Balapitiya Polling Division

Balapitiya
Polling Division
Coordinates: 6°18′18″N80°02′47″E / 6.304866°N 80.046444°E / 6.304866; 80.046444
Country	Sri Lanka
Province	Southern Province, Sri Lanka
Electoral District	Galle Electoral District
Area
• Total	55.93 km2 (21.59 sq mi)
Population  (2012) [1]
• Total	67,432
• Density	1,206/km2 (3,120/sq mi)
ISO 3166 code	EC-07A

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

Presidential Election Results

Summary

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

Year	Balapitiya		Galle Electoral District		MAE [2]  %	Sri Lanka		MAE [3]  %
2019		SLPP		SLPP	1.36%		SLPP	12.50%
2015		UPFA		UPFA	2.74%		NDF	10.62%
2010		UPFA		UPFA	1.25%		UPFA	6.75%
2005		UPFA		UPFA	1.84%		UPFA	6.20%
1999		PA		PA	1.82%		PA	2.03%
1994		PA		PA	3.20%		PA	4.23%
1988		UNP		SLFP	13.11%		UNP	6.08%
1982		UNP		UNP	5.73%		UNP	2.98%
Matches/Mean MAE	7/8		6/8		3.88%	8/8		6.42%

2019 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party		Balapitiya [4]			Galle Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	SLPP		28,185	66.07%		466,148	64.26%		6,924,255	52.25%
	NDF		12,567	29.46%		217,401	29.97%		5,564,239	41.99%
	NMPP		1,127	2.64%		27,006	3.72%		418,553	3.16%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		779	1.83%		14,803	2.04%		345,452	2.61%
Valid Votes		42,658		99.29%	725,358		99.20%	13,252,499		98.99%
Rejected Votes		306		0.71%	5,878		0.80%	135,452		1.01%
Total Polled		42,964		81.30%	731,236		85.15%	13,387,951		83.71%
Registered Electors		52,844			858,749			15,992,568

2015 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party		Balapitiya [5]			Galle Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	UPFA		23,283	58.45%		377,126	55.64%		5,768,090	47.58%
	NDF		16,196	40.66%		293,994	43.37%		6,217,162	51.28%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		352	0.88%		6,691	0.99%		138,200	1.14%
Valid Votes		39,831		99.04%	677,811		99.05%	12,123,452		98.85%
Rejected Votes		388		0.96%	6,516		0.95%	140,925		1.15%
Total Polled		40,219		76.10%	684,327		80.46%	12,264,377		78.69%
Registered Electors		52,852			850,549			15,585,942

2010 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party		Balapitiya [6]			Galle Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	UPFA		23,634	64.93%		386,971	63.69%		6,015,934	57.88%
	NDF		12,198	33.51%		211,633	34.83%		4,173,185	40.15%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		569	1.56%		9,017	1.48%		204,494	1.97%
Valid Votes		36,401		99.34%	607,621		99.38%	10,393,613		99.03%
Rejected Votes		241		0.66%	3,765		0.62%	101,838		0.97%
Total Polled		36,642		73.12%	611,386		77.82%	10,495,451		66.70%
Registered Electors		50,109			785,663			15,734,587

2005 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party		Balapitiya [7]			Galle Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	UPFA		20,743	56.59%		347,233	58.41%		4,887,152	50.29%
	UNP		15,460	42.18%		239,320	40.26%		4,706,366	48.43%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		449	1.23%		7,915	1.33%		123,521	1.27%
Valid Votes		36,652		99.21%	594,468		99.08%	9,717,039		98.88%
Rejected Votes		291		0.79%	5,540		0.92%	109,869		1.12%
Total Polled		36,943		75.66%	600,008		79.86%	9,826,908		69.51%
Registered Electors		48,826			751,327			14,136,979

1999 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party		Balapitiya [8]			Galle Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	PA		17,524	53.43%		281,154	54.91%		4,312,157	51.12%
	UNP		13,372	40.77%		195,906	38.26%		3,602,748	42.71%
	JVP		1,466	4.47%		27,257	5.32%		343,927	4.08%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		438	1.34%		7,702	1.50%		176,679	2.09%
Valid Votes		32,800		98.38%	512,019		98.14%	8,435,754		97.69%
Rejected Votes		539		1.62%	9,716		1.86%	199,536		2.31%
Total Polled		33,339		72.81%	521,735		77.43%	8,635,290		72.17%
Registered Electors		45,790			673,785			11,965,536

