Baddegama Polling Division

Baddegama
Polling Division
Coordinates: 6°09′18″N80°17′09″E / 6.154981°N 80.285886°E / 6.154981; 80.285886
Country	Sri Lanka
Province	Southern Province, Sri Lanka
Electoral District	Galle Electoral District
Area
• Total	411.58 km2 (158.91 sq mi)
Population  (2012) [1]
• Total	174,783
• Density	425/km2 (1,100/sq mi)
ISO 3166 code	EC-07F

The Baddegama Polling Division is a Polling Division in the Galle Electoral District, in the Southern Province, Sri Lanka.

Presidential Election Results

Summary

The winner of Baddegama has matched the final country result 5 out of 8 times. Hence, Baddegama is a Weak Bellwether for Presidential Elections.

Year	Baddegama		Galle Electoral District		MAE [2]  %	Sri Lanka		MAE [3]  %
2019		SLPP		SLPP	0.67%		SLPP	10.67%
2015		UPFA		UPFA	1.03%		NDF	8.94%
2010		UPFA		UPFA	0.27%		UPFA	5.29%
2005		UPFA		UPFA	0.18%		UPFA	8.16%
1999		PA		PA	0.98%		PA	4.71%
1994		PA		PA	0.22%		PA	1.26%
1988		SLFP		SLFP	2.65%		UNP	9.26%
1982		SLFP		UNP	4.72%		UNP	7.58%
Matches/Mean MAE	5/8		6/8		1.34%	8/8		6.98%

2019 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party		Baddegama [4]			Galle Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	SLPP		51,698	63.56%		466,148	64.26%		6,924,255	52.25%
	NDF		24,945	30.67%		217,401	29.97%		5,564,239	41.99%
	NMPP		2,811	3.46%		27,006	3.72%		418,553	3.16%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		1,880	2.31%		14,803	2.04%		345,452	2.61%
Valid Votes		81,334		99.20%	725,358		99.20%	13,252,499		98.99%
Rejected Votes		657		0.80%	5,878		0.80%	135,452		1.01%
Total Polled		81,991		85.85%	731,236		85.15%	13,387,951		83.71%
Registered Electors		95,503			858,749			15,992,568

2015 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party		Baddegama [5]			Galle Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	UPFA		43,369	56.57%		377,126	55.64%		5,768,090	47.58%
	NDF		32,347	42.19%		293,994	43.37%		6,217,162	51.28%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		951	1.24%		6,691	0.99%		138,200	1.14%
Valid Votes		76,667		98.79%	677,811		99.05%	12,123,452		98.85%
Rejected Votes		941		1.21%	6,516		0.95%	140,925		1.15%
Total Polled		77,608		81.15%	684,327		80.46%	12,264,377		78.69%
Registered Electors		95,641			850,549			15,585,942

2010 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party		Baddegama [6]			Galle Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	UPFA		44,495	63.29%		386,971	63.69%		6,015,934	57.88%
	NDF		24,446	34.77%		211,633	34.83%		4,173,185	40.15%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		1,361	1.94%		9,017	1.48%		204,494	1.97%
Valid Votes		70,302		99.31%	607,621		99.38%	10,393,613		99.03%
Rejected Votes		489		0.69%	3,765		0.62%	101,838		0.97%
Total Polled		70,791		78.83%	611,386		77.82%	10,495,451		66.70%
Registered Electors		89,805			785,663			15,734,587

2005 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party		Baddegama [7]			Galle Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	UPFA		40,558	58.33%		347,233	58.41%		4,887,152	50.29%
	UNP		27,764	39.93%		239,320	40.26%		4,706,366	48.43%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		1,208	1.74%		7,915	1.33%		123,521	1.27%
Valid Votes		69,530		99.00%	594,468		99.08%	9,717,039		98.88%
Rejected Votes		699		1.00%	5,540		0.92%	109,869		1.12%
Total Polled		70,229		81.87%	600,008		79.86%	9,826,908		69.51%
Registered Electors		85,786			751,327			14,136,979

