Yatinuwara Polling Division

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Yatinuwara
Polling Division
Yatinuwara Polling Division Sri Lanka.svg
Coordinates: 7°16′57″N80°32′44″E / 7.282388°N 80.545506°E / 7.282388; 80.545506
Country Sri Lanka
Province Central Province, Sri Lanka
Electoral District Kandy Electoral District
Area
 • Total
70.75 km2 (27.32 sq mi)
Population
 (2012) [1]
 • Total
106,027
 • Density1,499/km2 (3,880/sq mi)
ISO 3166 code EC-04J

The Yatinuwara 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 Yatinuwara has matched the final country result 7 out of 9 times. This makes Yatinuwara a weak bellwether for presidential elections.

YearYatinuwara Kandy MAE% [2] Sri LankaMAE% [3]
2024 Dissanayake Dissanayake%Dissanayake%
2019 Rajapaksa Rajapaksa7.64%Rajapaksa5.49%
2015 Sirisena Sirisena3.44%Sirisena0.18%
2010 Rajapaksa Rajapaksa3.77%Rajapaksa0.20%
2005 Wickremesinghe Wickremesinghe4.62%Rajapaksa1.24%
1999 Kumaratunga Kumaratunga0.53%Kumaratunga2.01%
1994 Kumaratunga Kumaratunga1.12%Kumaratunga4.46%
1988 Bandaranaike Premadasa 7.51%Premadasa4.57%
1982 Jayawardene Jayawardene7.06%Jayawardene2.40%
Matches/Mean MAE7/98/94.46%9/92.57%

2024 Sri Lankan presidential election

CandidateYatinuwara [4] Kandy Sri Lanka
Votes%Votes%Votes%
Anura Kumara Dissanayake 32,90948.98%394,53442.46%5,634,91542.31%
Sajith Premadasa 19,37428.83%323,99834.71%4,363,03532.76%
Ranil Wickremesinghe 11,19616.66%162,70717.43%2,299,76717.27%
Namal Rajapaksa 1,4092.10%19,4032.08%342,7812.57%
Dilith Jayaweera 9271.38%9,0980.97%122,3960.92%
Others1,3772.05%23,7762.55%556,7224.18%
Valid Votes67,19297.75%933,51697.48%13,319,61697.80%
Rejected Votes1,5502.25%24,1532.52%300,3002.20%
Total Polled68,74280.03%957,66980.38%13,619,91679.46%
Registered Electors85,8931,191,39917,140,354

2019 Sri Lankan presidential election

CandidateYatinuwara [5] Kandy Sri Lanka
Votes%Votes%Votes%
Gotabaya Rajapaksa 38,76558.32%471,50250.43%6,924,25552.25%
Sajith Premadasa 24,24436.48%417,35544.64%5,564,23941.99%
Anura Kumara Dissanayake 2,0213.04%23,5392.52%418,5533.16%
Others1,4342.16%22,4792.40%345,4522.61%
Valid Votes66,46499.13%934,87599.04%13,252,49998.99%
Rejected Votes5840.87%9,0200.96%135,4521.01%
Total Polled67,04884.37%943,89584.89%13,387,95183.71%
Registered Electors79,4711,111,86015,992,568

2015 Sri Lankan presidential election

CandidateYatinuwara [6] Kandy Sri Lanka
Votes%Votes%Votes%
Maithripala Sirisena 32,29851.19%466,99454.56%6,217,16251.28%
Mahinda Rajapaksa 30,19447.86%378,58544.23%5,768,09047.58%
Others5970.95%10,3291.21%138,2001.14%
Valid Votes63,08998.83%855,90898.73%12,123,45298.85%
Rejected Votes7481.17%10,9931.27%140,9251.15%
Total Polled63,83779.38%866,90179.71%12,264,37778.69%
Registered Electors80,4201,087,54215,585,942

2010 Sri Lankan presidential election

Candidate Yatinuwara [7] Kandy Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
Mahinda Rajapaksa 33,664 58.16% 406,636 54.16% 6,015,934 57.88%
Sarath Fonseka 23,290 40.24% 329,492 43.89% 4,173,185 40.15%
Others 927 1.60% 14,658 1.95% 204,494 1.97%
Valid Votes 57,881 99.13% 750,786 98.85% 10,393,613 99.03%
Rejected Votes 506 0.87% 8,700 1.15% 101,838 0.97%
Total Polled 58,387 75.83% 759,486 75.87% 10,495,451 66.70%
Registered Electors 76,996 1,001,074 15,734,587

