The Walapane 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 Walapane has matched the final country result 5 out of 9 times. Hence, Walapane is a Weak Bellwether for Presidential Elections.  
       | Party  |  Walapane[4]  |  Nuwara Eliya Electoral District  |  Sri Lanka  | 
  | Votes  |  %  |  Votes  |  %  |  Votes  |  %  | 
  |    |  SJB  |     |  29,896  |  43.7%  |     |  201,814  |  42.58%  |     |  5,634,915  |  42.31%  | 
  |    |  NPP  |     |  17,074  |  24.96%  |     |  138,619  |  29.25%  |     |  4,363,035  |  32.76%  | 
  |    |  Independent  |     |  15,140  |  22.13%  |     |  105,057  |  22.17%  |     |  2,299,767  |  17.27%  | 
  |    |  Other Parties (with < 1%)  |     |  3289  |  4.81%  |     |  19,624  |  4.14%  |     |  679,118  |  5.09%  | 
  |    |  SLPP  |     |  3,008  |  4.4%  |     |  8,821  |  1.86%  |     |  342,781  |  2.57%  | 
  | Valid Votes  |  68,407  |  96.72%  |  473,935  |  97%  |  13,319,616  |  97.8%  | 
  | Rejected Votes  |  2,317  |  3.28%  |  14,643  |  3%  |  300,300  |  2.2%  | 
  | Total Polled  |  70,724  |  81.41%  |  488,578  |  80.72%  |  13,619,916  |  79.46%  | 
  | Registered Electors  |  86,874  |    |  605,292  |    |  17,140,354  |    | 
     | Party  |  Walapane[5]  |  Nuwara Eliya Electoral District  |  Sri Lanka  | 
  | Votes  |  %  |  Votes  |  %  |  Votes  |  %  | 
  |   |  NDF  |    |  33,908  |  48.51%  |    |  277,913  |  58.28%  |    |  5,564,239  |  41.99%  | 
  |   |  SLPP  |    |  32,602  |  46.65%  |    |  175,823  |  36.87%  |    |  6,924,255  |  52.25%  | 
  |   |  Other Parties (with < 1%)  |    |  2,595  |  3.71%  |    |  17,237  |  3.61%  |    |  345,452  |  2.61%  | 
  |   |  NMPP  |    |  787  |  1.13%  |    |  5,891  |  1.24%  |    |  418,553  |  3.16%  | 
  | Valid Votes  |  69,892  |  98.62%  |  476,864  |  98.52%  |  13,252,499  |  98.99%  | 
  | Rejected Votes  |  978  |  1.38%  |  7,155  |  1.48%  |  135,452  |  1.01%  | 
  | Total Polled  |  70,870  |  85.81%  |  484,019  |  85.06%  |  13,387,951  |  83.71%  | 
  | Registered Electors  |  82,593  |    |  569,028  |    |  15,992,568  |    | 
     | Party  |  Walapane[6]  |  Nuwara Eliya Electoral District  |  Sri Lanka  | 
  | Votes  |  %  |  Votes  |  %  |  Votes  |  %  | 
  |   |  NDF  |    |  32,340  |  50.59%  |    |  272,605  |  63.88%  |    |  6,217,162  |  51.28%  | 
  |   |  UPFA  |    |  30,354  |  47.48%  |    |  145,339  |  34.06%  |    |  5,768,090  |  47.58%  | 
  |   |  Other Parties (with < 1%)  |    |  1,230  |  1.92%  |    |  8,822  |  2.07%  |    |  138,200  |  1.14%  | 
  | Valid Votes  |  63,924  |  98.38%  |  426,766  |  98.31%  |  12,123,452  |  98.85%  | 
  | Rejected Votes  |  1,052  |  1.62%  |  7,329  |  1.69%  |  140,925  |  1.15%  | 
