Pelmadulla Polling Division

Pelmadulla
Polling Division
Coordinates: 6°38′05″N80°29′53″E / 6.634826°N 80.497958°E / 6.634826; 80.497958
Country	Sri Lanka
Province	Sabaragamuwa Province, Sri Lanka
Electoral District	Ratnapura Electoral District
Area
• Total	147.07 km2 (56.78 sq mi)
Population  (2012) [1]
• Total	89,469
• Density	608/km2 (1,570/sq mi)
ISO 3166 code	EC-21C

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

Presidential Election Results

Summary

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

Year	Pelmadulla		Ratnapura Electoral District		MAE [2]  %	Sri Lanka		MAE [3]  %
2019		SLPP		SLPP	5.62%		SLPP	1.25%
2015		UPFA		UPFA	4.95%		NDF	3.18%
2010		UPFA		UPFA	5.92%		UPFA	0.18%
2005		UNP		UPFA	4.29%		UPFA	1.53%
1999		PA		PA	1.08%		PA	0.76%
1994		PA		PA	4.34%		PA	8.49%
1988		UNP		UNP	0.64%		UNP	1.44%
1982		UNP		UNP	0.34%		UNP	3.36%
Matches/Mean MAE	6/8		7/8		3.40%	8/8		2.52%

2019 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party		Pelmadulla [4]			Ratnapura Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	SLPP		41,469	54.33%		448,044	59.93%		6,924,255	52.25%
	NDF		31,845	41.72%		264,503	35.38%		5,564,239	41.99%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		1,700	2.23%		16,237	2.17%		345,452	2.61%
	NMPP		1,315	1.72%		18,887	2.53%		418,553	3.16%
Valid Votes		76,329		99.21%	747,671		99.22%	13,252,499		98.99%
Rejected Votes		606		0.79%	5,853		0.78%	135,452		1.01%
Total Polled		76,935		86.89%	753,524		87.11%	13,387,951		83.71%
Registered Electors		88,540			864,979			15,992,568

2015 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party		Pelmadulla [5]			Ratnapura Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	UPFA		34,975	50.64%		379,053	55.74%		5,768,090	47.58%
	NDF		33,095	47.92%		292,514	43.01%		6,217,162	51.28%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		992	1.44%		8,517	1.25%		138,200	1.14%
Valid Votes		69,062		98.81%	680,084		98.89%	12,123,452		98.85%
Rejected Votes		834		1.19%	7,656		1.11%	140,925		1.15%
Total Polled		69,896		83.27%	687,740		82.69%	12,264,377		78.69%
Registered Electors		83,934			831,712			15,585,942

2010 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party		Pelmadulla [6]			Ratnapura Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	UPFA		34,773	57.65%		377,734	63.76%		6,015,934	57.88%
	NDF		24,283	40.26%		203,566	34.36%		4,173,185	40.15%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		1,263	2.09%		11,126	1.88%		204,494	1.97%
Valid Votes		60,319		98.99%	592,426		99.26%	10,393,613		99.03%
Rejected Votes		617		1.01%	4,430		0.74%	101,838		0.97%
Total Polled		60,936		80.51%	596,856		79.75%	10,495,451		66.70%
Registered Electors		75,685			748,404			15,734,587

2005 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party		Pelmadulla [7]			Ratnapura Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	UNP		27,178	49.83%		252,838	45.55%		4,706,366	48.43%
	UPFA		26,511	48.61%		294,260	53.01%		4,887,152	50.29%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		848	1.55%		7,976	1.44%		123,521	1.27%
Valid Votes		54,537		98.97%	555,074		99.02%	9,717,039		98.88%
Rejected Votes		570		1.03%	5,510		0.98%	109,869		1.12%
Total Polled		55,107		84.20%	560,584		82.57%	9,826,908		69.51%
Registered Electors		65,445			678,909			14,136,979

1999 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party		Pelmadulla [8]			Ratnapura Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	PA		24,995	51.50%		250,409	52.13%		4,312,157	51.12%
	UNP		21,293	43.88%		202,621	42.18%		3,602,748	42.71%
	JVP		1,195	2.46%		16,482	3.43%		343,927	4.08%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		1,047	2.16%		10,852	2.26%		176,679	2.09%
Valid Votes		48,530		98.10%	480,364		98.15%	8,435,754		97.69%
Rejected Votes		941		1.90%	9,038		1.85%	199,536		2.31%
Total Polled		49,471		83.88%	489,402		81.27%	8,635,290		72.17%
Registered Electors		58,977			602,172			11,965,536

