Bentara Elpitiya Polling Division

Bentara Elpitiya
Polling Division
Coordinates: 6°20′33″N80°07′01″E / 6.342381°N 80.116962°E / 6.342381; 80.116962
Country	Sri Lanka
Province	Southern Province, Sri Lanka
Electoral District	Galle Electoral District
Area
• Total	235.87 km2 (91.07 sq mi)
Population  (2012) [1]
• Total	114,701
• Density	486/km2 (1,260/sq mi)
ISO 3166 code	EC-07D

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

Presidential Election Results

Summary

The winner of Bentara Elpitiya has matched the final country result 6 out of 8 times. Hence, Bentara Elpitiya is a Weak Bellwether for Presidential Elections.

Year	Bentara Elpitiya		Galle Electoral District		MAE [2]  %	Sri Lanka		MAE [3]  %
2019		SLPP		SLPP	2.28%		SLPP	13.58%
2015		UPFA		UPFA	3.48%		NDF	11.37%
2010		UPFA		UPFA	3.73%		UPFA	9.21%
2005		UPFA		UPFA	0.82%		UPFA	8.88%
1999		PA		PA	0.80%		PA	4.70%
1994		PA		PA	0.99%		PA	0.25%
1988		SLFP		SLFP	3.35%		UNP	9.97%
1982		UNP		UNP	1.56%		UNP	4.48%
Matches/Mean MAE	6/8		6/8		2.12%	8/8		7.81%

2019 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party		Bentara Elpitiya [4]			Galle Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	SLPP		49,734	66.70%		466,148	64.26%		6,924,255	52.25%
	NDF		20,606	27.63%		217,401	29.97%		5,564,239	41.99%
	NMPP		2,511	3.37%		27,006	3.72%		418,553	3.16%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		1,715	2.30%		14,803	2.04%		345,452	2.61%
Valid Votes		74,566		99.34%	725,358		99.20%	13,252,499		98.99%
Rejected Votes		499		0.66%	5,878		0.80%	135,452		1.01%
Total Polled		75,065		84.89%	731,236		85.15%	13,387,951		83.71%
Registered Electors		88,427			858,749			15,992,568

2015 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party		Bentara Elpitiya [5]			Galle Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	UPFA		42,015	59.08%		377,126	55.64%		5,768,090	47.58%
	NDF		28,287	39.78%		293,994	43.37%		6,217,162	51.28%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		808	1.14%		6,691	0.99%		138,200	1.14%
Valid Votes		71,110		99.20%	677,811		99.05%	12,123,452		98.85%
Rejected Votes		574		0.80%	6,516		0.95%	140,925		1.15%
Total Polled		71,684		80.09%	684,327		80.46%	12,264,377		78.69%
Registered Electors		89,500			850,549			15,585,942

2010 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party		Bentara Elpitiya [6]			Galle Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	UPFA		44,036	67.42%		386,971	63.69%		6,015,934	57.88%
	NDF		20,219	30.95%		211,633	34.83%		4,173,185	40.15%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		1,065	1.63%		9,017	1.48%		204,494	1.97%
Valid Votes		65,320		99.42%	607,621		99.38%	10,393,613		99.03%
Rejected Votes		382		0.58%	3,765		0.62%	101,838		0.97%
Total Polled		65,702		77.50%	611,386		77.82%	10,495,451		66.70%
Registered Electors		84,772			785,663			15,734,587

2005 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party		Bentara Elpitiya [7]			Galle Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	UPFA		38,779	59.16%		347,233	58.41%		4,887,152	50.29%
	UNP		25,767	39.31%		239,320	40.26%		4,706,366	48.43%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		1,000	1.53%		7,915	1.33%		123,521	1.27%
Valid Votes		65,546		99.13%	594,468		99.08%	9,717,039		98.88%
Rejected Votes		572		0.87%	5,540		0.92%	109,869		1.12%
Total Polled		66,118		80.36%	600,008		79.86%	9,826,908		69.51%
Registered Electors		82,282			751,327			14,136,979

1999 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party		Bentara Elpitiya [8]			Galle Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	PA		31,626	55.68%		281,154	54.91%		4,312,157	51.12%
	UNP		21,196	37.32%		195,906	38.26%		3,602,748	42.71%
	JVP		3,128	5.51%		27,257	5.32%		343,927	4.08%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		845	1.49%		7,702	1.50%		176,679	2.09%
Valid Votes		56,795		98.29%	512,019		98.14%	8,435,754		97.69%
Rejected Votes		991		1.71%	9,716		1.86%	199,536		2.31%
Total Polled		57,786		76.77%	521,735		77.43%	8,635,290		72.17%
Registered Electors		75,271			673,785			11,965,536