  | Total Polled  |  64,976  |  79.05%  |  434,095  |  79.25%  |  12,264,377  |  78.69%  | 
  | Registered Electors  |  82,193  |    |  547,766  |    |  15,585,942  |    | 
     | Party  |  Walapane[7]  |  Nuwara Eliya Electoral District  |  Sri Lanka  | 
  | Votes  |  %  |  Votes  |  %  |  Votes  |  %  | 
  |   |  UPFA  |    |  29,618  |  55.89%  |    |  151,604  |  43.77%  |    |  6,015,934  |  57.88%  | 
  |   |  NDF  |    |  21,474  |  40.52%  |    |  180,604  |  52.14%  |    |  4,173,185  |  40.15%  | 
  |   |  Other Parties (with < 1%)  |    |  1,902  |  3.59%  |    |  14,174  |  4.09%  |    |  204,494  |  1.97%  | 
  | Valid Votes  |  52,994  |  98.38%  |  346,382  |  98.17%  |  10,393,613  |  99.03%  | 
  | Rejected Votes  |  875  |  1.62%  |  6,462  |  1.83%  |  101,838  |  0.97%  | 
  | Total Polled  |  53,869  |  73.42%  |  352,844  |  75.65%  |  10,495,451  |  66.70%  | 
  | Registered Electors  |  73,369  |    |  466,440  |    |  15,734,587  |    | 
     | Party  |  Walapane[8]  |  Nuwara Eliya Electoral District  |  Sri Lanka  | 
  | Votes  |  %  |  Votes  |  %  |  Votes  |  %  | 
  |   |  UNP  |    |  30,852  |  55.57%  |    |  250,428  |  70.37%  |    |  4,706,366  |  48.43%  | 
  |   |  UPFA  |    |  23,688  |  42.67%  |    |  99,550  |  27.97%  |    |  4,887,152  |  50.29%  | 
  |   |  Other Parties (with < 1%)  |    |  979  |  1.76%  |    |  5,897  |  1.66%  |    |  123,521  |  1.27%  | 
  | Valid Votes  |  55,519  |  98.23%  |  355,875  |  98.50%  |  9,717,039  |  98.88%  | 
  | Rejected Votes  |  1,003  |  1.77%  |  5,410  |  1.50%  |  109,869  |  1.12%  | 
  | Total Polled  |  56,522  |  78.78%  |  361,285  |  79.49%  |  9,826,908  |  69.51%  | 
  | Registered Electors  |  71,744  |    |  454,528  |    |  14,136,979  |    | 
     | Party  |  Walapane[9]  |  Nuwara Eliya Electoral District  |  Sri Lanka  | 
  | Votes  |  %  |  Votes  |  %  |  Votes  |  %  | 
  |   |  UNP  |    |  23,685  |  47.92%  |    |  152,836  |  48.68%  |    |  3,602,748  |  42.71%  | 
  |   |  PA  |    |  23,312  |  47.17%  |    |  147,210  |  46.88%  |    |  4,312,157  |  51.12%  | 
  |   |  JVP  |    |  1,299  |  2.63%  |    |  5,879  |  1.87%  |    |  343,927  |  4.08%  | 
  |   |  Other Parties (with < 1%)  |    |  1,125  |  2.28%  |    |  8,065  |  2.57%  |    |  176,679  |  2.09%  | 
  | Valid Votes  |  49,421  |  97.31%  |  313,990  |  97.21%  |  8,435,754  |  97.69%  | 
  | Rejected Votes  |  1,366  |  2.69%  |  8,997  |  2.79%  |  199,536  |  2.31%  | 
  | Total Polled  |  50,787  |  79.20%  |  322,987  |  80.23%  |  8,635,290  |  72.17%  | 
  | Registered Electors  |  64,127  |    |  402,589  |    |  11,965,536  |    | 