1994 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party		Balapitiya [9]			Galle Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	PA		17,307	58.25%		285,398	61.40%		4,709,205	62.28%
	UNP		12,087	40.68%		173,282	37.28%		2,715,283	35.91%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		320	1.08%		6,135	1.32%		137,040	1.81%
Valid Votes		29,714		98.75%	464,815		98.49%	7,561,526		98.03%
Rejected Votes		375		1.25%	7,112		1.51%	151,706		1.97%
Total Polled		30,089		68.40%	471,927		73.01%	7,713,232		69.12%
Registered Electors		43,988			646,373			11,158,880

1988 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party		Balapitiya [10]			Galle Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	UNP		5,093	57.08%		124,912	44.62%		2,569,199	50.43%
	SLFP		3,475	38.95%		148,615	53.09%		2,289,857	44.95%
	SLMP		354	3.97%		6,417	2.29%		235,701	4.63%
Valid Votes		8,922		98.22%	279,944		98.43%	5,094,754		98.24%
Rejected Votes		162		1.78%	4,461		1.57%	91,499		1.76%
Total Polled		9,084		22.04%	284,405		49.34%	5,186,256		55.87%
Registered Electors		41,220			576,390			9,283,143

1982 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party		Balapitiya [11]			Galle Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	UNP		14,949	52.38%		211,544	50.23%		3,450,815	52.93%
	SLFP		9,295	32.57%		180,925	42.96%		2,546,348	39.05%
	LSSP		3,060	10.72%		6,391	1.52%		58,531	0.90%
	JVP		1,178	4.13%		20,962	4.98%		273,428	4.19%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		59	0.21%		1,316	0.31%		190,929	2.93%
Valid Votes		28,541		98.12%	421,138		98.78%	6,520,156		98.78%
Rejected Votes		546		1.88%	5,198		1.22%	80,470		1.22%
Total Polled		29,087		77.68%	426,336		81.84%	6,600,626		80.15%
Registered Electors		37,444			520,909			8,235,358

Parliamentary Election Results

Summary

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

Year	Balapitiya		Galle Electoral District		MAE [12]  %	Sri Lanka		MAE [13]  %
2015		UPFA		UPFA	1.22%		UNP	6.00%
2010		UPFA		UPFA	1.11%		UPFA	3.49%
2004		UPFA		UPFA	3.31%		UPFA	4.51%
2001		UNP		UNP	2.14%		UNP	1.90%
2000		PA		PA	2.95%		PA	2.25%
1994		PA		PA	3.24%		PA	2.58%
1989		UNP		UNP	13.14%		UNP	7.12%
Matches/Mean MAE	6/7		6/7		3.87%	7/7		3.98%

2015 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party		Balapitiya [14]			Galle Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	UPFA		18,237	50.59%		312,518	50.07%		4,732,664	42.48%
	UNP		14,524	40.29%		265,180	42.49%		5,098,916	45.77%
	JVP		2,099	5.82%		37,778	6.05%		544,154	4.88%
	BJP		867	2.41%		3,041	0.49%		20,377	0.18%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		322	0.89%		5,618	0.90%		62,475	0.56%
Valid Votes		36,049		97.27%	624,135		97.63%	11,140,333		95.35%
Rejected Votes		1,002		2.70%	15,107		2.36%	516,926		4.42%
Total Polled		37,061		70.12%	639,318		78.00%	11,684,111		77.66%
Registered Electors		52,852			819,666			15,044,490

2010 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party		Balapitiya [15]			Galle Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	UPFA		17,374	65.01%		305,307	66.17%		4,846,388	60.38%
	UNP		7,295	27.30%		120,101	26.03%		2,357,057	29.37%
	DNA		1,899	7.11%		33,663	7.30%		441,251	5.50%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		158	0.59%		2,317	0.50%		32,313	0.40%
Valid Votes		26,726		95.44%	461,388		95.05%	8,026,322		96.03%
Rejected Votes		1,277		4.56%	24,013		4.95%	581,465		6.96%
Total Polled		28,003		55.88%	485,401		61.67%	8,358,246		59.29%
Registered Electors		50,109			787,139			14,097,690

