Teldeniya Polling Division

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Teldeniya
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Coordinates: 7°17′53″N80°47′46″E / 7.297949°N 80.796226°E / 7.297949; 80.796226
Country Sri Lanka
Province Central Province, Sri Lanka
Electoral District Kandy Electoral District
Area
  Total187.68 km2 (72.46 sq mi)
Population
 (2012) [1]
  Total61,034
  Density325/km2 (840/sq mi)
ISO 3166 code EC-04E

The Teldeniya Polling Division is a Polling Division in the Kandy Electoral District, in the Central Province, Sri Lanka.

Contents

Presidential Election Results

Summary

The winner of Teldeniya has matched the final country result 7 out of 8 times. Hence, Teldeniya is a Strong Bellwether for Presidential Elections.

Year Teldeniya Kandy Electoral District MAE [2]  % Sri Lanka MAE [3]  %
2019 SLPP SLPP 0.34% SLPP 2.42%
2015 NDF NDF 4.50% NDF 1.21%
2010 UPFA UPFA 2.24% UPFA 1.45%
2005 UNP UNP 3.03% UPFA 2.86%
1999 PA PA 1.90% PA 0.81%
1994 PA PA 0.52% PA 6.12%
1988 UNP UNP 4.28% UNP 1.68%
1982 UNP UNP 10.22% UNP 5.33%
Matches/Mean MAE 7/8 7/8 3.38% 8/8 2.74%

2019 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party Teldeniya [4] Kandy Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
SLPP 20,296 50.28% 471,502 50.43% 6,924,255 52.25%
NDF 18,238 45.18% 417,355 44.64% 5,564,239 41.99%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 1,153 2.86% 22,479 2.40% 345,452 2.61%
NMPP 681 1.69% 23,539 2.52% 418,553 3.16%
Valid Votes 40,368 98.97% 934,875 99.04% 13,252,499 98.99%
Rejected Votes 422 1.03% 9,020 0.96% 135,452 1.01%
Total Polled 40,790 85.86% 943,895 84.89% 13,387,951 83.71%
Registered Electors 47,510 1,111,860 15,992,568

2015 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party Teldeniya [5] Kandy Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
NDF 18,624 49.83% 466,994 54.56% 6,217,162 51.28%
UPFA 18,150 48.56% 378,585 44.23% 5,768,090 47.58%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 603 1.61% 10,329 1.21% 138,200 1.14%
Valid Votes 37,377 98.64% 855,908 98.73% 12,123,452 98.85%
Rejected Votes 517 1.36% 10,993 1.27% 140,925 1.15%
Total Polled 37,894 79.47% 866,901 79.71% 12,264,377 78.69%
Registered Electors 47,685 1,087,542 15,585,942

2010 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party Teldeniya [6] Kandy Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
UPFA 19,009 56.11% 406,636 54.16% 6,015,934 57.88%
NDF 13,957 41.20% 329,492 43.89% 4,173,185 40.15%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 910 2.69% 14,658 1.95% 204,494 1.97%
Valid Votes 33,876 98.52% 750,786 98.85% 10,393,613 99.03%
Rejected Votes 509 1.48% 8,700 1.15% 101,838 0.97%
Total Polled 34,385 76.17% 759,486 75.87% 10,495,451 66.70%
Registered Electors 45,144 1,001,074 15,734,587

2005 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party Teldeniya [7] Kandy Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
UNP 16,646 51.11% 387,150 54.33% 4,706,366 48.43%
UPFA 15,367 47.19% 315,672 44.30% 4,887,152 50.29%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 554 1.70% 9,798 1.37% 123,521 1.27%
Valid Votes 32,567 98.63% 712,620 98.64% 9,717,039 98.88%
Rejected Votes 452 1.37% 9,817 1.36% 109,869 1.12%
Total Polled 33,019 79.63% 722,437 77.37% 9,826,908 69.51%
Registered Electors 41,465 933,754 14,136,979

1999 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party Teldeniya [8] Kandy Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
PA 14,497 52.25% 308,187 50.29% 4,312,157 51.12%
UNP 11,955 43.09% 276,360 45.10% 3,602,748 42.71%
JVP 669 2.41% 15,512 2.53% 343,927 4.08%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 622 2.24% 12,752 2.08% 176,679 2.09%
Valid Votes 27,743 97.47% 612,811 97.29% 8,435,754 97.69%
Rejected Votes 720 2.53% 17,060 2.71% 199,536 2.31%
Total Polled 28,463 78.60% 629,871 77.61% 8,635,290 72.17%
Registered Electors 36,214 811,606 11,965,536

