Eheliyagoda Polling Division

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Eheliyagoda
Coordinates: 6°48′24″N 80°18′08″E / 6.806782°N 80.302240°E / 6.806782; 80.302240
CountrySri Lanka
ProvinceSabaragamuwa Province, Sri Lanka
Electoral DistrictRatnapura Electoral District
Area
 • Total411.46 km2 (158.87 sq mi)
Population
 (2012)[1]
 • Total199,098
 • Density484/km2 (1,250/sq mi)
ISO 3166 codeEC-21A

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

Presidential Election Results[edit]

Summary[edit]

The winner of Eheliyagoda has matched the final country result 7 out of 8 times. Hence, Eheliyagoda is a Strong Bellwether for Presidential Elections.

Year Eheliyagoda Ratnapura Electoral District MAE[2] % Sri Lanka MAE[3] %
2019 SLPP SLPP 1.00% SLPP 7.77%
2015 UPFA UPFA 2.24% NDF 10.33%
2010 UPFA UPFA 2.47% UPFA 8.18%
2005 UPFA UPFA 2.18% UPFA 4.94%
1999 PA PA 1.28% PA 2.05%
1994 PA PA 2.21% PA 1.93%
1988 UNP UNP 3.20% UNP 3.37%
1982 UNP UNP 1.84% UNP 2.78%
Matches/Mean MAE 7/8 7/8 2.05% 8/8 5.17%

2019 Sri Lankan Presidential Election[edit]

Party Eheliyagoda[4] Ratnapura Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
SLPP 50,993 61.11% 448,044 59.93% 6,924,255 52.25%
NDF 28,855 34.58% 264,503 35.38% 5,564,239 41.99%
NMPP 1,946 2.33% 18,887 2.53% 418,553 3.16%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 1,647 1.97% 16,237 2.17% 345,452 2.61%
Valid Votes 83,441 99.30% 747,671 99.22% 13,252,499 98.99%
Rejected Votes 587 0.70% 5,853 0.78% 135,452 1.01%
Total Polled 84,028 86.35% 753,524 87.11% 13,387,951 83.71%
Registered Electors 97,311 864,979 15,992,568

2015 Sri Lankan Presidential Election[edit]

Party Eheliyagoda[5] Ratnapura Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
UPFA 45,606 58.14% 379,053 55.74% 5,768,090 47.58%
NDF 32,106 40.93% 292,514 43.01% 6,217,162 51.28%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 731 0.93% 8,517 1.25% 138,200 1.14%
Valid Votes 78,443 99.19% 680,084 98.89% 12,123,452 98.85%
Rejected Votes 638 0.81% 7,656 1.11% 140,925 1.15%
Total Polled 79,081 82.23% 687,740 82.69% 12,264,377 78.69%
Registered Electors 96,170 831,712 15,585,942

2010 Sri Lankan Presidential Election[edit]

Party Eheliyagoda[6] Ratnapura Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
UPFA 46,177 66.37% 377,734 63.76% 6,015,934 57.88%
NDF 22,277 32.02% 203,566 34.36% 4,173,185 40.15%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 1,121 1.61% 11,126 1.88% 204,494 1.97%
Valid Votes 69,575 99.41% 592,426 99.26% 10,393,613 99.03%
Rejected Votes 416 0.59% 4,430 0.74% 101,838 0.97%
Total Polled 69,991 78.19% 596,856 79.75% 10,495,451 66.70%
Registered Electors 89,518 748,404 15,734,587

2005 Sri Lankan Presidential Election[edit]

Party Eheliyagoda[7] Ratnapura Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
UPFA 37,243 55.34% 294,260 53.01% 4,887,152 50.29%
UNP 29,255 43.47% 252,838 45.55% 4,706,366 48.43%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 804 1.19% 7,976 1.44% 123,521 1.27%
Valid Votes 67,302 99.26% 555,074 99.02% 9,717,039 98.88%
Rejected Votes 502 0.74% 5,510 0.98% 109,869 1.12%
Total Polled 67,804 81.00% 560,584 82.57% 9,826,908 69.51%
Registered Electors 83,705 678,909 14,136,979