2004 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party		Balapitiya [16]			Galle Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	UPFA		18,002	52.61%		306,385	56.58%		4,223,126	45.70%
	UNP		14,117	41.26%		209,399	38.67%		3,486,792	37.73%
	JHU		1,944	5.68%		22,826	4.22%		552,723	5.98%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		154	0.45%		2,901	0.54%		60,066	0.65%
Valid Votes		34,217		95.83%	541,511		94.69%	9,241,931		94.52%
Rejected Votes		1,489		4.17%	30,380		5.31%	534,452		5.47%
Total Polled		35,706		73.79%	571,891		79.81%	9,777,821		75.74%
Registered Electors		48,387			716,609			12,909,631

2001 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party		Balapitiya [17]			Galle Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	UNP		16,030	46.59%		238,989	44.10%		4,086,026	45.62%
	PA		13,956	40.56%		232,931	42.98%		3,330,815	37.19%
	JVP		3,930	11.42%		61,806	11.41%		815,353	9.10%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		494	1.44%		8,188	1.51%		143,033	1.60%
Valid Votes		34,410		96.02%	541,914		95.66%	8,955,844		94.77%
Rejected Votes		1,426		3.98%	24,561		4.34%	494,009		5.23%
Total Polled		35,836		75.01%	566,475		81.09%	9,449,878		76.03%
Registered Electors		47,774			698,558			12,428,762

2000 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party		Balapitiya [18]			Galle Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	PA		15,755	47.05%		264,601	50.08%		3,899,329	45.33%
	UNP		14,594	43.58%		212,055	40.14%		3,451,765	40.12%
	JVP		2,417	7.22%		41,620	7.88%		518,725	6.03%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		720	2.15%		10,072	1.91%		250,489	2.91%
Valid Votes		33,486		N/A	528,348		N/A	8,602,617		N/A

1994 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party		Balapitiya [19]			Galle Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	PA		16,907	53.37%		277,956	56.39%		3,887,805	48.94%
	UNP		14,239	44.95%		203,268	41.24%		3,498,370	44.04%
	SLPF		421	1.33%		7,239	1.47%		90,078	1.13%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		111	0.35%		4,451	0.90%		69,351	0.87%
Valid Votes		31,678		95.83%	492,914		95.96%	7,943,688		95.20%
Rejected Votes		1,380		4.17%	20,763		4.04%	400,395		4.80%
Total Polled		33,058		75.15%	513,677		79.57%	8,344,095		74.75%
Registered Electors		43,988			645,559			11,163,064

1989 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party		Balapitiya [20]			Galle Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	UNP		13,052	53.97%		183,962	50.40%		2,838,005	50.71%
	USA		6,475	26.77%		18,160	4.98%		141,983	2.54%
	SLFP		4,130	17.08%		152,096	41.67%		1,785,369	31.90%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		527	2.18%		10,787	2.96%		360,219	6.44%
Valid Votes		24,184		91.69%	365,005		93.94%	5,596,468		93.87%
Rejected Votes		2,191		8.31%	23,536		6.06%	365,563		6.13%
Total Polled		26,375		65.37%	388,541		68.03%	5,962,031		63.60%
Registered Electors		40,345			571,146			9,374,164

Demographics

Ethnicity

The Balapitiya Polling Division has a Sinhalese majority (98.1%) . In comparison, the Galle Electoral District (which contains the Balapitiya Polling Division) has a Sinhalese majority (94.4%) ^[1]

Ethnicity in Balapitiya ^[1]

   Sinhalese (98.1%)

   Moor (1.6%)

  Other (0.2%)

Religion

The Balapitiya Polling Division has a Buddhist majority (97.9%) . In comparison, the Galle Electoral District (which contains the Balapitiya Polling Division) has a Buddhist majority (93.9%) ^[1]

Religion in Balapitiya ^[1]

   Buddhist (97.9%)

   Muslim (1.7%)

  Other (0.4%)

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 Balapitiya 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 Balapitiya 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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12. The mean absolute error, between the percentages of votes each party got in Balapitiya 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 Balapitiya 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.
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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.
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20. "1989 Sri Lankan parliamentary election Results" (PDF). elections.gov.lk. Election Commission of Sri Lanka. 1989.