| Sammanthurai | |
| Settlement Type: | Polling Division |
| Iso Code: | EC-13B |
| Coordinates: | 7.3336°N 81.7649°W |
| Area Total Km2: | 264.68 |
| Population Total: | 132741 |
| Population Density Km2: | 502 |
| Population As Of: | 2012 |
| Population Footnotes: | [1] |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Sri Lanka |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Name1: | Eastern Province, Sri Lanka |
| Subdivision Type2: | Electoral District |
| Subdivision Name2: | Ampara Electoral District |
The Sammanthurai Polling Division is a Polling Division in the Ampara Electoral District, in the Eastern Province, Sri Lanka.
The winner of Sammanthurai has matched the final country result 5 out of 8 times. Hence, Sammanthurai is a Weak Bellwether for Presidential Elections.
| - ! | Year !colspan="2" width="144px" | Sammanthurai !colspan="2" width="144px" | Ampara Electoral District ! | MAE[2] % !colspan="2" width="144px" | Sri Lanka ! | MAE[3] % | - | 21.88% | 40.38% | - | 19.33% | 33.03% | - | 6.12% | 15.87% | - | 2.21% | 5.09% | - | 7.49% | 10.50% | - | 8.76% | 18.93% | - | 3.67% | 4.44% | - | 9.16% | 13.54% | - ! | Matches/Mean MAE !style="text-align:left;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 5/8 !style="text-align:left;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 5/8 !style="text-align:right;" | 9.83% !style="text-align:left;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 8/8 !style="text-align:right;" | 17.72% |
| - !colspan="2" width="144px"rowspan="2" | Party !colspan="3" width="216px" | Sammanthurai[4] !colspan="3" width="216px" | Ampara Electoral District !colspan="3" width="216px" | Sri Lanka | - !colspan="2" width="144px" | Votes ! | % !colspan="2" width="144px" | Votes ! | % !colspan="2" width="144px" | Votes ! | % | - | 57,910 | 86.22% | 259,673 | 63.09% | 5,564,239 | 41.99% | - | 7,151 | 10.65% | 135,058 | 32.82% | 6,924,255 | 52.25% | - | Other Parties (with < 1%) | 2,104 | 3.13% | 16,839 | 4.09% | 764,005 | 5.76% | - !colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;" | Valid Votes !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 67,165 !style="text-align:right;" | 99.27% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 411,570 !style="text-align:right;" | 99.24% !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" | 494 !style="text-align:right;" | 0.73% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 3,158 !style="text-align:right;" | 0.76% !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" | 67,659 !style="text-align:right;" | 78.75% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 414,728 !style="text-align:right;" | 82.32% !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" | 85,911 ! | !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 503,790 ! | !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 15,992,568 ! |
| - !colspan="2" width="144px"rowspan="2" | Party !colspan="3" width="216px" | Sammanthurai[5] !colspan="3" width="216px" | Ampara Electoral District !colspan="3" width="216px" | Sri Lanka | - !colspan="2" width="144px" | Votes ! | % !colspan="2" width="144px" | Votes ! | % !colspan="2" width="144px" | Votes ! | % | - | 46,827 | 84.63% | 233,360 | 65.22% | 6,217,162 | 51.28% | - | 7,797 | 14.09% | 121,027 | 33.82% | 5,768,090 | 47.58% | - | Other Parties (with < 1%) | 709 | 1.28% | 3,430 | 0.96% | 138,200 | 1.14% | - !colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;" | Valid Votes !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 55,333 !style="text-align:right;" | 99.26% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 357,817 !style="text-align:right;" | 99.27% !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" | 412 !style="text-align:right;" | 0.74% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 2,625 !style="text-align:right;" | 0.73% !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" | 55,745 !style="text-align:right;" | 69.37% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 360,442 !style="text-align:right;" | 73.85% !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" | 80,357 ! | !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 488,067 ! | !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 15,585,942 ! |
