The Batticaloa Polling Division is a Polling Division in the Batticaloa Electoral District, in the Eastern Province, Sri Lanka. 
  Presidential Election Results
 Summary
 The winner of Batticaloa has matched the final country result 4 out of 8 times. 
      | Party  |  Batticaloa[4]  |  Batticaloa Electoral District  |  Sri Lanka  | 
  | Votes  |  %  |  Votes  |  %  |  Votes  |  %  | 
  |   |  NDF  |    |  109,449  |  78.13%  |    |  238,649  |  78.70%  |    |  5,564,239  |  41.99%  | 
  |   |  SLPP  |    |  12,594  |  8.99%  |    |  38,460  |  12.68%  |    |  6,924,255  |  52.25%  | 
  |   |  IND11  |    |  12,122  |  8.65%  |    |  13,228  |  4.36%  |    |  38,814  |  0.29%  | 
  |   |  Other Parties (with < 1%)  |    |  4,418  |  3.15%  |    |  10,580  |  3.49%  |    |  306,638  |  2.31%  | 
  |   |  NMPP  |    |  1,499  |  1.07%  |    |  2,304  |  0.76%  |    |  418,553  |  3.16%  | 
  | Valid Votes  |  140,082  |  98.26%  |  303,221  |  98.62%  |  13,252,499  |  98.99%  | 
  | Rejected Votes  |  2,480  |  1.74%  |  4,258  |  1.38%  |  135,452  |  1.01%  | 
  | Total Polled  |  142,562  |  78.69%  |  307,479  |  77.20%  |  13,387,951  |  83.71%  | 
  | Registered Electors  |  181,169  |    |  398,301  |    |  15,992,568  |    | 
     | Party  |  Batticaloa[5]  |  Batticaloa Electoral District  |  Sri Lanka  | 
  | Votes  |  %  |  Votes  |  %  |  Votes  |  %  | 
  |   |  NDF  |    |  97,779  |  80.39%  |    |  209,422  |  81.62%  |    |  6,217,162  |  51.28%  | 
  |   |  UPFA  |    |  21,473  |  17.65%  |    |  41,631  |  16.22%  |    |  5,768,090  |  47.58%  | 
  |   |  Other Parties (with < 1%)  |    |  2,385  |  1.96%  |    |  5,533  |  2.16%  |    |  138,200  |  1.14%  | 
  | Valid Votes  |  121,637  |  99.10%  |  256,586  |  99.00%  |  12,123,452  |  98.85%  | 
  | Rejected Votes  |  1,106  |  0.90%  |  2,580  |  1.00%  |  140,925  |  1.15%  | 
  | Total Polled  |  122,743  |  71.16%  |  259,166  |  69.30%  |  12,264,377  |  78.69%  | 
  | Registered Electors  |  172,499  |    |  373,982  |    |  15,585,942  |    | 
     | Party  |  Batticaloa[6]  |  Batticaloa Electoral District  |  Sri Lanka  | 
  | Votes  |  %  |  Votes  |  %  |  Votes  |  %  | 
  |   |  NDF  |    |  69,975  |  68.74%  |    |  146,057  |  68.93%  |    |  4,173,185  |  40.15%  | 
  |   |  UPFA  |    |  28,090  |  27.59%  |    |  55,663  |  26.27%  |    |  6,015,934  |  57.88%  | 
  |   |  Other Parties (with < 1%)  |    |  3,735  |  3.67%  |    |  10,171  |  4.80%  |    |  204,494  |  1.97%  | 
  | Valid Votes  |  101,800  |  98.18%  |  211,891  |  97.97%  |  10,393,613  |  99.03%  | 
  | Rejected Votes  |  1,885  |  1.82%  |  4,396  |  2.03%  |  101,838  |  0.97%  | 
  | Total Polled  |  103,685  |  66.66%  |  216,287  |  32.41%  |  10,495,451  |  66.70%  | 
  | Registered Electors  |  155,537  |    |  667,353  |    |  15,734,587  |    | 
     | Party  |  Batticaloa[7]  |  Batticaloa Electoral District  |  Sri Lanka  | 
  | Votes  |  %  |  Votes  |  %  |  Votes  |  %  | 
  |   |  UNP  |    |  65,401  |  79.34%  |    |  121,514  |  79.51%  |    |  4,706,366  |  48.43%  | 
  |   |  UPFA  |    |  15,798  |  19.17%  |    |  28,836  |  18.87%  |    |  4,887,152  |  50.29%  | 
  |   |  Other Parties (with < 1%)  |    |  1,229  |  1.49%  |    |  2,487  |  1.63%  |    |  123,521  |  1.27%  | 
  | Valid Votes  |  82,428  |  98.84%  |  152,837  |  98.85%  |  9,717,039  |  98.88%  | 
  | Rejected Votes  |  970  |  1.16%  |  1,778  |  1.15%  |  109,869  |  1.12%  | 
  | Total Polled  |  83,398  |  56.36%  |  154,615  |  47.82%  |  9,826,908  |  69.51%  | 
