Hanguranketha Polling Division

Hanguranketha
Polling Division
Coordinates: 7°07′41″N80°47′10″E / 7.128132°N 80.786005°E / 7.128132; 80.786005
Country	Sri Lanka
Province	Central Province, Sri Lanka
Electoral District	Nuwara Eliya Electoral District
Area
• Total	229.27 km2 (88.52 sq mi)
Population  (2012) [1]
• Total	88,528
• Density	386/km2 (1,000/sq mi)
ISO 3166 code	EC-06C

The Hanguranketha Polling Division is a Polling Division in the Nuwara Eliya Electoral District, in the Central Province, Sri Lanka.

Presidential Election Results

Summary

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

Year	Hanguranketha		Nuwara Eliya Electoral District		MAE [2]  %	Sri Lanka		MAE [3]  %
2019		SLPP		NDF	15.07%		SLPP	0.32%
2015		UPFA		NDF	16.13%		NDF	3.44%
2010		UPFA		NDF	16.83%		UPFA	4.25%
2005		UNP		UNP	14.49%		UPFA	7.35%
1999		PA		UNP	11.02%		PA	6.10%
1994		PA		PA	4.70%		PA	9.19%
1988		UNP		UNP	1.20%		UNP	8.87%
1982		UNP		UNP	2.91%		UNP	5.08%
Matches/Mean MAE	6/8		4/8		10.29%	8/8		5.57%

2019 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party		Hanguranketha [4]			Nuwara Eliya Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	SLPP		30,999	52.50%		175,823	36.87%		6,924,255	52.25%
	NDF		24,995	42.33%		277,913	58.28%		5,564,239	41.99%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		1,899	3.22%		17,237	3.61%		345,452	2.61%
	NMPP		1,153	1.95%		5,891	1.24%		418,553	3.16%
Valid Votes		59,046		98.86%	476,864		98.52%	13,252,499		98.99%
Rejected Votes		680		1.14%	7,155		1.48%	135,452		1.01%
Total Polled		59,726		85.76%	484,019		85.06%	13,387,951		83.71%
Registered Electors		69,644			569,028			15,992,568

2015 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party		Hanguranketha [5]			Nuwara Eliya Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	UPFA		27,389	50.76%		145,339	34.06%		5,768,090	47.58%
	NDF		25,645	47.53%		272,605	63.88%		6,217,162	51.28%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		922	1.71%		8,822	2.07%		138,200	1.14%
Valid Votes		53,956		98.07%	426,766		98.31%	12,123,452		98.85%
Rejected Votes		1,064		1.93%	7,329		1.69%	140,925		1.15%
Total Polled		55,020		77.44%	434,095		79.25%	12,264,377		78.69%
Registered Electors		71,053			547,766			15,585,942

2010 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party		Hanguranketha [6]			Nuwara Eliya Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	UPFA		29,164	61.43%		151,604	43.77%		6,015,934	57.88%
	NDF		16,470	34.69%		180,604	52.14%		4,173,185	40.15%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		1,324	2.79%		10,040	2.90%		165,268	1.59%
	DUNF		518	1.09%		4,134	1.19%		39,226	0.38%
Valid Votes		47,476		98.45%	346,382		98.17%	10,393,613		99.03%
Rejected Votes		748		1.55%	6,462		1.83%	101,838		0.97%
Total Polled		48,224		73.10%	352,844		75.65%	10,495,451		66.70%
Registered Electors		65,969			466,440			15,734,587

2005 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party		Hanguranketha [7]			Nuwara Eliya Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	UNP		27,061	55.58%		250,428	70.37%		4,706,366	48.43%
	UPFA		20,725	42.56%		99,550	27.97%		4,887,152	50.29%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		905	1.86%		5,897	1.66%		123,521	1.27%
Valid Votes		48,691		98.30%	355,875		98.50%	9,717,039		98.88%
Rejected Votes		843		1.70%	5,410		1.50%	109,869		1.12%
Total Polled		49,534		78.10%	361,285		79.49%	9,826,908		69.51%
Registered Electors		63,421			454,528			14,136,979

