Mawanella Polling Division

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Mawanella
Polling Division
Coordinates: 7°13′04″N 80°28′46″E / 7.217744°N 80.479362°E / 7.217744; 80.479362
CountrySri Lanka
ProvinceSabaragamuwa Province, Sri Lanka
Electoral DistrictKegalle Electoral District
Area
 • Total112.51 km2 (43.44 sq mi)
Population
 (2012)[1]
 • Total111,727
 • Density993/km2 (2,570/sq mi)
ISO 3166 codeEC-22E

The Mawanella Polling Division is a Polling Division in the Kegalle Electoral District, in the Sabaragamuwa Province, Sri Lanka.

Presidential Election Results[edit]

Summary[edit]

The winner of Mawanella has matched the final country result 6 out of 8 times. Hence, Mawanella is a Weak Bellwether for Presidential Elections.

Year Mawanella Kegalle Electoral District MAE[2] % Sri Lanka MAE[3] %
2019 NDF SLPP 9.84% SLPP 6.98%
2015 NDF UPFA 10.55% NDF 6.37%
2010 UPFA UPFA 8.13% UPFA 4.35%
2005 UNP UPFA 7.12% UPFA 6.39%
1999 PA PA 3.40% PA 3.44%
1994 PA PA 0.27% PA 6.44%
1988 UNP UNP 2.98% UNP 8.34%
1982 UNP UNP 2.70% UNP 5.68%
Matches/Mean MAE 6/8 7/8 5.62% 8/8 6.00%

2019 Sri Lankan Presidential Election[edit]

Party Mawanella[4] Kegalle Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
NDF 37,967 50.09% 228,032 39.60% 5,564,239 41.99%
SLPP 34,443 45.44% 320,484 55.66% 6,924,255 52.25%
NMPP 1,856 2.45% 15,043 2.61% 418,553 3.16%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 1,533 2.02% 12,272 2.13% 345,452 2.61%
Valid Votes 75,799 99.27% 575,831 99.11% 13,252,499 98.99%
Rejected Votes 561 0.73% 5,152 0.89% 135,452 1.01%
Total Polled 76,360 83.46% 580,983 85.89% 13,387,951 83.71%
Registered Electors 91,492 676,440 15,992,568

2015 Sri Lankan Presidential Election[edit]

Party Mawanella[5] Kegalle Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
NDF 40,066 57.74% 252,533 47.05% 6,217,162 51.28%
UPFA 28,561 41.16% 278,130 51.82% 5,768,090 47.58%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 762 1.10% 6,108 1.14% 138,200 1.14%
Valid Votes 69,389 98.89% 536,771 98.80% 12,123,452 98.85%
Rejected Votes 778 1.11% 6,515 1.20% 140,925 1.15%
Total Polled 70,167 77.42% 543,286 79.85% 12,264,377 78.69%
Registered Electors 90,627 680,414 15,585,942

2010 Sri Lankan Presidential Election[edit]

Party Mawanella[6] Kegalle Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
UPFA 32,335 53.60% 296,639 61.80% 6,015,934 57.88%
NDF 27,039 44.82% 174,877 36.44% 4,173,185 40.15%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 953 1.58% 8,448 1.76% 204,494 1.97%
Valid Votes 60,327 99.29% 479,964 99.25% 10,393,613 99.03%
Rejected Votes 434 0.71% 3,604 0.75% 101,838 0.97%
Total Polled 60,761 73.15% 483,568 76.11% 10,495,451 66.70%
Registered Electors 83,066 635,342 15,734,587

2005 Sri Lankan Presidential Election[edit]

Party Mawanella[7] Kegalle Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
UNP 32,203 54.85% 223,483 47.67% 4,706,366 48.43%
UPFA 25,701 43.78% 239,184 51.02% 4,887,152 50.29%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 805 1.37% 6,106 1.30% 123,521 1.27%
Valid Votes 58,709 98.99% 468,773 98.99% 9,717,039 98.88%
Rejected Votes 602 1.01% 4,795 1.01% 109,869 1.12%
Total Polled 59,311 75.84% 473,568 78.68% 9,826,908 69.51%
Registered Electors 78,208 601,872 14,136,979

1999 Sri Lankan Presidential Election[edit]

Party Mawanella[8] Kegalle Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
PA 24,279 47.57% 210,185 51.30% 4,312,157 51.12%
UNP 23,730 46.49% 176,376 43.05% 3,602,748 42.71%
JVP 1,938 3.80% 14,997 3.66% 343,927 4.08%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 1,093 2.14% 8,122 1.98% 176,679 2.09%
Valid Votes 51,040 98.19% 409,680 98.05% 8,435,754 97.69%
Rejected Votes 943 1.81% 8,136 1.95% 199,536 2.31%
Total Polled 51,983 74.49% 417,816 76.52% 8,635,290 72.17%
Registered Electors 69,783 546,038 11,965,536

