The Trincomalee Polling Division is a Polling Division in the Trincomalee Electoral District, in the Eastern Province, Sri Lanka. 
  Presidential Election Results
 Summary
 The winner of Trincomalee has matched the final country result 3 out of 8 times. 
      | Party  |  Trincomalee[4]  |  Trincomalee Electoral District  |  Sri Lanka  | 
  | Votes  |  %  |  Votes  |  %  |  Votes  |  %  | 
  |   |  NDF  |    |  56,594  |  78.02%  |    |  166,841  |  72.10%  |    |  5,564,239  |  41.99%  | 
  |   |  SLPP  |    |  12,818  |  17.67%  |    |  54,135  |  23.39%  |    |  6,924,255  |  52.25%  | 
  |   |  Other Parties (with < 1%)  |    |  3,125  |  4.31%  |    |  10,434  |  4.51%  |    |  764,005  |  5.76%  | 
  | Valid Votes  |  72,537  |  98.96%  |  231,410  |  99.21%  |  13,252,499  |  98.99%  | 
  | Rejected Votes  |  762  |  1.04%  |  1,832  |  0.79%  |  135,452  |  1.01%  | 
  | Total Polled  |  73,299  |  80.65%  |  233,242  |  82.97%  |  13,387,951  |  83.71%  | 
  | Registered Electors  |  90,881  |    |  281,114  |    |  15,992,568  |    | 
     | Party  |  Trincomalee[5]  |  Trincomalee Electoral District  |  Sri Lanka  | 
  | Votes  |  %  |  Votes  |  %  |  Votes  |  %  | 
  |   |  NDF  |    |  49,650  |  79.11%  |    |  140,338  |  71.84%  |    |  6,217,162  |  51.28%  | 
  |   |  UPFA  |    |  12,056  |  19.21%  |    |  52,111  |  26.67%  |    |  5,768,090  |  47.58%  | 
  |   |  Other Parties (with < 1%)  |    |  1,053  |  1.68%  |    |  2,907  |  1.49%  |    |  138,200  |  1.14%  | 
  | Valid Votes  |  62,759  |  98.72%  |  195,356  |  99.08%  |  12,123,452  |  98.85%  | 
  | Rejected Votes  |  816  |  1.28%  |  1,805  |  0.92%  |  140,925  |  1.15%  | 
  | Total Polled  |  63,575  |  73.09%  |  197,161  |  72.50%  |  12,264,377  |  78.69%  | 
  | Registered Electors  |  86,978  |    |  271,953  |    |  15,585,942  |    | 
     | Party  |  Trincomalee[6]  |  Trincomalee Electoral District  |  Sri Lanka  | 
  | Votes  |  %  |  Votes  |  %  |  Votes  |  %  | 
  |   |  NDF  |    |  35,887  |  69.42%  |    |  87,661  |  54.09%  |    |  4,173,185  |  40.15%  | 
  |   |  UPFA  |    |  13,935  |  26.95%  |    |  69,752  |  43.04%  |    |  6,015,934  |  57.88%  | 
  |   |  Other Parties (with < 1%)  |    |  1,876  |  3.63%  |    |  4,659  |  2.87%  |    |  204,494  |  1.97%  | 
  | Valid Votes  |  51,698  |  98.01%  |  162,072  |  98.52%  |  10,393,613  |  99.03%  | 
  | Rejected Votes  |  1,050  |  1.99%  |  2,432  |  1.48%  |  101,838  |  0.97%  | 
  | Total Polled  |  52,748  |  60.85%  |  164,504  |  34.10%  |  10,495,451  |  66.70%  | 
  | Registered Electors  |  86,685  |    |  482,356  |    |  15,734,587  |    | 
     | Party  |  Trincomalee[7]  |  Trincomalee Electoral District  |  Sri Lanka  | 
  | Votes  |  %  |  Votes  |  %  |  Votes  |  %  | 
  |   |  UNP  |    |  41,369  |  77.90%  |    |  92,197  |  61.33%  |    |  4,706,366  |  48.43%  | 
  |   |  UPFA  |    |  10,878  |  20.48%  |    |  55,680  |  37.04%  |    |  4,887,152  |  50.29%  | 
  |   |  Other Parties (with < 1%)  |    |  859  |  1.62%  |    |  2,457  |  1.63%  |    |  123,521  |  1.27%  | 
  | Valid Votes  |  53,106  |  98.23%  |  150,334  |  98.63%  |  9,717,039  |  98.88%  | 
  | Rejected Votes  |  956  |  1.77%  |  2,094  |  1.37%  |  109,869  |  1.12%  | 
  | Total Polled  |  54,062  |  59.35%  |  152,428  |  31.92%  |  9,826,908  |  69.51%  | 
  | Registered Electors  |  91,095  |    |  477,540  |    |  14,136,979  |    | 
     | Party  |  Trincomalee[8]  |  Trincomalee Electoral District  |  Sri Lanka  | 
