The Paddiruppu Polling Division is a Polling Division in the Batticaloa Electoral District, in the Eastern Province, Sri Lanka. 
  Presidential Election Results
 Summary
 The winner of Paddiruppu has matched the final country result 3 out of 8 times. 
      | Party  |  Paddiruppu[4]  |  Batticaloa Electoral District  |  Sri Lanka  | 
  | Votes  |  %  |  Votes  |  %  |  Votes  |  %  | 
  |   |  NDF  |    |  54,132  |  83.05%  |    |  238,649  |  78.70%  |    |  5,564,239  |  41.99%  | 
  |   |  SLPP  |    |  7,948  |  12.19%  |    |  38,460  |  12.68%  |    |  6,924,255  |  52.25%  | 
  |   |  Other Parties (with < 1%)  |    |  2,332  |  3.58%  |    |  23,749  |  7.83%  |    |  729,468  |  5.50%  | 
  |   |  DUNF  |    |  767  |  1.18%  |    |  2,363  |  0.78%  |    |  34,537  |  0.26%  | 
  | Valid Votes  |  65,179  |  98.98%  |  303,221  |  98.62%  |  13,252,499  |  98.99%  | 
  | Rejected Votes  |  674  |  1.02%  |  4,258  |  1.38%  |  135,452  |  1.01%  | 
  | Total Polled  |  65,853  |  71.62%  |  307,479  |  77.20%  |  13,387,951  |  83.71%  | 
  | Registered Electors  |  91,945  |    |  398,301  |    |  15,992,568  |    | 
     | Party  |  Paddiruppu[5]  |  Batticaloa Electoral District  |  Sri Lanka  | 
  | Votes  |  %  |  Votes  |  %  |  Votes  |  %  | 
  |   |  NDF  |    |  44,485  |  81.76%  |    |  209,422  |  81.62%  |    |  6,217,162  |  51.28%  | 
  |   |  UPFA  |    |  8,216  |  15.10%  |    |  41,631  |  16.22%  |    |  5,768,090  |  47.58%  | 
  |   |  Other Parties (with < 1%)  |    |  1,711  |  3.14%  |    |  5,533  |  2.16%  |    |  138,200  |  1.14%  | 
  | Valid Votes  |  54,412  |  98.86%  |  256,586  |  99.00%  |  12,123,452  |  98.85%  | 
  | Rejected Votes  |  627  |  1.14%  |  2,580  |  1.00%  |  140,925  |  1.15%  | 
  | Total Polled  |  55,039  |  62.82%  |  259,166  |  69.30%  |  12,264,377  |  78.69%  | 
  | Registered Electors  |  87,612  |    |  373,982  |    |  15,585,942  |    | 
     | Party  |  Paddiruppu[6]  |  Batticaloa Electoral District  |  Sri Lanka  | 
  | Votes  |  %  |  Votes  |  %  |  Votes  |  %  | 
  |   |  NDF  |    |  36,776  |  80.12%  |    |  146,057  |  68.93%  |    |  4,173,185  |  40.15%  | 
  |   |  UPFA  |    |  5,968  |  13.00%  |    |  55,663  |  26.27%  |    |  6,015,934  |  57.88%  | 
  |   |  Other Parties (with < 1%)  |    |  1,566  |  3.41%  |    |  5,489  |  2.59%  |    |  141,978  |  1.37%  | 
  |   |  DUNF  |    |  1,016  |  2.21%  |    |  3,016  |  1.42%  |    |  39,226  |  0.38%  | 
  |   |  UDF  |    |  578  |  1.26%  |    |  1,666  |  0.79%  |    |  23,290  |  0.22%  | 
  | Valid Votes  |  45,904  |  97.53%  |  211,891  |  97.97%  |  10,393,613  |  99.03%  | 
  | Rejected Votes  |  1,161  |  2.47%  |  4,396  |  2.03%  |  101,838  |  0.97%  | 
  | Total Polled  |  47,065  |  58.13%  |  216,287  |  32.41%  |  10,495,451  |  66.70%  | 
  | Registered Electors  |  80,972  |    |  667,353  |    |  15,734,587  |    | 
     | Party  |  Paddiruppu[7]  |  Batticaloa Electoral District  |  Sri Lanka  | 
  | Votes  |  %  |  Votes  |  %  |  Votes  |  %  | 
  |   |  UNP  |    |  24,142  |  94.72%  |    |  121,514  |  79.51%  |    |  4,706,366  |  48.43%  | 