     | Party  |  Walapane[10]  |  Nuwara Eliya Electoral District  |  Sri Lanka  | 
  | Votes  |  %  |  Votes  |  %  |  Votes  |  %  | 
  |   |  PA  |    |  26,020  |  54.12%  |    |  168,929  |  57.14%  |    |  4,709,205  |  62.28%  | 
  |   |  UNP  |    |  20,955  |  43.59%  |    |  116,928  |  39.55%  |    |  2,715,283  |  35.91%  | 
  |   |  Other Parties (with < 1%)  |    |  594  |  1.24%  |    |  3,459  |  1.17%  |    |  78,152  |  1.03%  | 
  |   |  Ind 2  |    |  509  |  1.06%  |    |  6,314  |  2.14%  |    |  58,888  |  0.78%  | 
  | Valid Votes  |  48,078  |  97.01%  |  295,630  |  96.15%  |  7,561,526  |  98.03%  | 
  | Rejected Votes  |  1,480  |  2.99%  |  11,840  |  3.85%  |  151,706  |  1.97%  | 
  | Total Polled  |  49,558  |  78.66%  |  307,470  |  78.19%  |  7,713,232  |  69.12%  | 
  | Registered Electors  |  63,000  |    |  393,221  |    |  11,158,880  |    | 
     | Party  |  Walapane[11]  |  Nuwara Eliya Electoral District  |  Sri Lanka  | 
  | Votes  |  %  |  Votes  |  %  |  Votes  |  %  | 
  |   |  UNP  |    |  18,099  |  54.81%  |    |  112,135  |  62.15%  |    |  2,569,199  |  50.43%  | 
  |   |  SLFP  |    |  14,519  |  43.97%  |    |  64,907  |  35.98%  |    |  2,289,857  |  44.95%  | 
  |   |  SLMP  |    |  404  |  1.22%  |    |  3,371  |  1.87%  |    |  235,701  |  4.63%  | 
  | Valid Votes  |  33,022  |  98.42%  |  180,413  |  98.19%  |  5,094,754  |  98.24%  | 
  | Rejected Votes  |  530  |  1.58%  |  3,320  |  1.81%  |  91,499  |  1.76%  | 
  | Total Polled  |  33,552  |  75.89%  |  183,733  |  79.44%  |  5,186,256  |  55.87%  | 
  | Registered Electors  |  44,214  |    |  231,278  |    |  9,283,143  |    | 
     | Party  |  Walapane[12]  |  Nuwara Eliya Electoral District  |  Sri Lanka  | 
  | Votes  |  %  |  Votes  |  %  |  Votes  |  %  | 
  |   |  UNP  |    |  18,957  |  56.21%  |    |  109,017  |  63.10%  |    |  3,450,815  |  52.93%  | 
  |   |  SLFP  |    |  13,391  |  39.71%  |    |  57,093  |  33.05%  |    |  2,546,348  |  39.05%  | 
  |   |  JVP  |    |  1,023  |  3.03%  |    |  4,569  |  2.64%  |    |  273,428  |  4.19%  | 
  |   |  Other Parties (with < 1%)  |    |  352  |  1.04%  |    |  2,090  |  1.21%  |    |  249,460  |  3.83%  | 
  | Valid Votes  |  33,723  |  98.84%  |  172,769  |  98.83%  |  6,520,156  |  98.78%  | 
  | Rejected Votes  |  397  |  1.16%  |  2,048  |  1.17%  |  80,470  |  1.22%  | 
  | Total Polled  |  34,120  |  88.82%  |  174,817  |  85.71%  |  6,600,626  |  80.15%  | 
  | Registered Electors  |  38,414  |    |  203,968  |    |  8,235,358  |    | 
 Parliamentary Election Results
 Summary
 The winner of Walapane has matched the final country result 5 out of 7 times. Hence, Walapane is a Weak Bellwether for Parliamentary Elections.  