| - !colspan="2" width="144px"rowspan="2" | Party !colspan="3" width="216px" | Sammanthurai[6] !colspan="3" width="216px" | Ampara Electoral District !colspan="3" width="216px" | Sri Lanka | - !colspan="2" width="144px" | Votes ! | % !colspan="2" width="144px" | Votes ! | % !colspan="2" width="144px" | Votes ! | % | - | 27,003 | 55.95% | 153,105 | 49.94% | 4,173,185 | 40.15% | - | 19,991 | 41.42% | 146,912 | 47.92% | 6,015,934 | 57.88% | - | Other Parties (with < 1%) | 1,268 | 2.63% | 6,545 | 2.13% | 204,494 | 1.97% | - !colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;" | Valid Votes !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 48,262 !style="text-align:right;" | 98.86% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 306,562 !style="text-align:right;" | 99.06% !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" | 556 !style="text-align:right;" | 1.14% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 2,912 !style="text-align:right;" | 0.94% !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" | 48,818 !style="text-align:right;" | 68.33% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 309,474 !style="text-align:right;" | 36.77% !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" | 71,442 ! | !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 841,672 ! | !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 15,734,587 ! |
| - !colspan="2" width="144px"rowspan="2" | Party !colspan="3" width="216px" | Sammanthurai[7] !colspan="3" width="216px" | Ampara Electoral District !colspan="3" width="216px" | Sri Lanka | - !colspan="2" width="144px" | Votes ! | % !colspan="2" width="144px" | Votes ! | % !colspan="2" width="144px" | Votes ! | % | - | 24,969 | 53.53% | 159,198 | 55.81% | 4,706,366 | 48.43% | - | 21,029 | 45.09% | 122,329 | 42.88% | 4,887,152 | 50.29% | - | Other Parties (with < 1%) | 643 | 1.38% | 3,740 | 1.31% | 123,521 | 1.27% | - !colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;" | Valid Votes !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 46,641 !style="text-align:right;" | 98.90% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 285,267 !style="text-align:right;" | 98.98% !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" | 517 !style="text-align:right;" | 1.10% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 2,941 !style="text-align:right;" | 1.02% !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" | 47,158 !style="text-align:right;" | 70.74% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 288,208 !style="text-align:right;" | 70.65% !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" | 66,666 ! | !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 407,918 ! | !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 14,136,979 ! |
| - !colspan="2" width="144px"rowspan="2" | Party !colspan="3" width="216px" | Sammanthurai[8] !colspan="3" width="216px" | Ampara Electoral District !colspan="3" width="216px" | Sri Lanka | - !colspan="2" width="144px" | Votes ! | % !colspan="2" width="144px" | Votes ! | % !colspan="2" width="144px" | Votes ! | % | - | 28,822 | 63.83% | 149,593 | 55.59% | 4,312,157 | 51.12% | - | 15,225 | 33.72% | 109,805 | 40.80% | 3,602,748 | 42.71% | - | Other Parties (with < 1%) | 1,107 | 2.45% | 9,456 | 3.51% | 520,606 | 6.17% | - !colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;" | Valid Votes !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 45,154 !style="text-align:right;" | 98.47% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 269,100 !style="text-align:right;" | 98.34% !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" | 701 !style="text-align:right;" | 1.53% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 4,549 !style="text-align:right;" | 1.66% !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" | 45,855 !style="text-align:right;" | 80.97% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 273,649 !style="text-align:right;" | 78.47% !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" | 56,629 ! | !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 348,712 ! | !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 11,965,536 ! |
| - !colspan="2" width="144px"rowspan="2" | Party !colspan="3" width="216px" | Sammanthurai[9] !colspan="3" width="216px" | Ampara Electoral District !colspan="3" width="216px" | Sri Lanka | - !colspan="2" width="144px" | Votes ! | % !colspan="2" width="144px" | Votes ! | % !colspan="2" width="144px" | Votes ! | % | - | 30,890 | 81.11% | 168,289 | 72.36% | 4,709,205 | 62.28% | - | 6,056 | 15.90% | 59,074 | 25.40% | 2,715,283 | 35.91% | - | Ind 2 | 918 | 2.41% | 3,677 | 1.58% | 58,888 | 0.78% | - | Other Parties (with < 1%) | 218 | 0.57% | 1,541 | 0.66% | 78,152 | 1.03% | - !colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;" | Valid Votes !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 38,082 !style="text-align:right;" | 98.76% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 232,581 !style="text-align:right;" | 98.47% !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" | 480 !style="text-align:right;" | 1.24% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 3,621 !style="text-align:right;" | 1.53% !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" | 38,562 !style="text-align:right;" | 74.17% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 236,202 !style="text-align:right;" | 74.01% !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" | 51,991 ! | !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 319,166 ! | !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 11,158,880 ! |