1994 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party		Bentara Elpitiya [9]			Galle Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	PA		32,213	62.43%		285,398	61.40%		4,709,205	62.28%
	UNP		18,747	36.33%		173,282	37.28%		2,715,283	35.91%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		640	1.24%		6,135	1.32%		137,040	1.81%
Valid Votes		51,600		98.52%	464,815		98.49%	7,561,526		98.03%
Rejected Votes		773		1.48%	7,112		1.51%	151,706		1.97%
Total Polled		52,373		72.98%	471,927		73.01%	7,713,232		69.12%
Registered Electors		71,765			646,373			11,158,880

1988 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party		Bentara Elpitiya [10]			Galle Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	SLFP		12,057	56.53%		148,615	53.09%		2,289,857	44.95%
	UNP		8,789	41.21%		124,912	44.62%		2,569,199	50.43%
	SLMP		481	2.26%		6,417	2.29%		235,701	4.63%
Valid Votes		21,327		98.62%	279,944		98.43%	5,094,754		98.24%
Rejected Votes		299		1.38%	4,461		1.57%	91,499		1.76%
Total Polled		21,626		32.97%	284,405		49.34%	5,186,256		55.87%
Registered Electors		65,597			576,390			9,283,143

1982 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party		Bentara Elpitiya [11]			Galle Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	UNP		23,668	49.33%		211,544	50.23%		3,450,815	52.93%
	SLFP		21,805	45.45%		180,925	42.96%		2,546,348	39.05%
	JVP		2,106	4.39%		20,962	4.98%		273,428	4.19%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		399	0.83%		7,707	1.83%		249,460	3.83%
Valid Votes		47,978		98.59%	421,138		98.78%	6,520,156		98.78%
Rejected Votes		686		1.41%	5,198		1.22%	80,470		1.22%
Total Polled		48,664		83.05%	426,336		81.84%	6,600,626		80.15%
Registered Electors		58,596			520,909			8,235,358

Parliamentary Election Results

Summary

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

Year	Bentara Elpitiya		Galle Electoral District		MAE [12]  %	Sri Lanka		MAE [13]  %
2015		UPFA		UPFA	2.07%		UNP	6.61%
2010		UPFA		UPFA	1.22%		UPFA	5.50%
2004		UPFA		UPFA	1.54%		UPFA	6.07%
2001		PA		UNP	1.79%		UNP	4.78%
2000		PA		PA	1.25%		PA	3.41%
1994		PA		PA	0.84%		PA	5.68%
1989		UNP		UNP	1.54%		UNP	4.60%
Matches/Mean MAE	5/7		6/7		1.47%	7/7		5.24%

2015 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party		Bentara Elpitiya [14]			Galle Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	UPFA		34,275	52.70%		312,518	50.07%		4,732,664	42.48%
	UNP		26,559	40.84%		265,180	42.49%		5,098,916	45.77%
	JVP		3,351	5.15%		37,778	6.05%		544,154	4.88%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		851	1.31%		8,659	1.39%		82,852	0.74%
Valid Votes		65,036		97.49%	624,135		97.63%	11,140,333		95.35%
Rejected Votes		1,664		2.49%	15,107		2.36%	516,926		4.42%
Total Polled		66,708		74.53%	639,318		78.00%	11,684,111		77.66%
Registered Electors		89,500			819,666			15,044,490

2010 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party		Bentara Elpitiya [15]			Galle Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	UPFA		32,926	67.80%		305,307	66.17%		4,846,388	60.38%
	UNP		12,592	25.93%		120,101	26.03%		2,357,057	29.37%
	DNA		2,792	5.75%		33,663	7.30%		441,251	5.50%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		255	0.53%		2,317	0.50%		32,313	0.40%
Valid Votes		48,565		94.90%	461,388		95.05%	8,026,322		96.03%
Rejected Votes		2,611		5.10%	24,013		4.95%	581,465		6.96%
Total Polled		51,176		60.37%	485,401		61.67%	8,358,246		59.29%
Registered Electors		84,772			787,139			14,097,690