1994 Sri Lankan Presidential Election[edit]

Party Mawanella[9] Kegalle Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
PA 25,400 55.74% 211,676 56.06% 4,709,205 62.28%
UNP 19,367 42.50% 159,707 42.30% 2,715,283 35.91%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 803 1.76% 6,209 1.64% 137,040 1.81%
Valid Votes 45,570 98.27% 377,592 98.14% 7,561,526 98.03%
Rejected Votes 803 1.73% 7,139 1.86% 151,706 1.97%
Total Polled 46,373 73.61% 384,731 74.84% 7,713,232 69.12%
Registered Electors 63,001 514,055 11,158,880

1988 Sri Lankan Presidential Election[edit]

Party Mawanella[10] Kegalle Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
UNP 22,423 60.52% 168,720 57.11% 2,569,199 50.43%
SLFP 14,094 38.04% 119,769 40.54% 2,289,857 44.95%
SLMP 535 1.44% 6,923 2.34% 235,701 4.63%
Valid Votes 37,052 98.79% 295,412 98.57% 5,094,754 98.24%
Rejected Votes 452 1.21% 4,277 1.43% 91,499 1.76%
Total Polled 37,504 67.86% 299,689 67.98% 5,186,256 55.87%
Registered Electors 55,270 440,836 9,283,143

1982 Sri Lankan Presidential Election[edit]

Party Mawanella[11] Kegalle Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
UNP 24,108 60.02% 195,444 57.02% 3,450,815 52.93%
SLFP 13,814 34.39% 126,538 36.92% 2,546,348 39.05%
JVP 1,945 4.84% 13,706 4.00% 273,428 4.19%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 299 0.74% 7,074 2.06% 249,460 3.83%
Valid Votes 40,166 99.32% 342,762 98.69% 6,520,156 98.78%
Rejected Votes 275 0.68% 4,537 1.31% 80,470 1.22%
Total Polled 40,441 82.75% 347,299 84.30% 6,600,626 80.15%
Registered Electors 48,873 411,994 8,235,358

Parliamentary Election Results[edit]

Summary[edit]

The winner of Mawanella has matched the final country result 4 out of 7 times. Hence, Mawanella is a Weak Bellwether for Parliamentary Elections.

Year Mawanella Kegalle Electoral District MAE[12] % Sri Lanka MAE[13] %
2015 UNP UNP 9.63% UNP 9.45%
2010 UPFA UPFA 6.09% UPFA 2.04%
2004 UNP UPFA 5.78% UPFA 5.14%
2001 UNP UNP 7.28% UNP 7.21%
2000 UNP PA 6.50% PA 5.56%
1994 UNP UNP 2.57% PA 6.09%
1989 UNP UNP 1.34% UNP 6.63%
Matches/Mean MAE 4/7 6/7 5.60% 7/7 6.02%

2015 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election[edit]

Party Mawanella[14] Kegalle Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
UNP 37,910 59.61% 247,467 49.52% 5,098,916 45.77%
UPFA 22,446 35.29% 227,208 45.47% 4,732,664 42.48%
JVP 2,282 3.59% 18,394 3.68% 544,154 4.88%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 960 1.51% 6,661 1.33% 101,045 0.91%
Valid Votes 63,598 96.41% 499,730 96.35% 11,140,333 95.35%
Rejected Votes 2,348 3.56% 18,770 3.62% 516,926 4.42%
Total Polled 65,968 72.79% 518,674 79.81% 11,684,111 77.66%
Registered Electors 90,627 649,878 15,044,490

2010 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election[edit]

Party Mawanella[15] Kegalle Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
UPFA 26,467 60.62% 242,463 66.89% 4,846,388 60.38%
UNP 15,476 35.45% 104,925 28.95% 2,357,057 29.37%
DNA 1,544 3.54% 13,518 3.73% 441,251 5.50%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 175 0.40% 1,549 0.43% 33,973 0.42%
Valid Votes 43,662 93.59% 362,455 93.32% 8,026,322 96.03%
Rejected Votes 2,989 6.41% 25,965 6.68% 581,465 6.96%
Total Polled 46,651 56.16% 388,420 60.93% 8,358,246 59.29%
Registered Electors 83,066 637,524 14,097,690

2004 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election[edit]

Party Mawanella[16] Kegalle Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
UNP 26,099 49.36% 186,641 44.32% 3,486,792 37.73%
UPFA 23,290 44.05% 214,267 50.88% 4,223,126 45.70%
JHU 3,151 5.96% 18,034 4.28% 552,723 5.98%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 334 0.63% 2,187 0.52% 59,247 0.64%
Valid Votes 52,874 94.88% 421,134 94.25% 9,241,931 94.52%
Rejected Votes 2,853 5.12% 25,685 5.75% 534,452 5.47%
Total Polled 55,727 73.21% 446,816 78.35% 9,777,821 75.74%
Registered Electors 76,115 570,299 12,909,631