1994 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party		Pelmadulla [9]			Ratnapura Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	PA		24,076	53.62%		257,265	58.07%		4,709,205	62.28%
	UNP		19,994	44.53%		177,924	40.16%		2,715,283	35.91%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		833	1.86%		7,842	1.77%		137,040	1.81%
Valid Votes		44,903		98.02%	443,031		98.31%	7,561,526		98.03%
Rejected Votes		906		1.98%	7,595		1.69%	151,706		1.97%
Total Polled		45,809		80.94%	450,626		80.02%	7,713,232		69.12%
Registered Electors		56,593			563,174			11,158,880

1988 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party		Pelmadulla [10]			Ratnapura Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	UNP		18,370	51.40%		180,622	51.75%		2,569,199	50.43%
	SLFP		16,719	46.78%		159,879	45.81%		2,289,857	44.95%
	SLMP		651	1.82%		8,516	2.44%		235,701	4.63%
Valid Votes		35,740		98.89%	349,017		98.84%	5,094,754		98.24%
Rejected Votes		400		1.11%	4,113		1.16%	91,499		1.76%
Total Polled		36,140		82.47%	353,130		76.64%	5,186,256		55.87%
Registered Electors		43,820			460,735			9,283,143

1982 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party		Pelmadulla [11]			Ratnapura Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	UNP		17,212	50.99%		175,903	50.90%		3,450,815	52.93%
	SLFP		15,106	44.75%		152,506	44.13%		2,546,348	39.05%
	JVP		1,126	3.34%		11,283	3.26%		273,428	4.19%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		310	0.92%		5,912	1.71%		249,460	3.83%
Valid Votes		33,754		99.00%	345,604		99.02%	6,520,156		98.78%
Rejected Votes		340		1.00%	3,407		0.98%	80,470		1.22%
Total Polled		34,094		88.18%	349,011		85.91%	6,600,626		80.15%
Registered Electors		38,662			406,275			8,235,358

Parliamentary Election Results

Summary

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

Year	Pelmadulla		Ratnapura Electoral District		MAE [12]  %	Sri Lanka		MAE [13]  %
2015		UNP		UPFA	5.17%		UNP	4.25%
2010		UPFA		UPFA	4.60%		UPFA	3.87%
2004		UPFA		UPFA	4.75%		UPFA	4.73%
2001		UNP		UNP	1.64%		UNP	4.41%
2000		PA		PA	1.29%		PA	4.52%
1994		UNP		PA	5.29%		PA	5.83%
1989		UNP		UNP	2.02%		UNP	5.98%
Matches/Mean MAE	6/7		6/7		3.54%	7/7		4.80%

2015 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party		Pelmadulla [14]			Ratnapura Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	UNP		32,747	51.01%		284,117	44.96%		5,098,916	45.77%
	UPFA		29,864	46.52%		323,636	51.21%		4,732,664	42.48%
	JVP		1,303	2.03%		21,525	3.41%		544,154	4.88%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		284	0.44%		2,720	0.43%		83,333	0.75%
Valid Votes		64,198		95.79%	631,998		96.46%	11,140,333		95.35%
Rejected Votes		2,799		4.18%	23,026		3.51%	516,926		4.42%
Total Polled		67,020		79.85%	655,222		80.88%	11,684,111		77.66%
Registered Electors		83,934			810,082			15,044,490

2010 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party		Pelmadulla [15]			Ratnapura Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	UPFA		28,453	64.40%		305,327	68.87%		4,846,388	60.38%
	UNP		14,817	33.54%		125,076	28.21%		2,357,057	29.37%
	DNA		704	1.59%		11,053	2.49%		441,251	5.50%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		206	0.47%		1,853	0.42%		35,498	0.44%
Valid Votes		44,180		90.30%	443,309		92.28%	8,026,322		96.03%
Rejected Votes		4,740		9.69%	37,022		7.71%	581,465		6.96%
Total Polled		48,927		64.65%	480,395		64.02%	8,358,246		59.29%
Registered Electors		75,685			750,416			14,097,690