2005 Sri Lankan presidential election

Candidate Yatinuwara [8] Kandy Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
Ranil Wickremesinghe 27,791 49.69% 387,150 54.33% 4,706,366 48.43%
Mahinda Rajapaksa 27,428 49.04% 315,672 44.30% 4,887,152 50.29%
Others 715 1.28% 9,798 1.37% 123,521 1.27%
Valid Votes 55,934 98.95% 712,620 98.64% 9,717,039 98.88%
Rejected Votes 594 1.05% 9,817 1.36% 109,869 1.12%
Total Polled 56,528 78.15% 722,437 77.37% 9,826,908 69.51%
Registered Electors 72,329 933,754 14,136,979

1999 Sri Lankan presidential election

Candidate Yatinuwara [9] Kandy Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
Chandrika Kumaratunga 23,135 49.65% 308,187 50.29% 4,312,157 51.12%
Ranil Wickremesinghe 21,219 45.54% 276,360 45.10% 3,602,748 42.71%
Nandana Gunathilake 1,293 2.78% 15,512 2.53% 343,927 4.08%
Others 945 2.03% 12,752 2.08% 176,679 2.09%
Valid Votes 46,592 96.95% 612,811 97.29% 8,435,754 97.69%
Rejected Votes 1,464 3.05% 17,060 2.71% 199,536 2.31%
Total Polled 48,056 76.59% 629,871 77.61% 8,635,290 72.17%
Registered Electors 62,747 811,606 11,965,536

1994 Sri Lankan presidential election

Candidate Yatinuwara [10] Kandy Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
Chandrika Kumaratunga 25,099 57.83% 320,110 56.64% 4,709,205 62.28%
Srima Dissanayake 17,621 40.60% 235,519 41.68% 2,715,283 35.91%
Others 679 1.56% 9,488 1.68% 137,040 1.81%
Valid Votes 43,399 97.89% 565,117 97.55% 7,561,526 98.03%
Rejected Votes 934 2.11% 14,179 2.45% 151,706 1.97%
Total Polled 44,333 75.84% 579,296 77.85% 7,713,232 69.12%
Registered Electors 58,455 744,151 11,158,880

1988 Sri Lankan presidential election

Candidate Yatinuwara [11] Kandy Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
Sirimavo Bandaranaike 15,699 51.15% 186,187 43.65% 2,289,857 44.95%
Ranasinghe Premadasa 14,478 47.17% 234,124 54.88% 2,569,199 50.43%
Ossie Abeygunasekera 515 1.68% 6,266 1.47% 235,701 4.63%
Valid Votes 30,692 98.83% 426,577 98.57% 5,094,754 98.24%
Rejected Votes 362 1.17% 6,167 1.43% 91,499 1.76%
Total Polled 31,054 59.51% 432,744 68.36% 5,186,256 55.87%
Registered Electors 52,182 633,030 9,283,143

1982 Sri Lankan presidential election

Candidate Yatinuwara [12] Kandy Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
J. R. Jayewardene 20,848 52.66% 289,621 59.80% 3,450,815 52.93%
Hector Kobbekaduwa 17,596 44.45% 178,647 36.89% 2,546,348 39.05%
Rohana Wijeweera 964 2.43% 12,493 2.58% 273,428 4.19%
Others 182 0.46% 3,536 0.73% 249,460 3.83%
Valid Votes 39,590 99.19% 484,297 99.07% 6,520,156 98.78%
Rejected Votes 325 0.81% 4,548 0.93% 80,470 1.22%
Total Polled 39,915 85.41% 488,845 89.44% 6,600,626 80.15%
Registered Electors 46,731 546,565 8,235,358

Parliamentary election results

Summary

The winner of Yatinuwara has matched the final country result 8 out of 8 times. Hence, Yatinuwara is a perfect bellwether for parliamentary elections.

Year Yatinuwara Kandy MAE [13]  % Sri Lanka MAE [14]  %
2020 SLPFA SLPFA % SLPFA %
2015 UNFGG UNFGG 4.39% UNFGG 2.69%
2010 UPFA UPFA 0.47% UPFA 1.88%
2004 UPFA UNF 3.80% UPFA 3.00%
2001 UNF UNF 2.06% UNF 3.79%
2000 PA PA 1.62% PA 1.58%
1994 PA UNP 4.56% PA 2.55%
1989 UNP UNP 8.29% UNP 4.79%
Matches/Mean MAE 8/8 6/8 3.60% 8/8 2.90%

