 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 | ||
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | All Ceylon Tamil Congress | 139 | 0 | 522 | 56 | 721 | 0.87% | 0 | |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna | 42 | 18 | 334 | 18 | 444 | 0.53% | 0 | |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Ceylon Workers' Congress | 22 | 0 | 169 | 6 | 225 | 0.27% | 0 | |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Sinhalaye Mahasammatha Bhoomiputra Pakshaya | 68 | 1 | 69 | 3 | 144 | 0.17% | 0 | |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | 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 | ||
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Independent 3 | 8 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 19 | 0.02% | 0 | |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | 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:[11] 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:[12][13]
| Party | Votes per Polling Division | Postal Votes |
Displaced Votes |
Total Votes | % | Seats | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mannar | Mullaitivu | Vavuniya | |||||||
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Tamil National Alliance (ACTC, EPRLF(S), TELO, TULF) | 15,906 | 1 | 23,965 | 1,139 | 939 | 41,950 | 44.39% | 3 |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | United National Front (CWC, SLMC, UNP, WPF) | 2,910 | 237 | 7,069 | 564 | 15,795 | 26,575 | 28.12% | 2 |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Democratic People's Liberation Front (PLOTE) | 1,046 | 0 | 8,316 | 99 | 153 | 9,614 | 10.17% | 1 |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | People's Alliance (NUA, SLFP et al.) | 1,576 | 298 | 4,119 | 779 | 1,059 | 7,831 | 8.29% | 0 |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Eelam People's Democratic Party | 1,742 | 2 | 1,100 | 62 | 498 | 3,404 | 3.60% | 0 |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Independent 7 | 59 | 0 | 2,645 | 48 | 58 | 2,810 | 2.97% | 0 |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Independent 1 | 487 | 0 | 197 | 13 | 8 | 705 | 0.75% | 0 |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna | 39 | 56 | 535 | 46 | 7 | 683 | 0.72% | 0 |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | New Left Front (NSSP et al.) | 124 | 5 | 137 | 15 | 43 | 324 | 0.34% | 0 |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | United Socialist Party | 39 | 1 | 79 | 1 | 122 | 242 | 0.26% | 0 |
| Sinhala Heritage | 18 | 0 | 61 | 1 | 9 | 89 | 0.09% | 0 | |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | 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 | |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Independent 6 | 2 | 1 | 42 | 0 | 8 | 53 | 0.06% | 0 |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Independent 3 | 8 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 31 | 0.03% | 0 |
| Ruhuna People's Party | 7 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 26 | 0.03% | 0 | |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Independent 4 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 0.02% | 0 |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Independent 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 17 | 0.02% | 0 |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | 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:[14] 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:[15]
| Party | Votes per Polling Division | Postal Votes |
Displaced Votes |
Total Votes | % | Seats | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mannar | Mullaitivu | Vavuniya | |||||||
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Tamil National Alliance (ACTC, EPRLF(S), ITAK, TELO) | 25,631 | 27,667 | 35,012 | 1,942 | 90,835 | 64.71% | 5 | |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | United National Front (CWC, DPF, SLMC, UNP) | 4,413 | 277 | 10,724 | 799 | 33,621 | 23.95% | 1 | |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | United People's Freedom Alliance (JVP, NUA, SLFP et al.) | 179 | 391 | 4,713 | 1,132 | 7,259 | 5.17% | 0 | |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Democratic People's Liberation Front (PLOTE) | 945 | 71 | 4,908 | 104 | 6,316 | 4.50% | 0 | |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Eelam People's Democratic Party | 476 | 68 | 488 | 52 | 1,097 | 0.78% | 0 | |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | United Socialist Party | 92 | 7 | 158 | 1 | 588 | 0.42% | 0 | |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Independent 9 | 43 | 60 | 113 | 1 | 231 | 0.16% | 0 | |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Jathika Hela Urumaya | 2 | 3 | 58 | 10 | 74 | 0.05% | 0 | |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Sinhalaye Mahasammatha Bhoomiputra Pakshaya | 17 | 2 | 37 | 1 | 67 | 0.05% | 0 | |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | New Left Front (NSSP et al.) | 6 | 4 | 44 | 3 | 66 | 0.05% | 0 | |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Independent 5 | 0 | 0 | 57 | 0 | 60 | 0.04% | 0 | |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Independent 3 | 22 | 3 | 22 | 0 | 54 | 0.04% | 0 | |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Independent 1 | 7 | 4 | 13 | 0 | 26 | 0.02% | 0 | |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Independent 6 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 19 | 0.01% | 0 | |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Independent 8 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 19 | 0.01% | 0 | |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Independent 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 17 | 0.01% | 0 | |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Independent 4 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 15 | 0.01% | 0 | |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | 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:[16] 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:[17]
