Polling Division in Sri Lanka
The Mathugama Polling Division is a Polling Division in the Kalutara Electoral District , in the Western Province, Sri Lanka .
Presidential Election Results [ edit ] Summary [ edit ] The winner of Mathugama has matched the final country result 6 out of 8 times. Hence, Mathugama is a Weak Bellwether for Presidential Elections.
Party Mathugama[4] Kalutara Electoral District Sri Lanka Votes % Votes % Votes % SLPP 55,932 60.42% 482,920 59.49% 6,924,255 52.25% NDF 31,451 33.98% 284,213 35.01% 5,564,239 41.99% NMPP 3,028 3.27% 27,681 3.41% 418,553 3.16% Other Parties (with < 1%) 2,155 2.33% 16,949 2.09% 345,452 2.61% Valid Votes 92,566 99.16% 811,763 99.16% 13,252,499 98.99% Rejected Votes 786 0.84% 6,847 0.84% 135,452 1.01% Total Polled 93,352 85.02% 818,610 85.71% 13,387,951 83.71% Registered Electors 109,804 955,080 15,992,568
Party Mathugama[5] Kalutara Electoral District Sri Lanka Votes % Votes % Votes % UPFA 45,984 53.72% 395,890 52.65% 5,768,090 47.58% NDF 38,668 45.17% 349,404 46.46% 6,217,162 51.28% Other Parties (with < 1%) 945 1.10% 6,690 0.89% 138,200 1.14% Valid Votes 85,597 98.77% 751,984 98.90% 12,123,452 98.85% Rejected Votes 1,063 1.23% 8,381 1.10% 140,925 1.15% Total Polled 86,660 79.51% 760,365 82.08% 12,264,377 78.69% Registered Electors 108,996 926,346 15,585,942
Party Mathugama[6] Kalutara Electoral District Sri Lanka Votes % Votes % Votes % UPFA 47,988 63.58% 412,562 63.06% 6,015,934 57.88% NDF 26,016 34.47% 231,807 35.43% 4,173,185 40.15% Other Parties (with < 1%) 1,478 1.96% 9,880 1.51% 204,494 1.97% Valid Votes 75,482 99.26% 654,249 99.31% 10,393,613 99.03% Rejected Votes 564 0.74% 4,541 0.69% 101,838 0.97% Total Polled 76,046 76.25% 658,790 79.05% 10,495,451 66.70% Registered Electors 99,737 833,360 15,734,587
Party Mathugama[7] Kalutara Electoral District Sri Lanka Votes % Votes % Votes % UPFA 40,006 55.58% 341,693 55.48% 4,887,152 50.29% UNP 30,853 42.86% 266,043 43.20% 4,706,366 48.43% Other Parties (with < 1%) 1,123 1.56% 8,124 1.32% 123,521 1.27% Valid Votes 71,982 98.96% 615,860 98.95% 9,717,039 98.88% Rejected Votes 756 1.04% 6,517 1.05% 109,869 1.12% Total Polled 72,738 77.81% 622,377 79.67% 9,826,908 69.51% Registered Electors 93,479 781,175 14,136,979
Party Mathugama[8] Kalutara Electoral District Sri Lanka Votes % Votes % Votes % PA 32,352 51.71% 281,217 52.88% 4,312,157 51.12% UNP 25,813 41.26% 217,423 40.88% 3,602,748 42.71% JVP 3,221 5.15% 23,770 4.47% 343,927 4.08% Other Parties (with < 1%) 1,179 1.88% 9,399 1.77% 176,679 2.09% Valid Votes 62,565 97.67% 531,809 97.83% 8,435,754 97.69% Rejected Votes 1,492 2.33% 11,796 2.17% 199,536 2.31% Total Polled 64,057 75.74% 543,605 78.23% 8,635,290 72.17% Registered Electors 84,575 694,860 11,965,536