1999 Sri Lankan Presidential Election[edit]

Party Eheliyagoda[8] Ratnapura Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
PA 31,228 53.45% 250,409 52.13% 4,312,157 51.12%
UNP 23,868 40.85% 202,621 42.18% 3,602,748 42.71%
JVP 1,502 2.57% 16,482 3.43% 343,927 4.08%
LDA 949 1.62% 2,007 0.42% 23,668 0.28%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 882 1.51% 8,845 1.84% 153,011 1.81%
Valid Votes 58,429 97.93% 480,364 98.15% 8,435,754 97.69%
Rejected Votes 1,236 2.07% 9,038 1.85% 199,536 2.31%
Total Polled 59,665 78.17% 489,402 81.27% 8,635,290 72.17%
Registered Electors 76,327 602,172 11,965,536

1994 Sri Lankan Presidential Election[edit]

Party Eheliyagoda[9] Ratnapura Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
PA 32,647 60.46% 257,265 58.07% 4,709,205 62.28%
UNP 20,589 38.13% 177,924 40.16% 2,715,283 35.91%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 761 1.41% 7,842 1.77% 137,040 1.81%
Valid Votes 53,997 98.71% 443,031 98.31% 7,561,526 98.03%
Rejected Votes 705 1.29% 7,595 1.69% 151,706 1.97%
Total Polled 54,702 76.38% 450,626 80.02% 7,713,232 69.12%
Registered Electors 71,614 563,174 11,158,880

1988 Sri Lankan Presidential Election[edit]

Party Eheliyagoda[10] Ratnapura Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
UNP 24,281 54.00% 180,622 51.75% 2,569,199 50.43%
SLFP 18,647 41.47% 159,879 45.81% 2,289,857 44.95%
SLMP 2,037 4.53% 8,516 2.44% 235,701 4.63%
Valid Votes 44,965 98.83% 349,017 98.84% 5,094,754 98.24%
Rejected Votes 533 1.17% 4,113 1.16% 91,499 1.76%
Total Polled 45,498 74.34% 353,130 76.64% 5,186,256 55.87%
Registered Electors 61,203 460,735 9,283,143

1982 Sri Lankan Presidential Election[edit]

Party Eheliyagoda[11] Ratnapura Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
UNP 23,721 49.81% 175,903 50.90% 3,450,815 52.93%
SLFP 19,742 41.45% 152,506 44.13% 2,546,348 39.05%
NSSP 2,987 6.27% 3,494 1.01% 16,995 0.26%
JVP 851 1.79% 11,283 3.26% 273,428 4.19%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 326 0.68% 2,418 0.70% 232,465 3.57%
Valid Votes 47,627 98.24% 345,604 99.02% 6,520,156 98.78%
Rejected Votes 855 1.76% 3,407 0.98% 80,470 1.22%
Total Polled 48,482 85.67% 349,011 85.91% 6,600,626 80.15%
Registered Electors 56,592 406,275 8,235,358

Parliamentary Election Results[edit]

Summary[edit]

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

Year Eheliyagoda Ratnapura Electoral District MAE[12] % Sri Lanka MAE[13] %
2015 UPFA UPFA 1.69% UNP 5.69%
2010 UPFA UPFA 1.49% UPFA 7.01%
2004 UPFA UPFA 1.18% UPFA 3.99%
2001 UNP UNP 0.77% UNP 3.06%
2000 PA PA 2.44% PA 1.37%
1994 PA PA 3.52% PA 2.61%
1989 UNP UNP 7.37% UNP 7.70%
Matches/Mean MAE 6/7 6/7 2.64% 7/7 4.49%

2015 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election[edit]

Party Eheliyagoda[14] Ratnapura Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
UPFA 38,162 53.23% 323,636 51.21% 4,732,664 42.48%
UNP 31,211 43.53% 284,117 44.96% 5,098,916 45.77%
JVP 2,057 2.87% 21,525 3.41% 544,154 4.88%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 262 0.37% 2,720 0.43% 83,333 0.75%
Valid Votes 71,692 96.90% 631,998 96.46% 11,140,333 95.35%
Rejected Votes 2,272 3.07% 23,026 3.51% 516,926 4.42%
Total Polled 73,989 76.94% 655,222 80.88% 11,684,111 77.66%
Registered Electors 96,170 810,082 15,044,490

2010 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election[edit]

Party Eheliyagoda[15] Ratnapura Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
UPFA 37,329 70.57% 305,327 68.87% 4,846,388 60.38%
UNP 14,346 27.12% 125,076 28.21% 2,357,057 29.37%
DNA 1,012 1.91% 11,053 2.49% 441,251 5.50%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 211 0.40% 1,853 0.42% 35,498 0.44%
Valid Votes 52,898 93.20% 443,309 92.28% 8,026,322 96.03%
Rejected Votes 3,851 6.78% 37,022 7.71% 581,465 6.96%
Total Polled 56,759 63.41% 480,395 64.02% 8,358,246 59.29%
Registered Electors 89,518 750,416 14,097,690