| Candidate | Party | Votes per Polling Division | Postal Votes |
Displaced Votes |
Total Votes | % | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mannar | Mullaitivu | Vavuniya | |||||||
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Ranil Wickremasinghe | UNP | 20,463 | 372 | 33,553 | 2,234 | 9,176 | 65,798 | 77.89% |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Mahinda Rajapaksa | UPFA | 2,183 | 510 | 7,936 | 1,356 | 5,212 | 17,197 | 20.36% |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Siritunga Jayasuriya | USP | 160 | 2 | 276 | 2 | 80 | 520 | 0.62% |
| A. A. Suraweera | NDF | 54 | 1 | 155 | 5 | 71 | 286 | 0.34% | |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Chamil Jayaneththi | NLF | 50 | 1 | 68 | 5 | 9 | 133 | 0.16% |
| Victor Hettigoda | ULPP | 21 | 1 | 62 | 21 | 10 | 115 | 0.14% | |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | 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% | |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | 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:[18]
| Candidate | Party | Votes per Polling Division | Postal Votes |
Displaced Votes |
Total Votes | % | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mannar | Mullaitivu | Vavuniya | |||||||
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Sarath Fonseka | NDF | 20,157 | 6,882 | 31,796 | 1,845 | 9,687 | 70,367 | 66.86% |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | 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% | |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | 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% | |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | 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% | |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Vikramabahu Karunaratne | LF | 42 | 16 | 136 | 6 | 17 | 217 | 0.21% |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Siritunga Jayasuriya | USP | 49 | 27 | 115 | 0 | 21 | 212 | 0.20% |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | 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% | |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Ukkubanda Wijekoon | Ind 3 | 28 | 10 | 68 | 1 | 8 | 115 | 0.11% |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | M. Mohamed Musthaffa | Ind 4 | 13 | 15 | 46 | 0 | 10 | 84 | 0.08% |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | 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:[19]
| Party | Votes per Polling Division | Postal Votes |
Displaced Votes |
Total Votes | % | Seats | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mannar | Mullaitivu | Vavuniya | |||||||
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Tamil National Alliance (EPRLF(S), ITAK, TELO) | 15,026 | 5,241 | 17,372 | 1,507 | 2,527 | 41,673 | 38.96% | 3 |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | United People's Freedom Alliance (ACMC, SLFP et al.) | 7,431 | 2,238 | 13,714 | 2,128 | 12,011 | 37,522 | 35.07% | 2 |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | United National Front (DPF, SLFP(P), SLMC, UNP) | 3,125 | 169 | 3,638 | 354 | 5,497 | 12,783 | 11.95% | 1 |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Democratic People's Liberation Front (PLOTE) | 982 | 527 | 4,200 | 111 | 80 | 5,900 | 5.52% | 0 |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Eelam People's Democratic Party | 731 | 593 | 1,405 | 53 | 85 | 2,867 | 2.68% | 0 |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Independent 1 | 202 | 131 | 1,569 | 45 | 26 | 1,973 | 1.84% | 0 |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Eelavar Democratic Front (EROS) | 89 | 393 | 797 | 27 | 88 | 1,394 | 1.30% | 0 |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Tamil United Liberation Front | 241 | 124 | 625 | 71 | 12 | 1,073 | 1.00% | 0 |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Democratic Unity Alliance | 229 | 114 | 92 | 32 | 39 | 506 | 0.47% | 0 |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Democratic National Alliance (JVP et al.) | 15 | 20 | 230 | 34 | 2 | 301 | 0.28% | 0 |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Independent 9 | 7 | 145 | 64 | 4 | 42 | 262 | 0.24% | 0 |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | 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 | |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Independent 7 | 17 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 24 | 62 | 0.06% | 0 |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Sinhalaye Mahasammatha Bhoomiputra Pakshaya | 4 | 8 | 45 | 1 | 0 | 58 | 0.05% | 0 |
| Janasetha Peramuna | 1 | 4 | 41 | 0 | 1 | 47 | 0.04% | 0 | |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Independent 8 | 0 | 4 | 32 | 0 | 1 | 37 | 0.03% | 0 |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Independent 2 | 4 | 3 | 25 | 1 | 3 | 36 | 0.03% | 0 |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Independent 5 | 6 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 13 | 32 | 0.03% | 0 |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | 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 | |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Independent 12 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 0.02% | 0 |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Independent 4 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 0.01% | 0 |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Left Liberation Front (LLF, TNLA) | 1 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 0.01% | 0 |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Independent 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 0.01% | 0 |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | 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:[20] 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.[21] His replacement Muthali Bawa Farook (UPFA-SLMC) was sworn in on 5 January 2011.[22]
