| Jaffna | |
| Coordinates: | 9.6626°N 80.02°W |
| Area Total Km2: | 11.31 |
| Population Total: | 50491 |
| Population Density Km2: | 4464 |
| Population As Of: | 2012 |
| Population Footnotes: | [1] |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name2: | Jaffna Electoral District |
The Jaffna Polling Division is a Polling Division in the Jaffna Electoral District, in the Northern Province, Sri Lanka.
The winner of Jaffna has matched the final country result 3 out of 8 times.
| - ! | Year !colspan="2" width="144px" | Jaffna !colspan="2" width="144px" | Jaffna Electoral District ! | MAE[2] % !colspan="2" width="144px" | Sri Lanka ! | MAE[3] % | - | 1.43% | 42.19% | - | 3.12% | 27.02% | - | 2.24% | 28.00% | - | 1.88% | 20.89% | - | 2.29% | 2.71% | - | 6.36% | 27.03% | - | 2.99% | 15.53% | - | 12.29% | 20.66% | - ! | Matches/Mean MAE !style="text-align:left;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 3/8 !style="text-align:left;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 3/8 !style="text-align:right;" | 4.08% !style="text-align:left;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 8/8 !style="text-align:right;" | 23.00% |
| - !colspan="2" width="144px"rowspan="2" | Party !colspan="3" width="216px" | Jaffna[4] !colspan="3" width="216px" | Jaffna Electoral District !colspan="3" width="216px" | Sri Lanka | - !colspan="2" width="144px" | Votes ! | % !colspan="2" width="144px" | Votes ! | % !colspan="2" width="144px" | Votes ! | % | - | 20,792 | 85.51% | 312,722 | 83.86% | 5,564,239 | 41.99% | - | 1,617 | 6.65% | 23,261 | 6.24% | 6,924,255 | 52.25% | - | Other Parties (with < 1%) | 1,151 | 4.73% | 23,295 | 6.25% | 717,212 | 5.41% | - | IND10 | 466 | 1.92% | 6,845 | 1.84% | 12,256 | 0.09% | - | 288 | 1.18% | 6,790 | 1.82% | 34,537 | 0.26% | - !colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;" | Valid Votes !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 24,314 !style="text-align:right;" | 97.53% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 372,913 !style="text-align:right;" | 97.07% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 13,252,499 !style="text-align:right;" | 98.99% | - !colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;" | Rejected Votes !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 616 !style="text-align:right;" | 2.47% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 11,251 !style="text-align:right;" | 2.93% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 135,452 !style="text-align:right;" | 1.01% | - !colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;" | Total Polled !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 24,930 !style="text-align:right;" | 75.20% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 384,164 !style="text-align:right;" | 68.00% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 13,387,951 !style="text-align:right;" | 83.71% | - !colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;" | Registered Electors !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 33,153 ! | !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 564,984 ! | !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 15,992,568 ! |
| - !colspan="2" width="144px"rowspan="2" | Party !colspan="3" width="216px" | Jaffna[5] !colspan="3" width="216px" | Jaffna Electoral District !colspan="3" width="216px" | Sri Lanka | - !colspan="2" width="144px" | Votes ! | % !colspan="2" width="144px" | Votes ! | % !colspan="2" width="144px" | Votes ! | % | - | 17,994 | 77.91% | 253,574 | 74.42% | 6,217,162 | 51.28% | - | 4,502 | 19.49% | 74,454 | 21.85% | 5,768,090 | 47.58% | - | Other Parties (with < 1%) | 600 | 2.60% | 12,723 | 3.73% | 138,200 | 1.14% | - !colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;" | Valid Votes !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 23,096 !style="text-align:right;" | 98.20% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 340,751 !style="text-align:right;" | 97.14% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 12,123,452 !style="text-align:right;" | 98.85% | - !colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;" | Rejected Votes !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 423 !style="text-align:right;" | 1.80% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 10,038 !style="text-align:right;" | 2.86% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 140,925 !style="text-align:right;" | 1.15% | - !colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;" | Total Polled !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 23,519 !style="text-align:right;" | 71.16% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 350,789 !style="text-align:right;" | 64.22% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 12,264,377 !style="text-align:right;" | 78.69% | - !colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;" | Registered Electors !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 33,050 ! | !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 546,265 ! | !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 15,585,942 ! |
