| Muttur | |
| Coordinates: | 8.4583°N 81.308°W |
| Area Total Km2: | 183.93 |
| Population Total: | 56621 |
| Population Density Km2: | 308 |
| Population As Of: | 2012 |
| Population Footnotes: | [1] |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name2: | Trincomalee Electoral District |
The Muttur Polling Division is a Polling Division in the Trincomalee Electoral District, in the Eastern Province, Sri Lanka.
The winner of Muttur has matched the final country result 5 out of 8 times. Hence, Muttur is a Weak Bellwether for Presidential Elections.
| - ! | Year !colspan="2" width="144px" | Muttur !colspan="2" width="144px" | Trincomalee Electoral District ! | MAE[2] % !colspan="2" width="144px" | Sri Lanka ! | MAE[3] % | - | 17.10% | 44.47% | - | 15.50% | 36.07% | - | 4.86% | 19.10% | - | 1.66% | 11.29% | - | 4.72% | 1.81% | - | 3.96% | 5.56% | - | 3.48% | 5.26% | - | 3.92% | 4.48% | - ! | Matches/Mean MAE !style="text-align:left;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 5/8 !style="text-align:left;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 4/8 !style="text-align:right;" | 6.90% !style="text-align:left;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 8/8 !style="text-align:right;" | 16.00% |
| - !colspan="2" width="144px"rowspan="2" | Party !colspan="3" width="216px" | Muttur[4] !colspan="3" width="216px" | Trincomalee Electoral District !colspan="3" width="216px" | Sri Lanka | - !colspan="2" width="144px" | Votes ! | % !colspan="2" width="144px" | Votes ! | % !colspan="2" width="144px" | Votes ! | % | - | 74,171 | 90.15% | 166,841 | 72.10% | 5,564,239 | 41.99% | - | 4,925 | 5.99% | 54,135 | 23.39% | 6,924,255 | 52.25% | - | Other Parties (with < 1%) | 3,180 | 3.87% | 10,434 | 4.51% | 764,005 | 5.76% | - !colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;" | Valid Votes !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 82,276 !style="text-align:right;" | 99.30% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 231,410 !style="text-align:right;" | 99.21% !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" | 576 !style="text-align:right;" | 0.70% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 1,832 !style="text-align:right;" | 0.79% !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" | 82,852 !style="text-align:right;" | 80.29% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 233,242 !style="text-align:right;" | 82.97% !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" | 103,197 ! | !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 281,114 ! | !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 15,992,568 ! |
| - !colspan="2" width="144px"rowspan="2" | Party !colspan="3" width="216px" | Muttur[5] !colspan="3" width="216px" | Trincomalee Electoral District !colspan="3" width="216px" | Sri Lanka | - !colspan="2" width="144px" | Votes ! | % !colspan="2" width="144px" | Votes ! | % !colspan="2" width="144px" | Votes ! | % | - | 57,532 | 87.54% | 140,338 | 71.84% | 6,217,162 | 51.28% | - | 7,132 | 10.85% | 52,111 | 26.67% | 5,768,090 | 47.58% | - | Other Parties (with < 1%) | 1,055 | 1.61% | 2,907 | 1.49% | 138,200 | 1.14% | - !colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;" | Valid Votes !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 65,719 !style="text-align:right;" | 99.30% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 195,356 !style="text-align:right;" | 99.08% !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" | 461 !style="text-align:right;" | 0.70% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 1,805 !style="text-align:right;" | 0.92% !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" | 66,180 !style="text-align:right;" | 69.08% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 197,161 !style="text-align:right;" | 72.50% !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" | 95,804 ! | !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 271,953 ! | !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 15,585,942 ! |
| - !colspan="2" width="144px"rowspan="2" | Party !colspan="3" width="216px" | Muttur[6] !colspan="3" width="216px" | Trincomalee Electoral District !colspan="3" width="216px" | Sri Lanka | - !colspan="2" width="144px" | Votes ! | % !colspan="2" width="144px" | Votes ! | % !colspan="2" width="144px" | Votes ! | % | - | 32,631 | 59.09% | 87,661 | 54.09% | 4,173,185 | 40.15% | - | 21,002 | 38.03% | 69,752 | 43.04% | 6,015,934 | 57.88% | - | Other Parties (with < 1%) | 1,586 | 2.87% | 4,659 | 2.87% | 204,494 | 1.97% | - !colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;" | Valid Votes !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 55,219 !style="text-align:right;" | 98.76% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 162,072 !style="text-align:right;" | 98.52% !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" | 696 !style="text-align:right;" | 1.24% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 2,432 !style="text-align:right;" | 1.48% !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" | 55,915 !style="text-align:right;" | 65.47% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 164,504 !style="text-align:right;" | 34.10% !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" | 85,401 ! | !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 482,356 ! | !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 15,734,587 ! |