  | Votes  |  %  |  Votes  |  %  |  Votes  |  %  | 
  |   |  UNP  |    |  28,061  |  64.13%  |    |  63,351  |  50.25%  |    |  3,602,748  |  42.71%  | 
  |   |  PA  |    |  13,807  |  31.56%  |    |  56,691  |  44.96%  |    |  4,312,157  |  51.12%  | 
  |   |  Other Parties (with < 1%)  |    |  1,313  |  3.00%  |    |  3,732  |  2.96%  |    |  176,679  |  2.09%  | 
  |   |  JVP  |    |  573  |  1.31%  |    |  2,307  |  1.83%  |    |  343,927  |  4.08%  | 
  | Valid Votes  |  43,754  |  97.27%  |  126,081  |  97.95%  |  8,435,754  |  97.69%  | 
  | Rejected Votes  |  1,227  |  2.73%  |  2,642  |  2.05%  |  199,536  |  2.31%  | 
  | Total Polled  |  44,981  |  58.05%  |  128,723  |  62.76%  |  8,635,290  |  72.17%  | 
  | Registered Electors  |  77,484  |    |  205,116  |    |  11,965,536  |    | 
     | Party  |  Trincomalee[9]  |  Trincomalee Electoral District  |  Sri Lanka  | 
  | Votes  |  %  |  Votes  |  %  |  Votes  |  %  | 
  |   |  PA  |    |  28,900  |  85.58%  |    |  77,943  |  71.62%  |    |  4,709,205  |  62.28%  | 
  |   |  UNP  |    |  3,925  |  11.62%  |    |  28,006  |  25.74%  |    |  2,715,283  |  35.91%  | 
  |   |  Ind 2  |    |  697  |  2.06%  |    |  2,074  |  1.91%  |    |  58,888  |  0.78%  | 
  |   |  Other Parties (with < 1%)  |    |  248  |  0.73%  |    |  798  |  0.73%  |    |  78,152  |  1.03%  | 
  | Valid Votes  |  33,770  |  98.41%  |  108,821  |  98.44%  |  7,561,526  |  98.03%  | 
  | Rejected Votes  |  545  |  1.59%  |  1,726  |  1.56%  |  151,706  |  1.97%  | 
  | Total Polled  |  34,315  |  50.83%  |  110,547  |  58.80%  |  7,713,232  |  69.12%  | 
  | Registered Electors  |  67,509  |    |  188,017  |    |  11,158,880  |    | 
     | Party  |  Trincomalee[10]  |  Trincomalee Electoral District  |  Sri Lanka  | 
  | Votes  |  %  |  Votes  |  %  |  Votes  |  %  | 
  |   |  SLMP  |    |  8,378  |  37.64%  |    |  14,103  |  17.49%  |    |  235,701  |  4.63%  | 
  |   |  UNP  |    |  8,112  |  36.45%  |    |  36,841  |  45.70%  |    |  2,569,199  |  50.43%  | 
  |   |  SLFP  |    |  5,767  |  25.91%  |    |  29,679  |  36.81%  |    |  2,289,857  |  44.95%  | 
  | Valid Votes  |  22,257  |  97.52%  |  80,620  |  98.38%  |  5,094,754  |  98.24%  | 
  | Rejected Votes  |  565  |  2.48%  |  1,326  |  1.62%  |  91,499  |  1.76%  | 
  | Total Polled  |  22,822  |  40.73%  |  81,949  |  53.72%  |  5,186,256  |  55.87%  | 
  | Registered Electors  |  56,026  |    |  152,540  |    |  9,283,143  |    | 
     | Party  |  Trincomalee[11]  |  Trincomalee Electoral District  |  Sri Lanka  | 
  | Votes  |  %  |  Votes  |  %  |  Votes  |  %  | 
  |   |  UNP  |    |  14,503  |  53.97%  |    |  45,522  |  48.64%  |    |  3,450,815  |  52.93%  | 
  |   |  SLFP  |    |  5,424  |  20.18%  |    |  31,700  |  33.87%  |    |  2,546,348  |  39.05%  | 
  |   |  ACTC  |    |  5,366  |  19.97%  |    |  10,068  |  10.76%  |    |  173,934  |  2.67%  | 
  |   |  JVP  |    |  1,305  |  4.86%  |    |  5,395  |  5.76%  |    |  273,428  |  4.19%  | 
  |   |  Other Parties (with < 1%)  |    |  274  |  1.02%  |    |  911  |  0.97%  |    |  75,526  |  1.16%  | 
  | Valid Votes  |  26,872  |  97.19%  |  93,596  |  98.12%  |  6,520,156  |  98.78%  | 
  | Rejected Votes  |  777  |  2.81%  |  1,795  |  1.88%  |  80,470  |  1.22%  | 
  | Total Polled  |  27,649  |  56.15%  |  95,391  |  70.69%  |  6,600,626  |  80.15%  | 
  | Registered Electors  |  49,244  |    |  134,948  |    |  8,235,358  |    | 
 Parliamentary Election Results
 Summary
 The winner of Trincomalee has matched the final country result 0 out of 7 times. 