| - !colspan="2" width="144px"rowspan="2" | Party !colspan="3" width="216px" | Sammanthurai[10] !colspan="3" width="216px" | Ampara Electoral District !colspan="3" width="216px" | Sri Lanka | - !colspan="2" width="144px" | Votes ! | % !colspan="2" width="144px" | Votes ! | % !colspan="2" width="144px" | Votes ! | % | - | 17,866 | 53.77% | 96,420 | 50.77% | 2,569,199 | 50.43% | - | 12,983 | 39.07% | 83,137 | 43.78% | 2,289,857 | 44.95% | - | 2,378 | 7.16% | 10,352 | 5.45% | 235,701 | 4.63% | - !colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;" | Valid Votes !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 33,227 !style="text-align:right;" | 97.49% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 189,909 !style="text-align:right;" | 98.04% !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" | 857 !style="text-align:right;" | 2.51% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 3,802 !style="text-align:right;" | 1.96% !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" | 34,084 !style="text-align:right;" | 76.10% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 193,711 !style="text-align:right;" | 72.72% !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" | 44,790 ! | !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 266,396 ! | !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 9,283,143 ! |
| - !colspan="2" width="144px"rowspan="2" | Party !colspan="3" width="216px" | Sammanthurai[11] !colspan="3" width="216px" | Ampara Electoral District !colspan="3" width="216px" | Sri Lanka | - !colspan="2" width="144px" | Votes ! | % !colspan="2" width="144px" | Votes ! | % !colspan="2" width="144px" | Votes ! | % | - | 19,079 | 67.00% | 90,772 | 56.39% | 3,450,815 | 52.93% | - | 6,710 | 23.56% | 53,096 | 32.99% | 2,546,348 | 39.05% | - | ACTC | 1,214 | 4.26% | 8,079 | 5.02% | 173,934 | 2.67% | - | 1,197 | 4.20% | 7,679 | 4.77% | 273,428 | 4.19% | - | Other Parties (with < 1%) | 276 | 0.97% | 1,344 | 0.83% | 75,526 | 1.16% | - !colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;" | Valid Votes !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 28,476 !style="text-align:right;" | 98.70% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 160,970 !style="text-align:right;" | 98.71% !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" | 374 !style="text-align:right;" | 1.30% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 2,101 !style="text-align:right;" | 1.29% !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" | 28,850 !style="text-align:right;" | 80.18% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 163,071 !style="text-align:right;" | 79.22% !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" | 35,982 ! | !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 205,838 ! | !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 8,235,358 ! |
The winner of Sammanthurai has matched the final country result 4 out of 7 times. Hence, Sammanthurai is a Weak Bellwether for Parliamentary Elections.
| - ! | Year !colspan="2" width="144px" | Sammanthurai !colspan="2" width="144px" | Ampara Electoral District ! | MAE[12] % !colspan="2" width="144px" | Sri Lanka ! | MAE[13] % | - | 6.64% | 13.96% | - | 11.52% | 5.25% | - | 5.01% | 17.43% | - | SLMC | SLMC | 12.43% | 30.50% | - | 5.37% | 8.86% | - | SLMC | 15.09% | 32.09% | - | SLMC | 17.26% | 29.82% | - ! | Matches/Mean MAE !style="text-align:left;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 4/7 !style="text-align:left;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 5/7 !style="text-align:right;" | 10.47% !style="text-align:left;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 7/7 !style="text-align:right;" | 19.70% |
| - !colspan="2" width="144px"rowspan="2" | Party !colspan="3" width="216px" | Sammanthurai[14] !colspan="3" width="216px" | Ampara Electoral District !colspan="3" width="216px" | Sri Lanka | - !colspan="2" width="144px" | Votes ! | % !colspan="2" width="144px" | Votes ! | % !colspan="2" width="144px" | Votes ! | % | - | 23,206 | 44.82% | 151,013 | 46.34% | 5,098,916 | 45.77% | - | 14,033 | 27.10% | 33,102 | 10.16% | 33,102 | 0.30% | - | 7,540 | 14.56% | 45,421 | 13.94% | 515,963 | 4.63% | - | 6,448 | 12.45% | 89,334 | 27.42% | 4,732,664 | 42.48% | - | Other Parties (with < 1%) | 553 | 1.07% | 6,978 | 2.14% | 676,586 | 6.07% | - !colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;" | Valid Votes !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 51,780 !style="text-align:right;" | 94.62% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 325,848 !style="text-align:right;" | 94.55% !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" | 2,856 !style="text-align:right;" | 5.22% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 18,423 !style="text-align:right;" | 5.35% !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" | 54,727 !style="text-align:right;" | 68.10% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 344,618 !style="text-align:right;" | 73.99% !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" | 80,357 ! | !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 465,757 ! | !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 15,044,490 ! |