  | Registered Electors  |  147,979  |    |  323,337  |    |  14,136,979  |    | 
     | Party  |  Batticaloa[8]  |  Batticaloa Electoral District  |  Sri Lanka  | 
  | Votes  |  %  |  Votes  |  %  |  Votes  |  %  | 
  |   |  UNP  |    |  48,700  |  60.05%  |    |  104,100  |  61.19%  |    |  3,602,748  |  42.71%  | 
  |   |  PA  |    |  29,523  |  36.40%  |    |  58,975  |  34.66%  |    |  4,312,157  |  51.12%  | 
  |   |  Other Parties (with < 1%)  |    |  2,875  |  3.55%  |    |  7,056  |  4.15%  |    |  520,606  |  6.17%  | 
  | Valid Votes  |  81,098  |  97.89%  |  170,131  |  97.85%  |  8,435,754  |  97.69%  | 
  | Rejected Votes  |  1,750  |  2.11%  |  3,747  |  2.15%  |  199,536  |  2.31%  | 
  | Total Polled  |  82,848  |  66.56%  |  173,878  |  63.82%  |  8,635,290  |  72.17%  | 
  | Registered Electors  |  124,480  |    |  272,465  |    |  11,965,536  |    | 
     | Party  |  Batticaloa[9]  |  Batticaloa Electoral District  |  Sri Lanka  | 
  | Votes  |  %  |  Votes  |  %  |  Votes  |  %  | 
  |   |  PA  |    |  59,814  |  83.21%  |    |  144,725  |  87.30%  |    |  4,709,205  |  62.28%  | 
  |   |  UNP  |    |  9,812  |  13.65%  |    |  14,812  |  8.93%  |    |  2,715,283  |  35.91%  | 
  |   |  Ind 2  |    |  1,685  |  2.34%  |    |  5,030  |  3.03%  |    |  58,888  |  0.78%  | 
  |   |  Other Parties (with < 1%)  |    |  578  |  0.80%  |    |  1,214  |  0.73%  |    |  78,152  |  1.03%  | 
  | Valid Votes  |  71,887  |  98.55%  |  165,779  |  98.42%  |  7,561,526  |  98.03%  | 
  | Rejected Votes  |  1,061  |  1.45%  |  2,664  |  1.58%  |  151,706  |  1.97%  | 
  | Total Polled  |  72,948  |  58.88%  |  168,443  |  63.57%  |  7,713,232  |  69.12%  | 
  | Registered Electors  |  123,893  |    |  264,975  |    |  11,158,880  |    | 
     | Party  |  Batticaloa[10]  |  Batticaloa Electoral District  |  Sri Lanka  | 
  | Votes  |  %  |  Votes  |  %  |  Votes  |  %  | 
  |   |  UNP  |    |  29,976  |  56.04%  |    |  61,657  |  50.99%  |    |  2,569,199  |  50.43%  | 
  |   |  SLMP  |    |  14,972  |  27.99%  |    |  38,243  |  31.63%  |    |  235,701  |  4.63%  | 
  |   |  SLFP  |    |  8,547  |  15.98%  |    |  21,018  |  17.38%  |    |  2,289,857  |  44.95%  | 
  | Valid Votes  |  53,495  |  96.92%  |  120,918  |  95.91%  |  5,094,754  |  98.24%  | 
  | Rejected Votes  |  1,702  |  3.08%  |  5,163  |  4.09%  |  91,499  |  1.76%  | 
  | Total Polled  |  55,197  |  55.35%  |  126,081  |  58.38%  |  5,186,256  |  55.87%  | 
  | Registered Electors  |  99,717  |    |  215,983  |    |  9,283,143  |    | 
     | Party  |  Batticaloa[11]  |  Batticaloa Electoral District  |  Sri Lanka  | 
  | Votes  |  %  |  Votes  |  %  |  Votes  |  %  | 
  |   |  UNP  |    |  24,220  |  44.26%  |    |  48,094  |  40.05%  |    |  3,450,815  |  52.93%  | 
  |   |  ACTC  |    |  19,338  |  35.34%  |    |  47,095  |  39.22%  |    |  173,934  |  2.67%  | 
  |   |  SLFP  |    |  9,922  |  18.13%  |    |  21,688  |  18.06%  |    |  2,546,348  |  39.05%  | 
  |   |  Other Parties (with < 1%)  |    |  667  |  1.22%  |    |  1,912  |  1.59%  |    |  75,526  |  1.16%  | 
  |   |  JVP  |    |  580  |  1.06%  |    |  1,287  |  1.07%  |    |  273,428  |  4.19%  | 
  | Valid Votes  |  54,727  |  97.99%  |  120,076  |  97.66%  |  6,520,156  |  98.78%  | 
  | Rejected Votes  |  1,120  |  2.01%  |  2,879  |  2.34%  |  80,470  |  1.22%  | 
  | Total Polled  |  55,847  |  69.47%  |  122,955  |  70.55%  |  6,600,626  |  80.15%  | 
  | Registered Electors  |  80,394  |    |  174,276  |    |  8,235,358  |    | 
 Parliamentary Election Results
 Summary
 The winner of Batticaloa has matched the final country result 1 out of 7 times. 