      | Party  |  Trincomalee[14]  |  Trincomalee Electoral District  |  Sri Lanka  | 
  | Votes  |  %  |  Votes  |  %  |  Votes  |  %  | 
  |   |  ITAK  |    |  27,612  |  48.72%  |    |  45,894  |  25.49%  |    |  515,963  |  4.63%  | 
  |   |  UNP  |    |  17,674  |  31.18%  |    |  83,638  |  46.45%  |    |  5,098,916  |  45.77%  | 
  |   |  UPFA  |    |  8,211  |  14.49%  |    |  38,463  |  21.36%  |    |  4,732,664  |  42.48%  | 
  |   |  IG0  |    |  913  |  1.61%  |    |  6,520  |  3.62%  |    |  14,927  |  0.13%  | 
  |   |  Other Parties (with < 1%)  |    |  885  |  1.56%  |    |  1,850  |  1.03%  |    |  83,525  |  0.75%  | 
  |   |  AITC  |    |  783  |  1.38%  |    |  1,144  |  0.64%  |    |  18,644  |  0.17%  | 
  |   |  JVP  |    |  599  |  1.06%  |    |  2,556  |  1.42%  |    |  544,154  |  4.88%  | 
  | Valid Votes  |  56,677  |  93.73%  |  180,065  |  94.31%  |  11,140,333  |  95.35%  | 
  | Rejected Votes  |  3,755  |  6.21%  |  10,542  |  5.52%  |  516,926  |  4.42%  | 
  | Total Polled  |  60,469  |  69.52%  |  190,938  |  74.34%  |  11,684,111  |  77.66%  | 
  | Registered Electors  |  86,978  |    |  256,852  |    |  15,044,490  |    | 
     | Party  |  Trincomalee[15]  |  Trincomalee Electoral District  |  Sri Lanka  | 
  | Votes  |  %  |  Votes  |  %  |  Votes  |  %  | 
  |   |  ITAK  |    |  20,578  |  47.41%  |    |  33,268  |  23.85%  |    |  233,190  |  2.91%  | 
  |   |  UPFA  |    |  10,961  |  25.25%  |    |  59,784  |  42.85%  |    |  4,846,388  |  60.38%  | 
  |   |  UNP  |    |  8,718  |  20.09%  |    |  39,691  |  28.45%  |    |  2,357,057  |  29.37%  | 
  |   |  TMVP  |    |  1,106  |  2.55%  |    |  1,712  |  1.23%  |    |  20,284  |  0.25%  | 
  |   |  AITC  |    |  956  |  2.20%  |    |  1,182  |  0.85%  |    |  7,544  |  0.09%  | 
  |   |  Other Parties (with < 1%)  |    |  561  |  1.29%  |    |  1,357  |  0.97%  |    |  33,457  |  0.42%  | 
  |   |  DNA  |    |  522  |  1.20%  |    |  2,519  |  1.81%  |    |  441,251  |  5.50%  | 
  | Valid Votes  |  43,402  |  92.47%  |  139,513  |  93.02%  |  8,026,322  |  96.03%  | 
  | Rejected Votes  |  3,483  |  7.42%  |  10,240  |  6.83%  |  581,465  |  6.96%  | 
  | Total Polled  |  46,937  |  54.15%  |  149,982  |  59.19%  |  8,358,246  |  59.29%  | 
  | Registered Electors  |  86,685  |    |  253,399  |    |  14,097,690  |    | 
     | Party  |  Trincomalee[16]  |  Trincomalee Electoral District  |  Sri Lanka  | 
  | Votes  |  %  |  Votes  |  %  |  Votes  |  %  | 
  |   |  ITAK  |    |  43,880  |  65.16%  |    |  69,087  |  37.77%  |    |  633,203  |  6.85%  | 
  |   |  SLMC  |    |  13,378  |  19.86%  |    |  65,191  |  35.64%  |    |  186,880  |  2.02%  | 
  |   |  UPFA  |    |  6,229  |  9.25%  |    |  31,053  |  16.98%  |    |  4,223,126  |  45.70%  | 
  |   |  UNP  |    |  3,193  |  4.74%  |    |  15,693  |  8.58%  |    |  3,486,792  |  37.73%  | 
