Claim: The Paddiruppu Polling Division in the Eastern Province of Sri Lanka, voted for a member of the ACTC party for president in Paddiruppu in 1982 but chose a UNP party member that same year in the larger Batticaloa Electoral District.
Evidence: The Paddiruppu Polling Division is a Polling Division in the Batticaloa Electoral District, in the Eastern Province, Sri Lanka. 1982 ACTC UNP