1999 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party		Hanguranketha [8]			Nuwara Eliya Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	PA		29,000	58.16%		147,210	46.88%		4,312,157	51.12%
	UNP		18,426	36.95%		152,836	48.68%		3,602,748	42.71%
	JVP		1,572	3.15%		5,879	1.87%		343,927	4.08%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		865	1.73%		8,065	2.57%		176,679	2.09%
Valid Votes		49,863		97.15%	313,990		97.21%	8,435,754		97.69%
Rejected Votes		1,461		2.85%	8,997		2.79%	199,536		2.31%
Total Polled		51,324		88.17%	322,987		80.23%	8,635,290		72.17%
Registered Electors		58,213			402,589			11,965,536

1994 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party		Hanguranketha [9]			Nuwara Eliya Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	PA		22,917	52.94%		168,929	57.14%		4,709,205	62.28%
	UNP		19,609	45.30%		116,928	39.55%		2,715,283	35.91%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		761	1.76%		9,773	3.31%		137,040	1.81%
Valid Votes		43,287		97.30%	295,630		96.15%	7,561,526		98.03%
Rejected Votes		1,202		2.70%	11,840		3.85%	151,706		1.97%
Total Polled		44,489		82.39%	307,470		78.19%	7,713,232		69.12%
Registered Electors		54,001			393,221			11,158,880

1988 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party		Hanguranketha [10]			Nuwara Eliya Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	UNP		22,748	61.27%		112,135	62.15%		2,569,199	50.43%
	SLFP		14,011	37.74%		64,907	35.98%		2,289,857	44.95%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		370	1.00%		3,371	1.87%		235,701	4.63%
Valid Votes		37,129		98.47%	180,413		98.19%	5,094,754		98.24%
Rejected Votes		576		1.53%	3,320		1.81%	91,499		1.76%
Total Polled		37,705		84.55%	183,733		79.44%	5,186,256		55.87%
Registered Electors		44,596			231,278			9,283,143

1982 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party		Hanguranketha [11]			Nuwara Eliya Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	UNP		20,672	60.10%		109,017	63.10%		3,450,815	52.93%
	SLFP		12,414	36.09%		57,093	33.05%		2,546,348	39.05%
	JVP		983	2.86%		4,569	2.64%		273,428	4.19%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		329	0.96%		2,090	1.21%		249,460	3.83%
Valid Votes		34,398		98.94%	172,769		98.83%	6,520,156		98.78%
Rejected Votes		368		1.06%	2,048		1.17%	80,470		1.22%
Total Polled		34,766		87.24%	174,817		85.71%	6,600,626		80.15%
Registered Electors		39,853			203,968			8,235,358

Parliamentary Election Results

Summary

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

Year	Hanguranketha		Nuwara Eliya Electoral District		MAE [12]  %	Sri Lanka		MAE [13]  %
2015		UNP		UNP	3.57%		UNP	4.91%
2010		UPFA		UPFA	4.18%		UPFA	1.96%
2004		UNP		UNP	7.64%		UPFA	11.03%
2001		UNP		UNP	7.25%		UNP	8.97%
2000		PA		PA	18.67%		PA	19.48%
1994		UNP		UNP	4.07%		PA	9.59%
1989		UNP		UNP	5.09%		UNP	11.01%
Matches/Mean MAE	5/7		5/7		7.21%	7/7		9.56%

2015 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party		Hanguranketha [14]			Nuwara Eliya Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	UNP		26,404	55.19%		228,920	59.06%		5,098,916	45.77%
	UPFA		19,775	41.33%		147,348	38.02%		4,732,664	42.48%
	JVP		1,258	2.63%		5,590	1.44%		544,154	4.88%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		406	0.85%		5,727	1.48%		87,743	0.79%
Valid Votes		47,843		91.53%	387,585		92.12%	11,140,333		95.35%
Rejected Votes		4,391		8.40%	32,788		7.79%	516,926		4.42%
Total Polled		52,269		73.56%	420,734		78.77%	11,684,111		77.66%
Registered Electors		71,053			534,150			15,044,490

2010 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party		Hanguranketha [15]			Nuwara Eliya Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	UPFA		18,866	61.31%		149,111	56.06%		4,846,388	60.38%
	UNP		10,362	33.68%		96,885	36.43%		2,357,057	29.37%
	DNA		993	3.23%		3,984	1.50%		441,251	5.50%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		548	1.78%		15,982	6.01%		59,106	0.74%
Valid Votes		30,769		85.57%	265,962		87.64%	8,026,322		96.03%
Rejected Votes		5,146		14.31%	37,236		12.27%	581,465		6.96%
Total Polled		35,959		54.51%	303,470		64.94%	8,358,246		59.29%
Registered Electors		65,969			467,332			14,097,690

