The Hanguranketha Polling Division is a Polling Division in the Nuwara Eliya Electoral District, in the Central Province, Sri Lanka. 
  Presidential Election Results
 Summary
 The winner of Hanguranketha has matched the final country result 6 out of 8 times. Hence, Hanguranketha is a Weak Bellwether for Presidential Elections.  
      | Party  |  Hanguranketha[4]  |  Nuwara Eliya Electoral District  |  Sri Lanka  | 
  | Votes  |  %  |  Votes  |  %  |  Votes  |  %  | 
  |   |  SLPP  |    |  30,999  |  52.50%  |    |  175,823  |  36.87%  |    |  6,924,255  |  52.25%  | 
  |   |  NDF  |    |  24,995  |  42.33%  |    |  277,913  |  58.28%  |    |  5,564,239  |  41.99%  | 
  |   |  Other Parties (with < 1%)  |    |  1,899  |  3.22%  |    |  17,237  |  3.61%  |    |  345,452  |  2.61%  | 
  |   |  NMPP  |    |  1,153  |  1.95%  |    |  5,891  |  1.24%  |    |  418,553  |  3.16%  | 
  | Valid Votes  |  59,046  |  98.86%  |  476,864  |  98.52%  |  13,252,499  |  98.99%  | 
  | Rejected Votes  |  680  |  1.14%  |  7,155  |  1.48%  |  135,452  |  1.01%  | 
  | Total Polled  |  59,726  |  85.76%  |  484,019  |  85.06%  |  13,387,951  |  83.71%  | 
  | Registered Electors  |  69,644  |    |  569,028  |    |  15,992,568  |    | 
     | Party  |  Hanguranketha[5]  |  Nuwara Eliya Electoral District  |  Sri Lanka  | 
  | Votes  |  %  |  Votes  |  %  |  Votes  |  %  | 
  |   |  UPFA  |    |  27,389  |  50.76%  |    |  145,339  |  34.06%  |    |  5,768,090  |  47.58%  | 
  |   |  NDF  |    |  25,645  |  47.53%  |    |  272,605  |  63.88%  |    |  6,217,162  |  51.28%  | 
  |   |  Other Parties (with < 1%)  |    |  922  |  1.71%  |    |  8,822  |  2.07%  |    |  138,200  |  1.14%  | 
  | Valid Votes  |  53,956  |  98.07%  |  426,766  |  98.31%  |  12,123,452  |  98.85%  | 
  | Rejected Votes  |  1,064  |  1.93%  |  7,329  |  1.69%  |  140,925  |  1.15%  | 
  | Total Polled  |  55,020  |  77.44%  |  434,095  |  79.25%  |  12,264,377  |  78.69%  | 
  | Registered Electors  |  71,053  |    |  547,766  |    |  15,585,942  |    | 
     | Party  |  Hanguranketha[6]  |  Nuwara Eliya Electoral District  |  Sri Lanka  | 
  | Votes  |  %  |  Votes  |  %  |  Votes  |  %  | 
  |   |  UPFA  |    |  29,164  |  61.43%  |    |  151,604  |  43.77%  |    |  6,015,934  |  57.88%  | 
  |   |  NDF  |    |  16,470  |  34.69%  |    |  180,604  |  52.14%  |    |  4,173,185  |  40.15%  | 
  |   |  Other Parties (with < 1%)  |    |  1,324  |  2.79%  |    |  10,040  |  2.90%  |    |  165,268  |  1.59%  | 
  |   |  DUNF  |    |  518  |  1.09%  |    |  4,134  |  1.19%  |    |  39,226  |  0.38%  | 
  | Valid Votes  |  47,476  |  98.45%  |  346,382  |  98.17%  |  10,393,613  |  99.03%  | 
  | Rejected Votes  |  748  |  1.55%  |  6,462  |  1.83%  |  101,838  |  0.97%  | 