1999 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party		Baddegama [8]			Galle Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	PA		34,097	56.36%		281,154	54.91%		4,312,157	51.12%
	UNP		22,969	37.97%		195,906	38.26%		3,602,748	42.71%
	JVP		2,406	3.98%		27,257	5.32%		343,927	4.08%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		1,024	1.69%		7,702	1.50%		176,679	2.09%
Valid Votes		60,496		98.14%	512,019		98.14%	8,435,754		97.69%
Rejected Votes		1,145		1.86%	9,716		1.86%	199,536		2.31%
Total Polled		61,641		80.20%	521,735		77.43%	8,635,290		72.17%
Registered Electors		76,860			673,785			11,965,536

1994 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party		Baddegama [9]			Galle Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	PA		33,932	61.16%		285,398	61.40%		4,709,205	62.28%
	UNP		20,785	37.46%		173,282	37.28%		2,715,283	35.91%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		762	1.37%		6,135	1.32%		137,040	1.81%
Valid Votes		55,479		98.31%	464,815		98.49%	7,561,526		98.03%
Rejected Votes		952		1.69%	7,112		1.51%	151,706		1.97%
Total Polled		56,431		75.92%	471,927		73.01%	7,713,232		69.12%
Registered Electors		74,331			646,373			11,158,880

1988 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party		Baddegama [10]			Galle Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	SLFP		27,061	55.95%		148,615	53.09%		2,289,857	44.95%
	UNP		20,368	42.11%		124,912	44.62%		2,569,199	50.43%
	SLMP		941	1.95%		6,417	2.29%		235,701	4.63%
Valid Votes		48,370		98.39%	279,944		98.43%	5,094,754		98.24%
Rejected Votes		793		1.61%	4,461		1.57%	91,499		1.76%
Total Polled		49,163		75.23%	284,405		49.34%	5,186,256		55.87%
Registered Electors		65,351			576,390			9,283,143

1982 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party		Baddegama [11]			Galle Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	SLFP		23,689	48.78%		180,925	42.96%		2,546,348	39.05%
	UNP		22,301	45.92%		211,544	50.23%		3,450,815	52.93%
	JVP		1,981	4.08%		20,962	4.98%		273,428	4.19%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		589	1.21%		7,707	1.83%		249,460	3.83%
Valid Votes		48,560		98.90%	421,138		98.78%	6,520,156		98.78%
Rejected Votes		540		1.10%	5,198		1.22%	80,470		1.22%
Total Polled		49,100		83.16%	426,336		81.84%	6,600,626		80.15%
Registered Electors		59,040			520,909			8,235,358

Parliamentary Election Results

Summary

The winner of Baddegama has matched the final country result 5 out of 7 times. Hence, Baddegama is a Weak Bellwether for Parliamentary Elections.

Year	Baddegama		Galle Electoral District		MAE [12]  %	Sri Lanka		MAE [13]  %
2015		UPFA		UPFA	0.98%		UNP	5.36%
2010		UPFA		UPFA	1.30%		UPFA	5.17%
2004		UPFA		UPFA	0.95%		UPFA	6.31%
2001		PA		UNP	1.35%		UNP	3.81%
2000		PA		PA	1.88%		PA	3.84%
1994		PA		PA	0.77%		PA	5.57%
1989		UNP		UNP	2.78%		UNP	5.21%
Matches/Mean MAE	5/7		6/7		1.43%	7/7		5.04%

2015 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party		Baddegama [14]			Galle Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	UPFA		36,425	51.74%		312,518	50.07%		4,732,664	42.48%
	UNP		30,029	42.66%		265,180	42.49%		5,098,916	45.77%
	JVP		3,406	4.84%		37,778	6.05%		544,154	4.88%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		537	0.76%		8,659	1.39%		82,852	0.74%
Valid Votes		70,397		97.14%	624,135		97.63%	11,140,333		95.35%
Rejected Votes		2,065		2.85%	15,107		2.36%	516,926		4.42%
Total Polled		72,471		75.77%	639,318		78.00%	11,684,111		77.66%
Registered Electors		95,641			819,666			15,044,490

2010 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party		Baddegama [15]			Galle Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	UPFA		35,733	67.62%		305,307	66.17%		4,846,388	60.38%
	UNP		14,119	26.72%		120,101	26.03%		2,357,057	29.37%
	DNA		2,696	5.10%		33,663	7.30%		441,251	5.50%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		292	0.55%		2,317	0.50%		32,313	0.40%
Valid Votes		52,840		93.66%	461,388		95.05%	8,026,322		96.03%
Rejected Votes		3,577		6.34%	24,013		4.95%	581,465		6.96%
Total Polled		56,417		62.82%	485,401		61.67%	8,358,246		59.29%
Registered Electors		89,805			787,139			14,097,690