      | Party  |  Batticaloa[14]  |  Batticaloa Electoral District  |  Sri Lanka  | 
  | Votes  |  %  |  Votes  |  %  |  Votes  |  %  | 
  |   |  ITAK  |    |  56,876  |  50.25%  |    |  127,185  |  54.11%  |    |  515,963  |  4.63%  | 
  |   |  SLMC  |    |  27,869  |  24.62%  |    |  38,477  |  16.37%  |    |  44,193  |  0.40%  | 
  |   |  UPFA  |    |  20,258  |  17.90%  |    |  32,232  |  13.71%  |    |  4,732,664  |  42.48%  | 
  |   |  UNP  |    |  6,179  |  5.46%  |    |  32,359  |  13.77%  |    |  5,098,916  |  45.77%  | 
  |   |  Other Parties (with < 1%)  |    |  2,008  |  1.77%  |    |  4,789  |  2.04%  |    |  667,616  |  5.99%  | 
  | Valid Votes  |  113,190  |  94.02%  |  235,042  |  93.12%  |  11,140,333  |  95.35%  | 
  | Rejected Votes  |  5,525  |  4.59%  |  13,551  |  5.37%  |  516,926  |  4.42%  | 
  | Total Polled  |  120,384  |  69.79%  |  252,397  |  69.12%  |  11,684,111  |  77.66%  | 
  | Registered Electors  |  172,499  |    |  365,167  |    |  15,044,490  |    | 
     | Party  |  Batticaloa[15]  |  Batticaloa Electoral District  |  Sri Lanka  | 
  | Votes  |  %  |  Votes  |  %  |  Votes  |  %  | 
  |   |  UPFA  |    |  35,089  |  39.92%  |    |  62,009  |  34.67%  |    |  4,846,388  |  60.38%  | 
  |   |  ITAK  |    |  32,758  |  37.27%  |    |  66,235  |  37.04%  |    |  233,190  |  2.91%  | 
  |   |  UNP  |    |  12,284  |  13.97%  |    |  22,935  |  12.82%  |    |  2,357,057  |  29.37%  | 
  |   |  TMVP  |    |  3,756  |  4.27%  |    |  16,886  |  9.44%  |    |  20,284  |  0.25%  | 
  |   |  Other Parties (with < 1%)  |    |  2,439  |  2.77%  |    |  6,348  |  3.55%  |    |  485,855  |  6.05%  | 
  |   |  TULF  |    |  1,578  |  1.80%  |    |  4,424  |  2.47%  |    |  9,223  |  0.11%  | 
  | Valid Votes  |  87,904  |  92.98%  |  178,837  |  91.54%  |  8,026,322  |  96.03%  | 
  | Rejected Votes  |  5,783  |  6.12%  |  14,749  |  7.55%  |  581,465  |  6.96%  | 
  | Total Polled  |  94,537  |  60.78%  |  195,367  |  57.46%  |  8,358,246  |  59.29%  | 
  | Registered Electors  |  155,537  |    |  339,982  |    |  14,097,690  |    | 
     | Party  |  Batticaloa[16]  |  Batticaloa Electoral District  |  Sri Lanka  | 
  | Votes  |  %  |  Votes  |  %  |  Votes  |  %  | 
  |   |  ITAK  |    |  57,144  |  54.01%  |    |  161,011  |  66.71%  |    |  633,203  |  6.85%  | 
  |   |  UPFA  |    |  22,716  |  21.47%  |    |  26,268  |  10.88%  |    |  4,223,126  |  45.70%  | 
  |   |  SLMC  |    |  19,612  |  18.53%  |    |  43,131  |  17.87%  |    |  186,880  |  2.02%  | 
  |   |  UNP  |    |  3,819  |  3.61%  |    |  6,151  |  2.55%  |    |  3,486,792  |  37.73%  | 
  |   |  Other Parties (with < 1%)  |    |  1,421  |  1.34%  |    |  2,258  |  0.94%  |    |  616,111  |  6.67%  | 
  |   |  EPDP  |    |  1,099  |  1.04%  |    |  2,556  |  1.06%  |    |  24,942  |  0.27%  | 