| - !colspan="2" width="144px"rowspan="2" | Party !colspan="3" width="216px" | Jaffna[6] !colspan="3" width="216px" | Jaffna Electoral District !colspan="3" width="216px" | Sri Lanka | - !colspan="2" width="144px" | Votes ! | % !colspan="2" width="144px" | Votes ! | % !colspan="2" width="144px" | Votes ! | % | - | 7,914 | 66.17% | 113,877 | 63.84% | 4,173,185 | 40.15% | - | 3,296 | 27.56% | 44,154 | 24.75% | 6,015,934 | 57.88% | - | Other Parties (with < 1%) | 485 | 4.06% | 13,808 | 7.74% | 171,542 | 1.65% | - | UDF | 139 | 1.16% | 3,325 | 1.86% | 23,290 | 0.22% | - | Ind 5 | 126 | 1.05% | 3,205 | 1.80% | 9,662 | 0.09% | - !colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;" | Valid Votes !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 11,960 !style="text-align:right;" | 96.34% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 178,369 !style="text-align:right;" | 96.35% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 10,393,613 !style="text-align:right;" | 99.03% | - !colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;" | Rejected Votes !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 454 !style="text-align:right;" | 3.66% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 6,763 !style="text-align:right;" | 3.65% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 101,838 !style="text-align:right;" | 0.97% | - !colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;" | Total Polled !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 12,414 !style="text-align:right;" | 19.18% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 185,132 !style="text-align:right;" | 25.15% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 10,495,451 !style="text-align:right;" | 66.70% | - !colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;" | Registered Electors !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 64,714 ! | !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 736,032 ! | !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 15,734,587 ! |
| - !colspan="2" width="144px"rowspan="2" | Party !colspan="3" width="216px" | Jaffna[7] !colspan="3" width="216px" | Jaffna Electoral District !colspan="3" width="216px" | Sri Lanka | - !colspan="2" width="144px" | Votes ! | % !colspan="2" width="144px" | Votes ! | % !colspan="2" width="144px" | Votes ! | % | - | 301 | 68.72% | 5,523 | 70.20% | 4,706,366 | 48.43% | - | 124 | 28.31% | 1,967 | 25.00% | 4,887,152 | 50.29% | - | Other Parties (with < 1%) | 13 | 2.97% | 378 | 4.80% | 123,521 | 1.27% | - !colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;" | Valid Votes !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 438 !style="text-align:right;" | 96.26% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 7,868 !style="text-align:right;" | 92.30% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 9,717,039 !style="text-align:right;" | 98.88% | - !colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;" | Rejected Votes !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 17 !style="text-align:right;" | 3.74% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 656 !style="text-align:right;" | 7.70% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 109,869 !style="text-align:right;" | 1.12% | - !colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;" | Total Polled !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 455 !style="text-align:right;" | 0.73% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 8,524 !style="text-align:right;" | 1.20% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 9,826,908 !style="text-align:right;" | 69.51% | - !colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;" | Registered Electors !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 62,089 ! | !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 707,970 ! | !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 14,136,979 ! |