2004 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election[edit]

Party Eheliyagoda[16] Ratnapura Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
UPFA 31,341 51.58% 261,450 53.14% 4,223,126 45.70%
UNP 24,934 41.03% 205,490 41.77% 3,486,792 37.73%
JHU 3,142 5.17% 20,801 4.23% 552,723 5.98%
NLF 944 1.55% 1,336 0.27% 8,452 0.09%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 403 0.66% 2,926 0.59% 49,630 0.54%
Valid Votes 60,764 94.97% 492,003 94.55% 9,241,931 94.52%
Rejected Votes 3,220 5.03% 28,346 5.45% 534,452 5.47%
Total Polled 63,984 78.36% 520,349 80.42% 9,777,821 75.74%
Registered Electors 81,652 647,035 12,909,631

2001 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election[edit]

Party Eheliyagoda[17] Ratnapura Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
UNP 27,594 45.95% 227,202 46.41% 4,086,026 45.62%
PA 26,773 44.59% 212,794 43.46% 3,330,815 37.19%
JVP 4,448 7.41% 40,377 8.25% 815,353 9.10%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 1,231 2.05% 9,205 1.88% 131,990 1.47%
Valid Votes 60,046 94.80% 489,578 94.14% 8,955,844 94.77%
Rejected Votes 3,294 5.20% 30,483 5.86% 494,009 5.23%
Total Polled 63,340 79.93% 520,061 83.41% 9,449,878 76.03%
Registered Electors 79,242 623,506 12,428,762

2000 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election[edit]

Party Eheliyagoda[18] Ratnapura Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
PA 27,885 47.38% 244,142 50.63% 3,899,329 45.33%
UNP 23,985 40.75% 204,017 42.30% 3,451,765 40.12%
L&DA 4,272 7.26% 6,158 1.28% 9,781 0.11%
JVP 1,907 3.24% 22,222 4.61% 518,725 6.03%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 810 1.38% 5,715 1.19% 229,640 2.67%
Valid Votes 58,859 N/A 482,254 N/A 8,602,617 N/A

1994 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election[edit]

Party Eheliyagoda[19] Ratnapura Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
PA 30,714 54.13% 233,687 50.77% 3,887,805 48.94%
UNP 25,070 44.18% 220,750 47.96% 3,498,370 44.04%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 959 1.69% 5,848 1.27% 223,848 2.82%
Valid Votes 56,743 95.30% 460,285 95.12% 7,943,688 95.20%
Rejected Votes 2,797 4.70% 23,611 4.88% 400,395 4.80%
Total Polled 59,540 83.14% 483,890 85.77% 8,344,095 74.75%
Registered Electors 71,614 564,194 11,163,064

1989 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election[edit]

Party Eheliyagoda[20] Ratnapura Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
UNP 26,165 57.63% 196,323 57.89% 2,838,005 50.71%
USP 10,285 22.65% 17,323 5.11% 17,323 0.31%
SLFP 8,628 19.00% 123,360 36.38% 1,785,369 31.90%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 327 0.72% 2,116 0.62% 68,609 1.23%
Valid Votes 45,405 93.96% 339,122 94.37% 5,596,468 93.87%
Rejected Votes 2,919 6.04% 20,248 5.63% 365,563 6.13%
Total Polled 48,324 79.92% 359,370 78.60% 5,962,031 63.60%
Registered Electors 60,466 457,224 9,374,164

Demographics[edit]

Ethnicity[edit]

The Eheliyagoda Polling Division has a Sinhalese majority (92.0%) . In comparison, the Ratnapura Electoral District (which contains the Eheliyagoda Polling Division) has a Sinhalese majority (87.1%) [1]

Ethnicity in Eheliyagoda[1]

  Sinhalese (92.0%)
  Sri Lankan Tamil (4.0%)
  Moor (2.7%)
  Indian Tamil (1.3%)
  Other (0.1%)

Religion[edit]

The Eheliyagoda Polling Division has a Buddhist majority (91.5%) . In comparison, the Ratnapura Electoral District (which contains the Eheliyagoda Polling Division) has a Buddhist majority (86.7%) [1]

Religion in Eheliyagoda[1]

  Buddhist (91.5%)
  Hindu (4.4%)
  Muslim (2.8%)
  Other (1.3%)

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 Eheliyagoda 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 Eheliyagoda 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 Eheliyagoda 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 Eheliyagoda 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.