2004 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party		Pelmadulla [16]			Ratnapura Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	UPFA		23,403	48.24%		261,450	53.14%		4,223,126	45.70%
	UNP		22,745	46.88%		205,490	41.77%		3,486,792	37.73%
	JHU		1,979	4.08%		20,801	4.23%		552,723	5.98%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		386	0.80%		4,262	0.87%		58,082	0.63%
Valid Votes		48,513		94.05%	492,003		94.55%	9,241,931		94.52%
Rejected Votes		3,069		5.95%	28,346		5.45%	534,452		5.47%
Total Polled		51,582		81.48%	520,349		80.42%	9,777,821		75.74%
Registered Electors		63,305			647,035			12,909,631

2001 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party		Pelmadulla [17]			Ratnapura Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	UNP		24,135	49.32%		227,202	46.41%		4,086,026	45.62%
	PA		21,329	43.58%		212,794	43.46%		3,330,815	37.19%
	JVP		2,591	5.29%		40,377	8.25%		815,353	9.10%
	NLF		492	1.01%		4,589	0.94%		45,901	0.51%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		393	0.80%		4,616	0.94%		86,089	0.96%
Valid Votes		48,940		93.68%	489,578		94.14%	8,955,844		94.77%
Rejected Votes		3,300		6.32%	30,483		5.86%	494,009		5.23%
Total Polled		52,240		84.82%	520,061		83.41%	9,449,878		76.03%
Registered Electors		61,586			623,506			12,428,762

2000 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party		Pelmadulla [18]			Ratnapura Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	PA		25,563	52.99%		244,142	50.63%		3,899,329	45.33%
	UNP		20,385	42.26%		204,017	42.30%		3,451,765	40.12%
	JVP		1,556	3.23%		22,222	4.61%		518,725	6.03%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		737	1.53%		11,873	2.46%		239,421	2.78%
Valid Votes		48,241		N/A	482,254		N/A	8,602,617		N/A

1994 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party		Pelmadulla [19]			Ratnapura Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	UNP		25,008	53.37%		220,750	47.96%		3,498,370	44.04%
	PA		21,302	45.46%		233,687	50.77%		3,887,805	48.94%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		551	1.18%		5,848	1.27%		223,848	2.82%
Valid Votes		46,861		94.86%	460,285		95.12%	7,943,688		95.20%
Rejected Votes		2,541		5.14%	23,611		4.88%	400,395		4.80%
Total Polled		49,402		87.29%	483,890		85.77%	8,344,095		74.75%
Registered Electors		56,593			564,194			11,163,064

1989 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party		Pelmadulla [20]			Ratnapura Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	UNP		19,493	57.17%		196,323	57.89%		2,838,005	50.71%
	SLFP		13,752	40.33%		123,360	36.38%		1,785,369	31.90%
	USP		678	1.99%		17,323	5.11%		17,323	0.31%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		175	0.51%		2,116	0.62%		68,609	1.23%
Valid Votes		34,098		94.37%	339,122		94.37%	5,596,468		93.87%
Rejected Votes		2,033		5.63%	20,248		5.63%	365,563		6.13%
Total Polled		36,131		83.57%	359,370		78.60%	5,962,031		63.60%
Registered Electors		43,236			457,224			9,374,164

Demographics

Ethnicity

The Pelmadulla Polling Division has a Sinhalese majority (85.4%) . In comparison, the Ratnapura Electoral District (which contains the Pelmadulla Polling Division) has a Sinhalese majority (87.1%) ^[1]

Ethnicity in Pelmadulla ^[1]

   Sinhalese (85.4%)

   Sri Lankan Tamil (7.0%)

   Indian Tamil (6.9%)

  Other (0.7%)

Religion

The Pelmadulla Polling Division has a Buddhist majority (85.3%) and a significant Hindu population (12.6%) . In comparison, the Ratnapura Electoral District (which contains the Pelmadulla Polling Division) has a Buddhist majority (86.7%) ^[1]

Religion in Pelmadulla ^[1]

   Buddhist (85.3%)

   Hindu (12.6%)

  Other (2.1%)

References

1. "Census of Population and Housing 2012". statistics.gov.lk. Department of Census and Statistics, Sri Lanka. 2012.
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3. The mean absolute error, between the percentages of votes each party got in Pelmadulla and the country. It is a measure of the difference in voting behaviour between the two regions.
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14. "2015 Sri Lankan parliamentary election Results" (PDF). elections.gov.lk. Election Commission of Sri Lanka. 2015.
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