2013 provincial council election
Results of the 1st Northern provincial council election held on 21 September 2013:[23][24][25]
Mannar District
| Party | Mannar | Postal Votes |
Total Votes | % | Seats | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Tamil National Alliance (EPRLF (S), ITAK, PLOTE, TELO, TULF) | 31,818 | 1,300 | 33,118 | 62.22% | 3 |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | United People's Freedom Alliance (ACMC, EPDP, SLFP et al.) | 14,696 | 408 | 15,104 | 28.38% | 1 |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Sri Lanka Muslim Congress | 4,436 | 135 | 4,571 | 8.59% | 1 |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | United National Party | 180 | 7 | 187 | 0.35% | 0 |
| Our National Front | 87 | 0 | 87 | 0.16% | 0 | |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Democratic Unity Alliance | 69 | 1 | 70 | 0.13% | 0 |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Independent 6 | 12 | 1 | 13 | 0.02% | 0 |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Independent 8 | 13 | 0 | 13 | 0.02% | 0 |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Democratic Party | 11 | 0 | 11 | 0.02% | 0 |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | 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 | |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Independent 5 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0.01% | 0 |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Independent 4 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0.01% | 0 |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Independent 7 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0.01% | 0 |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Independent 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0.01% | 0 |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Independent 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0.01% | 0 |
| Muslim Liberation Front | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0.01% | 0 | |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Tamil National Alliance (EPRLF (S), ITAK, PLOTE, TELO, TULF) | 27,620 | 646 | 28,266 | 78.56% | 4 |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | United People's Freedom Alliance (ACMC, EPDP, SLFP et al.) | 7,063 | 146 | 7,209 | 20.04% | 1 |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Sri Lanka Muslim Congress | 199 | 0 | 199 | 0.55% | 0 |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | United National Party | 195 | 2 | 197 | 0.55% | 0 |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Independent 1 | 44 | 0 | 44 | 0.12% | 0 |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna | 30 | 0 | 30 | 0.08% | 0 |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | 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 | |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Tamil National Alliance (EPRLF (S), ITAK, PLOTE, TELO, TULF) | 40,324 | 901 | 41,225 | 66.10% | 4 |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | United People's Freedom Alliance (ACMC, EPDP, SLFP et al.) | 16,310 | 323 | 16,633 | 26.67% | 2 |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Sri Lanka Muslim Congress | 1,967 | 24 | 1,991 | 3.19% | 0 |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | United National Party | 1,704 | 65 | 1,769 | 2.84% | 0 |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna | 158 | 15 | 173 | 0.28% | 0 |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Democratic Unity Alliance | 170 | 0 | 170 | 0.27% | 0 |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Independent 6 | 155 | 5 | 160 | 0.26% | 0 |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Independent 3 | 45 | 0 | 45 | 0.07% | 0 |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Democratic Party | 29 | 12 | 41 | 0.07% | 0 |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Independent 5 | 34 | 0 | 34 | 0.05% | 0 |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Independent 1 | 32 | 0 | 32 | 0.05% | 0 |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Independent 4 | 26 | 0 | 26 | 0.04% | 0 |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | United Socialist Party | 23 | 0 | 23 | 0.04% | 0 |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Independent 7 | 21 | 1 | 22 | 0.04% | 0 |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | 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:[26]
| Candidate | Party | Votes per Polling Division | Postal Votes |
Total Votes | % | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mannar | Mullaitivu | Vavuniya | ||||||
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Maithripala Sirisena | NDF | 45,543 | 35,441 | 55,683 | 4,750 | 141,417 | 78.47% |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | 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% | |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Aithurus M. Illias | Ind | 78 | 124 | 146 | 8 | 356 | 0.20% |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Siritunga Jayasuriya | USP | 100 | 67 | 128 | 5 | 300 | 0.17% |
| Sarath Manamendra | NSH | 61 | 81 | 91 | 2 | 235 | 0.13% | |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | Sundaram Mahendran | NSSP | 46 | 69 | 91 | 12 | 218 | 0.12% |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | 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% | |
| bgcolor=Template:Party color| | 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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