| - !colspan="2" width="144px"rowspan="2" | Party !colspan="3" width="216px" | Jaffna[8] !colspan="3" width="216px" | Jaffna Electoral District !colspan="3" width="216px" | Sri Lanka | - !colspan="2" width="144px" | Votes ! | % !colspan="2" width="144px" | Votes ! | % !colspan="2" width="144px" | Votes ! | % | - | 3,471 | 48.80% | 52,043 | 46.65% | 4,312,157 | 51.12% | - | 3,263 | 45.87% | 48,005 | 43.03% | 3,602,748 | 42.71% | - | Other Parties (with < 1%) | 228 | 3.21% | 8,129 | 7.29% | 496,938 | 5.89% | - | 151 | 2.12% | 3,394 | 3.04% | 23,668 | 0.28% | - !colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;" | Valid Votes !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 7,113 !style="text-align:right;" | 95.77% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 111,568 !style="text-align:right;" | 94.91% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 8,435,754 !style="text-align:right;" | 97.69% | - !colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;" | Rejected Votes !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 314 !style="text-align:right;" | 4.23% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 5,981 !style="text-align:right;" | 5.09% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 199,536 !style="text-align:right;" | 2.31% | - !colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;" | Total Polled !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 7,427 !style="text-align:right;" | 14.40% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 117,549 !style="text-align:right;" | 19.15% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 8,635,290 !style="text-align:right;" | 72.17% | - !colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;" | Registered Electors !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 51,581 ! | !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 613,718 ! | !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 11,965,536 ! |
| - !colspan="2" width="144px"rowspan="2" | Party !colspan="3" width="216px" | Jaffna[9] !colspan="3" width="216px" | Jaffna Electoral District !colspan="3" width="216px" | Sri Lanka | - !colspan="2" width="144px" | Votes ! | % !colspan="2" width="144px" | Votes ! | % !colspan="2" width="144px" | Votes ! | % | - | 1,143 | 89.86% | 16,934 | 96.35% | 4,709,205 | 62.28% | - | 108 | 8.49% | 223 | 1.27% | 2,715,283 | 35.91% | - | Ind 2 | 15 | 1.18% | 341 | 1.94% | 58,888 | 0.78% | - | Other Parties (with < 1%) | 6 | 0.47% | 77 | 0.44% | 78,152 | 1.03% | - !colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;" | Valid Votes !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 1,272 !style="text-align:right;" | 99.45% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 17,575 !style="text-align:right;" | 99.20% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 7,561,526 !style="text-align:right;" | 98.03% | - !colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;" | Rejected Votes !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 7 !style="text-align:right;" | 0.55% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 141 !style="text-align:right;" | 0.80% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 151,706 !style="text-align:right;" | 1.97% | - !colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;" | Total Polled !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 1,279 !style="text-align:right;" | 2.56% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 17,716 !style="text-align:right;" | 2.97% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 7,713,232 !style="text-align:right;" | 69.12% | - !colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;" | Registered Electors !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 50,045 ! | !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 596,422 ! | !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 11,158,880 ! |
| - !colspan="2" width="144px"rowspan="2" | Party !colspan="3" width="216px" | Jaffna[10] !colspan="3" width="216px" | Jaffna Electoral District !colspan="3" width="216px" | Sri Lanka | - !colspan="2" width="144px" | Votes ! | % !colspan="2" width="144px" | Votes ! | % !colspan="2" width="144px" | Votes ! | % | - | 3,616 | 33.99% | 42,198 | 35.15% | 235,701 | 4.63% | - | 3,546 | 33.34% | 44,197 | 36.82% | 2,289,857 | 44.95% | - | 3,475 | 32.67% | 33,650 | 28.03% | 2,569,199 | 50.43% | - !colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;" | Valid Votes !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 10,637 !style="text-align:right;" | 95.69% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 120,045 !style="text-align:right;" | 93.38% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 5,094,754 !style="text-align:right;" | 98.24% | - !colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;" | Rejected Votes !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 479 !style="text-align:right;" | 4.31% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 8,517 !style="text-align:right;" | 6.62% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 91,499 !style="text-align:right;" | 1.76% | - !colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;" | Total Polled !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 11,116 !style="text-align:right;" | 22.58% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 128,562 !style="text-align:right;" | 23.30% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 5,186,256 !style="text-align:right;" | 55.87% | - !colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;" | Registered Electors !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 49,229 ! | !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 551,713 ! | !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 9,283,143 ! |
