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Kopay
Polling Division
Location of Kopay
Coordinates: 9°44′35″N 80°06′00″E / 9.743185°N 80.100060°E / 9.743185; 80.100060
CountrySri Lanka
ProvinceNorthern Province, Sri Lanka
Electoral DistrictJaffna Electoral District
Area
 • Total96.03 km2 (37.08 sq mi)
Population
 (2012)[1]
 • Total73,225
 • Density763/km2 (1,980/sq mi)
ISO 3166 codeEC-10E

The Kopay Polling Division is a Polling Division in the Jaffna Electoral District, in the Northern Province, Sri Lanka.

Presidential Election Results

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Summary

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The winner of Kopay has matched the final country result 3 out of 8 times.

Year Kopay Jaffna Electoral District MAE[2] % Sri Lanka MAE[3] %
2019 NDF NDF 0.45% SLPP 42.18%
2015 NDF NDF 3.16% NDF 27.63%
2010 NDF NDF 0.86% UPFA 30.34%
2005 UNP UNP 5.08% UPFA 30.08%
1999 PA PA 0.82% PA 3.11%
1994 PA PA 4.64% PA 28.21%
1988 SLFP SLFP 6.09% UNP 17.38%
1982 SLFP ACTC 16.82% UNP 28.26%
Matches/Mean MAE 3/8 3/8 4.74% 8/8 25.90%

2019 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

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Party Kopay[4] Jaffna Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
NDF 30,835 83.44% 312,722 83.86% 5,564,239 41.99%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 2,901 7.85% 23,295 6.25% 717,212 5.41%
SLPP 1,858 5.03% 23,261 6.24% 6,924,255 52.25%
DUNF 897 2.43% 6,790 1.82% 34,537 0.26%
IND10 462 1.25% 6,845 1.84% 12,256 0.09%
Valid Votes 36,953 97.18% 372,913 97.07% 13,252,499 98.99%
Rejected Votes 1,074 2.82% 11,251 2.93% 135,452 1.01%
Total Polled 38,027 65.89% 384,164 68.00% 13,387,951 83.71%
Registered Electors 57,711 564,984 15,992,568

2015 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

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Party Kopay[5] Jaffna Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
NDF 27,161 77.44% 253,574 74.42% 6,217,162 51.28%
UPFA 6,211 17.71% 74,454 21.85% 5,768,090 47.58%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 1,702 4.85% 12,723 3.73% 138,200 1.14%
Valid Votes 35,074 96.86% 340,751 97.14% 12,123,452 98.85%
Rejected Votes 1,138 3.14% 10,038 2.86% 140,925 1.15%
Total Polled 36,212 64.79% 350,789 64.22% 12,264,377 78.69%
Registered Electors 55,891 546,265 15,585,942

2010 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

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Party Kopay[6] Jaffna Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
NDF 13,151 64.13% 113,877 63.84% 4,173,185 40.15%
UPFA 4,538 22.13% 44,154 24.75% 6,015,934 57.88%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 1,514 7.38% 10,438 5.85% 132,316 1.27%
DUNF 528 2.57% 3,370 1.89% 39,226 0.38%
UDF 471 2.30% 3,325 1.86% 23,290 0.22%
Ind 5 306 1.49% 3,205 1.80% 9,662 0.09%
Valid Votes 20,508 97.04% 178,369 96.35% 10,393,613 99.03%
Rejected Votes 625 2.96% 6,763 3.65% 101,838 0.97%
Total Polled 21,133 32.12% 185,132 25.15% 10,495,451 66.70%
Registered Electors 65,798 736,032 15,734,587

2005 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

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Party Kopay[7] Jaffna Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
UNP 267 73.76% 5,523 70.20% 4,706,366 48.43%
UPFA 54 14.92% 1,967 25.00% 4,887,152 50.29%
USP 14 3.87% 72 0.92% 35,425 0.36%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 9 2.49% 212 2.69% 34,566 0.36%
JSP 5 1.38% 34 0.43% 31,238 0.32%
NLF 5 1.38% 24 0.31% 9,296 0.10%
ULF 4 1.10% 21 0.27% 6,357 0.07%
SLNF 4 1.10% 15 0.19% 6,639 0.07%
Valid Votes 362 93.30% 7,868 92.30% 9,717,039 98.88%
Rejected Votes 26 6.70% 656 7.70% 109,869 1.12%
Total Polled 388 0.61% 8,524 1.20% 9,826,908 69.51%
Registered Electors 63,752 707,970 14,136,979