2004 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party		Hanguranketha [16]			Nuwara Eliya Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	UNP		25,313	57.80%		176,971	54.02%		3,486,792	37.73%
	UPFA		16,962	38.73%		82,945	25.32%		4,223,126	45.70%
	JHU		630	1.44%		4,454	1.36%		552,723	5.98%
	UPF		574	1.31%		49,728	15.18%		49,728	0.54%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		318	0.73%		13,511	4.12%		53,563	0.58%
Valid Votes		43,797		92.15%	327,609		93.06%	9,241,931		94.52%
Rejected Votes		3,732		7.85%	24,413		6.94%	534,452		5.47%
Total Polled		47,529		76.82%	352,022		80.70%	9,777,821		75.74%
Registered Electors		61,868			436,236			12,909,631

2001 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party		Hanguranketha [17]			Nuwara Eliya Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	UNP		25,631	60.56%		215,157	68.28%		4,086,026	45.62%
	PA		13,618	32.18%		77,733	24.67%		3,330,815	37.19%
	JVP		2,502	5.91%		11,080	3.52%		815,353	9.10%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		570	1.35%		11,129	3.53%		143,834	1.61%
Valid Votes		42,321		89.04%	315,099		91.74%	8,955,844		94.77%
Rejected Votes		5,211		10.96%	28,373		8.26%	494,009		5.23%
Total Polled		47,532		79.16%	343,472		82.32%	9,449,878		76.03%
Registered Electors		60,044			417,264			12,428,762

2000 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party		Hanguranketha [18]			Nuwara Eliya Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	PA		32,859	72.91%		158,018	52.53%		3,899,329	45.33%
	UNP		10,470	23.23%		126,486	42.05%		3,451,765	40.12%
	JVP		1,386	3.08%		6,299	2.09%		518,725	6.03%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		353	0.78%		10,003	3.33%		247,240	2.87%
Valid Votes		45,068		N/A	300,806		N/A	8,602,617		N/A

1994 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party		Hanguranketha [19]			Nuwara Eliya Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	UNP		24,783	57.71%		175,478	58.12%		3,498,370	44.04%
	PA		17,904	41.69%		97,658	32.35%		3,887,805	48.94%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		254	0.59%		28,782	9.53%		206,815	2.60%
Valid Votes		42,941		94.44%	301,918		93.33%	7,943,688		95.20%
Rejected Votes		2,526		5.56%	21,592		6.67%	400,395		4.80%
Total Polled		45,467		84.20%	323,510		82.37%	8,344,095		74.75%
Registered Electors		54,001			392,770			11,163,064

1989 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party		Hanguranketha [20]			Nuwara Eliya Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	UNP		24,140	70.09%		109,853	63.34%		2,838,005	50.71%
	SLFP		9,890	28.71%		47,128	27.18%		1,785,369	31.90%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		412	1.20%		16,443	9.48%		363,149	6.49%
Valid Votes		34,442		93.34%	173,424		92.73%	5,596,468		93.87%
Rejected Votes		2,457		6.66%	13,600		7.27%	365,563		6.13%
Total Polled		36,899		84.16%	187,024		81.49%	5,962,031		63.60%
Registered Electors		43,844			229,519			9,374,164

Demographics

Ethnicity

The Hanguranketha Polling Division has a Sinhalese majority (86.4%) . In comparison, the Nuwara Eliya Electoral District (which contains the Hanguranketha Polling Division) has an Indian Tamil majority (53.1%) and a significant Sinhalese population (39.6%) ^[1]

Ethnicity in Hanguranketha ^[1]

   Sinhalese (86.4%)

   Indian Tamil (10.0%)

   Sri Lankan Tamil (3.5%)

  Other (0.2%)

Religion

The Hanguranketha Polling Division has a Buddhist majority (86.2%) and a significant Hindu population (12.6%). In comparison, the Nuwara Eliya Electoral District (which contains the Hanguranketha Polling Division) has a Hindu majority (51.0%) and a significant Buddhist population (39.1%) ^[1]

Religion in Hanguranketha ^[1]

   Buddhist (86.2%)

   Hindu (12.6%)

  Other (1.2%)

References

1. "Census of Population and Housing 2012". statistics.gov.lk. Department of Census and Statistics, Sri Lanka. 2012.
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