| - !colspan="2" width="144px"rowspan="2" | Party !colspan="3" width="216px" | Jaffna[11] !colspan="3" width="216px" | Jaffna Electoral District !colspan="3" width="216px" | Sri Lanka | - !colspan="2" width="144px" | Votes ! | % !colspan="2" width="144px" | Votes ! | % !colspan="2" width="144px" | Votes ! | % | - | ACTC | 9,319 | 47.78% | 87,263 | 40.03% | 173,934 | 2.67% | - | 6,419 | 32.91% | 44,775 | 20.54% | 3,450,815 | 52.93% | - | 3,258 | 16.71% | 77,210 | 35.42% | 2,546,348 | 39.05% | - | Other Parties (with < 1%) | 496 | 2.54% | 8,650 | 3.97% | 348,954 | 5.35% | - !colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;" | Valid Votes !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 19,502 !style="text-align:right;" | 96.48% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 218,003 !style="text-align:right;" | 95.36% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 6,520,156 !style="text-align:right;" | 98.78% | - !colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;" | Rejected Votes !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 711 !style="text-align:right;" | 3.52% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 10,610 !style="text-align:right;" | 4.64% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 80,470 !style="text-align:right;" | 1.22% | - !colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;" | Total Polled !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 20,213 !style="text-align:right;" | 47.79% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 228,613 !style="text-align:right;" | 45.86% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 6,600,626 !style="text-align:right;" | 80.15% | - !colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;" | Registered Electors !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 42,296 ! | !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 498,545 ! | !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 8,235,358 ! |
The winner of Jaffna has matched the final country result 0 out of 7 times.
| - ! | Year !colspan="2" width="144px" | Jaffna !colspan="2" width="144px" | Jaffna Electoral District ! | MAE % !colspan="2" width="144px" | Sri Lanka ! | MAE % | - | - | 1.43% | 36.58% | - | 2.22% | 24.10% | - | 2.73% | 5.95% | - | 2.04% | 20.51% | - | 4.12% | 12.60% | - | SLMC | IND2 | 72.92% | 1.69% | - | INDI | INDI | 2.35% | 27.57% | - ! | Matches/Mean MAE !style="text-align:left;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 0/7 !style="text-align:left;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 0/7 !style="text-align:right;" | 12.54% !style="text-align:left;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 7/7 !style="text-align:right;" | 18.43% |
| - !colspan="2" width="144px"rowspan="2" | Party !colspan="3" width="216px" | Jaffna[12] !colspan="3" width="216px" | Jaffna Electoral District !colspan="3" width="216px" | Sri Lanka | - !colspan="2" width="144px" | Votes ! | % !colspan="2" width="144px" | Votes ! | % !colspan="2" width="144px" | Votes ! | % | - | 7,634 | 33% | 112,967 | 31.46% | 327,168 | 2.82% | - | 5,545 | 23.97% | 45,797 | 12.75% | 61,464 | 0.53% | - | 4,642 | 20.06% | 55,303 | 15.4% | 67,766 | 0.58% | - | 1,469 | 6.35% | 49,373 | 13.75% | 66,579 | 0.57% | - | 1,372 | 5.67% | 35,925 | 10% | 51,301 | 0.44% | - | 805 | 3.48% | 13,564 | 3.78% | 2,771,984 | 23.9% | - | IND09_D10 | 374 | 1.62% | 3,331 | 0.92% | 3,331 | 0.03% | - | 254 | 1.1% | 1,656 | 0.46% | 2,964 | 0.03% | - | Other Parties (with < 1%) | 1,101 | 4.75% | 39,224 | 11.48% | 8,990,771 | 71.04% | - !colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;" | Valid Votes !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 23,136 !style="text-align:right;" | 68.28% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 359,130 !style="text-align:right;" | 91.12% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 11,598,929 !style="text-align:right;" | 93.97% | - !colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;" | Rejected Votes !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 2,029 !style="text-align:right;" | 5.99% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 35,006 !style="text-align:right;" | 8.88% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 744,373 !style="text-align:right;" | 6.03% | - !colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;" | Total Polled !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 25,165 !style="text-align:right;" | 74.26% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 394,136 !style="text-align:right;" | 68.92% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 12,343,302 !style="text-align:right;" | 75.89% | - !colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;" | Registered Electors !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 33,886 ! | !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 571,848 ! | !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 16,263,885 ! |