2004 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party		Bentara Elpitiya [16]			Galle Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	UPFA		34,840	58.31%		306,385	56.58%		4,223,126	45.70%
	UNP		22,243	37.23%		209,399	38.67%		3,486,792	37.73%
	JHU		2,411	4.04%		22,826	4.22%		552,723	5.98%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		256	0.43%		2,901	0.54%		60,066	0.65%
Valid Votes		59,750		94.66%	541,511		94.69%	9,241,931		94.52%
Rejected Votes		3,369		5.34%	30,380		5.31%	534,452		5.47%
Total Polled		63,119		77.98%	571,891		79.81%	9,777,821		75.74%
Registered Electors		80,943			716,609			12,909,631

2001 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party		Bentara Elpitiya [17]			Galle Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	PA		26,732	44.50%		232,931	42.98%		3,330,815	37.19%
	UNP		25,054	41.71%		238,989	44.10%		4,086,026	45.62%
	JVP		7,296	12.15%		61,806	11.41%		815,353	9.10%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		986	1.64%		8,188	1.51%		143,033	1.60%
Valid Votes		60,068		95.52%	541,914		95.66%	8,955,844		94.77%
Rejected Votes		2,816		4.48%	24,561		4.34%	494,009		5.23%
Total Polled		62,884		79.63%	566,475		81.09%	9,449,878		76.03%
Registered Electors		78,967			698,558			12,428,762

2000 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party		Bentara Elpitiya [18]			Galle Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	PA		30,213	51.56%		264,601	50.08%		3,899,329	45.33%
	UNP		22,811	38.93%		212,055	40.14%		3,451,765	40.12%
	JVP		4,442	7.58%		41,620	7.88%		518,725	6.03%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		1,133	1.93%		10,072	1.91%		250,489	2.91%
Valid Votes		58,599		N/A	528,348		N/A	8,602,617		N/A

1994 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party		Bentara Elpitiya [19]			Galle Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	PA		31,222	57.34%		277,956	56.39%		3,887,805	48.94%
	UNP		22,059	40.51%		203,268	41.24%		3,498,370	44.04%
	SLPF		940	1.73%		7,239	1.47%		90,078	1.13%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		226	0.42%		4,451	0.90%		69,351	0.87%
Valid Votes		54,447		95.75%	492,914		95.96%	7,943,688		95.20%
Rejected Votes		2,418		4.25%	20,763		4.04%	400,395		4.80%
Total Polled		56,865		79.24%	513,677		79.57%	8,344,095		74.75%
Registered Electors		71,765			645,559			11,163,064

1989 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party		Bentara Elpitiya [20]			Galle Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	UNP		18,482	48.12%		183,962	50.40%		2,838,005	50.71%
	SLFP		15,849	41.26%		152,096	41.67%		1,785,369	31.90%
	USA		3,465	9.02%		18,160	4.98%		141,983	2.54%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		616	1.60%		10,787	2.96%		360,219	6.44%
Valid Votes		38,412		92.42%	365,005		93.94%	5,596,468		93.87%
Rejected Votes		3,152		7.58%	23,536		6.06%	365,563		6.13%
Total Polled		41,564		64.41%	388,541		68.03%	5,962,031		63.60%
Registered Electors		64,529			571,146			9,374,164

Demographics

Ethnicity

The Bentara Elpitiya Polling Division has a Sinhalese majority (97.2%) . In comparison, the Galle Electoral District (which contains the Bentara Elpitiya Polling Division) has a Sinhalese majority (94.4%) ^[1]

Ethnicity in Bentara Elpitiya ^[1]

   Sinhalese (97.2%)

  Other (1.5%)

   Sri Lankan Tamil (1.3%)

Religion

The Bentara Elpitiya Polling Division has a Buddhist majority (97.0%) . In comparison, the Galle Electoral District (which contains the Bentara Elpitiya Polling Division) has a Buddhist majority (93.9%) ^[1]

Religion in Bentara Elpitiya ^[1]

   Buddhist (97.0%)

   Hindu (1.4%)

   Muslim (1.0%)

  Other (0.6%)

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 Bentara Elpitiya and the Galle Electoral District. It is a measure of the difference in voting behaviour between the two regions.
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13. The mean absolute error, between the percentages of votes each party got in Bentara Elpitiya and the country. It is a measure of the difference in voting behaviour between the two regions.
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