1999 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

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Party Kopay[8] Jaffna Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
PA 6,607 46.29% 52,043 46.65% 4,312,157 51.12%
UNP 5,941 41.62% 48,005 43.03% 3,602,748 42.71%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 632 4.43% 3,847 3.45% 427,442 5.07%
Ind 2 335 2.35% 1,873 1.68% 27,052 0.32%
LDA 332 2.33% 3,394 3.04% 23,668 0.28%
Liberal 265 1.86% 1,368 1.23% 25,085 0.30%
SLMP 161 1.13% 1,041 0.93% 17,359 0.21%
Valid Votes 14,273 96.11% 111,568 94.91% 8,435,754 97.69%
Rejected Votes 577 3.89% 5,981 5.09% 199,536 2.31%
Total Polled 14,850 25.28% 117,549 19.15% 8,635,290 72.17%
Registered Electors 58,751 613,718 11,965,536

1994 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

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Party Kopay[9] Jaffna Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
PA 11 91.67% 16,934 96.35% 4,709,205 62.28%
UNP 1 8.33% 223 1.27% 2,715,283 35.91%
Valid Votes 12 100.00% 17,575 99.20% 7,561,526 98.03%

1988 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

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Party Kopay[10] Jaffna Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
SLFP 5,833 46.11% 44,197 36.82% 2,289,857 44.95%
SLMP 4,325 34.19% 42,198 35.15% 235,701 4.63%
UNP 2,493 19.71% 33,650 28.03% 2,569,199 50.43%
Valid Votes 12,651 94.52% 120,045 93.38% 5,094,754 98.24%
Rejected Votes 733 5.48% 8,517 6.62% 91,499 1.76%
Total Polled 13,384 23.71% 128,562 23.30% 5,186,256 55.87%
Registered Electors 56,450 551,713 9,283,143

1982 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

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Party Kopay[11] Jaffna Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
SLFP 13,678 58.75% 77,210 35.42% 2,546,348 39.05%
ACTC 4,984 21.41% 87,263 40.03% 173,934 2.67%
UNP 3,546 15.23% 44,775 20.54% 3,450,815 52.93%
LSSP 423 1.82% 3,376 1.55% 58,531 0.90%
JVP 379 1.63% 3,098 1.42% 273,428 4.19%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 182 0.78% 2,176 1.00% 16,995 0.26%
Valid Votes 23,282 95.79% 218,003 95.36% 6,520,156 98.78%
Rejected Votes 1,023 4.21% 10,610 4.64% 80,470 1.22%
Total Polled 24,305 49.02% 228,613 45.86% 6,600,626 80.15%
Registered Electors 49,577 498,545 8,235,358

Parliamentary Election Results

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Summary

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The winner of Kopay has matched the final country result 0 out of 7 times.

Year Kopay Jaffna Electoral District MAE[12] % Sri Lanka MAE[13] %
2015 ITAK ITAK 0.46% UNP 35.42%
2010 ITAK ITAK 3.27% UPFA 27.67%
2004 ITAK ITAK 0.30% UPFA 6.17%
2001 TULF TULF 1.87% UNP 20.30%
2000 EPDP EPDP 1.65% PA 14.28%
1994 IND2 IND2 10.81% PA 0.36%
1989 INDI INDI 1.32% UNP 27.61%
Matches/Mean MAE 0/7 0/7 2.81% 7/7 18.83%

2015 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

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Party Kopay[14] Jaffna Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
ITAK 20,925 70.02% 207,577 70.08% 515,963 4.63%
UPFA 2,699 9.03% 17,309 5.84% 4,732,664 42.48%
EPDP 2,588 8.66% 30,232 10.21% 33,481 0.30%
UNP 1,983 6.64% 20,025 6.76% 5,098,916 45.77%
AITC 1,130 3.78% 15,022 5.07% 18,644 0.17%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 560 1.87% 6,034 2.04% 580,476 5.21%
Valid Votes 29,885 89.94% 296,199 90.91% 11,140,333 95.35%
Rejected Votes 2,938 8.84% 25,496 7.83% 516,926 4.42%
Total Polled 33,227 59.45% 325,805 61.56% 11,684,111 77.66%
Registered Electors 55,891 529,239 15,044,490