| - !colspan="2" width="144px"rowspan="2" | Party !colspan="3" width="216px" | Jaffna[13] !colspan="3" width="216px" | Jaffna Electoral District !colspan="3" width="216px" | Sri Lanka | - !colspan="2" width="144px" | Votes ! | % !colspan="2" width="144px" | Votes ! | % !colspan="2" width="144px" | Votes ! | % | - | 13,545 | 68.28% | 207,577 | 70.08% | 515,963 | 4.63% | - | 2,203 | 11.10% | 30,232 | 10.21% | 33,481 | 0.30% | - | 1,414 | 7.13% | 20,025 | 6.76% | 5,098,916 | 45.77% | - | 1,132 | 5.71% | 15,022 | 5.07% | 18,644 | 0.17% | - | 1,110 | 5.60% | 17,309 | 5.84% | 4,732,664 | 42.48% | - | Other Parties (with < 1%) | 434 | 2.19% | 6,034 | 2.04% | 580,476 | 5.21% | - !colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;" | Valid Votes !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 19,838 !style="text-align:right;" | 92.69% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 296,199 !style="text-align:right;" | 90.91% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 11,140,333 !style="text-align:right;" | 95.35% | - !colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;" | Rejected Votes !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 1,283 !style="text-align:right;" | 5.99% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 25,496 !style="text-align:right;" | 7.83% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 516,926 !style="text-align:right;" | 4.42% | - !colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;" | Total Polled !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 21,402 !style="text-align:right;" | 64.76% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 325,805 !style="text-align:right;" | 61.56% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 11,684,111 !style="text-align:right;" | 77.66% | - !colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;" | Registered Electors !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 33,050 ! | !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 529,239 ! | !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 15,044,490 ! |
| - !colspan="2" width="144px"rowspan="2" | Party !colspan="3" width="216px" | Jaffna[14] !colspan="3" width="216px" | Jaffna Electoral District !colspan="3" width="216px" | Sri Lanka | - !colspan="2" width="144px" | Votes ! | % !colspan="2" width="144px" | Votes ! | % !colspan="2" width="144px" | Votes ! | % | - | 4,713 | 46.59% | 65,119 | 44.03% | 233,190 | 2.91% | - | 3,479 | 34.39% | 47,622 | 32.20% | 4,846,388 | 60.38% | - | 688 | 6.80% | 6,362 | 4.30% | 7,544 | 0.09% | - | 616 | 6.09% | 12,624 | 8.54% | 2,357,057 | 29.37% | - | Other Parties (with < 1%) | 489 | 4.83% | 13,279 | 8.98% | 486,787 | 6.06% | - | 130 | 1.29% | 2,892 | 1.96% | 9,223 | 0.11% | - !colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;" | Valid Votes !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 10,115 !style="text-align:right;" | 90.31% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 147,898 !style="text-align:right;" | 87.89% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 8,026,322 !style="text-align:right;" | 96.03% | - !colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;" | Rejected Votes !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 1,037 !style="text-align:right;" | 9.26% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 19,774 !style="text-align:right;" | 11.75% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 581,465 !style="text-align:right;" | 6.96% | - !colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;" | Total Polled !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 11,200 !style="text-align:right;" | 17.31% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 168,277 !style="text-align:right;" | 22.68% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 8,358,246 !style="text-align:right;" | 59.29% | - !colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;" | Registered Electors !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 64,714 ! | !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 742,005 ! | !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 14,097,690 ! |