  | Total Polled  |  48,224  |  73.10%  |  352,844  |  75.65%  |  10,495,451  |  66.70%  | 
  | Registered Electors  |  65,969  |    |  466,440  |    |  15,734,587  |    | 
     | Party  |  Hanguranketha[7]  |  Nuwara Eliya Electoral District  |  Sri Lanka  | 
  | Votes  |  %  |  Votes  |  %  |  Votes  |  %  | 
  |   |  UNP  |    |  27,061  |  55.58%  |    |  250,428  |  70.37%  |    |  4,706,366  |  48.43%  | 
  |   |  UPFA  |    |  20,725  |  42.56%  |    |  99,550  |  27.97%  |    |  4,887,152  |  50.29%  | 
  |   |  Other Parties (with < 1%)  |    |  905  |  1.86%  |    |  5,897  |  1.66%  |    |  123,521  |  1.27%  | 
  | Valid Votes  |  48,691  |  98.30%  |  355,875  |  98.50%  |  9,717,039  |  98.88%  | 
  | Rejected Votes  |  843  |  1.70%  |  5,410  |  1.50%  |  109,869  |  1.12%  | 
  | Total Polled  |  49,534  |  78.10%  |  361,285  |  79.49%  |  9,826,908  |  69.51%  | 
  | Registered Electors  |  63,421  |    |  454,528  |    |  14,136,979  |    | 
     | Party  |  Hanguranketha[8]  |  Nuwara Eliya Electoral District  |  Sri Lanka  | 
  | Votes  |  %  |  Votes  |  %  |  Votes  |  %  | 
  |   |  PA  |    |  29,000  |  58.16%  |    |  147,210  |  46.88%  |    |  4,312,157  |  51.12%  | 
  |   |  UNP  |    |  18,426  |  36.95%  |    |  152,836  |  48.68%  |    |  3,602,748  |  42.71%  | 
  |   |  JVP  |    |  1,572  |  3.15%  |    |  5,879  |  1.87%  |    |  343,927  |  4.08%  | 
  |   |  Other Parties (with < 1%)  |    |  865  |  1.73%  |    |  8,065  |  2.57%  |    |  176,679  |  2.09%  | 
  | Valid Votes  |  49,863  |  97.15%  |  313,990  |  97.21%  |  8,435,754  |  97.69%  | 
  | Rejected Votes  |  1,461  |  2.85%  |  8,997  |  2.79%  |  199,536  |  2.31%  | 
  | Total Polled  |  51,324  |  88.17%  |  322,987  |  80.23%  |  8,635,290  |  72.17%  | 
  | Registered Electors  |  58,213  |    |  402,589  |    |  11,965,536  |    | 
     | Party  |  Hanguranketha[9]  |  Nuwara Eliya Electoral District  |  Sri Lanka  | 
  | Votes  |  %  |  Votes  |  %  |  Votes  |  %  | 
  |   |  PA  |    |  22,917  |  52.94%  |    |  168,929  |  57.14%  |    |  4,709,205  |  62.28%  | 
  |   |  UNP  |    |  19,609  |  45.30%  |    |  116,928  |  39.55%  |    |  2,715,283  |  35.91%  | 
  |   |  Other Parties (with < 1%)  |    |  761  |  1.76%  |    |  9,773  |  3.31%  |    |  137,040  |  1.81%  | 
  | Valid Votes  |  43,287  |  97.30%  |  295,630  |  96.15%  |  7,561,526  |  98.03%  | 
  | Rejected Votes  |  1,202  |  2.70%  |  11,840  |  3.85%  |  151,706  |  1.97%  | 
  | Total Polled  |  44,489  |  82.39%  |  307,470  |  78.19%  |  7,713,232  |  69.12%  | 
  | Registered Electors  |  54,001  |    |  393,221  |    |  11,158,880  |    | 
     | Party  |  Hanguranketha[10]  |  Nuwara Eliya Electoral District  |  Sri Lanka  | 