| - !colspan="2" width="144px"rowspan="2" | Party !colspan="3" width="216px" | Sammanthurai[15] !colspan="3" width="216px" | Ampara Electoral District !colspan="3" width="216px" | Sri Lanka | - !colspan="2" width="144px" | Votes ! | % !colspan="2" width="144px" | Votes ! | % !colspan="2" width="144px" | Votes ! | % | - | 28,252 | 65.50% | 132,096 | 51.66% | 4,846,388 | 60.38% | - | 10,184 | 23.61% | 90,757 | 35.50% | 2,357,057 | 29.37% | - | 3,972 | 9.21% | 26,895 | 10.52% | 233,190 | 2.91% | - | Other Parties (with < 1%) | 726 | 1.68% | 5,891 | 2.30% | 483,154 | 6.02% | - !colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;" | Valid Votes !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 43,134 !style="text-align:right;" | 1078350.00% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 255,688 !style="text-align:right;" | 1345726.32% !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" | 2 !style="text-align:right;" | 50.00% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 9 !style="text-align:right;" | 47.37% !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" | 4 !style="text-align:right;" | 400.00% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 19 !style="text-align:right;" | 237.50% !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" | 1 ! | !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 8 ! | !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 14,097,690 ! |
| - !colspan="2" width="144px"rowspan="2" | Party !colspan="3" width="216px" | Sammanthurai[16] !colspan="3" width="216px" | Ampara Electoral District !colspan="3" width="216px" | Sri Lanka | - !colspan="2" width="144px" | Votes ! | % !colspan="2" width="144px" | Votes ! | % !colspan="2" width="144px" | Votes ! | % | - | 19,117 | 39.94% | 111,747 | 38.56% | 4,223,126 | 45.70% | - | SLMC | 17,688 | 36.96% | 76,563 | 26.42% | 186,880 | 2.02% | - | 8,976 | 18.75% | 55,533 | 19.16% | 633,203 | 6.85% | - | 1,664 | 3.48% | 42,121 | 14.53% | 3,486,792 | 37.73% | - | Other Parties (with < 1%) | 417 | 0.87% | 3,865 | 1.33% | 639,878 | 6.92% | - !colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;" | Valid Votes !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 47,862 !style="text-align:right;" | 94.04% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 289,829 !style="text-align:right;" | 93.91% !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" | 2,955 !style="text-align:right;" | 5.81% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 18,264 !style="text-align:right;" | 5.92% !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" | 50,894 !style="text-align:right;" | 80.57% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 308,625 !style="text-align:right;" | 81.42% !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" | 63,166 ! | !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 379,044 ! | !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 12,909,631 ! |
| - !colspan="2" width="144px"rowspan="2" | Party !colspan="3" width="216px" | Sammanthurai[17] !colspan="3" width="216px" | Ampara Electoral District !colspan="3" width="216px" | Sri Lanka | - !colspan="2" width="144px" | Votes ! | % !colspan="2" width="144px" | Votes ! | % !colspan="2" width="144px" | Votes ! | % | - | SLMC | 21,705 | 46.76% | 75,257 | 26.86% | 105,346 | 1.18% | - | IND9 | 8,275 | 17.83% | 14,808 | 5.28% | 14,848 | 0.17% | - | 7,801 | 16.81% | 48,789 | 17.41% | 348,164 | 3.89% | - | 5,981 | 12.89% | 65,246 | 23.29% | 3,330,815 | 37.19% | - | 1,280 | 2.76% | 58,468 | 20.87% | 4,086,026 | 45.62% | - | 973 | 2.10% | 5,901 | 2.11% | 72,783 | 0.81% | - | Other Parties (with < 1%) | 401 | 0.86% | 11,721 | 4.18% | 934,107 | 10.43% | - !colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;" | Valid Votes !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 46,416 !style="text-align:right;" | 95.39% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 280,190 !style="text-align:right;" | 94.20% !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" | 2,238 !style="text-align:right;" | 4.60% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 17,225 !style="text-align:right;" | 5.79% !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" | 48,658 !style="text-align:right;" | 81.81% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 297,440 !style="text-align:right;" | 82.51% !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" | 59,474 ! | !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 360,497 ! | !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 12,428,762 ! |