| - !colspan="2" width="144px"rowspan="2" | Party !colspan="3" width="216px" | Jaffna[15] !colspan="3" width="216px" | Jaffna Electoral District !colspan="3" width="216px" | Sri Lanka | - !colspan="2" width="144px" | Votes ! | % !colspan="2" width="144px" | Votes ! | % !colspan="2" width="144px" | Votes ! | % | - | 16,353 | 87.78% | 257,320 | 90.60% | 633,203 | 6.85% | - | 1,710 | 9.18% | 18,612 | 6.55% | 24,942 | 0.27% | - | IP1-Jaffna District | 360 | 1.93% | 5,156 | 1.82% | 6,121 | 0.07% | - | Other Parties (with < 1%) | 207 | 1.11% | 2,938 | 1.03% | 764,786 | 8.28% | - !colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;" | Valid Votes !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 18,630 !style="text-align:right;" | 94.33% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 284,026 !style="text-align:right;" | 93.04% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 9,241,931 !style="text-align:right;" | 94.52% | - !colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;" | Rejected Votes !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 1,120 !style="text-align:right;" | 5.67% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 21,233 !style="text-align:right;" | 6.96% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 534,452 !style="text-align:right;" | 5.47% | - !colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;" | Total Polled !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 19,750 !style="text-align:right;" | 34.37% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 305,259 !style="text-align:right;" | 46.65% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 9,777,821 !style="text-align:right;" | 75.74% | - !colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;" | Registered Electors !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 57,460 ! | !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 654,415 ! | !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 12,909,631 ! |
| - !colspan="2" width="144px"rowspan="2" | Party !colspan="3" width="216px" | Jaffna[16] !colspan="3" width="216px" | Jaffna Electoral District !colspan="3" width="216px" | Sri Lanka | - !colspan="2" width="144px" | Votes ! | % !colspan="2" width="144px" | Votes ! | % !colspan="2" width="144px" | Votes ! | % | - | 7,368 | 56.88% | 102,324 | 54.84% | 348,164 | 3.89% | - | 3,647 | 28.15% | 57,208 | 30.66% | 72,783 | 0.81% | - | 974 | 7.52% | 16,245 | 8.71% | 4,086,026 | 45.62% | - | IG1-Jaffna District | 311 | 2.40% | 2,677 | 1.43% | 2,900 | 0.03% | - | 299 | 2.31% | 3,364 | 1.80% | 105,346 | 1.18% | - | 274 | 2.12% | 1,454 | 0.78% | 16,669 | 0.19% | - | Other Parties (with < 1%) | 81 | 0.63% | 3,326 | 1.78% | 927,588 | 10.36% | - !colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;" | Valid Votes !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 12,954 !style="text-align:right;" | 95.40% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 186,598 !style="text-align:right;" | 94.59% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 8,955,844 !style="text-align:right;" | 94.77% | - !colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;" | Rejected Votes !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 624 !style="text-align:right;" | 4.60% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 10,681 !style="text-align:right;" | 5.41% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 494,009 !style="text-align:right;" | 5.23% | - !colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;" | Total Polled !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 13,578 !style="text-align:right;" | 24.58% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 197,279 !style="text-align:right;" | 31.14% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 9,449,878 !style="text-align:right;" | 76.03% | - !colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;" | Registered Electors !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 55,244 ! | !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 633,457 ! | !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 12,428,762 ! |
| - !colspan="2" width="144px"rowspan="2" | Party !colspan="3" width="216px" | Jaffna[17] !colspan="3" width="216px" | Jaffna Electoral District !colspan="3" width="216px" | Sri Lanka | - !colspan="2" width="144px" | Votes ! | % !colspan="2" width="144px" | Votes ! | % !colspan="2" width="144px" | Votes ! | % | - | 1,571 | 30.06% | 41,536 | 36.13% | 50,702 | 0.59% | - | 1,277 | 24.43% | 32,761 | 28.50% | 105,907 | 1.23% | - | 581 | 11.12% | 10,896 | 9.48% | 3,451,765 | 40.12% | - | 471 | 9.01% | 4,778 | 4.16% | 20,655 | 0.24% | - | IG2-Jaffna District | 406 | 7.77% | 4,905 | 4.27% | 31,443 | 0.37% | - | 394 | 7.54% | 10,618 | 9.24% | 27,289 | 0.32% | - | IG3-Jaffna District | 226 | 4.32% | 1,633 | 1.42% | 6,109 | 0.07% | - | IG6-Jaffna District | 120 | 2.30% | 2,058 | 1.79% | 3,162 | 0.04% | - | IG1-Jaffna District | 114 | 2.18% | 1,641 | 1.43% | 9,799 | 0.11% | - | Other Parties (with < 1%) | 67 | 1.28% | 4,145 | 3.61% | 887,501 | 10.32% | - !colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;" | Valid Votes !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 5,227 !style="text-align:right;" | N/A !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 114,971 !style="text-align:right;" | N/A !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 8,602,617 !style="text-align:right;" | N/A |
