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

Presidential Election Results

Summary

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

Year Manipay Jaffna Electoral District MAEThe mean absolute error, between the percentages of votes each party got in Manipay and the Jaffna Electoral District. It is a measure of the difference in voting behaviour between the two regions. % Sri Lanka MAEThe mean absolute error, between the percentages of votes each party got in Manipay and the country. It is a measure of the difference in voting behaviour between the two regions. % 2019 NDF NDF 0.79% SLPP 42.71% 2015 NDF NDF 1.28% NDF 25.50% 2010 NDF NDF 1.66% UPFA 26.88% 2005 UNP UNP 5.17% UPFA 28.85% 1999 PA PA 10.39% PA 8.61% 1994 PA PA 3.57% PA 36.40% 1988 SLMP SLFP 6.26% UNP 18.77% 1982 SLFP ACTC 4.44% UNP 18.85% Matches/Mean MAE 3/8 3/8 4.20% 8/8 25.82%

2019 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party Manipay Jaffna Electoral District Sri Lanka Votes % Votes % Votes % NDF 31,369 84.69% 312,722 83.86% 5,564,239 41.99% Other Parties (with < 1%) 2,486 6.71% 23,295 6.25% 717,212 5.41% SLPP 1,859 5.02% 23,261 6.24% 6,924,255 52.25% DUNF 790 2.13% 6,790 1.82% 34,537 0.26% IND10 534 1.44% 6,845 1.84% 12,256 0.09% Valid Votes 37,038 96.84% 372,913 97.07% 13,252,499 98.99% Rejected Votes 1,210 3.16% 11,251 2.93% 135,452 1.01% Total Polled 38,248 68.57% 384,164 68.00% 13,387,951 83.71% Registered Electors 55,783 564,984 15,992,568

2015 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party Manipay Jaffna Electoral District Sri Lanka Votes % Votes % Votes % NDF 26,958 75.67% 253,574 74.42% 6,217,162 51.28% UPFA 7,225 20.28% 74,454 21.85% 5,768,090 47.58% Other Parties (with < 1%) 1,444 4.05% 12,723 3.73% 138,200 1.14% Valid Votes 35,627 97.38% 340,751 97.14% 12,123,452 98.85% Rejected Votes 960 2.62% 10,038 2.86% 140,925 1.15% Total Polled 36,587 67.05% 350,789 64.22% 12,264,377 78.69% Registered Electors 54,567 546,265 15,585,942

2010 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party Manipay Jaffna Electoral District Sri Lanka Votes % Votes % Votes % NDF 13,390 62.01% 113,877 63.84% 4,173,185 40.15% UPFA 5,749 26.62% 44,154 24.75% 6,015,934 57.88% Other Parties (with < 1%) 1,386 6.42% 10,438 5.85% 132,316 1.27% UDF 447 2.07% 3,325 1.86% 23,290 0.22% DUNF 391 1.81% 3,370 1.89% 39,226 0.38% Ind 5 231 1.07% 3,205 1.80% 9,662 0.09% Valid Votes 21,594 96.08% 178,369 96.35% 10,393,613 99.03% Rejected Votes 881 3.92% 6,763 3.65% 101,838 0.97% Total Polled 22,475 31.60% 185,132 25.15% 10,495,451 66.70% Registered Electors 71,114 736,032 15,734,587

2005 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party Manipay Jaffna Electoral District Sri Lanka Votes % Votes % Votes % UNP 256 75.29% 5,523 70.20% 4,706,366 48.43% UPFA 64 18.82% 1,967 25.00% 4,887,152 50.29% USP 11 3.24% 72 0.92% 35,425 0.36% Other Parties (with < 1%) 9 2.65% 306 3.89% 88,096 0.91% Valid Votes 340 95.24% 7,868 92.30% 9,717,039 98.88% Rejected Votes 17 4.76% 656 7.70% 109,869 1.12% Total Polled 357 0.52% 8,524 1.20% 9,826,908 69.51% Registered Electors 68,783 707,970 14,136,979

1999 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party Manipay Jaffna Electoral District Sri Lanka Votes % Votes % Votes % PA 9,194 58.59% 52,043 46.65% 4,312,157 51.12% UNP 5,003 31.88% 48,005 43.03% 3,602,748 42.71% Other Parties (with < 1%) 606 3.86% 4,888 4.38% 444,801 5.27% LDA 386 2.46% 3,394 3.04% 23,668 0.28% Ind 2 311 1.98% 1,873 1.68% 27,052 0.32% Liberal 191 1.22% 1,368 1.23% 25,085 0.30% Valid Votes 15,691 95.65% 111,568 94.91% 8,435,754 97.69% Rejected Votes 714 4.35% 5,981 5.09% 199,536 2.31% Total Polled 16,405 26.46% 117,549 19.15% 8,635,290 72.17% Registered Electors 62,002 613,718 11,965,536

