Eheliyagoda Polling Division

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Eheliyagoda
Coordinates: 6°48′24″N80°18′08″E / 6.806782°N 80.302240°E / 6.806782; 80.302240
Country Sri Lanka
Province Sabaragamuwa Province, Sri Lanka
Electoral District Ratnapura Electoral District
Area
  Total411.46 km2 (158.87 sq mi)
Population
 (2012) [1]
  Total199,098
  Density484/km2 (1,250/sq mi)
ISO 3166 code EC-21A

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

Contents

Presidential Election Results

Summary

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Summary

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Ethnicity

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

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%)

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "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.
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  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.
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