| - !colspan="2" width="144px"rowspan="2" | Party !colspan="3" width="216px" | Sammanthurai[18] !colspan="3" width="216px" | Ampara Electoral District !colspan="3" width="216px" | Sri Lanka | - !colspan="2" width="144px" | Votes ! | % !colspan="2" width="144px" | Votes ! | % !colspan="2" width="144px" | Votes ! | % | - | 25,501 | 57.85% | 136,423 | 51.13% | 3,899,329 | 45.33% | - | 14,625 | 33.18% | 101,628 | 38.09% | 3,451,765 | 40.12% | - | IG2 | 3,144 | 7.13% | 19,812 | 7.43% | 31,443 | 0.37% | - | Other Parties (with < 1%) | 809 | 1.84% | 8,937 | 3.35% | 712,394 | 8.28% | - !colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;" | Valid Votes !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 44,079 !style="text-align:right;" | N/A !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 266,800 !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" | Sammanthurai[19] !colspan="3" width="216px" | Ampara Electoral District !colspan="3" width="216px" | Sri Lanka | - !colspan="2" width="144px" | Votes ! | % !colspan="2" width="144px" | Votes ! | % !colspan="2" width="144px" | Votes ! | % | - | SLMC | 21,997 | 57.18% | 75,092 | 31.19% | 143,307 | 1.80% | - | 9,874 | 25.67% | 78,767 | 32.72% | 3,498,370 | 44.04% | - | 4,355 | 11.32% | 24,526 | 10.19% | 132,461 | 1.67% | - | 969 | 2.52% | 4,192 | 1.74% | 24,974 | 0.31% | - | 889 | 2.31% | 54,150 | 22.49% | 3,887,805 | 48.94% | - | Other Parties (with < 1%) | 388 | 1.01% | 4,039 | 1.68% | 138,277 | 1.74% | - !colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;" | Valid Votes !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 38,472 !style="text-align:right;" | 94.64% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 240,766 !style="text-align:right;" | 94.98% !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" | 2,180 !style="text-align:right;" | 5.36% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 12,736 !style="text-align:right;" | 5.02% !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" | 40,652 !style="text-align:right;" | 78.19% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 253,502 !style="text-align:right;" | 79.54% !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" | 51,991 ! | !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 318,710 ! | !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 11,163,064 ! |
| - !colspan="2" width="144px"rowspan="2" | Party !colspan="3" width="216px" | Sammanthurai[20] !colspan="3" width="216px" | Ampara Electoral District !colspan="3" width="216px" | Sri Lanka | - !colspan="2" width="144px" | Votes ! | % !colspan="2" width="144px" | Votes ! | % !colspan="2" width="144px" | Votes ! | % | - | SLMC | 23,820 | 60.47% | 61,325 | 28.69% | 202,016 | 3.61% | - | 8,303 | 21.08% | 43,424 | 20.32% | 188,594 | 3.37% | - | 6,163 | 15.64% | 62,600 | 29.29% | 2,838,005 | 50.71% | - | 971 | 2.46% | 45,400 | 21.24% | 1,785,369 | 31.90% | - | Other Parties (with < 1%) | 136 | 0.35% | 965 | 0.45% | 965 | 0.02% | - !colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;" | Valid Votes !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 39,393 !style="text-align:right;" | 96.50% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 213,714 !style="text-align:right;" | 95.22% !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" | 1,429 !style="text-align:right;" | 3.50% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 10,727 !style="text-align:right;" | 4.78% !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" | 40,822 !style="text-align:right;" | 91.83% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 224,441 !style="text-align:right;" | 84.45% !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" | 44,453 ! | !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 265,768 ! | !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 9,374,164 ! |
The Sammanthurai Polling Division has a Moor majority (83.4%) and a significant Sri Lankan Tamil population (15.0%) . In comparison, the Ampara Electoral District (which contains the Samanthurai Polling Division) has a Moor plurality (43.4%), a significant Sinhalese population (38.9%) and a significant Sri Lankan Tamil population (17.3%) [21]
The Sammanthurai Polling Division has a Muslim majority (83.4%) and a significant Hindu population (13.4%) . In comparison, the Ampara Electoral District (which contains the Sammanthurai Polling Division) has a Muslim plurality (43.4%), a significant Buddhist population (38.7%) and a significant Hindu population (15.8%) [22]