  | Valid Votes  |  105,811  |  94.98%  |  241,375  |  95.02%  |  9,241,931  |  94.52%  | 
  | Rejected Votes  |  5,592  |  5.02%  |  12,648  |  4.98%  |  534,452  |  5.47%  | 
  | Total Polled  |  111,403  |  78.90%  |  254,023  |  83.58%  |  9,777,821  |  75.74%  | 
  | Registered Electors  |  141,190  |    |  303,928  |    |  12,909,631  |    | 
     | Party  |  Batticaloa[17]  |  Batticaloa Electoral District  |  Sri Lanka  | 
  | Votes  |  %  |  Votes  |  %  |  Votes  |  %  | 
  |   |  TULF  |    |  32,805  |  39.45%  |    |  86,284  |  48.17%  |    |  348,164  |  3.89%  | 
  |   |  PA  |    |  21,076  |  25.34%  |    |  25,705  |  14.35%  |    |  3,330,815  |  37.19%  | 
  |   |  UNP  |    |  14,903  |  17.92%  |    |  22,638  |  12.64%  |    |  4,086,026  |  45.62%  | 
  |   |  SLMC  |    |  7,512  |  9.03%  |    |  26,725  |  14.92%  |    |  105,346  |  1.18%  | 
  |   |  DPLF  |    |  3,074  |  3.70%  |    |  5,601  |  3.13%  |    |  16,669  |  0.19%  | 
  |   |  EPDP  |    |  2,054  |  2.47%  |    |  4,153  |  2.32%  |    |  72,783  |  0.81%  | 
  |   |  IND4  |    |  1,046  |  1.26%  |    |  6,406  |  3.58%  |    |  7,563  |  0.08%  | 
  |   |  Other Parties (with < 1%)  |    |  692  |  0.83%  |    |  1,596  |  0.89%  |    |  946,107  |  10.56%  | 
  | Valid Votes  |  83,162  |  93.63%  |  179,108  |  93.10%  |  8,955,844  |  94.77%  | 
  | Rejected Votes  |  5,657  |  6.37%  |  13,275  |  6.90%  |  494,009  |  5.23%  | 
  | Total Polled  |  88,819  |  67.88%  |  192,383  |  68.20%  |  9,449,878  |  76.03%  | 
  | Registered Electors  |  130,846  |    |  282,079  |    |  12,428,762  |    | 
     | Party  |  Batticaloa[18]  |  Batticaloa Electoral District  |  Sri Lanka  | 
  | Votes  |  %  |  Votes  |  %  |  Votes  |  %  | 
  |   |  NUA  |    |  27,079  |  30.36%  |    |  53,646  |  28.77%  |    |  185,593  |  2.16%  | 
  |   |  UNP  |    |  21,267  |  23.84%  |    |  29,163  |  15.64%  |    |  3,451,765  |  40.12%  | 
  |   |  TULF  |    |  16,621  |  18.63%  |    |  54,448  |  29.20%  |    |  105,907  |  1.23%  | 
  |   |  PA  |    |  6,436  |  7.22%  |    |  16,510  |  8.86%  |    |  3,899,329  |  45.33%  | 
  |   |  DPLF  |    |  5,539  |  6.21%  |    |  9,030  |  4.84%  |    |  20,655  |  0.24%  | 
  |   |  TELO  |    |  3,282  |  3.68%  |    |  3,909  |  2.10%  |    |  25,830  |  0.30%  | 
  |   |  IG1  |    |  2,801  |  3.14%  |    |  5,556  |  2.98%  |    |  9,799  |  0.11%  | 
  |   |  EPDP  |    |  1,950  |  2.19%  |    |  3,325  |  1.78%  |    |  50,702  |  0.59%  | 
  |   |  ACTC  |    |  1,839  |  2.06%  |    |  6,968  |  3.74%  |    |  27,289  |  0.32%  | 
  |   |  PP  |    |  1,279  |  1.43%  |    |  1,938  |  1.04%  |    |  19,830  |  0.23%  | 
  |   |  Other Parties (with < 1%)  |    |  1,103  |  1.24%  |    |  1,946  |  1.04%  |    |  721,565  |  8.39%  | 
  | Valid Votes  |  89,196  |  N/A  |  186,439  |  N/A  |  8,602,617  |  N/A  | 
