Minuwangoda Polling Division

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Minuwangoda
Polling Division
Minuwangoda Polling Division Sri Lanka.svg
Coordinates: 7°09′04″N79°58′17″E / 7.151204°N 79.971281°E / 7.151204; 79.971281
Country Sri Lanka
Province Western Province, Sri Lanka
Electoral District Gampaha Electoral District
Area
 • Total143.33 km2 (55.34 sq mi)
Population
 (2012) [1]
 • Total178,331
 • Density1,244/km2 (3,220/sq mi)
ISO 3166 code EC-02F

The Minuwangoda Polling Division is a Polling Division in the Gampaha Electoral District, in the Western Province, Sri Lanka.

Contents

Presidential Election Results

Summary

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

Year Minuwangoda Gampaha Electoral District MAE [2]  % Sri Lanka MAE [3]  %
2019 SLPP SLPP 1.67% SLPP 8.64%
2015 UPFA NDF 1.72% NDF 3.37%
2010 UPFA UPFA 2.21% UPFA 5.54%
2005 UPFA UPFA 1.34% UPFA 5.64%
1999 PA PA 0.35% PA 4.77%
1994 PA PA 0.81% PA 1.45%
1988 SLFP SLFP 0.40% UNP 2.92%
1982 UNP UNP 1.23% UNP 3.17%
Matches/Mean MAE 6/8 7/8 1.22% 8/8 4.43%

2019 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party Minuwangoda [4] Gampaha Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
SLPP 69,978 61.03% 855,870 59.28% 6,924,255 52.25%
NDF 37,212 32.45% 494,671 34.26% 5,564,239 41.99%
NMPP 5,259 4.59% 61,760 4.28% 418,553 3.16%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 2,217 1.93% 31,499 2.18% 345,452 2.61%
Valid Votes 114,666 99.03% 1,443,800 98.92% 13,252,499 98.99%
Rejected Votes 1,123 0.97% 15,751 1.08% 135,452 1.01%
Total Polled 115,789 84.48% 1,459,551 83.31% 13,387,951 83.71%
Registered Electors 137,067 1,751,892 15,992,568

2015 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party Minuwangoda [5] Gampaha Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
UPFA 54,929 51.21% 664,347 49.49% 5,768,090 47.58%
NDF 51,581 48.09% 669,007 49.83% 6,217,162 51.28%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 760 0.71% 9,142 0.68% 138,200 1.14%
Valid Votes 107,270 99.09% 1,342,496 98.92% 12,123,452 98.85%
Rejected Votes 986 0.91% 14,647 1.08% 140,925 1.15%
Total Polled 108,256 81.41% 1,357,143 80.77% 12,264,377 78.69%
Registered Electors 132,981 1,680,263 15,585,942

2010 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party Minuwangoda [6] Gampaha Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
UPFA 60,318 63.87% 718,716 61.66% 6,015,934 57.88%
NDF 33,057 35.01% 434,506 37.28% 4,173,185 40.15%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 1,060 1.12% 12,426 1.07% 204,494 1.97%
Valid Votes 94,435 99.35% 1,165,648 99.24% 10,393,613 99.03%
Rejected Votes 618 0.65% 8,960 0.76% 101,838 0.97%
Total Polled 95,053 78.65% 1,174,608 78.03% 10,495,451 66.70%
Registered Electors 120,860 1,505,363 15,734,587

2005 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party Minuwangoda [7] Gampaha Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
UPFA 49,509 56.12% 596,698 54.78% 4,887,152 50.29%
UNP 37,801 42.85% 481,764 44.23% 4,706,366 48.43%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 910 1.03% 10,815 0.99% 123,521 1.27%
Valid Votes 88,220 98.94% 1,089,277 98.94% 9,717,039 98.88%
Rejected Votes 947 1.06% 11,724 1.06% 109,869 1.12%
Total Polled 89,167 80.18% 1,101,001 79.17% 9,826,908 69.51%
Registered Electors 111,211 1,390,691 14,136,979

1999 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party Minuwangoda [8] Gampaha Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
PA 42,314 56.05% 532,796 56.58% 4,312,157 51.12%
UNP 28,328 37.53% 353,969 37.59% 3,602,748 42.71%
JVP 3,658 4.85% 40,472 4.30% 343,927 4.08%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 1,191 1.58% 14,382 1.53% 176,679 2.09%
Valid Votes 75,491 98.03% 941,619 97.84% 8,435,754 97.69%
Rejected Votes 1,514 1.97% 20,768 2.16% 199,536 2.31%
Total Polled 77,005 77.84% 962,387 77.12% 8,635,290 72.17%
Registered Electors 98,927 1,247,860 11,965,536