| - !colspan="2" width="144px"rowspan="2" | Party !colspan="3" width="216px" | Muttur[7] !colspan="3" width="216px" | Trincomalee Electoral District !colspan="3" width="216px" | Sri Lanka | - !colspan="2" width="144px" | Votes ! | % !colspan="2" width="144px" | Votes ! | % !colspan="2" width="144px" | Votes ! | % | - | 29,061 | 59.54% | 92,197 | 61.33% | 4,706,366 | 48.43% | - | 18,817 | 38.55% | 55,680 | 37.04% | 4,887,152 | 50.29% | - | Other Parties (with < 1%) | 930 | 1.91% | 2,457 | 1.63% | 123,521 | 1.27% | - !colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;" | Valid Votes !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 48,808 !style="text-align:right;" | 98.90% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 150,334 !style="text-align:right;" | 98.63% !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" | 542 !style="text-align:right;" | 1.10% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 2,094 !style="text-align:right;" | 1.37% !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" | 49,350 !style="text-align:right;" | 60.53% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 152,428 !style="text-align:right;" | 31.92% !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" | 81,534 ! | !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 477,540 ! | !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 14,136,979 ! |
| - !colspan="2" width="144px"rowspan="2" | Party !colspan="3" width="216px" | Muttur[8] !colspan="3" width="216px" | Trincomalee Electoral District !colspan="3" width="216px" | Sri Lanka | - !colspan="2" width="144px" | Votes ! | % !colspan="2" width="144px" | Votes ! | % !colspan="2" width="144px" | Votes ! | % | - | 20,908 | 50.60% | 56,691 | 44.96% | 4,312,157 | 51.12% | - | 18,987 | 45.95% | 63,351 | 50.25% | 3,602,748 | 42.71% | - | Other Parties (with < 1%) | 1,429 | 3.46% | 6,039 | 4.79% | 520,606 | 6.17% | - !colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;" | Valid Votes !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 41,324 !style="text-align:right;" | 98.30% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 126,081 !style="text-align:right;" | 97.95% !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" | 716 !style="text-align:right;" | 1.70% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 2,642 !style="text-align:right;" | 2.05% !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" | 42,040 !style="text-align:right;" | 63.04% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 128,723 !style="text-align:right;" | 62.76% !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" | 66,690 ! | !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 205,116 ! | !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 11,965,536 ! |
| - !colspan="2" width="144px"rowspan="2" | Party !colspan="3" width="216px" | Muttur[9] !colspan="3" width="216px" | Trincomalee Electoral District !colspan="3" width="216px" | Sri Lanka | - !colspan="2" width="144px" | Votes ! | % !colspan="2" width="144px" | Votes ! | % !colspan="2" width="144px" | Votes ! | % | - | 25,721 | 67.42% | 77,943 | 71.62% | 4,709,205 | 62.28% | - | 11,209 | 29.38% | 28,006 | 25.74% | 2,715,283 | 35.91% | - | Ind 2 | 946 | 2.48% | 2,074 | 1.91% | 58,888 | 0.78% | - | Other Parties (with < 1%) | 276 | 0.72% | 798 | 0.73% | 78,152 | 1.03% | - !colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;" | Valid Votes !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 38,152 !style="text-align:right;" | 98.72% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 108,821 !style="text-align:right;" | 98.44% !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" | 495 !style="text-align:right;" | 1.28% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 1,726 !style="text-align:right;" | 1.56% !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" | 38,647 !style="text-align:right;" | 62.39% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 110,547 !style="text-align:right;" | 58.80% !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" | 61,949 ! | !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 188,017 ! | !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 11,158,880 ! |
