Pelmadulla Polling Division

Pelmadulla
Polling Division
Coordinates: 6°38′05″N 80°29′53″E / 6.634826°N 80.497958°E / 6.634826; 80.497958
CountrySri Lanka
ProvinceSabaragamuwa Province, Sri Lanka
Electoral DistrictRatnapura Electoral District
Area
 • Total
147.07 km2 (56.78 sq mi)
Population
 (2012)[1]
 • Total
89,469
 • Density608/km2 (1,570/sq mi)
ISO 3166 codeEC-21C

The Pelmadulla Polling Division is a Polling Division in the Ratnapura Electoral District, in the Sabaragamuwa Province, Sri Lanka.

Presidential Election Results

Summary

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

Year Pelmadulla Ratnapura Electoral District MAE[2] % Sri Lanka MAE[3] %
2019 SLPP SLPP 5.62% SLPP 1.25%
2015 UPFA UPFA 4.95% NDF 3.18%
2010 UPFA UPFA 5.92% UPFA 0.18%
2005 UNP UPFA 4.29% UPFA 1.53%
1999 PA PA 1.08% PA 0.76%
1994 PA PA 4.34% PA 8.49%
1988 UNP UNP 0.64% UNP 1.44%
1982 UNP UNP 0.34% UNP 3.36%
Matches/Mean MAE 6/8 7/8 3.40% 8/8 2.52%

2019 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party Pelmadulla[4] Ratnapura Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
SLPP 41,469 54.33% 448,044 59.93% 6,924,255 52.25%
NDF 31,845 41.72% 264,503 35.38% 5,564,239 41.99%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 1,700 2.23% 16,237 2.17% 345,452 2.61%
NMPP 1,315 1.72% 18,887 2.53% 418,553 3.16%
Valid Votes 76,329 99.21% 747,671 99.22% 13,252,499 98.99%
Rejected Votes 606 0.79% 5,853 0.78% 135,452 1.01%
Total Polled 76,935 86.89% 753,524 87.11% 13,387,951 83.71%
Registered Electors 88,540 864,979 15,992,568

2015 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party Pelmadulla[5] Ratnapura Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
UPFA 34,975 50.64% 379,053 55.74% 5,768,090 47.58%
NDF 33,095 47.92% 292,514 43.01% 6,217,162 51.28%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 992 1.44% 8,517 1.25% 138,200 1.14%
Valid Votes 69,062 98.81% 680,084 98.89% 12,123,452 98.85%
Rejected Votes 834 1.19% 7,656 1.11% 140,925 1.15%
Total Polled 69,896 83.27% 687,740 82.69% 12,264,377 78.69%
Registered Electors 83,934 831,712 15,585,942

2010 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party Pelmadulla[6] Ratnapura Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
UPFA 34,773 57.65% 377,734 63.76% 6,015,934 57.88%
NDF 24,283 40.26% 203,566 34.36% 4,173,185 40.15%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 1,263 2.09% 11,126 1.88% 204,494 1.97%
Valid Votes 60,319 98.99% 592,426 99.26% 10,393,613 99.03%
Rejected Votes 617 1.01% 4,430 0.74% 101,838 0.97%
Total Polled 60,936 80.51% 596,856 79.75% 10,495,451 66.70%
Registered Electors 75,685 748,404 15,734,587

2005 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party Pelmadulla[7] Ratnapura Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
UNP 27,178 49.83% 252,838 45.55% 4,706,366 48.43%
UPFA 26,511 48.61% 294,260 53.01% 4,887,152 50.29%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 848 1.55% 7,976 1.44% 123,521 1.27%
Valid Votes 54,537 98.97% 555,074 99.02% 9,717,039 98.88%
Rejected Votes 570 1.03% 5,510 0.98% 109,869 1.12%
Total Polled 55,107 84.20% 560,584 82.57% 9,826,908 69.51%
Registered Electors 65,445 678,909 14,136,979

1999 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party Pelmadulla[8] Ratnapura Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
PA 24,995 51.50% 250,409 52.13% 4,312,157 51.12%
UNP 21,293 43.88% 202,621 42.18% 3,602,748 42.71%
JVP 1,195 2.46% 16,482 3.43% 343,927 4.08%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 1,047 2.16% 10,852 2.26% 176,679 2.09%
Valid Votes 48,530 98.10% 480,364 98.15% 8,435,754 97.69%
Rejected Votes 941 1.90% 9,038 1.85% 199,536 2.31%
Total Polled 49,471 83.88% 489,402 81.27% 8,635,290 72.17%
Registered Electors 58,977 602,172 11,965,536