  | Votes  |  %  |  Votes  |  %  |  Votes  |  %  | 
  |   |  UNP  |    |  22,748  |  61.27%  |    |  112,135  |  62.15%  |    |  2,569,199  |  50.43%  | 
  |   |  SLFP  |    |  14,011  |  37.74%  |    |  64,907  |  35.98%  |    |  2,289,857  |  44.95%  | 
  |   |  Other Parties (with < 1%)  |    |  370  |  1.00%  |    |  3,371  |  1.87%  |    |  235,701  |  4.63%  | 
  | Valid Votes  |  37,129  |  98.47%  |  180,413  |  98.19%  |  5,094,754  |  98.24%  | 
  | Rejected Votes  |  576  |  1.53%  |  3,320  |  1.81%  |  91,499  |  1.76%  | 
  | Total Polled  |  37,705  |  84.55%  |  183,733  |  79.44%  |  5,186,256  |  55.87%  | 
  | Registered Electors  |  44,596  |    |  231,278  |    |  9,283,143  |    | 
     | Party  |  Hanguranketha[11]  |  Nuwara Eliya Electoral District  |  Sri Lanka  | 
  | Votes  |  %  |  Votes  |  %  |  Votes  |  %  | 
  |   |  UNP  |    |  20,672  |  60.10%  |    |  109,017  |  63.10%  |    |  3,450,815  |  52.93%  | 
  |   |  SLFP  |    |  12,414  |  36.09%  |    |  57,093  |  33.05%  |    |  2,546,348  |  39.05%  | 
  |   |  JVP  |    |  983  |  2.86%  |    |  4,569  |  2.64%  |    |  273,428  |  4.19%  | 
  |   |  Other Parties (with < 1%)  |    |  329  |  0.96%  |    |  2,090  |  1.21%  |    |  249,460  |  3.83%  | 
  | Valid Votes  |  34,398  |  98.94%  |  172,769  |  98.83%  |  6,520,156  |  98.78%  | 
  | Rejected Votes  |  368  |  1.06%  |  2,048  |  1.17%  |  80,470  |  1.22%  | 
  | Total Polled  |  34,766  |  87.24%  |  174,817  |  85.71%  |  6,600,626  |  80.15%  | 
  | Registered Electors  |  39,853  |    |  203,968  |    |  8,235,358  |    | 
 Parliamentary Election Results
 Summary
 The winner of Hanguranketha has matched the final country result 5 out of 7 times. Hence, Hanguranketha is a Weak Bellwether for Parliamentary Elections.  
      | Party  |  Hanguranketha[14]  |  Nuwara Eliya Electoral District  |  Sri Lanka  | 
  | Votes  |  %  |  Votes  |  %  |  Votes  |  %  | 
  |   |  UNP  |    |  26,404  |  55.19%  |    |  228,920  |  59.06%  |    |  5,098,916  |  45.77%  | 
  |   |  UPFA  |    |  19,775  |  41.33%  |    |  147,348  |  38.02%  |    |  4,732,664  |  42.48%  | 
  |   |  JVP  |    |  1,258  |  2.63%  |    |  5,590  |  1.44%  |    |  544,154  |  4.88%  | 
  |   |  Other Parties (with < 1%)  |    |  406  |  0.85%  |    |  5,727  |  1.48%  |    |  87,743  |  0.79%  | 
  | Valid Votes  |  47,843  |  91.53%  |  387,585  |  92.12%  |  11,140,333  |  95.35%  | 
  | Rejected Votes  |  4,391  |  8.40%  |  32,788  |  7.79%  |  516,926  |  4.42%  | 
  | Total Polled  |  52,269  |  73.56%  |  420,734  |  78.77%  |  11,684,111  |  77.66%  | 
  | Registered Electors  |  71,053  |    |  534,150  |    |  15,044,490  |    | 
     | Party  |  Hanguranketha[15]  |  Nuwara Eliya Electoral District  |  Sri Lanka  | 