| - !colspan="2" width="144px"rowspan="2" | Party !colspan="3" width="216px" | Muttur[10] !colspan="3" width="216px" | Trincomalee Electoral District !colspan="3" width="216px" | Sri Lanka | - !colspan="2" width="144px" | Votes ! | % !colspan="2" width="144px" | Votes ! | % !colspan="2" width="144px" | Votes ! | % | - | 16,283 | 50.45% | 36,841 | 45.70% | 2,569,199 | 50.43% | - | 11,087 | 34.35% | 29,679 | 36.81% | 2,289,857 | 44.95% | - | 4,909 | 15.21% | 14,103 | 17.49% | 235,701 | 4.63% | - !colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;" | Valid Votes !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 32,276 !style="text-align:right;" | 98.91% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 80,620 !style="text-align:right;" | 98.38% !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" | 352 !style="text-align:right;" | 1.08% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 1,326 !style="text-align:right;" | 1.62% !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" | 32,631 !style="text-align:right;" | 67.18% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 81,949 !style="text-align:right;" | 53.72% !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" | 48,570 ! | !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 152,540 ! | !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 9,283,143 ! |
| - !colspan="2" width="144px"rowspan="2" | Party !colspan="3" width="216px" | Muttur[11] !colspan="3" width="216px" | Trincomalee Electoral District !colspan="3" width="216px" | Sri Lanka | - !colspan="2" width="144px" | Votes ! | % !colspan="2" width="144px" | Votes ! | % !colspan="2" width="144px" | Votes ! | % | - | 14,529 | 46.85% | 45,522 | 48.64% | 3,450,815 | 52.93% | - | 12,900 | 41.60% | 31,700 | 33.87% | 2,546,348 | 39.05% | - | ACTC | 2,760 | 8.90% | 10,068 | 10.76% | 173,934 | 2.67% | - | 509 | 1.64% | 5,395 | 5.76% | 273,428 | 4.19% | - | Other Parties (with < 1%) | 311 | 1.00% | 911 | 0.97% | 75,526 | 1.16% | - !colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;" | Valid Votes !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 31,009 !style="text-align:right;" | 98.30% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 93,596 !style="text-align:right;" | 98.12% !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" | 536 !style="text-align:right;" | 1.70% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 1,795 !style="text-align:right;" | 1.88% !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" | 31,545 !style="text-align:right;" | 78.04% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 95,391 !style="text-align:right;" | 70.69% !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" | 40,422 ! | !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 134,948 ! | !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 8,235,358 ! |
The winner of Muttur has matched the final country result 3 out of 7 times.
| - ! | Year !colspan="2" width="144px" | Muttur !colspan="2" width="144px" | Trincomalee Electoral District ! | MAE[12] % !colspan="2" width="144px" | Sri Lanka ! | MAE[13] % | - | 13.76% | 24.20% | - | 8.66% | 18.89% | - | SLMC | 19.59% | 36.46% | - | 8.74% | 11.31% | - | 6.74% | 2.71% | - | SLMC | 11.62% | 28.70% | - | SLMC | INDI | 4.22% | 20.23% | - ! | Matches/Mean MAE !style="text-align:left;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 3/7 !style="text-align:left;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 4/7 !style="text-align:right;" | 10.48% !style="text-align:left;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 7/7 !style="text-align:right;" | 20.36% |
| - !colspan="2" width="144px"rowspan="2" | Party !colspan="3" width="216px" | Muttur[14] !colspan="3" width="216px" | Trincomalee Electoral District !colspan="3" width="216px" | Sri Lanka | - !colspan="2" width="144px" | Votes ! | % !colspan="2" width="144px" | Votes ! | % !colspan="2" width="144px" | Votes ! | % | - | 40,130 | 64.98% | 83,638 | 46.45% | 5,098,916 | 45.77% | - | 10,555 | 17.09% | 45,894 | 25.49% | 515,963 | 4.63% | - | IG0 | 5,196 | 8.41% | 6,520 | 3.62% | 14,927 | 0.13% | - | 5,033 | 8.15% | 38,463 | 21.36% | 4,732,664 | 42.48% | - | Other Parties (with < 1%) | 841 | 1.36% | 5,550 | 3.08% | 646,323 | 5.80% | - !colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;" | Valid Votes !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 61,755 !style="text-align:right;" | 94.05% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 180,065 !style="text-align:right;" | 94.31% !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" | 3,652 !style="text-align:right;" | 5.56% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 10,542 !style="text-align:right;" | 5.52% !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" | 65,662 !style="text-align:right;" | 68.54% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 190,938 !style="text-align:right;" | 74.34% !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" | 95,804 ! | !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 256,852 ! | !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 15,044,490 ! |