| - !colspan="2" width="144px"rowspan="2" | Party !colspan="3" width="216px" | Jaffna[18] !colspan="3" width="216px" | Jaffna Electoral District !colspan="3" width="216px" | Sri Lanka | - !colspan="2" width="144px" | Votes ! | % !colspan="2" width="144px" | Votes ! | % !colspan="2" width="144px" | Votes ! | % | - | 1,914 | 94.66% | 2,098 | 15.56% | 143,307 | 1.80% | - | IND2-Jaffna District | 76 | 3.76% | 10,744 | 79.71% | 16,690 | 0.21% | - | IND1-Jaffna District | 26 | 1.29% | 374 | 2.77% | 48,199 | 0.61% | - | Other Parties (with < 1%) | 6 | 0.30% | 263 | 1.95% | 9,411 | 0.12% | - !colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;" | Valid Votes !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 2,022 !style="text-align:right;" | 99.61% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 13,479 !style="text-align:right;" | 97.41% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 7,943,688 !style="text-align:right;" | 95.20% | - !colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;" | Rejected Votes !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 8 !style="text-align:right;" | 0.39% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 358 !style="text-align:right;" | 2.59% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 400,395 !style="text-align:right;" | 4.80% | - !colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;" | Total Polled !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 2,030 !style="text-align:right;" | 4.06% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 13,837 !style="text-align:right;" | 2.32% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 8,344,095 !style="text-align:right;" | 74.75% | - !colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;" | Registered Electors !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 50,045 ! | !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 596,375 ! | !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 11,163,064 ! |
| - !colspan="2" width="144px"rowspan="2" | Party !colspan="3" width="216px" | Jaffna[19] !colspan="3" width="216px" | Jaffna Electoral District !colspan="3" width="216px" | Sri Lanka | - !colspan="2" width="144px" | Votes ! | % !colspan="2" width="144px" | Votes ! | % !colspan="2" width="144px" | Votes ! | % | - | IND1-Jaffna District | 18,688 | 62.95% | 150,340 | 62.68% | 175,579 | 3.14% | - | 5,323 | 17.93% | 60,013 | 25.02% | 188,594 | 3.37% | - | 3,387 | 11.41% | 8,439 | 3.52% | 202,016 | 3.61% | - | 1,410 | 4.75% | 7,610 | 3.17% | 7,610 | 0.14% | - | 470 | 1.58% | 5,460 | 2.28% | 2,838,005 | 50.71% | - | 409 | 1.38% | 7,993 | 3.33% | 19,150 | 0.34% | - !colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;" | Valid Votes !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 29,687 !style="text-align:right;" | 94.74% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 239,855 !style="text-align:right;" | 90.49% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 5,596,468 !style="text-align:right;" | 93.87% | - !colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;" | Rejected Votes !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 1,649 !style="text-align:right;" | 5.26% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 25,203 !style="text-align:right;" | 9.51% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 365,563 !style="text-align:right;" | 6.13% | - !colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;" | Total Polled !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 31,336 !style="text-align:right;" | 63.86% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 265,058 !style="text-align:right;" | 44.76% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 5,962,031 !style="text-align:right;" | 63.60% | - !colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;" | Registered Electors !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 49,068 ! | !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 592,210 ! | !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 9,374,164 ! |
The Jaffna Polling Division has a Sri Lankan Tamil majority (95.6%) . In comparison, the Jaffna Electoral District (which contains the Jaffna Polling Division) has a Sri Lankan Tamil majority (98.6%) [20]
The Jaffna Polling Division has a Roman Catholic majority (52.9%) and a significant Hindu population (37.7%) . In comparison, the Jaffna Electoral District (which contains the Jaffna Polling Division) has a Hindu majority (82.6%) and a significant Roman Catholic population (12.6%) [1]