     | Party  |  Batticaloa[19]  |  Batticaloa Electoral District  |  Sri Lanka  | 
  | Votes  |  %  |  Votes  |  %  |  Votes  |  %  | 
  |   |  TULF  |    |  28,020  |  35.85%  |    |  76,516  |  43.95%  |    |  132,461  |  1.67%  | 
  |   |  SLMC  |    |  19,368  |  24.78%  |    |  31,072  |  17.85%  |    |  143,307  |  1.80%  | 
  |   |  UNP  |    |  13,622  |  17.43%  |    |  23,244  |  13.35%  |    |  3,498,370  |  44.04%  | 
  |   |  PA  |    |  7,413  |  9.48%  |    |  19,278  |  11.07%  |    |  3,887,805  |  48.94%  | 
  |   |  TELO  |    |  6,804  |  8.71%  |    |  17,073  |  9.81%  |    |  24,974  |  0.31%  | 
  |   |  EPRLF  |    |  2,069  |  2.65%  |    |  4,802  |  2.76%  |    |  9,411  |  0.12%  | 
  |   |  Other Parties (with < 1%)  |    |  861  |  1.10%  |    |  2,103  |  1.21%  |    |  64,889  |  0.82%  | 
  | Valid Votes  |  78,157  |  93.09%  |  174,088  |  91.81%  |  7,943,688  |  95.20%  | 
  | Rejected Votes  |  5,805  |  6.91%  |  15,531  |  8.19%  |  400,395  |  4.80%  | 
  | Total Polled  |  83,962  |  67.77%  |  189,619  |  71.49%  |  8,344,095  |  74.75%  | 
  | Registered Electors  |  123,893  |    |  265,253  |    |  11,163,064  |    | 
     | Party  |  Batticaloa[20]  |  Batticaloa Electoral District  |  Sri Lanka  | 
  | Votes  |  %  |  Votes  |  %  |  Votes  |  %  | 
  |   |  IND 1  |    |  21,445  |  30.18%  |    |  46,419  |  29.88%  |    |  46,419  |  0.83%  | 
  |   |  SLMC  |    |  21,172  |  29.80%  |    |  36,867  |  23.73%  |    |  202,016  |  3.61%  | 
  |   |  TULF  |    |  17,194  |  24.20%  |    |  55,131  |  35.49%  |    |  188,594  |  3.37%  | 
  |   |  UNP  |    |  7,186  |  10.11%  |    |  11,317  |  7.28%  |    |  2,838,005  |  50.71%  | 
  |   |  SLFP  |    |  3,162  |  4.45%  |    |  4,130  |  2.66%  |    |  1,785,369  |  31.90%  | 
  |   |  IND 2  |    |  899  |  1.27%  |    |  1,497  |  0.96%  |    |  1,497  |  0.03%  | 
  | Valid Votes  |  71,058  |  94.06%  |  155,361  |  91.78%  |  5,596,468  |  93.87%  | 
  | Rejected Votes  |  4,487  |  5.94%  |  13,923  |  8.22%  |  365,563  |  6.13%  | 
  | Total Polled  |  75,545  |  76.23%  |  169,284  |  78.16%  |  5,962,031  |  63.60%  | 
  | Registered Electors  |  99,096  |    |  216,574  |    |  9,374,164  |    | 
 Demographics
 Ethnicity
 The Batticaloa Polling Division has a Sri Lankan Tamil majority (71.4%) and a significant Moor population (26.2%) . In comparison, the Batticaloa Electoral District (which contains the Batticaloa Polling Division) has a Sri Lankan Tamil majority (72.3%) and a significant Moor population (25.4%) [1]  
  Religion
 The Batticaloa Polling Division has a Hindu majority (65.7%) and a significant Muslim population (26.3%) . In comparison, the Batticaloa Electoral District (which contains the Batticaloa Polling Division) has a Hindu majority (64.4%) and a significant Muslim population (25.5%) [1]  
  References