| - !colspan="2" width="144px"rowspan="2" | Party !colspan="3" width="216px" | Muttur[15] !colspan="3" width="216px" | Trincomalee Electoral District !colspan="3" width="216px" | Sri Lanka | - !colspan="2" width="144px" | Votes ! | % !colspan="2" width="144px" | Votes ! | % !colspan="2" width="144px" | Votes ! | % | - | 21,963 | 44.32% | 39,691 | 28.45% | 2,357,057 | 29.37% | - | 18,576 | 37.48% | 59,784 | 42.85% | 4,846,388 | 60.38% | - | 8,068 | 16.28% | 33,268 | 23.85% | 233,190 | 2.91% | - | Other Parties (with < 1%) | 952 | 1.92% | 6,770 | 4.85% | 502,536 | 6.26% | - !colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;" | Valid Votes !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 49,559 !style="text-align:right;" | 93.64% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 139,513 !style="text-align:right;" | 93.02% !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" | 3,246 !style="text-align:right;" | 6.13% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 10,240 !style="text-align:right;" | 6.83% !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" | 52,927 !style="text-align:right;" | 61.97% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 149,982 !style="text-align:right;" | 59.19% !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" | 85,401 ! | !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 253,399 ! | !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 14,097,690 ! |
| - !colspan="2" width="144px"rowspan="2" | Party !colspan="3" width="216px" | Muttur[16] !colspan="3" width="216px" | Trincomalee Electoral District !colspan="3" width="216px" | Sri Lanka | - !colspan="2" width="144px" | Votes ! | % !colspan="2" width="144px" | Votes ! | % !colspan="2" width="144px" | Votes ! | % | - | SLMC | 45,523 | 69.58% | 65,191 | 35.64% | 186,880 | 2.02% | - | 17,005 | 25.99% | 69,087 | 37.77% | 633,203 | 6.85% | - | 1,854 | 2.83% | 31,053 | 16.98% | 4,223,126 | 45.70% | - | 689 | 1.05% | 15,693 | 8.58% | 3,486,792 | 37.73% | - | Other Parties (with < 1%) | 354 | 0.54% | 1,906 | 1.04% | 601,931 | 6.51% | - !colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;" | Valid Votes !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 65,425 !style="text-align:right;" | 95.50% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 182,930 !style="text-align:right;" | 95.38% !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" | 3,080 !style="text-align:right;" | 4.50% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 8,863 !style="text-align:right;" | 4.62% !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" | 68,505 !style="text-align:right;" | 91.50% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 191,793 !style="text-align:right;" | 85.33% !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" | 74,869 ! | !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 224,764 ! | !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 12,909,631 ! |
| - !colspan="2" width="144px"rowspan="2" | Party !colspan="3" width="216px" | Muttur[17] !colspan="3" width="216px" | Trincomalee Electoral District !colspan="3" width="216px" | Sri Lanka | - !colspan="2" width="144px" | Votes ! | % !colspan="2" width="144px" | Votes ! | % !colspan="2" width="144px" | Votes ! | % | - | 29,473 | 52.82% | 62,930 | 39.05% | 4,086,026 | 45.62% | - | 14,393 | 25.79% | 56,121 | 34.83% | 348,164 | 3.89% | - | 11,199 | 20.07% | 32,997 | 20.48% | 3,330,815 | 37.19% | - | Other Parties (with < 1%) | 736 | 1.32% | 9,090 | 5.64% | 1,016,335 | 11.35% | - !colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;" | Valid Votes !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 55,801 !style="text-align:right;" | 95.15% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 161,138 !style="text-align:right;" | 95.03% !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" | 2,844 !style="text-align:right;" | 4.85% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 8,429 !style="text-align:right;" | 4.97% !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" | 58,645 !style="text-align:right;" | 83.58% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 169,567 !style="text-align:right;" | 79.88% !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" | 70,168 ! | !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 212,280 ! | !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 12,428,762 ! |