  |   |  Other Parties (with < 1%)  |    |  667  |  0.99%  |    |  1,906  |  1.04%  |    |  601,931  |  6.51%  | 
  | Valid Votes  |  67,347  |  95.64%  |  182,930  |  95.38%  |  9,241,931  |  94.52%  | 
  | Rejected Votes  |  3,073  |  4.36%  |  8,863  |  4.62%  |  534,452  |  5.47%  | 
  | Total Polled  |  70,420  |  81.62%  |  191,793  |  85.33%  |  9,777,821  |  75.74%  | 
  | Registered Electors  |  86,277  |    |  224,764  |    |  12,909,631  |    | 
     | Party  |  Trincomalee[17]  |  Trincomalee Electoral District  |  Sri Lanka  | 
  | Votes  |  %  |  Votes  |  %  |  Votes  |  %  | 
  |   |  TULF  |    |  35,639  |  60.93%  |    |  56,121  |  34.83%  |    |  348,164  |  3.89%  | 
  |   |  UNP  |    |  14,560  |  24.89%  |    |  62,930  |  39.05%  |    |  4,086,026  |  45.62%  | 
  |   |  PA  |    |  5,027  |  8.59%  |    |  32,997  |  20.48%  |    |  3,330,815  |  37.19%  | 
  |   |  JVP  |    |  1,664  |  2.84%  |    |  6,095  |  3.78%  |    |  815,353  |  9.10%  | 
  |   |  EPDP  |    |  1,209  |  2.07%  |    |  1,470  |  0.91%  |    |  72,783  |  0.81%  | 
  |   |  Other Parties (with < 1%)  |    |  396  |  0.68%  |    |  1,525  |  0.95%  |    |  128,199  |  1.43%  | 
  | Valid Votes  |  58,495  |  94.73%  |  161,138  |  95.03%  |  8,955,844  |  94.77%  | 
  | Rejected Votes  |  3,251  |  5.27%  |  8,429  |  4.97%  |  494,009  |  5.23%  | 
  | Total Polled  |  61,746  |  75.83%  |  169,567  |  79.88%  |  9,449,878  |  76.03%  | 
  | Registered Electors  |  81,422  |    |  212,280  |    |  12,428,762  |    | 
     | Party  |  Trincomalee[18]  |  Trincomalee Electoral District  |  Sri Lanka  | 
  | Votes  |  %  |  Votes  |  %  |  Votes  |  %  | 
  |   |  UNP  |    |  12,861  |  26.75%  |    |  46,676  |  35.08%  |    |  3,451,765  |  40.12%  | 
  |   |  PA  |    |  11,928  |  24.81%  |    |  53,802  |  40.44%  |    |  3,899,329  |  45.33%  | 
  |   |  TULF  |    |  11,070  |  23.02%  |    |  14,088  |  10.59%  |    |  105,907  |  1.23%  | 
  |   |  EPDP  |    |  3,382  |  7.03%  |    |  4,524  |  3.40%  |    |  50,702  |  0.59%  | 
  |   |  ACTC  |    |  3,269  |  6.80%  |    |  3,748  |  2.82%  |    |  27,289  |  0.32%  | 
  |   |  IG2  |    |  2,268  |  4.72%  |    |  2,621  |  1.97%  |    |  31,443  |  0.37%  | 
  |   |  Other Parties (with < 1%)  |    |  1,208  |  2.51%  |    |  1,979  |  1.49%  |    |  216,732  |  2.52%  | 
  |   |  JVP  |    |  901  |  1.87%  |    |  3,293  |  2.48%  |    |  518,725  |  6.03%  | 
  |   |  IG3  |    |  674  |  1.40%  |    |  1,434  |  1.08%  |    |  6,109  |  0.07%  | 
  |   |  IG6  |    |  526  |  1.09%  |    |  872  |  0.66%  |    |  3,162  |  0.04%  | 
  | Valid Votes  |  48,087  |  N/A  |  133,037  |  N/A  |  8,602,617  |  N/A  | 
     | Party  |  Trincomalee[19]  |  Trincomalee Electoral District  |  Sri Lanka  | 
  | Votes  |  %  |  Votes  |  %  |  Votes  |  %  | 
  |   |  TULF  |    |  18,548  |  47.79%  |    |  28,380  |  23.66%  |    |  132,461  |  1.67%  | 