1994 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party Teldeniya [9] Kandy Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
PA 14,309 55.99% 320,110 56.64% 4,709,205 62.28%
UNP 10,742 42.03% 235,519 41.68% 2,715,283 35.91%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 505 1.98% 9,488 1.68% 137,040 1.81%
Valid Votes 25,556 97.61% 565,117 97.55% 7,561,526 98.03%
Rejected Votes 625 2.39% 14,179 2.45% 151,706 1.97%
Total Polled 26,181 79.36% 579,296 77.85% 7,713,232 69.12%
Registered Electors 32,992 744,151 11,158,880

1988 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party Teldeniya [10] Kandy Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
UNP 9,912 50.63% 234,124 54.88% 2,569,199 50.43%
SLFP 9,417 48.10% 186,187 43.65% 2,289,857 44.95%
SLMP 247 1.26% 6,266 1.47% 235,701 4.63%
Valid Votes 19,576 98.30% 426,577 98.57% 5,094,754 98.24%
Rejected Votes 339 1.70% 6,167 1.43% 91,499 1.76%
Total Polled 19,915 72.00% 432,744 68.36% 5,186,256 55.87%
Registered Electors 27,659 633,030 9,283,143

1982 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party Teldeniya [11] Kandy Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
UNP 13,258 49.08% 289,621 59.80% 3,450,815 52.93%
SLFP 12,747 47.19% 178,647 36.89% 2,546,348 39.05%
JVP 821 3.04% 12,493 2.58% 273,428 4.19%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 186 0.69% 3,536 0.73% 249,460 3.83%
Valid Votes 27,012 99.02% 484,297 99.07% 6,520,156 98.78%
Rejected Votes 267 0.98% 4,548 0.93% 80,470 1.22%
Total Polled 27,279 867.38% 488,845 89.44% 6,600,626 80.15%
Registered Electors 3,145 546,565 8,235,358

Parliamentary Election Results

Summary

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

Year Teldeniya Kandy Electoral District MAE [12]  % Sri Lanka MAE [13]  %
2015 UNP UNP 3.57% UNP 3.23%
2010 UPFA UPFA 1.20% UPFA 2.55%
2004 UNP UNP 3.40% UPFA 5.58%
2001 UNP UNP 1.98% UNP 4.12%
2000 PA PA 3.17% PA 3.61%
1994 UNP UNP 1.11% PA 3.84%
1989 UNP UNP 5.36% UNP 5.63%
Matches/Mean MAE 5/7 5/7 2.83% 7/7 4.08%

2015 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party Teldeniya [14] Kandy Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
UNP 17,501 52.09% 440,761 55.61% 5,098,916 45.77%
UPFA 14,454 43.02% 309,152 39.00% 4,732,664 42.48%
JVP 962 2.86% 30,669 3.87% 544,154 4.88%
CWC 480 1.43% 4,400 0.56% 17,107 0.15%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 198 0.59% 7,655 0.97% 82,981 0.74%
Valid Votes 33,595 93.82% 792,637 95.48% 11,140,333 95.35%
Rejected Votes 2,195 6.13% 37,065 4.46% 516,926 4.42%
Total Polled 35,807 75.09% 830,165 79.13% 11,684,111 77.66%
Registered Electors 47,685 1,049,160 15,044,490

2010 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party Teldeniya [15] Kandy Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
UPFA 14,275 62.29% 339,819 60.81% 4,846,388 60.38%
UNP 7,732 33.74% 192,798 34.50% 2,357,057 29.37%
DNA 800 3.49% 23,728 4.25% 441,251 5.50%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 109 0.48% 2,459 0.44% 30,354 0.38%
Valid Votes 22,916 86.54% 558,804 90.49% 8,026,322 96.03%
Rejected Votes 3,540 13.37% 58,333 9.45% 581,465 6.96%
Total Polled 26,479 58.65% 617,559 61.70% 8,358,246 59.29%
Registered Electors 45,144 1,000,861 14,097,690