2020 Sri Lankan parliamentary election

Party Yatinuwara [15] Kandy Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
SLPFA 38,839 67.12% 477,446 58.76% 6,853,690 59.09%
SJB 12,532 21.66% 234,523 28.86% 2,771,980 23.90%
IG-1 2,000 3.46% 25,797 3.17% 25,797 0.22%
NPP 1,831 3.16% 22,997 2.83% 445,958 3.84%
UNP 1,257 2.17% 19,012 2.34% 249,435 2.15%
Others 1,404 2.43% 12,055 1.52% 1,174,336 10.35%
Valid Votes 57,863 96.58% 812,578 94.94% 11,598,929 93.97%
Rejected Votes 2,779 3.42% 57,091 5.06% 744,373 6.03%
Total Polled 60,642 74.30% 869,669 77.02% 12,343,302 75.89%
Registered Electors 81,284 1,129,100 16,263,885

2015 Sri Lankan parliamentary election

Party Yatinuwara [16] Kandy Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
UNFGG 29,310 50.84% 440,761 55.61% 5,098,916 45.77%
UPFA 24,986 43.34% 309,152 39.00% 4,732,664 42.48%
JVP 2,823 4.90% 30,669 3.87% 544,154 4.88%
Others 534 0.93% 12,055 1.52% 100,088 0.90%
Valid Votes 57,653 96.49% 792,637 95.48% 11,140,333 95.35%
Rejected Votes 2,067 3.46% 37,065 4.46% 516,926 4.42%
Total Polled 59,753 74.30% 830,165 79.13% 11,684,111 77.66%
Registered Electors 80,420 1,049,160 15,044,490

2010 Sri Lankan parliamentary election

Party Yatinuwara [17] Kandy Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
UPFA 26,419 61.21% 339,819 60.81% 4,846,388 60.38%
UNF 14,621 33.88% 192,798 34.50% 2,357,057 29.37%
DNA 1,983 4.59% 23,728 4.25% 441,251 5.50%
Others 137 0.32% 2,459 0.44% 30,354 0.38%
Valid Votes 43,160 91.75% 558,804 90.49% 8,026,322 96.03%
Rejected Votes 3,862 8.21% 58,333 9.45% 581,465 6.96%
Total Polled 47,041 61.10% 617,559 61.70% 8,358,246 59.29%
Registered Electors 76,996 1,000,861 14,097,690

2004 Sri Lankan parliamentary election

Party Yatinuwara [18] Kandy Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
UPFA 22,887 45.60% 268,131 42.71% 4,223,126 45.70%
UNF 22,647 45.12% 313,859 49.99% 3,486,792 37.73%
JHU 4,376 8.72% 42,192 6.72% 552,723 5.98%
Others 282 0.56% 3,684 0.59% 64,227 0.69%
Valid Votes 50,192 95.32% 627,866 93.24% 9,241,931 94.52%
Rejected Votes 2,465 4.68% 45,484 6.75% 534,452 5.47%
Total Polled 52,657 75.23% 673,380 76.47% 9,777,821 75.74%
Registered Electors 69,992 880,634 12,909,631

2001 Sri Lankan parliamentary election

Party Yatinuwara [19] Kandy Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
UNF 24,871 50.27% 314,297 52.77% 4,086,026 45.62%
PA 20,318 41.06% 233,637 39.23% 3,330,815 37.19%
JVP 3,243 6.55% 37,146 6.24% 815,353 9.10%
Others 1,047 2.12% 10,496 1.76% 129,347 1.45%
Valid Votes 49,479 95.17% 595,576 93.40% 8,955,844 94.77%
Rejected Votes 2,512 4.83% 42,103 6.60% 494,009 5.23%
Total Polled 51,991 78.16% 637,679 76.03% 9,449,878 76.03%
Registered Electors 66,518 838,687 12,428,762

2000 Sri Lankan parliamentary election

Party Yatinuwara [20] Kandy Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
PA 21,793 45.95% 282,282 46.66% 3,899,329 45.33%
UNP 20,405 43.02% 243,623 40.27% 3,451,765 40.12%
JVP 2,082 4.39% 21,565 3.56% 518,725 6.03%
NUA 1,341 2.83% 32,023 5.29% 185,593 2.16%
SU 1,208 2.55% 10,999 1.82% 127,859 1.49%
Others 598 1.26% 14,436 2.39% 161,809 1.88%
Valid Votes 47,427 N/A 604,928 N/A 8,602,617 N/A

1994 Sri Lankan parliamentary election

Party Yatinuwara [21] Kandy Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
PA 23,096 50.91% 267,683 46.43% 3,887,805 48.94%
UNP 21,602 47.62% 301,824 52.35% 3,498,370 44.04%
Others 668 1.47% 7,045 1.22% 175,576 2.21%
Valid Votes 45,366 95.53% 576,552 94.89% 7,943,688 95.20%
Rejected Votes 2,122 4.47% 31,019 5.11% 400,395 4.80%
Total Polled 47,488 81.24% 607,571 81.67% 8,344,095 74.75%
Registered Electors 58,455 743,939 11,163,064