  | Votes  |  %  |  Votes  |  %  |  Votes  |  %  | 
  |   |  UPFA  |    |  18,866  |  61.31%  |    |  149,111  |  56.06%  |    |  4,846,388  |  60.38%  | 
  |   |  UNP  |    |  10,362  |  33.68%  |    |  96,885  |  36.43%  |    |  2,357,057  |  29.37%  | 
  |   |  DNA  |    |  993  |  3.23%  |    |  3,984  |  1.50%  |    |  441,251  |  5.50%  | 
  |   |  Other Parties (with < 1%)  |    |  548  |  1.78%  |    |  15,982  |  6.01%  |    |  59,106  |  0.74%  | 
  | Valid Votes  |  30,769  |  85.57%  |  265,962  |  87.64%  |  8,026,322  |  96.03%  | 
  | Rejected Votes  |  5,146  |  14.31%  |  37,236  |  12.27%  |  581,465  |  6.96%  | 
  | Total Polled  |  35,959  |  54.51%  |  303,470  |  64.94%  |  8,358,246  |  59.29%  | 
  | Registered Electors  |  65,969  |    |  467,332  |    |  14,097,690  |    | 
     | Party  |  Hanguranketha[16]  |  Nuwara Eliya Electoral District  |  Sri Lanka  | 
  | Votes  |  %  |  Votes  |  %  |  Votes  |  %  | 
  |   |  UNP  |    |  25,313  |  57.80%  |    |  176,971  |  54.02%  |    |  3,486,792  |  37.73%  | 
  |   |  UPFA  |    |  16,962  |  38.73%  |    |  82,945  |  25.32%  |    |  4,223,126  |  45.70%  | 
  |   |  JHU  |    |  630  |  1.44%  |    |  4,454  |  1.36%  |    |  552,723  |  5.98%  | 
  |   |  UPF  |    |  574  |  1.31%  |    |  49,728  |  15.18%  |    |  49,728  |  0.54%  | 
  |   |  Other Parties (with < 1%)  |    |  318  |  0.73%  |    |  13,511  |  4.12%  |    |  53,563  |  0.58%  | 
  | Valid Votes  |  43,797  |  92.15%  |  327,609  |  93.06%  |  9,241,931  |  94.52%  | 
  | Rejected Votes  |  3,732  |  7.85%  |  24,413  |  6.94%  |  534,452  |  5.47%  | 
  | Total Polled  |  47,529  |  76.82%  |  352,022  |  80.70%  |  9,777,821  |  75.74%  | 
  | Registered Electors  |  61,868  |    |  436,236  |    |  12,909,631  |    | 
     | Party  |  Hanguranketha[17]  |  Nuwara Eliya Electoral District  |  Sri Lanka  | 
  | Votes  |  %  |  Votes  |  %  |  Votes  |  %  | 
  |   |  UNP  |    |  25,631  |  60.56%  |    |  215,157  |  68.28%  |    |  4,086,026  |  45.62%  | 
  |   |  PA  |    |  13,618  |  32.18%  |    |  77,733  |  24.67%  |    |  3,330,815  |  37.19%  | 
  |   |  JVP  |    |  2,502  |  5.91%  |    |  11,080  |  3.52%  |    |  815,353  |  9.10%  | 
  |   |  Other Parties (with < 1%)  |    |  570  |  1.35%  |    |  11,129  |  3.53%  |    |  143,834  |  1.61%  | 
  | Valid Votes  |  42,321  |  89.04%  |  315,099  |  91.74%  |  8,955,844  |  94.77%  | 
  | Rejected Votes  |  5,211  |  10.96%  |  28,373  |  8.26%  |  494,009  |  5.23%  | 
  | Total Polled  |  47,532  |  79.16%  |  343,472  |  82.32%  |  9,449,878  |  76.03%  | 
  | Registered Electors  |  60,044  |    |  417,264  |    |  12,428,762  |    | 
     | Party  |  Hanguranketha[18]  |  Nuwara Eliya Electoral District  |  Sri Lanka  | 