2004 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party		Baddegama [16]			Galle Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	UPFA		35,936	57.62%		306,385	56.58%		4,223,126	45.70%
	UNP		24,572	39.40%		209,399	38.67%		3,486,792	37.73%
	JHU		1,368	2.19%		22,826	4.22%		552,723	5.98%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		493	0.79%		2,901	0.54%		60,066	0.65%
Valid Votes		62,369		92.95%	541,511		94.69%	9,241,931		94.52%
Rejected Votes		4,727		7.05%	30,380		5.31%	534,452		5.47%
Total Polled		67,096		80.47%	571,891		79.81%	9,777,821		75.74%
Registered Electors		83,381			716,609			12,909,631

2001 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party		Baddegama [17]			Galle Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	PA		28,326	45.32%		232,931	42.98%		3,330,815	37.19%
	UNP		27,446	43.92%		238,989	44.10%		4,086,026	45.62%
	JVP		5,714	9.14%		61,806	11.41%		815,353	9.10%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		1,011	1.62%		8,188	1.51%		143,033	1.60%
Valid Votes		62,497		94.09%	541,914		95.66%	8,955,844		94.77%
Rejected Votes		3,928		5.91%	24,561		4.34%	494,009		5.23%
Total Polled		66,425		81.98%	566,475		81.09%	9,449,878		76.03%
Registered Electors		81,026			698,558			12,428,762

2000 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party		Baddegama [18]			Galle Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	PA		31,845	52.64%		264,601	50.08%		3,899,329	45.33%
	UNP		23,548	38.93%		212,055	40.14%		3,451,765	40.12%
	JVP		3,937	6.51%		41,620	7.88%		518,725	6.03%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		1,161	1.92%		10,072	1.91%		250,489	2.91%
Valid Votes		60,491		N/A	528,348		N/A	8,602,617		N/A

1994 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party		Baddegama [19]			Galle Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	PA		33,572	57.47%		277,956	56.39%		3,887,805	48.94%
	UNP		23,874	40.87%		203,268	41.24%		3,498,370	44.04%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		973	1.67%		11,690	2.37%		159,429	2.01%
Valid Votes		58,419		95.21%	492,914		95.96%	7,943,688		95.20%
Rejected Votes		2,937		4.79%	20,763		4.04%	400,395		4.80%
Total Polled		61,356		82.54%	513,677		79.57%	8,344,095		74.75%
Registered Electors		74,331			645,559			11,163,064

1989 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party		Baddegama [20]			Galle Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	UNP		23,790	50.64%		183,962	50.40%		2,838,005	50.71%
	SLFP		22,325	47.52%		152,096	41.67%		1,785,369	31.90%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		864	1.84%		28,947	7.93%		502,202	8.97%
Valid Votes		46,979		94.56%	365,005		93.94%	5,596,468		93.87%
Rejected Votes		2,705		5.44%	23,536		6.06%	365,563		6.13%
Total Polled		49,684		77.16%	388,541		68.03%	5,962,031		63.60%
Registered Electors		64,390			571,146			9,374,164

Demographics

Ethnicity

The Baddegama Polling Division has a Sinhalese majority (94.5%) . In comparison, the Galle Electoral District (which contains the Baddegama Polling Division) has a Sinhalese majority (94.4%) ^[1]

Ethnicity in Baddegama ^[1]

   Sinhalese (94.5%)

   Sri Lankan Tamil (3.3%)

   Indian Tamil (2.2%)

  Other (0.0%)

Religion

The Baddegama Polling Division has a Buddhist majority (94.1%) . In comparison, the Galle Electoral District (which contains the Baddegama Polling Division) has a Buddhist majority (93.9%) ^[1]

Religion in Baddegama ^[1]

   Buddhist (94.1%)

   Hindu (4.4%)

  Other (1.5%)

References

1. "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 Baddegama and the Galle 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 Baddegama 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.
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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.
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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 Baddegama and the Galle 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 Baddegama 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.