2010 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

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Party Kopay[15] Jaffna Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
ITAK 7,467 47.76% 65,119 44.03% 233,190 2.91%
UPFA 4,377 28.00% 47,622 32.20% 4,846,388 60.38%
UNP 1,122 7.18% 12,624 8.54% 2,357,057 29.37%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 506 3.24% 4,460 3.02% 477,689 5.95%
IG6J 451 2.88% 1,038 0.70% 1,038 0.01%
IG1J 426 2.73% 2,648 1.79% 2,648 0.03%
AITC 370 2.37% 6,362 4.30% 7,544 0.09%
PERLF 311 1.99% 1,821 1.23% 2,100 0.03%
IG3J 223 1.43% 1,161 0.79% 1,161 0.01%
IG4J 215 1.38% 2,151 1.45% 2,151 0.03%
TULF 165 1.06% 2,892 1.96% 9,223 0.11%
Valid Votes 15,633 88.30% 147,898 87.89% 8,026,322 96.03%
Rejected Votes 2,021 11.41% 19,774 11.75% 581,465 6.96%
Total Polled 17,705 26.91% 168,277 22.68% 8,358,246 59.29%
Registered Electors 65,798 742,005 14,097,690

2004 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

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Party Kopay[16] Jaffna Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
ITAK 26,805 90.88% 257,320 90.60% 633,203 6.85%
EPDP 2,108 7.15% 18,612 6.55% 24,942 0.27%
IP1D 453 1.54% 5,156 1.82% 6,121 0.07%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 129 0.44% 2,938 1.03% 764,786 8.28%
Valid Votes 29,495 92.35% 284,026 93.04% 9,241,931 94.52%
Rejected Votes 2,445 7.65% 21,233 6.96% 534,452 5.47%
Total Polled 31,940 52.02% 305,259 46.65% 9,777,821 75.74%
Registered Electors 61,403 654,415 12,909,631

2001 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

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Party Kopay[17] Jaffna Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
TULF 12,539 56.84% 102,324 54.84% 348,164 3.89%
EPDP 6,300 28.56% 57,208 30.66% 72,783 0.81%
UNP 1,753 7.95% 16,245 8.71% 4,086,026 45.62%
DLF 689 3.12% 2,054 1.10% 6,214 0.07%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 454 2.06% 7,313 3.92% 1,029,620 11.50%
DPLF 326 1.48% 1,454 0.78% 16,669 0.19%
Valid Votes 22,061 94.22% 186,598 94.59% 8,955,844 94.77%
Rejected Votes 1,354 5.78% 10,681 5.41% 494,009 5.23%
Total Polled 23,415 38.18% 197,279 31.14% 9,449,878 76.03%
Registered Electors 61,334 633,457 12,428,762

2000 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

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Party Kopay[18] Jaffna Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
EPDP 5,044 33.77% 41,536 36.13% 50,702 0.59%
TULF 4,248 28.44% 32,761 28.50% 105,907 1.23%
UNP 1,051 7.04% 10,896 9.48% 3,451,765 40.12%
ACTC 891 5.97% 10,618 9.24% 27,289 0.32%
DPLF 867 5.81% 4,778 4.16% 20,655 0.24%
IG2 829 5.55% 4,905 4.27% 31,443 0.37%
L&DA 825 5.52% 2,502 2.18% 9,781 0.11%
IG1 548 3.67% 1,641 1.43% 9,799 0.11%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 391 2.62% 3,701 3.22% 880,882 10.24%
IG3 241 1.61% 1,633 1.42% 6,109 0.07%
Valid Votes 14,935 N/A 114,971 N/A 8,602,617 N/A

1994 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

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Party Kopay[19] Jaffna Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
IND2 40 70.18% 10,744 79.71% 16,690 0.21%
IND1 17 29.82% 374 2.77% 48,199 0.61%
Valid Votes 57 95.00% 13,479 97.41% 7,943,688 95.20%
Rejected Votes 3 5.00% 358 2.59% 400,395 4.80%
Total Polled 60 0.11% 13,837 2.32% 8,344,095 74.75%
Registered Electors 56,496 596,375 11,163,064

1989 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

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Party Kopay[20] Jaffna Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
INDI 17,846 64.37% 150,340 62.68% 175,579 3.14%
TULF 6,717 24.23% 60,013 25.02% 188,594 3.37%
DPLF 1,073 3.87% 7,993 3.33% 19,150 0.34%
ACTC 852 3.07% 7,610 3.17% 7,610 0.14%
SLMC 815 2.94% 8,439 3.52% 202,016 3.61%
UNP 421 1.52% 5,460 2.28% 2,838,005 50.71%
Valid Votes 27,724 90.37% 239,855 90.49% 5,596,468 93.87%
Rejected Votes 2,954 9.63% 25,203 9.51% 365,563 6.13%
Total Polled 30,678 54.38% 265,058 44.76% 5,962,031 63.60%
Registered Electors 56,413 592,210 9,374,164