2004 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party Teldeniya [16] Kandy Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
UNP 13,380 48.65% 313,859 49.99% 3,486,792 37.73%
UPFA 13,321 48.43% 268,131 42.71% 4,223,126 45.70%
JHU 674 2.45% 42,192 6.72% 552,723 5.98%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 128 0.47% 3,684 0.59% 64,227 0.69%
Valid Votes 27,503 91.11% 627,866 93.24% 9,241,931 94.52%
Rejected Votes 2,685 8.89% 45,484 6.75% 534,452 5.47%
Total Polled 30,188 75.98% 673,380 76.47% 9,777,821 75.74%
Registered Electors 39,730 880,634 12,909,631

2001 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party Teldeniya [17] Kandy Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
UNP 13,792 50.64% 314,297 52.77% 4,086,026 45.62%
PA 11,276 41.40% 233,637 39.23% 3,330,815 37.19%
JVP 1,697 6.23% 37,146 6.24% 815,353 9.10%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 469 1.72% 10,496 1.76% 129,347 1.44%
Valid Votes 27,234 90.74% 595,576 93.40% 8,955,844 94.77%
Rejected Votes 2,780 9.26% 42,103 6.60% 494,009 5.23%
Total Polled 30,014 79.20% 637,679 76.03% 9,449,878 76.03%
Registered Electors 37,897 838,687 12,428,762

2000 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party Teldeniya [18] Kandy Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
PA 13,881 51.15% 282,282 46.66% 3,899,329 45.33%
UNP 10,373 38.23% 243,623 40.27% 3,451,765 40.12%
JVP 843 3.11% 21,565 3.56% 518,725 6.03%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 795 2.93% 19,327 3.19% 266,683 3.10%
CWC 772 2.84% 6,108 1.01% 22,985 0.27%
NUA 472 1.74% 32,023 5.29% 185,593 2.16%
Valid Votes 27,136 N/A 604,928 N/A 8,602,617 N/A

1994 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party Teldeniya [19] Kandy Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
UNP 13,408 51.44% 301,824 52.35% 3,498,370 44.04%
PA 12,457 47.79% 267,683 46.43% 3,887,805 48.94%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 199 0.76% 7,045 1.22% 175,576 2.21%
Valid Votes 26,064 93.65% 576,552 94.89% 7,943,688 95.20%
Rejected Votes 1,766 6.35% 31,019 5.11% 400,395 4.80%
Total Polled 27,830 84.35% 607,571 81.67% 8,344,095 74.75%
Registered Electors 32,992 743,939 11,163,064

1989 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party Teldeniya [20] Kandy Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
UNP 6,019 56.99% 204,973 61.72% 2,838,005 50.71%
SLFP 4,146 39.26% 105,977 31.91% 1,785,369 31.90%
SLMC 249 2.36% 14,697 4.43% 202,016 3.61%
USA 113 1.07% 5,147 1.55% 141,983 2.54%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 34 0.32% 1,315 0.40% 67,723 1.21%
Valid Votes 10,561 93.30% 332,109 93.69% 5,596,468 93.87%
Rejected Votes 758 6.70% 22,374 6.31% 365,563 6.13%
Total Polled 11,319 41.53% 354,483 56.42% 5,962,031 63.60%
Registered Electors 27,254 628,317 9,374,164

Demographics

Ethnicity

The Teldeniya Polling Division has a Sinhalese majority (75.1%) and a significant Indian Tamil population (10.6%) . In comparison, the Kandy Electoral District (which contains the Teldeniya Polling Division) has a Sinhalese majority (74.4%) and a significant Moor population (13.9%) [1]

Ethnicity in Teldeniya [1]

   Sinhalese (75.1%)
   Indian Tamil (10.6%)
   Sri Lankan Tamil (7.7%)
   Moor (6.5%)
  Other (0.1%)

Religion

The Teldeniya Polling Division has a Buddhist majority (74.8%) and a significant Hindu population (16.2%) . In comparison, the Kandy Electoral District (which contains the Teldeniya Polling Division) has a Buddhist majority (73.4%) and a significant Muslim population (14.3%) [1]

Religion in Teldeniya [1]

   Buddhist (74.8%)
   Hindu (16.2%)
   Muslim (6.6%)
   Roman Catholic (1.7%)
  Other (0.8%)

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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 Teldeniya and the Kandy 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 Teldeniya 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 Teldeniya and the Kandy 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 Teldeniya 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.
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