  |   |  UPFA  |    |  905  |  3.55%  |    |  28,836  |  18.87%  |    |  4,887,152  |  50.29%  | 
  |   |  Other Parties (with < 1%)  |    |  442  |  1.73%  |    |  2,487  |  1.63%  |    |  123,521  |  1.27%  | 
  | Valid Votes  |  25,489  |  99.04%  |  152,837  |  98.85%  |  9,717,039  |  98.88%  | 
  | Rejected Votes  |  247  |  0.96%  |  1,778  |  1.15%  |  109,869  |  1.12%  | 
  | Total Polled  |  25,736  |  32.44%  |  154,615  |  47.82%  |  9,826,908  |  69.51%  | 
  | Registered Electors  |  79,339  |    |  323,337  |    |  14,136,979  |    | 
     | Party  |  Paddiruppu[8]  |  Batticaloa Electoral District  |  Sri Lanka  | 
  | Votes  |  %  |  Votes  |  %  |  Votes  |  %  | 
  |   |  UNP  |    |  31,295  |  78.78%  |    |  104,100  |  61.19%  |    |  3,602,748  |  42.71%  | 
  |   |  PA  |    |  6,962  |  17.53%  |    |  58,975  |  34.66%  |    |  4,312,157  |  51.12%  | 
  |   |  Other Parties (with < 1%)  |    |  982  |  2.47%  |    |  5,218  |  3.07%  |    |  495,521  |  5.87%  | 
  |   |  Liberal  |    |  484  |  1.22%  |    |  1,838  |  1.08%  |    |  25,085  |  0.30%  | 
  | Valid Votes  |  39,723  |  97.86%  |  170,131  |  97.85%  |  8,435,754  |  97.69%  | 
  | Rejected Votes  |  869  |  2.14%  |  3,747  |  2.15%  |  199,536  |  2.31%  | 
  | Total Polled  |  40,592  |  59.06%  |  173,878  |  63.82%  |  8,635,290  |  72.17%  | 
  | Registered Electors  |  68,729  |    |  272,465  |    |  11,965,536  |    | 
     | Party  |  Paddiruppu[9]  |  Batticaloa Electoral District  |  Sri Lanka  | 
  | Votes  |  %  |  Votes  |  %  |  Votes  |  %  | 
  |   |  PA  |    |  40,489  |  94.16%  |    |  144,725  |  87.30%  |    |  4,709,205  |  62.28%  | 
  |   |  Ind 2  |    |  1,611  |  3.75%  |    |  5,030  |  3.03%  |    |  58,888  |  0.78%  | 
  |   |  UNP  |    |  631  |  1.47%  |    |  14,812  |  8.93%  |    |  2,715,283  |  35.91%  | 
  |   |  Other Parties (with < 1%)  |    |  268  |  0.62%  |    |  1,214  |  0.73%  |    |  78,152  |  1.03%  | 
  | Valid Votes  |  42,999  |  98.07%  |  165,779  |  98.42%  |  7,561,526  |  98.03%  | 
  | Rejected Votes  |  848  |  1.93%  |  2,664  |  1.58%  |  151,706  |  1.97%  | 
  | Total Polled  |  43,847  |  68.12%  |  168,443  |  63.57%  |  7,713,232  |  69.12%  | 
  | Registered Electors  |  64,365  |    |  264,975  |    |  11,158,880  |    | 
     | Party  |  Paddiruppu[10]  |  Batticaloa Electoral District  |  Sri Lanka  | 
  | Votes  |  %  |  Votes  |  %  |  Votes  |  %  | 
  |   |  UNP  |    |  16,227  |  47.40%  |    |  61,657  |  50.99%  |    |  2,569,199  |  50.43%  | 
  |   |  SLMP  |    |  13,977  |  40.83%  |    |  38,243  |  31.63%  |    |  235,701  |  4.63%  | 
  |   |  SLFP  |    |  4,031  |  11.77%  |    |  21,018  |  17.38%  |    |  2,289,857  |  44.95%  | 
  | Valid Votes  |  34,235  |  93.52%  |  120,918  |  95.91%  |  5,094,754  |  98.24%  | 
  | Rejected Votes  |  2,373  |  6.48%  |  5,163  |  4.09%  |  91,499  |  1.76%  | 
  | Total Polled  |  36,608  |  64.85%  |  126,081  |  58.38%  |  5,186,256  |  55.87%  | 
  | Registered Electors  |  56,447  |    |  215,983  |    |  9,283,143  |    | 
     | Party  |  Paddiruppu[11]  |  Batticaloa Electoral District  |  Sri Lanka  | 