1989 Sri Lankan parliamentary election

Party Yatinuwara [22] Kandy Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
UNP 11,064 53.66% 204,973 61.72% 2,838,005 50.71%
SLFP 8,661 42.00% 105,977 31.91% 1,785,369 31.90%
SLMC 500 2.42% 14,697 4.43% 202,016 3.61%
USA 334 1.62% 5,147 1.55% 141,983 2.54%
Others 61 0.30% 1,315 0.40% 67,723 1.21%
Valid Votes 20,620 95.10% 332,109 93.69% 5,596,468 93.87%
Rejected Votes 1,062 4.90% 22,374 6.31% 365,563 6.13%
Total Polled 21,682 42.85% 354,483 56.42% 5,962,031 63.60%
Registered Electors 50,598 628,317 9,374,164

Demographics

Ethnicity

The Yatinuwara Polling Division has a Sinhalese majority (89.9%). In comparison, the Kandy Electoral District has a Sinhalese majority (74.4%) and a significant Moor population (13.9%). [1]

Ethnicity in Yatinuwara [1]
  1. Sinhalese (89.9%)
  2. Moor (7.1%)
  3. Sri Lankan Tamil (2.4%)
  4. Other (0.6%)

Religion

The Yatinuwara Polling Division has a Buddhist majority (88.8%). In comparison, the Kandy Electoral District has a Buddhist majority (73.4%) and a significant Muslim population (14.3%). [1]

Religion in Yatinuwara [1]
  1. Buddhist (88.8%)
  2. Muslim (7.3%)
  3. Hindu (2.2%)
  4. Other (1.7%)

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 Yatinuwara 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 Yatinuwara and the country. It is a measure of the difference in voting behaviour between the two regions.
  4. ↑ "Presidential Election 2024 Results - Election Commision". results.elections.gov.lk. Retrieved 2025-06-02.
  5. ↑ "2019 Sri Lankan presidential election Results". elections.gov.lk. Election Commission of Sri Lanka. 2019.
  6. ↑ "2015 Sri Lankan presidential election Results". elections.gov.lk. Election Commission of Sri Lanka. 2015.
  7. ↑ "2010 Sri Lankan presidential election Results". elections.gov.lk. Election Commission of Sri Lanka. 2010.
  8. ↑ "2005 Sri Lankan presidential election Results". elections.gov.lk. Election Commission of Sri Lanka. 2005.
  9. ↑ "1999 Sri Lankan presidential election Results". elections.gov.lk. Election Commission of Sri Lanka. 1999.
  10. ↑ "1994 Sri Lankan presidential election Results". elections.gov.lk. Election Commission of Sri Lanka. 1994.
  11. ↑ "1988 Sri Lankan presidential election Results". elections.gov.lk. Election Commission of Sri Lanka. 1988.
  12. ↑ "1982 Sri Lankan presidential election Results". elections.gov.lk. Election Commission of Sri Lanka. 1982.
  13. ↑ The mean absolute error, between the percentages of votes each party got in Yatinuwara and the Kandy Electoral District. It is a measure of the difference in voting behaviour between the two regions.
  14. ↑ The mean absolute error, between the percentages of votes each party got in Yatinuwara and the country. It is a measure of the difference in voting behaviour between the two regions.
  15. ↑ "2020 Sri Lankan parliamentary election Results" (PDF). elections.gov.lk. Election Commission of Sri Lanka. 2020.
  16. ↑ "2015 Sri Lankan parliamentary election Results" (PDF). elections.gov.lk. Election Commission of Sri Lanka. 2015.
  17. ↑ "2010 Sri Lankan parliamentary election Results" (PDF). elections.gov.lk. Election Commission of Sri Lanka. 2010.
  18. ↑ "2004 Sri Lankan parliamentary election Results" (PDF). elections.gov.lk. Election Commission of Sri Lanka. 2004.
  19. ↑ "2001 Sri Lankan parliamentary election Results" (PDF). elections.gov.lk. Election Commission of Sri Lanka. 2001.
  20. ↑ "2000 Sri Lankan parliamentary election Results" (PDF). elections.gov.lk. Election Commission of Sri Lanka. 2000.
  21. ↑ "1994 Sri Lankan parliamentary election Results" (PDF). elections.gov.lk. Election Commission of Sri Lanka. 1994.
  22. ↑ "1989 Sri Lankan parliamentary election Results" (PDF). elections.gov.lk. Election Commission of Sri Lanka. 1989.
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