Party Mathugama[9] Kalutara Electoral District Sri Lanka Votes % Votes % Votes % PA 33,726 61.04% 295,686 61.47% 4,709,205 62.28% UNP 20,667 37.41% 178,466 37.10% 2,715,283 35.91% Other Parties (with < 1%) 857 1.55% 6,867 1.43% 137,040 1.81% Valid Votes 55,250 98.14% 481,019 98.50% 7,561,526 98.03% Rejected Votes 1,045 1.86% 7,309 1.50% 151,706 1.97% Total Polled 56,295 70.25% 488,328 73.97% 7,713,232 69.12% Registered Electors 80,135 660,191 11,158,880
Party Mathugama[10] Kalutara Electoral District Sri Lanka Votes % Votes % Votes % SLFP 19,908 51.49% 179,761 49.57% 2,289,857 44.95% UNP 17,917 46.34% 169,510 46.74% 2,569,199 50.43% SLMP 836 2.16% 13,375 3.69% 235,701 4.63% Valid Votes 38,661 98.18% 362,646 98.23% 5,094,754 98.24% Rejected Votes 716 1.82% 6,537 1.77% 91,499 1.76% Total Polled 39,377 55.89% 369,183 64.20% 5,186,256 55.87% Registered Electors 70,457 575,008 9,283,143
Party Mathugama[11] Kalutara Electoral District Sri Lanka Votes % Votes % Votes % UNP 24,494 48.46% 211,592 50.15% 3,450,815 52.93% SLFP 23,154 45.81% 185,874 44.06% 2,546,348 39.05% JVP 2,164 4.28% 14,499 3.44% 273,428 4.19% LSSP 537 1.06% 8,613 2.04% 58,531 0.90% Other Parties (with < 1%) 196 0.39% 1,314 0.31% 190,929 2.93% Valid Votes 50,545 98.56% 421,892 98.76% 6,520,156 98.78% Rejected Votes 741 1.44% 5,290 1.24% 80,470 1.22% Total Polled 51,286 82.97% 427,182 83.97% 6,600,626 80.15% Registered Electors 61,809 508,744 8,235,358
Parliamentary Election Results [ edit ] Summary [ edit ] The winner of Mathugama has matched the final country result 6 out of 7 times. Hence, Mathugama is a Strong Bellwether for Parliamentary Elections.
Party Mathugama[14] Kalutara Electoral District Sri Lanka Votes % Votes % Votes % UPFA 38,114 48.30% 338,801 48.58% 4,732,664 42.48% UNP 35,267 44.70% 310,234 44.48% 5,098,916 45.77% JVP 4,087 5.18% 38,475 5.52% 544,154 4.88% BJP 953 1.21% 5,727 0.82% 20,377 0.18% Other Parties (with < 1%) 484 0.61% 4,224 0.61% 65,202 0.59% Valid Votes 78,905 96.34% 697,461 97.00% 11,140,333 95.35% Rejected Votes 2,978 3.64% 21,366 2.97% 516,926 4.42% Total Polled 81,905 75.14% 719,001 80.13% 11,684,111 77.66% Registered Electors 108,996 897,349 15,044,490
Party Mathugama[15] Kalutara Electoral District Sri Lanka Votes % Votes % Votes % UPFA 35,920 63.59% 313,836 63.74% 4,846,388 60.38% UNP 17,295 30.62% 139,596 28.35% 2,357,057 29.37% DNA 2,990 5.29% 36,722 7.46% 441,251 5.50% Other Parties (with < 1%) 279 0.49% 2,246 0.46% 34,923 0.44% Valid Votes 56,484 89.52% 492,400 90.41% 8,026,322 96.03% Rejected Votes 6,566 10.41% 51,751 9.50% 581,465 6.96% Total Polled 63,100 63.27% 544,606 65.21% 8,358,246 59.29% Registered Electors 99,737 835,186 14,097,690