  | Votes  |  %  |  Votes  |  %  |  Votes  |  %  | 
  |   |  ACTC  |    |  21,918  |  65.02%  |    |  47,095  |  39.22%  |    |  173,934  |  2.67%  | 
  |   |  UNP  |    |  7,129  |  21.15%  |    |  48,094  |  40.05%  |    |  3,450,815  |  52.93%  | 
  |   |  SLFP  |    |  3,485  |  10.34%  |    |  21,688  |  18.06%  |    |  2,546,348  |  39.05%  | 
  |   |  LSSP  |    |  531  |  1.58%  |    |  1,294  |  1.08%  |    |  58,531  |  0.90%  | 
  |   |  JVP  |    |  415  |  1.23%  |    |  1,287  |  1.07%  |    |  273,428  |  4.19%  | 
  |   |  Other Parties (with < 1%)  |    |  230  |  0.68%  |    |  618  |  0.51%  |    |  16,995  |  0.26%  | 
  | Valid Votes  |  33,708  |  97.64%  |  120,076  |  97.66%  |  6,520,156  |  98.78%  | 
  | Rejected Votes  |  813  |  2.36%  |  2,879  |  2.34%  |  80,470  |  1.22%  | 
  | Total Polled  |  34,521  |  75.22%  |  122,955  |  70.55%  |  6,600,626  |  80.15%  | 
  | Registered Electors  |  45,891  |    |  174,276  |    |  8,235,358  |    | 
 Parliamentary Election Results
 Summary
 The winner of Paddiruppu has matched the final country result 0 out of 7 times. 
      | Party  |  Paddiruppu[14]  |  Batticaloa Electoral District  |  Sri Lanka  | 
  | Votes  |  %  |  Votes  |  %  |  Votes  |  %  | 
  |   |  ITAK  |    |  35,535  |  73.54%  |    |  127,185  |  54.11%  |    |  515,963  |  4.63%  | 
  |   |  UNP  |    |  7,937  |  16.42%  |    |  32,359  |  13.77%  |    |  5,098,916  |  45.77%  | 
  |   |  UPFA  |    |  3,276  |  6.78%  |    |  32,232  |  13.71%  |    |  4,732,664  |  42.48%  | 
  |   |  Other Parties (with < 1%)  |    |  1,077  |  2.23%  |    |  42,401  |  18.04%  |    |  693,165  |  6.22%  | 
  |   |  AITC  |    |  498  |  1.03%  |    |  865  |  0.37%  |    |  18,644  |  0.17%  | 
  | Valid Votes  |  48,323  |  90.97%  |  235,042  |  93.12%  |  11,140,333  |  95.35%  | 
  | Rejected Votes  |  3,706  |  6.98%  |  13,551  |  5.37%  |  516,926  |  4.42%  | 
  | Total Polled  |  53,121  |  60.63%  |  252,397  |  69.12%  |  11,684,111  |  77.66%  | 
  | Registered Electors  |  87,612  |    |  365,167  |    |  15,044,490  |    | 
     | Party  |  Paddiruppu[15]  |  Batticaloa Electoral District  |  Sri Lanka  | 
  | Votes  |  %  |  Votes  |  %  |  Votes  |  %  | 
  |   |  ITAK  |    |  17,171  |  47.64%  |    |  66,235  |  37.04%  |    |  233,190  |  2.91%  | 
  |   |  UPFA  |    |  7,878  |  21.86%  |    |  62,009  |  34.67%  |    |  4,846,388  |  60.38%  | 
  |   |  TMVP  |    |  6,072  |  16.85%  |    |  16,886  |  9.44%  |    |  20,284  |  0.25%  | 
  |   |  TULF  |    |  2,402  |  6.66%  |    |  4,424  |  2.47%  |    |  9,223  |  0.11%  | 
  |   |  Other Parties (with < 1%)  |    |  1,196  |  3.32%  |    |  4,986  |  2.79%  |    |  484,493  |  6.04%  | 
  |   |  UNP  |    |  890  |  2.47%  |    |  22,935  |  12.82%  |    |  2,357,057  |  29.37%  | 
  |   |  IG6B  |    |  437  |  1.21%  |    |  1,362  |  0.76%  |    |  1,362  |  0.02%  | 
  | Valid Votes  |  36,046  |  88.70%  |  178,837  |  91.54%  |  8,026,322  |  96.03%  | 
  | Rejected Votes  |  4,116  |  10.13%  |  14,749  |  7.55%  |  581,465  |  6.96%  | 