| - !colspan="2" width="144px"rowspan="2" | Party !colspan="3" width="216px" | Muttur[18] !colspan="3" width="216px" | Trincomalee Electoral District !colspan="3" width="216px" | Sri Lanka | - !colspan="2" width="144px" | Votes ! | % !colspan="2" width="144px" | Votes ! | % !colspan="2" width="144px" | Votes ! | % | - | 21,393 | 49.62% | 53,802 | 40.44% | 3,899,329 | 45.33% | - | 17,688 | 41.03% | 46,676 | 35.08% | 3,451,765 | 40.12% | - | 1,615 | 3.75% | 14,088 | 10.59% | 105,907 | 1.23% | - | Other Parties (with < 1%) | 1,059 | 2.46% | 12,513 | 9.41% | 797,351 | 9.27% | - | 746 | 1.73% | 4,524 | 3.40% | 50,702 | 0.59% | - | IG3 | 609 | 1.41% | 1,434 | 1.08% | 6,109 | 0.07% | - !colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;" | Valid Votes !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 43,110 !style="text-align:right;" | N/A !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 133,037 !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" | Muttur[19] !colspan="3" width="216px" | Trincomalee Electoral District !colspan="3" width="216px" | Sri Lanka | - !colspan="2" width="144px" | Votes ! | % !colspan="2" width="144px" | Votes ! | % !colspan="2" width="144px" | Votes ! | % | - | SLMC | 18,677 | 45.21% | 26,903 | 22.43% | 143,307 | 1.80% | - | 13,773 | 33.34% | 34,986 | 29.17% | 3,498,370 | 44.04% | - | 6,817 | 16.50% | 28,380 | 23.66% | 132,461 | 1.67% | - | 856 | 2.07% | 23,886 | 19.91% | 3,887,805 | 48.94% | - | 651 | 1.58% | 3,709 | 3.09% | 24,974 | 0.31% | - | Other Parties (with < 1%) | 538 | 1.30% | 2,078 | 1.73% | 147,688 | 1.86% | - !colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;" | Valid Votes !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 41,312 !style="text-align:right;" | 94.92% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 119,942 !style="text-align:right;" | 94.72% !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" | 2,210 !style="text-align:right;" | 5.08% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 6,682 !style="text-align:right;" | 5.28% !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" | 43,522 !style="text-align:right;" | 70.25% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 126,624 !style="text-align:right;" | 67.36% !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" | 61,949 ! | !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 187,991 ! | !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 11,163,064 ! |
| - !colspan="2" width="144px"rowspan="2" | Party !colspan="3" width="216px" | Muttur[20] !colspan="3" width="216px" | Trincomalee Electoral District !colspan="3" width="216px" | Sri Lanka | - !colspan="2" width="144px" | Votes ! | % !colspan="2" width="144px" | Votes ! | % !colspan="2" width="144px" | Votes ! | % | - | SLMC | 10,804 | 28.96% | 17,884 | 17.61% | 202,016 | 3.61% | - | 8,036 | 21.54% | 22,966 | 22.61% | 1,785,369 | 31.90% | - | 7,681 | 20.59% | 22,450 | 22.10% | 2,838,005 | 50.71% | - | INDI | 7,565 | 20.28% | 25,239 | 24.85% | 175,579 | 3.14% | - | 3,160 | 8.47% | 12,755 | 12.56% | 188,594 | 3.37% | - | Other Parties (with < 1%) | 63 | 0.17% | 284 | 0.28% | 90,480 | 1.62% | - !colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;" | Valid Votes !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 37,309 !style="text-align:right;" | 96.02% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 101,578 !style="text-align:right;" | 95.42% !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" | 1,547 !style="text-align:right;" | 3.98% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 4,878 !style="text-align:right;" | 4.58% !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" | 38,856 !style="text-align:right;" | 80.51% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 106,456 !style="text-align:right;" | 69.90% !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" | 48,260 ! | !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 152,289 ! | !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 9,374,164 ! |
The Muttur Polling Division has a Moor majority (61.9%) and a significant Sri Lankan Tamil population (37.0%) . In comparison, the Trincomalee Electoral District (which contains the Muttur Polling Division) has a Moor plurality (41.8%), a significant Sri Lankan Tamil population (30.7%) and a significant Sinhalese population (26.7%) [21]
The Muttur Polling Division has a Muslim majority (62.0%) and a significant Hindu population (33.0%) . In comparison, the Trincomalee Electoral District (which contains the Muttur Polling Division) has a Muslim plurality (42.0%), a significant Buddhist population (26.2%) and a significant Hindu population (25.9%) [22]