      | Party  |  Walapane[15]  |  Nuwara Eliya Electoral District  |  Sri Lanka  | 
  | Votes  |  %  |  Votes  |  %  |  Votes  |  %  | 
  |   |  UNP  |    |  30,753  |  54.46%  |    |  228,920  |  59.06%  |    |  5,098,916  |  45.77%  | 
  |   |  UPFA  |    |  24,387  |  43.19%  |    |  147,348  |  38.02%  |    |  4,732,664  |  42.48%  | 
  |   |  JVP  |    |  664  |  1.18%  |    |  5,590  |  1.44%  |    |  544,154  |  4.88%  | 
  |   |  Other Parties (with < 1%)  |    |  663  |  1.17%  |    |  5,727  |  1.48%  |    |  87,743  |  0.79%  | 
  | Valid Votes  |  56,467  |  91.01%  |  387,585  |  92.12%  |  11,140,333  |  95.35%  | 
  | Rejected Votes  |  5,539  |  8.93%  |  32,788  |  7.79%  |  516,926  |  4.42%  | 
  | Total Polled  |  62,047  |  75.49%  |  420,734  |  78.77%  |  11,684,111  |  77.66%  | 
  | Registered Electors  |  82,193  |    |  534,150  |    |  15,044,490  |    | 
     | Party  |  Walapane[16]  |  Nuwara Eliya Electoral District  |  Sri Lanka  | 
  | Votes  |  %  |  Votes  |  %  |  Votes  |  %  | 
  |   |  UPFA  |    |  26,017  |  66.08%  |    |  149,111  |  56.06%  |    |  4,846,388  |  60.38%  | 
  |   |  UNP  |    |  11,551  |  29.34%  |    |  96,885  |  36.43%  |    |  2,357,057  |  29.37%  | 
  |   |  UPF  |    |  881  |  2.24%  |    |  13,189  |  4.96%  |    |  24,670  |  0.31%  | 
  |   |  DNA  |    |  508  |  1.29%  |    |  3,984  |  1.50%  |    |  441,251  |  5.50%  | 
  |   |  Other Parties (with < 1%)  |    |  413  |  1.05%  |    |  2,793  |  1.05%  |    |  34,436  |  0.43%  | 
  | Valid Votes  |  39,370  |  85.89%  |  265,962  |  87.64%  |  8,026,322  |  96.03%  | 
  | Rejected Votes  |  6,424  |  14.01%  |  37,236  |  12.27%  |  581,465  |  6.96%  | 
  | Total Polled  |  45,840  |  62.48%  |  303,470  |  64.94%  |  8,358,246  |  59.29%  | 
  | Registered Electors  |  73,369  |    |  467,332  |    |  14,097,690  |    | 
     | Party  |  Walapane[17]  |  Nuwara Eliya Electoral District  |  Sri Lanka  | 
  | Votes  |  %  |  Votes  |  %  |  Votes  |  %  | 
  |   |  UNP  |    |  22,768  |  46.38%  |    |  176,971  |  54.02%  |    |  3,486,792  |  37.73%  | 
  |   |  UPFA  |    |  20,607  |  41.98%  |    |  82,945  |  25.32%  |    |  4,223,126  |  45.70%  | 
  |   |  UPF  |    |  3,170  |  6.46%  |    |  49,728  |  15.18%  |    |  49,728  |  0.54%  | 
  |   |  CDUA  |    |  1,697  |  3.46%  |    |  10,736  |  3.28%  |    |  10,736  |  0.12%  | 
  |   |  Other Parties (with < 1%)  |    |  849  |  1.73%  |    |  7,229  |  2.21%  |    |  595,550  |  6.44%  | 
  | Valid Votes  |  49,091  |  92.42%  |  327,609  |  93.06%  |  9,241,931  |  94.52%  | 
  | Rejected Votes  |  4,028  |  7.58%  |  24,413  |  6.94%  |  534,452  |  5.47%  | 
  | Total Polled  |  53,119  |  76.09%  |  352,022  |  80.70%  |  9,777,821  |  75.74%  | 
  | Registered Electors  |  69,813  |    |  436,236  |    |  12,909,631  |    | 
     | Party  |  Walapane[18]  |  Nuwara Eliya Electoral District  |  Sri Lanka  | 
  | Votes  |  %  |  Votes  |  %  |  Votes  |  %  | 
  |   |  UNP  |    |  26,431  |  54.93%  |    |  215,157  |  68.28%  |    |  4,086,026  |  45.62%  | 
  |   |  PA  |    |  18,582  |  38.62%  |    |  77,733  |  24.67%  |    |  3,330,815  |  37.19%  | 
  |   |  JVP  |    |  2,184  |  4.54%  |    |  11,080  |  3.52%  |    |  815,353  |  9.10%  | 
  |   |  Other Parties (with < 1%)  |    |  918  |  1.91%  |    |  11,129  |  3.53%  |    |  143,834  |  1.61%  | 