1994 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party Manipay Jaffna Electoral District Sri Lanka Votes % Votes % Votes % PA 18 100.00% 16,934 96.35% 4,709,205 62.28% Valid Votes 18 100.00% 17,575 99.20% 7,561,526 98.03%

1988 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party Manipay Jaffna Electoral District Sri Lanka Votes % Votes % Votes % SLMP 5,089 40.43% 42,198 35.15% 235,701 4.63% UNP 4,006 31.83% 33,650 28.03% 2,569,199 50.43% SLFP 3,491 27.74% 44,197 36.82% 2,289,857 44.95% Valid Votes 12,586 93.39% 120,045 93.38% 5,094,754 98.24% Rejected Votes 891 6.61% 8,517 6.62% 91,499 1.76% Total Polled 13,477 23.11% 128,562 23.30% 5,186,256 55.87% Registered Electors 58,320 551,713 9,283,143

1982 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party Manipay Jaffna Electoral District Sri Lanka Votes % Votes % Votes % SLFP 9,008 40.34% 77,210 35.42% 2,546,348 39.05% ACTC 7,514 33.65% 87,263 40.03% 173,934 2.67% UNP 4,463 19.99% 44,775 20.54% 3,450,815 52.93% JVP 559 2.50% 3,098 1.42% 273,428 4.19% LSSP 483 2.16% 3,376 1.55% 58,531 0.90% NSSP 298 1.33% 2,176 1.00% 16,995 0.26% Valid Votes 22,330 95.43% 218,003 95.36% 6,520,156 98.78% Rejected Votes 1,069 4.57% 10,610 4.64% 80,470 1.22% Total Polled 23,399 47.82% 228,613 45.86% 6,600,626 80.15% Registered Electors 48,930 498,545 8,235,358

Parliamentary Election Results

Summary

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

Year Manipay Jaffna Electoral District MAEThe mean absolute error, between the percentages of votes each party got in Manipay and the Jaffna Electoral District. It is a measure of the difference in voting behaviour between the two regions. % Sri Lanka MAEThe mean absolute error, between the percentages of votes each party got in Manipay and the country. It is a measure of the difference in voting behaviour between the two regions. % 2015 ITAK ITAK 0.82% UNP 35.08% 2010 ITAK ITAK 1.02% UPFA 23.56% 2004 ITAK ITAK 5.93% UPFA 5.74% 2001 TULF TULF 1.10% UNP 20.14% 2000 EPDP EPDP 3.08% PA 14.91% 1994 IND1 IND2 41.20% PA 0.50% 1989 INDI INDI 3.90% UNP 27.52% Matches/Mean MAE 0/7 0/7 8.15% 7/7 18.21%

2015 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party Manipay Jaffna Electoral District Sri Lanka Votes % Votes % Votes % ITAK 20,875 69.70% 207,577 70.08% 515,963 4.63% UNP 2,888 9.64% 20,025 6.76% 5,098,916 45.77% EPDP 2,129 7.11% 30,232 10.21% 33,481 0.30% UPFA 1,959 6.54% 17,309 5.84% 4,732,664 42.48% AITC 1,498 5.00% 15,022 5.07% 18,644 0.17% Other Parties (with < 1%) 599 2.00% 6,034 2.04% 580,476 5.21% Valid Votes 29,948 89.44% 296,199 90.91% 11,140,333 95.35% Rejected Votes 2,623 7.83% 25,496 7.83% 516,926 4.42% Total Polled 33,485 61.36% 325,805 61.56% 11,684,111 77.66% Registered Electors 54,567 529,239 15,044,490

2010 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party Manipay Jaffna Electoral District Sri Lanka Votes % Votes % Votes % ITAK 7,194 43.25% 65,119 44.03% 233,190 2.91% UPFA 5,643 33.93% 47,622 32.20% 4,846,388 60.38% UNP 1,424 8.56% 12,624 8.54% 2,357,057 29.37% Other Parties (with < 1%) 597 3.59% 6,659 4.50% 479,888 5.98% TULF 473 2.84% 2,892 1.96% 9,223 0.11% AITC 397 2.39% 6,362 4.30% 7,544 0.09% IG4J 332 2.00% 2,151 1.45% 2,151 0.03% IG1J 305 1.83% 2,648 1.79% 2,648 0.03% PERLF 268 1.61% 1,821 1.23% 2,100 0.03% Valid Votes 16,633 87.92% 147,898 87.89% 8,026,322 96.03% Rejected Votes 2,239 11.84% 19,774 11.75% 581,465 6.96% Total Polled 18,918 26.60% 168,277 22.68% 8,358,246 59.29% Registered Electors 71,114 742,005 14,097,690