1994 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party Pelmadulla[9] Ratnapura Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
PA 24,076 53.62% 257,265 58.07% 4,709,205 62.28%
UNP 19,994 44.53% 177,924 40.16% 2,715,283 35.91%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 833 1.86% 7,842 1.77% 137,040 1.81%
Valid Votes 44,903 98.02% 443,031 98.31% 7,561,526 98.03%
Rejected Votes 906 1.98% 7,595 1.69% 151,706 1.97%
Total Polled 45,809 80.94% 450,626 80.02% 7,713,232 69.12%
Registered Electors 56,593 563,174 11,158,880

1988 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party Pelmadulla[10] Ratnapura Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
UNP 18,370 51.40% 180,622 51.75% 2,569,199 50.43%
SLFP 16,719 46.78% 159,879 45.81% 2,289,857 44.95%
SLMP 651 1.82% 8,516 2.44% 235,701 4.63%
Valid Votes 35,740 98.89% 349,017 98.84% 5,094,754 98.24%
Rejected Votes 400 1.11% 4,113 1.16% 91,499 1.76%
Total Polled 36,140 82.47% 353,130 76.64% 5,186,256 55.87%
Registered Electors 43,820 460,735 9,283,143

1982 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party Pelmadulla[11] Ratnapura Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
UNP 17,212 50.99% 175,903 50.90% 3,450,815 52.93%
SLFP 15,106 44.75% 152,506 44.13% 2,546,348 39.05%
JVP 1,126 3.34% 11,283 3.26% 273,428 4.19%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 310 0.92% 5,912 1.71% 249,460 3.83%
Valid Votes 33,754 99.00% 345,604 99.02% 6,520,156 98.78%
Rejected Votes 340 1.00% 3,407 0.98% 80,470 1.22%
Total Polled 34,094 88.18% 349,011 85.91% 6,600,626 80.15%
Registered Electors 38,662 406,275 8,235,358

Parliamentary Election Results

Summary

The winner of Pelmadulla has matched the final country result 6 out of 7 times. Hence, Pelmadulla is a Strong Bellwether for Parliamentary Elections.

Year Pelmadulla Ratnapura Electoral District MAE[12] % Sri Lanka MAE[13] %
2015 UNP UPFA 5.17% UNP 4.25%
2010 UPFA UPFA 4.60% UPFA 3.87%
2004 UPFA UPFA 4.75% UPFA 4.73%
2001 UNP UNP 1.64% UNP 4.41%
2000 PA PA 1.29% PA 4.52%
1994 UNP PA 5.29% PA 5.83%
1989 UNP UNP 2.02% UNP 5.98%
Matches/Mean MAE 6/7 6/7 3.54% 7/7 4.80%

2015 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party Pelmadulla[14] Ratnapura Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
UNP 32,747 51.01% 284,117 44.96% 5,098,916 45.77%
UPFA 29,864 46.52% 323,636 51.21% 4,732,664 42.48%
JVP 1,303 2.03% 21,525 3.41% 544,154 4.88%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 284 0.44% 2,720 0.43% 83,333 0.75%
Valid Votes 64,198 95.79% 631,998 96.46% 11,140,333 95.35%
Rejected Votes 2,799 4.18% 23,026 3.51% 516,926 4.42%
Total Polled 67,020 79.85% 655,222 80.88% 11,684,111 77.66%
Registered Electors 83,934 810,082 15,044,490

2010 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party Pelmadulla[15] Ratnapura Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
UPFA 28,453 64.40% 305,327 68.87% 4,846,388 60.38%
UNP 14,817 33.54% 125,076 28.21% 2,357,057 29.37%
DNA 704 1.59% 11,053 2.49% 441,251 5.50%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 206 0.47% 1,853 0.42% 35,498 0.44%
Valid Votes 44,180 90.30% 443,309 92.28% 8,026,322 96.03%
Rejected Votes 4,740 9.69% 37,022 7.71% 581,465 6.96%
Total Polled 48,927 64.65% 480,395 64.02% 8,358,246 59.29%
Registered Electors 75,685 750,416 14,097,690