  | Valid Votes  |  48,115  |  90.02%  |  315,099  |  91.74%  |  8,955,844  |  94.77%  | 
  | Rejected Votes  |  5,335  |  9.98%  |  28,373  |  8.26%  |  494,009  |  5.23%  | 
  | Total Polled  |  53,450  |  80.17%  |  343,472  |  82.32%  |  9,449,878  |  76.03%  | 
  | Registered Electors  |  66,671  |    |  417,264  |    |  12,428,762  |    | 
     | Party  |  Walapane[19]  |  Nuwara Eliya Electoral District  |  Sri Lanka  | 
  | Votes  |  %  |  Votes  |  %  |  Votes  |  %  | 
  |   |  PA  |    |  24,390  |  51.40%  |    |  158,018  |  52.53%  |    |  3,899,329  |  45.33%  | 
  |   |  UNP  |    |  21,144  |  44.56%  |    |  126,486  |  42.05%  |    |  3,451,765  |  40.12%  | 
  |   |  JVP  |    |  1,290  |  2.72%  |    |  6,299  |  2.09%  |    |  518,725  |  6.03%  | 
  |   |  Other Parties (with < 1%)  |    |  628  |  1.32%  |    |  10,003  |  3.33%  |    |  247,240  |  2.87%  | 
  | Valid Votes  |  47,452  |  N/A  |  300,806  |  N/A  |  8,602,617  |  N/A  | 
     | Party  |  Walapane[20]  |  Nuwara Eliya Electoral District  |  Sri Lanka  | 
  | Votes  |  %  |  Votes  |  %  |  Votes  |  %  | 
  |   |  UNP  |    |  26,534  |  53.75%  |    |  175,478  |  58.12%  |    |  3,498,370  |  44.04%  | 
  |   |  PA  |    |  21,453  |  43.46%  |    |  97,658  |  32.35%  |    |  3,887,805  |  48.94%  | 
  |   |  IND1  |    |  1,189  |  2.41%  |    |  27,374  |  9.07%  |    |  48,199  |  0.61%  | 
  |   |  Other Parties (with < 1%)  |    |  187  |  0.38%  |    |  1,408  |  0.47%  |    |  158,616  |  2.00%  | 
  | Valid Votes  |  49,363  |  94.28%  |  301,918  |  93.33%  |  7,943,688  |  95.20%  | 
  | Rejected Votes  |  2,997  |  5.72%  |  21,592  |  6.67%  |  400,395  |  4.80%  | 
  | Total Polled  |  52,360  |  83.11%  |  323,510  |  82.37%  |  8,344,095  |  74.75%  | 
  | Registered Electors  |  63,000  |    |  392,770  |    |  11,163,064  |    | 
     | Party  |  Walapane[21]  |  Nuwara Eliya Electoral District  |  Sri Lanka  | 
  | Votes  |  %  |  Votes  |  %  |  Votes  |  %  | 
  |   |  UNP  |    |  20,699  |  62.44%  |    |  109,853  |  63.34%  |    |  2,838,005  |  50.71%  | 
  |   |  SLFP  |    |  11,236  |  33.90%  |    |  47,128  |  27.18%  |    |  1,785,369  |  31.90%  | 
  |   |  DPLF  |    |  961  |  2.90%  |    |  10,509  |  6.06%  |    |  19,150  |  0.34%  | 
  |   |  Other Parties (with < 1%)  |    |  252  |  0.76%  |    |  5,934  |  3.42%  |    |  343,999  |  6.15%  | 
  | Valid Votes  |  33,148  |  92.50%  |  173,424  |  92.73%  |  5,596,468  |  93.87%  | 
  | Rejected Votes  |  2,687  |  7.50%  |  13,600  |  7.27%  |  365,563  |  6.13%  | 
  | Total Polled  |  35,835  |  82.15%  |  187,024  |  81.49%  |  5,962,031  |  63.60%  | 
  | Registered Electors  |  43,624  |    |  229,519  |    |  9,374,164  |    | 
 Demographics
 Ethnicity
 The Walapane Polling Division has a Sinhalese majority (63.0%) and a significant Indian Tamil population (33.8%) . In comparison, the Nuwara Eliya Electoral District (which contains the Walapane Polling Division) has an Indian Tamil majority (53.1%) and a significant Sinhalese population (39.6%) [1]  
  Religion
 The Walapane Polling Division has a Buddhist majority (62.7%) and a significant Hindu population (33.1%) . In comparison, the Nuwara Eliya Electoral District (which contains the Walapane Polling Division) has a Hindu majority (51.0%) and a significant Buddhist population (39.1%) [1]  
  References