  |   |  SLMC  |    |  5,710  |  14.71%  |    |  26,903  |  22.43%  |    |  143,307  |  1.80%  | 
  |   |  UNP  |    |  5,703  |  14.69%  |    |  34,986  |  29.17%  |    |  3,498,370  |  44.04%  | 
  |   |  PA  |    |  5,156  |  13.28%  |    |  23,886  |  19.91%  |    |  3,887,805  |  48.94%  | 
  |   |  TELO  |    |  2,736  |  7.05%  |    |  3,709  |  3.09%  |    |  24,974  |  0.31%  | 
  |   |  Other Parties (with < 1%)  |    |  551  |  1.42%  |    |  1,197  |  1.00%  |    |  138,277  |  1.74%  | 
  |   |  EPRLF  |    |  408  |  1.05%  |    |  881  |  0.73%  |    |  9,411  |  0.12%  | 
  | Valid Votes  |  38,812  |  94.84%  |  119,942  |  94.72%  |  7,943,688  |  95.20%  | 
  | Rejected Votes  |  2,110  |  5.16%  |  6,682  |  5.28%  |  400,395  |  4.80%  | 
  | Total Polled  |  40,922  |  60.62%  |  126,624  |  67.36%  |  8,344,095  |  74.75%  | 
  | Registered Electors  |  67,509  |    |  187,991  |    |  11,163,064  |    | 
     | Party  |  Trincomalee[20]  |  Trincomalee Electoral District  |  Sri Lanka  | 
  | Votes  |  %  |  Votes  |  %  |  Votes  |  %  | 
  |   |  INDI  |    |  15,915  |  46.30%  |    |  25,239  |  24.85%  |    |  175,579  |  3.14%  | 
  |   |  TULF  |    |  7,325  |  21.31%  |    |  12,755  |  12.56%  |    |  188,594  |  3.37%  | 
  |   |  SLMC  |    |  5,164  |  15.02%  |    |  17,884  |  17.61%  |    |  202,016  |  3.61%  | 
  |   |  SLFP  |    |  2,950  |  8.58%  |    |  22,966  |  22.61%  |    |  1,785,369  |  31.90%  | 
  |   |  UNP  |    |  2,881  |  8.38%  |    |  22,450  |  22.10%  |    |  2,838,005  |  50.71%  | 
  |   |  Other Parties (with < 1%)  |    |  141  |  0.41%  |    |  284  |  0.28%  |    |  90,480  |  1.62%  | 
  | Valid Votes  |  34,376  |  96.36%  |  101,578  |  95.42%  |  5,596,468  |  93.87%  | 
  | Rejected Votes  |  1,299  |  3.64%  |  4,878  |  4.58%  |  365,563  |  6.13%  | 
  | Total Polled  |  35,675  |  64.59%  |  106,456  |  69.90%  |  5,962,031  |  63.60%  | 
  | Registered Electors  |  55,236  |    |  152,289  |    |  9,374,164  |    | 
 Demographics
 Ethnicity
 The Trincomalee Polling Division has a Sri Lankan Tamil majority (54.9%), a significant Moor population (26.3%) and a significant Sinhalese population (17.2%) . In comparison, the Trincomalee Electoral District (which contains the Trincomalee Polling Division) has a Moor plurality (41.8%), a significant Sri Lankan Tamil population (30.7%) and a significant Sinhalese population (26.7%) [1]  
  Religion
 The Trincomalee Polling Division has a Hindu plurality (43.6%), a significant Muslim population (26.6%) and a significant Buddhist population (16.1%) . In comparison, the Trincomalee Electoral District (which contains the Trincomalee Polling Division) has a Muslim plurality (42.0%), a significant Buddhist population (26.2%) and a significant Hindu population (25.9%) [1]  
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