2004 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party Manipay Jaffna Electoral District Sri Lanka Votes % Votes % Votes % ITAK 23,779 84.45% 257,320 90.60% 633,203 6.85% EPDP 3,239 11.50% 18,612 6.55% 24,942 0.27% IP1D 980 3.48% 5,156 1.82% 6,121 0.07% Other Parties (with < 1%) 160 0.57% 2,938 1.03% 764,786 8.28% Valid Votes 28,158 92.55% 284,026 93.04% 9,241,931 94.52% Rejected Votes 2,268 7.45% 21,233 6.96% 534,452 5.47% Total Polled 30,426 46.65% 305,259 46.65% 9,777,821 75.74% Registered Electors 65,218 654,415 12,909,631

2001 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party Manipay Jaffna Electoral District Sri Lanka Votes % Votes % Votes % TULF 13,539 56.49% 102,324 54.84% 348,164 3.89% EPDP 7,450 31.08% 57,208 30.66% 72,783 0.81% UNP 1,999 8.34% 16,245 8.71% 4,086,026 45.62% Other Parties (with < 1%) 632 2.64% 8,144 4.36% 1,049,603 11.72% INDP 349 1.46% 2,677 1.43% 2,900 0.03% Valid Votes 23,969 94.59% 186,598 94.59% 8,955,844 94.77% Rejected Votes 1,370 5.41% 10,681 5.41% 494,009 5.23% Total Polled 25,339 39.43% 197,279 31.14% 9,449,878 76.03% Registered Electors 64,262 633,457 12,428,762

2000 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party Manipay Jaffna Electoral District Sri Lanka Votes % Votes % Votes % EPDP 5,737 33.92% 41,536 36.13% 50,702 0.59% TULF 5,703 33.72% 32,761 28.50% 105,907 1.23% ACTC 1,160 6.86% 10,618 9.24% 27,289 0.32% DPLF 1,067 6.31% 4,778 4.16% 20,655 0.24% UNP 955 5.65% 10,896 9.48% 3,451,765 40.12% IG2 872 5.16% 4,905 4.27% 31,443 0.37% IG1 634 3.75% 1,641 1.43% 9,799 0.11% Other Parties (with < 1%) 528 3.12% 6,203 5.40% 890,663 10.35% IG3 256 1.51% 1,633 1.42% 6,109 0.07% Valid Votes 16,912 N/A 114,971 N/A 8,602,617 N/A

1994 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party Manipay Jaffna Electoral District Sri Lanka Votes % Votes % Votes % IND1 8 66.67% 374 2.77% 48,199 0.61% IND2 4 33.33% 10,744 79.71% 16,690 0.21% Valid Votes 12 92.31% 13,479 97.41% 7,943,688 95.20% Rejected Votes 1 7.69% 358 2.59% 400,395 4.80% Total Polled 13 0.02% 13,837 2.32% 8,344,095 74.75% Registered Electors 58,382 596,375 11,163,064

1989 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party Manipay Jaffna Electoral District Sri Lanka Votes % Votes % Votes % INDI 18,521 67.49% 150,340 62.68% 175,579 3.14% TULF 6,048 22.04% 60,013 25.02% 188,594 3.37% DPLF 1,252 4.56% 7,993 3.33% 19,150 0.34% SLMC 592 2.16% 8,439 3.52% 202,016 3.61% ACTC 535 1.95% 7,610 3.17% 7,610 0.14% UNP 496 1.81% 5,460 2.28% 2,838,005 50.71% Valid Votes 27,444 91.80% 239,855 90.49% 5,596,468 93.87% Rejected Votes 2,453 8.20% 25,203 9.51% 365,563 6.13% Total Polled 29,897 51.40% 265,058 44.76% 5,962,031 63.60% Registered Electors 58,166 592,210 9,374,164

Demographics

Ethnicity

The Manipay Polling Division has a Sri Lankan Tamil majority (99.3%) . In comparison, the Jaffna Electoral District (which contains the Manipay Polling Division) has a Sri Lankan Tamil majority (98.6%)

Religion

The Manipay Polling Division has a Hindu majority (75.1%) and a significant Roman Catholic population (20.3%) . In comparison, the Jaffna Electoral District (which contains the Manipay Polling Division) has a Hindu majority (82.6%) and a significant Roman Catholic population (12.6%)

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