  | Total Polled  |  40,640  |  50.19%  |  195,367  |  57.46%  |  8,358,246  |  59.29%  | 
  | Registered Electors  |  80,972  |    |  339,982  |    |  14,097,690  |    | 
     | Party  |  Paddiruppu[16]  |  Batticaloa Electoral District  |  Sri Lanka  | 
  | Votes  |  %  |  Votes  |  %  |  Votes  |  %  | 
  |   |  ITAK  |    |  57,052  |  94.90%  |    |  161,011  |  66.71%  |    |  633,203  |  6.85%  | 
  |   |  UNP  |    |  877  |  1.46%  |    |  6,151  |  2.55%  |    |  3,486,792  |  37.73%  | 
  |   |  EPDP  |    |  821  |  1.37%  |    |  2,556  |  1.06%  |    |  24,942  |  0.27%  | 
  |   |  Other Parties (with < 1%)  |    |  716  |  1.19%  |    |  28,526  |  11.82%  |    |  4,839,237  |  52.36%  | 
  |   |  SLMC  |    |  652  |  1.08%  |    |  43,131  |  17.87%  |    |  186,880  |  2.02%  | 
  | Valid Votes  |  60,118  |  95.06%  |  241,375  |  95.02%  |  9,241,931  |  94.52%  | 
  | Rejected Votes  |  3,125  |  4.94%  |  12,648  |  4.98%  |  534,452  |  5.47%  | 
  | Total Polled  |  63,243  |  83.09%  |  254,023  |  83.58%  |  9,777,821  |  75.74%  | 
  | Registered Electors  |  76,112  |    |  303,928  |    |  12,909,631  |    | 
     | Party  |  Paddiruppu[17]  |  Batticaloa Electoral District  |  Sri Lanka  | 
  | Votes  |  %  |  Votes  |  %  |  Votes  |  %  | 
  |   |  TULF  |    |  30,725  |  75.46%  |    |  86,284  |  48.17%  |    |  348,164  |  3.89%  | 
  |   |  UNP  |    |  3,967  |  9.74%  |    |  22,638  |  12.64%  |    |  4,086,026  |  45.62%  | 
  |   |  PA  |    |  2,159  |  5.30%  |    |  25,705  |  14.35%  |    |  3,330,815  |  37.19%  | 
  |   |  DPLF  |    |  1,449  |  3.56%  |    |  5,601  |  3.13%  |    |  16,669  |  0.19%  | 
  |   |  EPDP  |    |  1,265  |  3.11%  |    |  4,153  |  2.32%  |    |  72,783  |  0.81%  | 
  |   |  IND4  |    |  579  |  1.42%  |    |  6,406  |  3.58%  |    |  7,563  |  0.08%  | 
  |   |  Other Parties (with < 1%)  |    |  572  |  1.40%  |    |  28,321  |  15.81%  |    |  1,051,453  |  11.74%  | 
  | Valid Votes  |  40,716  |  92.63%  |  179,108  |  93.10%  |  8,955,844  |  94.77%  | 
  | Rejected Votes  |  3,241  |  7.37%  |  13,275  |  6.90%  |  494,009  |  5.23%  | 
  | Total Polled  |  43,957  |  62.31%  |  192,383  |  68.20%  |  9,449,878  |  76.03%  | 
  | Registered Electors  |  70,548  |    |  282,079  |    |  12,428,762  |    | 
     | Party  |  Paddiruppu[18]  |  Batticaloa Electoral District  |  Sri Lanka  | 
  | Votes  |  %  |  Votes  |  %  |  Votes  |  %  | 
  |   |  TULF  |    |  15,207  |  38.04%  |    |  54,448  |  29.20%  |    |  105,907  |  1.23%  | 
  |   |  PA  |    |  8,088  |  20.23%  |    |  16,510  |  8.86%  |    |  3,899,329  |  45.33%  | 
  |   |  ACTC  |    |  4,635  |  11.59%  |    |  6,968  |  3.74%  |    |  27,289  |  0.32%  | 
  |   |  UNP  |    |  3,128  |  7.82%  |    |  29,163  |  15.64%  |    |  3,451,765  |  40.12%  | 
  |   |  DPLF  |    |  2,847  |  7.12%  |    |  9,030  |  4.84%  |    |  20,655  |  0.24%  | 
  |   |  NUA  |    |  2,796  |  6.99%  |    |  53,646  |  28.77%  |    |  185,593  |  2.16%  | 
  |   |  IG1  |    |  1,243  |  3.11%  |    |  5,556  |  2.98%  |    |  9,799  |  0.11%  | 
  |   |  EPDP  |    |  870  |  2.18%  |    |  3,325  |  1.78%  |    |  50,702  |  0.59%  | 