  | Votes  |  %  |  Votes  |  %  |  Votes  |  %  | 
  |   |  PA  |    |  32,859  |  72.91%  |    |  158,018  |  52.53%  |    |  3,899,329  |  45.33%  | 
  |   |  UNP  |    |  10,470  |  23.23%  |    |  126,486  |  42.05%  |    |  3,451,765  |  40.12%  | 
  |   |  JVP  |    |  1,386  |  3.08%  |    |  6,299  |  2.09%  |    |  518,725  |  6.03%  | 
  |   |  Other Parties (with < 1%)  |    |  353  |  0.78%  |    |  10,003  |  3.33%  |    |  247,240  |  2.87%  | 
  | Valid Votes  |  45,068  |  N/A  |  300,806  |  N/A  |  8,602,617  |  N/A  | 
     | Party  |  Hanguranketha[19]  |  Nuwara Eliya Electoral District  |  Sri Lanka  | 
  | Votes  |  %  |  Votes  |  %  |  Votes  |  %  | 
  |   |  UNP  |    |  24,783  |  57.71%  |    |  175,478  |  58.12%  |    |  3,498,370  |  44.04%  | 
  |   |  PA  |    |  17,904  |  41.69%  |    |  97,658  |  32.35%  |    |  3,887,805  |  48.94%  | 
  |   |  Other Parties (with < 1%)  |    |  254  |  0.59%  |    |  28,782  |  9.53%  |    |  206,815  |  2.60%  | 
  | Valid Votes  |  42,941  |  94.44%  |  301,918  |  93.33%  |  7,943,688  |  95.20%  | 
  | Rejected Votes  |  2,526  |  5.56%  |  21,592  |  6.67%  |  400,395  |  4.80%  | 
  | Total Polled  |  45,467  |  84.20%  |  323,510  |  82.37%  |  8,344,095  |  74.75%  | 
  | Registered Electors  |  54,001  |    |  392,770  |    |  11,163,064  |    | 
     | Party  |  Hanguranketha[20]  |  Nuwara Eliya Electoral District  |  Sri Lanka  | 
  | Votes  |  %  |  Votes  |  %  |  Votes  |  %  | 
  |   |  UNP  |    |  24,140  |  70.09%  |    |  109,853  |  63.34%  |    |  2,838,005  |  50.71%  | 
  |   |  SLFP  |    |  9,890  |  28.71%  |    |  47,128  |  27.18%  |    |  1,785,369  |  31.90%  | 
  |   |  Other Parties (with < 1%)  |    |  412  |  1.20%  |    |  16,443  |  9.48%  |    |  363,149  |  6.49%  | 
  | Valid Votes  |  34,442  |  93.34%  |  173,424  |  92.73%  |  5,596,468  |  93.87%  | 
  | Rejected Votes  |  2,457  |  6.66%  |  13,600  |  7.27%  |  365,563  |  6.13%  | 
  | Total Polled  |  36,899  |  84.16%  |  187,024  |  81.49%  |  5,962,031  |  63.60%  | 
  | Registered Electors  |  43,844  |    |  229,519  |    |  9,374,164  |    | 
 Demographics
 Ethnicity
 The Hanguranketha Polling Division has a Sinhalese majority (86.4%) . In comparison, the Nuwara Eliya Electoral District (which contains the Hanguranketha Polling Division) has an Indian Tamil majority (53.1%) and a significant Sinhalese population (39.6%) [1]  
  Religion
 The Hanguranketha Polling Division has a Buddhist majority (86.2%) and a significant Hindu population (12.6%). In comparison, the Nuwara Eliya Electoral District (which contains the Hanguranketha Polling Division) has a Hindu majority (51.0%) and a significant Buddhist population (39.1%) [1]  
  References