1994 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party Minuwangoda [9] Gampaha Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
PA 42,041 63.91% 550,654 64.74% 4,709,205 62.28%
UNP 22,839 34.72% 288,608 33.93% 2,715,283 35.91%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 905 1.38% 11,256 1.32% 137,040 1.81%
Valid Votes 65,785 98.66% 850,518 98.48% 7,561,526 98.03%
Rejected Votes 892 1.34% 13,137 1.52% 151,706 1.97%
Total Polled 66,677 74.76% 863,655 74.16% 7,713,232 69.12%
Registered Electors 89,192 1,164,625 11,158,880

1988 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party Minuwangoda [10] Gampaha Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
SLFP 29,751 49.11% 355,553 48.83% 2,289,857 44.95%
UNP 29,424 48.57% 350,092 48.08% 2,569,199 50.43%
SLMP 1,404 2.32% 22,467 3.09% 235,701 4.63%
Valid Votes 60,579 98.66% 728,112 98.63% 5,094,754 98.24%
Rejected Votes 825 1.34% 10,108 1.37% 91,499 1.76%
Total Polled 61,404 78.67% 738,220 74.93% 5,186,256 55.87%
Registered Electors 78,056 985,206 9,283,143

1982 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party Minuwangoda [11] Gampaha Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
UNP 29,672 51.27% 365,847 52.50% 3,450,815 52.93%
SLFP 25,849 44.67% 301,808 43.31% 2,546,348 39.05%
JVP 1,992 3.44% 23,701 3.40% 273,428 4.19%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 357 0.62% 5,491 0.79% 249,460 3.83%
Valid Votes 57,870 99.32% 696,847 99.15% 6,520,156 98.78%
Rejected Votes 399 0.68% 5,992 0.85% 80,470 1.22%
Total Polled 58,269 83.76% 702,839 82.70% 6,600,626 80.15%
Registered Electors 69,566 849,896 8,235,358

Parliamentary Election Results

Summary

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

Year Minuwangoda Gampaha Electoral District MAE [12]  % Sri Lanka MAE [13]  %
2015 UPFA UNP 2.25% UNP 2.67%
2010 UPFA UPFA 2.64% UPFA 4.66%
2004 UPFA UPFA 0.60% UPFA 3.66%
2001 PA UNP 1.39% UNP 4.51%
2000 PA PA 0.59% PA 2.62%
1994 PA PA 0.05% PA 4.78%
1989 UNP UNP 0.70% UNP 5.30%
Matches/Mean MAE 5/7 7/7 1.17% 7/7 4.03%

2015 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party Minuwangoda [14] Gampaha Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
UPFA 45,898 47.20% 549,958 44.96% 4,732,664 42.48%
UNP 43,373 44.61% 577,004 47.17% 5,098,916 45.77%
JVP 7,400 7.61% 87,880 7.18% 544,154 4.88%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 565 0.58% 8,332 0.68% 81,501 0.73%
Valid Votes 97,236 95.33% 1,223,174 95.51% 11,140,333 95.35%
Rejected Votes 4,667 4.58% 56,246 4.39% 516,926 4.42%
Total Polled 102,001 76.70% 1,280,647 78.21% 11,684,111 77.66%
Registered Electors 132,981 1,637,537 15,044,490

2010 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party Minuwangoda [15] Gampaha Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
UPFA 49,033 66.37% 589,476 63.40% 4,846,388 60.38%
UNP 19,295 26.12% 266,523 28.67% 2,357,057 29.37%
DNA 5,270 7.13% 69,747 7.50% 441,251 5.50%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 279 0.38% 3,985 0.43% 19,003 0.24%
Valid Votes 73,877 95.19% 929,731 94.83% 8,026,322 96.03%
Rejected Votes 3,675 4.73% 50,234 5.12% 581,465 6.96%
Total Polled 77,614 64.22% 980,467 65.06% 8,358,246 59.29%
Registered Electors 120,860 1,506,969 14,097,690

2004 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party Minuwangoda [16] Gampaha Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
UPFA 41,026 51.49% 509,963 51.52% 4,223,126 45.70%
UNP 28,632 35.93% 367,572 37.14% 3,486,792 37.73%
JHU 9,292 11.66% 102,516 10.36% 552,723 5.98%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 733 0.92% 9,691 0.98% 57,229 0.62%
Valid Votes 79,683 96.14% 989,742 95.96% 9,241,931 94.52%
Rejected Votes 3,169 3.82% 41,462 4.02% 534,452 5.47%
Total Polled 82,878 76.97% 1,031,464 77.72% 9,777,821 75.74%
Registered Electors 107,679 1,327,145 12,909,631