2004 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party Pelmadulla[16] Ratnapura Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
UPFA 23,403 48.24% 261,450 53.14% 4,223,126 45.70%
UNP 22,745 46.88% 205,490 41.77% 3,486,792 37.73%
JHU 1,979 4.08% 20,801 4.23% 552,723 5.98%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 386 0.80% 4,262 0.87% 58,082 0.63%
Valid Votes 48,513 94.05% 492,003 94.55% 9,241,931 94.52%
Rejected Votes 3,069 5.95% 28,346 5.45% 534,452 5.47%
Total Polled 51,582 81.48% 520,349 80.42% 9,777,821 75.74%
Registered Electors 63,305 647,035 12,909,631

2001 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party Pelmadulla[17] Ratnapura Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
UNP 24,135 49.32% 227,202 46.41% 4,086,026 45.62%
PA 21,329 43.58% 212,794 43.46% 3,330,815 37.19%
JVP 2,591 5.29% 40,377 8.25% 815,353 9.10%
NLF 492 1.01% 4,589 0.94% 45,901 0.51%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 393 0.80% 4,616 0.94% 86,089 0.96%
Valid Votes 48,940 93.68% 489,578 94.14% 8,955,844 94.77%
Rejected Votes 3,300 6.32% 30,483 5.86% 494,009 5.23%
Total Polled 52,240 84.82% 520,061 83.41% 9,449,878 76.03%
Registered Electors 61,586 623,506 12,428,762

2000 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party Pelmadulla[18] Ratnapura Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
PA 25,563 52.99% 244,142 50.63% 3,899,329 45.33%
UNP 20,385 42.26% 204,017 42.30% 3,451,765 40.12%
JVP 1,556 3.23% 22,222 4.61% 518,725 6.03%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 737 1.53% 11,873 2.46% 239,421 2.78%
Valid Votes 48,241 N/A 482,254 N/A 8,602,617 N/A

1994 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party Pelmadulla[19] Ratnapura Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
UNP 25,008 53.37% 220,750 47.96% 3,498,370 44.04%
PA 21,302 45.46% 233,687 50.77% 3,887,805 48.94%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 551 1.18% 5,848 1.27% 223,848 2.82%
Valid Votes 46,861 94.86% 460,285 95.12% 7,943,688 95.20%
Rejected Votes 2,541 5.14% 23,611 4.88% 400,395 4.80%
Total Polled 49,402 87.29% 483,890 85.77% 8,344,095 74.75%
Registered Electors 56,593 564,194 11,163,064

1989 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party Pelmadulla[20] Ratnapura Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
UNP 19,493 57.17% 196,323 57.89% 2,838,005 50.71%
SLFP 13,752 40.33% 123,360 36.38% 1,785,369 31.90%
USP 678 1.99% 17,323 5.11% 17,323 0.31%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 175 0.51% 2,116 0.62% 68,609 1.23%
Valid Votes 34,098 94.37% 339,122 94.37% 5,596,468 93.87%
Rejected Votes 2,033 5.63% 20,248 5.63% 365,563 6.13%
Total Polled 36,131 83.57% 359,370 78.60% 5,962,031 63.60%
Registered Electors 43,236 457,224 9,374,164

Demographics

Ethnicity

The Pelmadulla Polling Division has a Sinhalese majority (85.4%) . In comparison, the Ratnapura Electoral District (which contains the Pelmadulla Polling Division) has a Sinhalese majority (87.1%) [1]

Ethnicity in Pelmadulla[1]
  1. Sinhalese (85.4%)
  2. Sri Lankan Tamil (7.00%)
  3. Indian Tamil (6.90%)
  4. Other (0.70%)

Religion

The Pelmadulla Polling Division has a Buddhist majority (85.3%) and a significant Hindu population (12.6%) . In comparison, the Ratnapura Electoral District (which contains the Pelmadulla Polling Division) has a Buddhist majority (86.7%) [1]

Religion in Pelmadulla[1]
  1. Buddhist (85.3%)
  2. Hindu (12.6%)
  3. Other (2.10%)

References

  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 Pelmadulla and the Ratnapura 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 Pelmadulla 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 Pelmadulla and the Ratnapura 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 Pelmadulla 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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