2001 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election[edit]

Party Mawanella[17] Kegalle Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
UNP 30,845 57.76% 208,104 49.36% 4,086,026 45.62%
PA 17,641 33.03% 170,901 40.53% 3,330,815 37.19%
JVP 4,116 7.71% 36,711 8.71% 815,353 9.10%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 801 1.50% 5,924 1.40% 123,245 1.38%
Valid Votes 53,403 95.43% 421,640 94.90% 8,955,844 94.77%
Rejected Votes 2,560 4.57% 22,669 5.10% 494,009 5.23%
Total Polled 55,963 76.59% 444,309 80.10% 9,449,878 76.03%
Registered Electors 73,064 554,698 12,428,762

2000 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election[edit]

Party Mawanella[18] Kegalle Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
UNP 23,751 47.49% 175,627 42.69% 3,451,765 40.12%
PA 19,976 39.94% 201,114 48.88% 3,899,329 45.33%
NUA 2,901 5.80% 4,797 1.17% 185,593 2.16%
JVP 2,428 4.86% 22,028 5.35% 518,725 6.03%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 953 1.91% 7,846 1.91% 233,914 2.72%
Valid Votes 50,009 N/A 411,412 N/A 8,602,617 N/A

1994 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election[edit]

Party Mawanella[19] Kegalle Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
UNP 25,921 53.79% 203,938 51.24% 3,498,370 44.04%
PA 21,814 45.27% 190,689 47.91% 3,887,805 48.94%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 452 0.94% 3,383 0.85% 90,078 1.13%
Valid Votes 48,187 96.00% 398,010 95.89% 7,943,688 95.20%
Rejected Votes 2,010 4.00% 17,043 4.11% 400,395 4.80%
Total Polled 50,197 79.68% 415,053 80.78% 8,344,095 74.75%
Registered Electors 63,001 513,825 11,163,064

1989 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election[edit]

Party Mawanella[20] Kegalle Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
UNP 20,193 60.39% 174,334 61.12% 2,838,005 50.71%
SLFP 9,066 27.11% 80,668 28.28% 1,785,369 31.90%
ELJP 3,831 11.46% 14,056 4.93% 67,723 1.21%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 348 1.04% 16,196 5.68% 232,463 4.15%
Valid Votes 33,438 93.37% 285,254 93.95% 5,596,468 93.87%
Rejected Votes 2,375 6.63% 18,362 6.05% 365,563 6.13%
Total Polled 35,813 66.15% 303,616 69.46% 5,962,031 63.60%
Registered Electors 54,137 437,131 9,374,164

Demographics[edit]

Ethnicity[edit]

The Mawanella Polling Division has a Sinhalese majority (68.4%) and a significant Moor population (30.3%) . In comparison, the Kegalle Electoral District (which contains the Mawanella Polling Division) has a Sinhalese majority (85.5%) [1]

Ethnicity in Mawanella[1]

  Sinhalese (68.4%)
  Moor (30.3%)
  Other (1.4%)

Religion[edit]

The Mawanella Polling Division has a Buddhist majority (68.1%) and a significant Muslim population (30.4%) . In comparison, the Kegalle Electoral District (which contains the Mawanella Polling Division) has a Buddhist majority (84.4%) [1]

Religion in Mawanella[1]

  Buddhist (68.1%)
  Muslim (30.4%)
  Other (1.4%)

References[edit]

  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 Mawanella and the Kegalle 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 Mawanella 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.
  5. ^ "2015 Sri Lankan presidential election Results". elections.gov.lk. Election Commission of Sri Lanka. 2015.
  6. ^ "2010 Sri Lankan presidential election Results". elections.gov.lk. Election Commission of Sri Lanka. 2010.
  7. ^ "2005 Sri Lankan presidential election Results". elections.gov.lk. Election Commission of Sri Lanka. 2005.
  8. ^ "1999 Sri Lankan presidential election Results". elections.gov.lk. Election Commission of Sri Lanka. 1999.
  9. ^ "1994 Sri Lankan presidential election Results". elections.gov.lk. Election Commission of Sri Lanka. 1994.
  10. ^ "1988 Sri Lankan presidential election Results". elections.gov.lk. Election Commission of Sri Lanka. 1988.
  11. ^ "1982 Sri Lankan presidential election Results". elections.gov.lk. Election Commission of Sri Lanka. 1982.
  12. ^ The mean absolute error, between the percentages of votes each party got in Mawanella and the Kegalle 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 Mawanella 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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