  |   |  Other Parties (with < 1%)  |    |  741  |  1.85%  |    |  5,855  |  3.14%  |    |  747,395  |  8.69%  | 
  |   |  PP  |    |  421  |  1.05%  |    |  1,938  |  1.04%  |    |  19,830  |  0.23%  | 
  | Valid Votes  |  39,976  |  N/A  |  186,439  |  N/A  |  8,602,617  |  N/A  | 
     | Party  |  Paddiruppu[19]  |  Batticaloa Electoral District  |  Sri Lanka  | 
  | Votes  |  %  |  Votes  |  %  |  Votes  |  %  | 
  |   |  TULF  |    |  23,688  |  53.59%  |    |  76,516  |  43.95%  |    |  132,461  |  1.67%  | 
  |   |  PA  |    |  8,672  |  19.62%  |    |  19,278  |  11.07%  |    |  3,887,805  |  48.94%  | 
  |   |  TELO  |    |  6,493  |  14.69%  |    |  17,073  |  9.81%  |    |  24,974  |  0.31%  | 
  |   |  UNP  |    |  2,269  |  5.13%  |    |  23,244  |  13.35%  |    |  3,498,370  |  44.04%  | 
  |   |  EPRLF  |    |  1,976  |  4.47%  |    |  4,802  |  2.76%  |    |  9,411  |  0.12%  | 
  |   |  IND1  |    |  926  |  2.09%  |    |  1,547  |  0.89%  |    |  48,199  |  0.61%  | 
  |   |  Other Parties (with < 1%)  |    |  177  |  0.40%  |    |  31,628  |  18.17%  |    |  159,997  |  2.01%  | 
  | Valid Votes  |  44,201  |  89.95%  |  174,088  |  91.81%  |  7,943,688  |  95.20%  | 
  | Rejected Votes  |  4,940  |  10.05%  |  15,531  |  8.19%  |  400,395  |  4.80%  | 
  | Total Polled  |  49,141  |  76.35%  |  189,619  |  71.49%  |  8,344,095  |  74.75%  | 
  | Registered Electors  |  64,365  |    |  265,253  |    |  11,163,064  |    | 
     | Party  |  Paddiruppu[20]  |  Batticaloa Electoral District  |  Sri Lanka  | 
  | Votes  |  %  |  Votes  |  %  |  Votes  |  %  | 
  |   |  TULF  |    |  24,064  |  60.39%  |    |  55,131  |  35.49%  |    |  188,594  |  3.37%  | 
  |   |  IND 1  |    |  13,007  |  32.64%  |    |  46,419  |  29.88%  |    |  46,419  |  0.83%  | 
  |   |  UNP  |    |  1,943  |  4.88%  |    |  11,317  |  7.28%  |    |  2,838,005  |  50.71%  | 
  |   |  SLFP  |    |  505  |  1.27%  |    |  4,130  |  2.66%  |    |  1,785,369  |  31.90%  | 
  |   |  Other Parties (with < 1%)  |    |  326  |  0.82%  |    |  38,364  |  24.69%  |    |  203,513  |  3.64%  | 
  | Valid Votes  |  39,845  |  88.84%  |  155,361  |  91.78%  |  5,596,468  |  93.87%  | 
  | Rejected Votes  |  5,003  |  11.16%  |  13,923  |  8.22%  |  365,563  |  6.13%  | 
  | Total Polled  |  44,848  |  79.97%  |  169,284  |  78.16%  |  5,962,031  |  63.60%  | 
  | Registered Electors  |  56,079  |    |  216,574  |    |  9,374,164  |    | 
 Demographics
 Ethnicity
 The Paddiruppu Polling Division has a Sri Lankan Tamil majority (78.6%) and a significant Moor population (18.7%) . In comparison, the Batticaloa Electoral District (which contains the Paddiruppu Polling Division) has a Sri Lankan Tamil majority (72.3%) and a significant Moor population (25.4%) [1]  
  Religion
 The Paddiruppu Polling Division has a Hindu majority (69.3%) and a significant Muslim population (18.8%) . In comparison, the Batticaloa Electoral District (which contains the Paddiruppu Polling Division) has a Hindu majority (64.4%) and a significant Muslim population (25.5%) [1]  
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