Party Mathugama[16] Kalutara Electoral District Sri Lanka Votes % Votes % Votes % UPFA 36,294 54.97% 291,208 51.72% 4,223,126 45.70% UNP 24,912 37.73% 212,721 37.78% 3,486,792 37.73% JHU 4,542 6.88% 56,615 10.06% 552,723 5.98% Other Parties (with < 1%) 282 0.43% 2,475 0.44% 49,030 0.53% Valid Votes 66,030 94.29% 563,019 94.82% 9,241,931 94.52% Rejected Votes 4,000 5.71% 30,741 5.18% 534,452 5.47% Total Polled 70,030 77.02% 593,760 79.58% 9,777,821 75.74% Registered Electors 90,919 746,138 12,909,631
Party Mathugama[17] Kalutara Electoral District Sri Lanka Votes % Votes % Votes % UNP 29,290 45.63% 254,339 45.94% 4,086,026 45.62% PA 25,761 40.13% 226,468 40.91% 3,330,815 37.19% JVP 7,697 11.99% 60,451 10.92% 815,353 9.10% Other Parties (with < 1%) 1,438 2.24% 12,361 2.23% 137,091 1.53% Valid Votes 64,186 93.49% 553,619 94.44% 8,955,844 94.77% Rejected Votes 4,472 6.51% 32,617 5.56% 494,009 5.23% Total Polled 68,658 77.86% 586,236 81.68% 9,449,878 76.03% Registered Electors 88,182 717,764 12,428,762
Party Mathugama[18] Kalutara Electoral District Sri Lanka Votes % Votes % Votes % PA 29,968 47.38% 255,175 46.86% 3,899,329 45.33% UNP 25,518 40.34% 217,215 39.89% 3,451,765 40.12% JVP 4,709 7.44% 38,373 7.05% 518,725 6.03% SU 1,648 2.61% 15,619 2.87% 127,859 1.49% Other Parties (with < 1%) 1,412 2.23% 18,136 3.33% 321,730 3.74% Valid Votes 63,255 N/A 544,518 N/A 8,602,617 N/A
Party Mathugama[19] Kalutara Electoral District Sri Lanka Votes % Votes % Votes % PA 30,514 51.96% 271,754 53.77% 3,887,805 48.94% UNP 26,520 45.16% 221,115 43.75% 3,498,370 44.04% SLPF 969 1.65% 6,238 1.23% 90,078 1.13% MEP 670 1.14% 5,914 1.17% 68,538 0.86% Other Parties (with < 1%) 54 0.09% 339 0.07% 813 0.01% Valid Votes 58,727 93.57% 505,360 95.21% 7,943,688 95.20% Rejected Votes 4,034 6.43% 25,397 4.79% 400,395 4.80% Total Polled 62,761 78.32% 530,757 80.20% 8,344,095 74.75% Registered Electors 80,135 661,793 11,163,064
Party Mathugama[20] Kalutara Electoral District Sri Lanka Votes % Votes % Votes % UNP 13,643 50.40% 160,069 49.84% 2,838,005 50.71% SLFP 12,156 44.91% 131,510 40.94% 1,785,369 31.90% SLMC 436 1.61% 12,971 4.04% 202,016 3.61% USA 414 1.53% 12,342 3.84% 141,983 2.54% ELJP 312 1.15% 1,611 0.50% 67,723 1.21% Other Parties (with < 1%) 108 0.40% 2,690 0.84% 90,480 1.62% Valid Votes 27,069 91.17% 321,193 94.10% 5,596,468 93.87% Rejected Votes 2,621 8.83% 20,139 5.90% 365,563 6.13% Total Polled 29,690 43.06% 341,332 59.86% 5,962,031 63.60% Registered Electors 68,955 570,193 9,374,164
Demographics [ edit ] Ethnicity [ edit ] The Mathugama Polling Division has a Sinhalese majority (88.0%) . In comparison, the Kalutara Electoral District (which contains the Mathugama Polling Division) has a Sinhalese majority (86.8%) [1]
Ethnicity in Mathugama[1]
Other (0.1%)
Religion [ edit ] The Mathugama Polling Division has a Buddhist majority (87.1%) . In comparison, the Kalutara Electoral District (which contains the Mathugama Polling Division) has a Buddhist majority (83.4%) [1]
Religion in Mathugama[1]
Other (0.8%)
References [ edit ]