Demographics

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Ethnicity

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The Kopay Polling Division has a Sri Lankan Tamil majority (99.4%) . In comparison, the Jaffna Electoral District (which contains the Kopay Polling Division) has a Sri Lankan Tamil majority (98.6%) [1]

Ethnicity in Kopay[1]

  Sri Lankan Tamil (99.4%)
  Other (0.6%)

Religion

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The Kopay Polling Division has a Hindu majority (90.9%) . In comparison, the Jaffna Electoral District (which contains the Kopay Polling Division) has a Hindu majority (82.6%) and a significant Roman Catholic population (12.6%) [1]

Religion in Kopay[1]

  Hindu (90.9%)
  Roman Catholic (5.6%)
  Other Christian (3.1%)
  Other (0.4%)

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e "Census of Population and Housing 2012". statistics.gov.lk. Department of Census and Statistics, Sri Lanka. 2012.
  2. ^ The mean absolute error, between the percentages of votes each party got in Kopay and the Jaffna Electoral District. It is a measure of the difference in voting behaviour between the two regions.
  3. ^ The mean absolute error, between the percentages of votes each party got in Kopay and the country. It is a measure of the difference in voting behaviour between the two regions.
  4. ^ "2019 Sri Lankan presidential election Results". elections.gov.lk. Election Commission of Sri Lanka. 2019. Archived from the original on 2019-12-19. Retrieved 2020-06-10.
  5. ^ "2015 Sri Lankan presidential election Results". elections.gov.lk. Election Commission of Sri Lanka. 2015. Archived from the original on 2019-12-19. Retrieved 2020-06-10.
  6. ^ "2010 Sri Lankan presidential election Results". elections.gov.lk. Election Commission of Sri Lanka. 2010. Archived from the original on 2019-12-19. Retrieved 2020-06-10.
  7. ^ "2005 Sri Lankan presidential election Results". elections.gov.lk. Election Commission of Sri Lanka. 2005. Archived from the original on 2019-12-19. Retrieved 2020-06-10.
  8. ^ "1999 Sri Lankan presidential election Results". elections.gov.lk. Election Commission of Sri Lanka. 1999. Archived from the original on 2019-12-19. Retrieved 2020-06-10.
  9. ^ "1994 Sri Lankan presidential election Results". elections.gov.lk. Election Commission of Sri Lanka. 1994. Archived from the original on 2019-12-19. Retrieved 2020-06-10.
  10. ^ "1988 Sri Lankan presidential election Results". elections.gov.lk. Election Commission of Sri Lanka. 1988. Archived from the original on 2019-12-19. Retrieved 2020-06-10.
  11. ^ "1982 Sri Lankan presidential election Results". elections.gov.lk. Election Commission of Sri Lanka. 1982. Archived from the original on 2019-12-19. Retrieved 2020-06-10.
  12. ^ The mean absolute error, between the percentages of votes each party got in Kopay and the Jaffna Electoral District. It is a measure of the difference in voting behaviour between the two regions.
  13. ^ The mean absolute error, between the percentages of votes each party got in Kopay and the country. It is a measure of the difference in voting behaviour between the two regions.
  14. ^ "2015 Sri Lankan parliamentary election Results" (PDF). elections.gov.lk. Election Commission of Sri Lanka. 2015.
  15. ^ "2010 Sri Lankan parliamentary election Results" (PDF). elections.gov.lk. Election Commission of Sri Lanka. 2010.
  16. ^ "2004 Sri Lankan parliamentary election Results" (PDF). elections.gov.lk. Election Commission of Sri Lanka. 2004.
  17. ^ "2001 Sri Lankan parliamentary election Results" (PDF). elections.gov.lk. Election Commission of Sri Lanka. 2001.
  18. ^ "2000 Sri Lankan parliamentary election Results" (PDF). elections.gov.lk. Election Commission of Sri Lanka. 2000.
  19. ^ "1994 Sri Lankan parliamentary election Results" (PDF). elections.gov.lk. Election Commission of Sri Lanka. 1994.
  20. ^ "1989 Sri Lankan parliamentary election Results" (PDF). elections.gov.lk. Election Commission of Sri Lanka. 1989.
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