2001 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party Minuwangoda [17] Gampaha Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
PA 34,348 44.09% 428,780 43.08% 3,330,815 37.19%
UNP 32,726 42.01% 437,289 43.94% 4,086,026 45.62%
JVP 9,627 12.36% 113,990 11.45% 815,353 9.10%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 1,203 1.54% 15,171 1.52% 137,826 1.54%
Valid Votes 77,904 96.40% 995,230 96.30% 8,955,844 94.77%
Rejected Votes 2,906 3.60% 38,187 3.70% 494,009 5.23%
Total Polled 80,810 78.11% 1,033,417 80.36% 9,449,878 76.03%
Registered Electors 103,461 1,285,973 12,428,762

2000 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party Minuwangoda [18] Gampaha Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
PA 38,350 49.61% 470,018 48.87% 3,899,329 45.33%
UNP 30,025 38.84% 378,328 39.34% 3,451,765 40.12%
JVP 6,148 7.95% 73,110 7.60% 518,725 6.03%
SU 1,530 1.98% 20,297 2.11% 127,859 1.49%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 1,244 1.61% 19,956 2.08% 319,123 3.71%
Valid Votes 77,297 N/A 961,709 N/A 8,602,617 N/A

1994 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party Minuwangoda [19] Gampaha Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
PA 39,893 56.83% 509,030 56.79% 3,887,805 48.94%
UNP 29,455 41.96% 375,631 41.91% 3,498,370 44.04%
SLPF 844 1.20% 11,627 1.30% 90,078 1.13%
Valid Votes 70,192 96.84% 896,288 96.39% 7,943,688 95.20%
Rejected Votes 2,288 3.16% 33,553 3.61% 400,395 4.80%
Total Polled 72,480 81.26% 929,841 79.65% 8,344,095 74.75%
Registered Electors 89,192 1,167,469 11,163,064

1989 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party Minuwangoda [20] Gampaha Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
UNP 32,021 54.41% 385,733 54.14% 2,838,005 50.71%
SLFP 25,061 42.58% 294,490 41.34% 1,785,369 31.90%
USA 1,015 1.72% 21,665 3.04% 141,983 2.54%
ELJP 756 1.28% 10,549 1.48% 67,723 1.21%
Valid Votes 58,853 96.03% 712,437 95.64% 5,596,468 93.87%
Rejected Votes 2,436 3.97% 32,497 4.36% 365,563 6.13%
Total Polled 61,289 80.35% 744,934 76.82% 5,962,031 63.60%
Registered Electors 76,279 969,658 9,374,164

Demographics

Ethnicity

The Minuwangoda Polling Division has a Sinhalese majority (95.8%) . In comparison, the Gampaha Electoral District (which contains the Minuwangoda Polling Division) has a Sinhalese majority (90.5%) [1]

Ethnicity in Minuwangoda [1]

   Sinhalese (95.8%)
   Moor (3.3%)
  Other (0.9%)

Religion

The Minuwangoda Polling Division has a Buddhist majority (88.5%) . In comparison, the Gampaha Electoral District (which contains the Minuwangoda Polling Division) has a Buddhist majority (71.3%) and a significant Roman Catholic population (19.5%) [1]

Religion in Minuwangoda [1]

   Buddhist (88.5%)
   Roman Catholic (6.5%)
   Muslim (3.5%)
   Other Christian (1.2%)
  Other (0.4%)

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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 Minuwangoda and the Gampaha 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 Minuwangoda 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.
  5. ↑ "2015 Sri Lankan presidential election Results". elections.gov.lk. Election Commission of Sri Lanka. 2015.
  6. ↑ "2010 Sri Lankan presidential election Results". elections.gov.lk. Election Commission of Sri Lanka. 2010.
  7. ↑ "2005 Sri Lankan presidential election Results". elections.gov.lk. Election Commission of Sri Lanka. 2005.
  8. ↑ "1999 Sri Lankan presidential election Results". elections.gov.lk. Election Commission of Sri Lanka. 1999.
  9. ↑ "1994 Sri Lankan presidential election Results". elections.gov.lk. Election Commission of Sri Lanka. 1994.
  10. ↑ "1988 Sri Lankan presidential election Results". elections.gov.lk. Election Commission of Sri Lanka. 1988.
  11. ↑ "1982 Sri Lankan presidential election Results". elections.gov.lk. Election Commission of Sri Lanka. 1982.
  12. ↑ The mean absolute error, between the percentages of votes each party got in Minuwangoda and the Gampaha 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 Minuwangoda 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.
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