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Polling Division in Sri Lanka
Weligama
Polling Division
Location of Weligama
Coordinates: 5°59′09″N 80°26′44″E / 5.985803°N 80.445473°E / 5.985803; 80.445473
CountrySri Lanka
ProvinceSouthern Province, Sri Lanka
Electoral DistrictMatara Electoral District
Area
 • Total108.78 km (42.00 sq mi)
Population
 • Total124,941
 • Density1,149/km (2,980/sq mi)
ISO 3166 codeEC-08G

The Weligama Polling Division is a Polling Division in the Matara Electoral District, in the Southern Province, Sri Lanka.

Presidential Election Results

Summary

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

Year Weligama Matara Electoral District MAE % Sri Lanka MAE %
2019 SLPP SLPP 1.52% SLPP 12.61%
2015 UPFA UPFA 2.49% NDF 7.52%
2010 UPFA UPFA 1.20% UPFA 6.14%
2005 UPFA UPFA 0.40% UPFA 11.07%
1999 PA PA 1.91% PA 6.16%
1994 PA PA 1.67% PA 4.00%
1988 SLFP SLFP 4.47% UNP 12.41%
1982 UNP UNP 1.10% UNP 3.73%
Matches/Mean MAE 6/8 6/8 1.84% 8/8 7.95%

2019 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party Weligama Matara Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
SLPP 52,439 65.93% 374,481 67.25% 6,924,255 52.25%
NDF 23,065 29.00% 149,026 26.76% 5,564,239 41.99%
NMPP 2,692 3.38% 23,439 4.21% 418,553 3.16%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 1,341 1.69% 9,922 1.78% 345,452 2.61%
Valid Votes 79,537 99.39% 556,868 99.33% 13,252,499 98.99%
Rejected Votes 491 0.61% 3,782 0.67% 135,452 1.01%
Total Polled 80,028 84.55% 560,650 85.93% 13,387,951 83.71%
Registered Electors 94,655 652,417 15,992,568

2015 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party Weligama Matara Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
UPFA 40,715 55.36% 297,823 57.81% 5,768,090 47.58%
NDF 32,247 43.85% 212,435 41.24% 6,217,162 51.28%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 583 0.79% 4,892 0.95% 138,200 1.14%
Valid Votes 73,545 99.28% 515,150 99.06% 12,123,452 98.85%
Rejected Votes 534 0.72% 4,891 0.94% 140,925 1.15%
Total Polled 74,079 79.27% 520,041 80.23% 12,264,377 78.69%
Registered Electors 93,450 648,213 15,585,942

2010 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party Weligama Matara Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
UPFA 41,359 64.37% 296,155 65.53% 6,015,934 57.88%
NDF 21,978 34.20% 148,510 32.86% 4,173,185 40.15%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 917 1.43% 7,264 1.61% 204,494 1.97%
Valid Votes 64,254 99.48% 451,929 99.34% 10,393,613 99.03%
Rejected Votes 333 0.52% 3,025 0.66% 101,838 0.97%
Total Polled 64,587 74.49% 454,954 76.51% 10,495,451 66.70%
Registered Electors 86,711 594,628 15,734,587

2005 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party Weligama Matara Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
UPFA 40,027 61.52% 279,411 61.85% 4,887,152 50.29%
UNP 24,225 37.23% 165,837 36.71% 4,706,366 48.43%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 813 1.25% 6,474 1.43% 123,521 1.27%
Valid Votes 65,065 99.13% 451,722 99.11% 9,717,039 98.88%
Rejected Votes 568 0.87% 4,077 0.89% 109,869 1.12%
Total Polled 65,633 77.57% 455,799 78.95% 9,826,908 69.51%
Registered Electors 84,614 577,327 14,136,979

1999 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party Weligama Matara Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
PA 30,939 56.59% 205,685 54.32% 4,312,157 51.12%
UNP 19,183 35.09% 139,677 36.89% 3,602,748 42.71%
JVP 3,674 6.72% 26,229 6.93% 343,927 4.08%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 878 1.61% 7,047 1.86% 176,679 2.09%
Valid Votes 54,674 98.16% 378,638 97.78% 8,435,754 97.69%
Rejected Votes 1,027 1.84% 8,583 2.22% 199,536 2.31%
Total Polled 55,701 71.12% 387,221 73.90% 8,635,290 72.17%
Registered Electors 78,320 524,002 11,965,536

1994 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party Weligama Matara Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
PA 34,583 66.53% 227,865 64.69% 4,709,205 62.28%
UNP 16,708 32.14% 118,224 33.56% 2,715,283 35.91%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 691 1.33% 6,150 1.75% 137,040 1.81%
Valid Votes 51,982 98.72% 352,239 98.40% 7,561,526 98.03%
Rejected Votes 675 1.28% 5,731 1.60% 151,706 1.97%
Total Polled 52,657 67.96% 357,970 69.93% 7,713,232 69.12%
Registered Electors 77,479 511,933 11,158,880

1988 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party Weligama Matara Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
SLFP 15,802 59.22% 57,424 54.30% 2,289,857 44.95%
UNP 10,351 38.79% 45,399 42.93% 2,569,199 50.43%
SLMP 532 1.99% 2,922 2.76% 235,701 4.63%
Valid Votes 26,685 98.02% 105,745 98.14% 5,094,754 98.24%
Rejected Votes 540 1.98% 2,003 1.86% 91,499 1.76%
Total Polled 27,225 38.57% 107,748 23.80% 5,186,256 55.87%
Registered Electors 70,591 452,637 9,283,143

1982 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party Weligama Matara Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
UNP 25,051 50.13% 164,725 49.32% 3,450,815 52.93%
SLFP 22,282 44.59% 144,587 43.29% 2,546,348 39.05%
JVP 2,276 4.55% 22,117 6.62% 273,428 4.19%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 366 0.73% 2,554 0.76% 249,460 3.83%
Valid Votes 49,975 99.11% 333,983 99.08% 6,520,156 98.78%
Rejected Votes 451 0.89% 3,091 0.92% 80,470 1.22%
Total Polled 50,426 80.39% 337,074 82.90% 6,600,626 80.15%
Registered Electors 62,725 406,595 8,235,358

Parliamentary Election Results

Summary

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

Year Weligama Matara Electoral District MAE % Sri Lanka MAE %
2015 UPFA UPFA 1.43% UNP 5.98%
2010 UPFA UPFA 0.30% UPFA 3.76%
2004 UPFA UPFA 0.13% UPFA 7.96%
2001 PA UNP 1.14% UNP 4.85%
2000 PA PA 0.91% PA 5.12%
1994 PA PA 2.81% PA 11.02%
1989 UNP UNP 5.37% UNP 3.64%
Matches/Mean MAE 5/7 6/7 1.73% 7/7 6.05%

2015 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party Weligama Matara Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
UPFA 35,044 51.87% 250,505 52.70% 4,732,664 42.48%
UNP 28,075 41.56% 186,675 39.27% 5,098,916 45.77%
JVP 4,105 6.08% 35,270 7.42% 544,154 4.88%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 337 0.50% 2,890 0.61% 62,184 0.56%
Valid Votes 67,561 97.43% 475,340 96.93% 11,140,333 95.35%
Rejected Votes 1,634 2.36% 12,692 2.59% 516,926 4.42%
Total Polled 69,340 74.20% 490,409 78.61% 11,684,111 77.66%
Registered Electors 93,450 623,818 15,044,490

2010 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party Weligama Matara Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
UPFA 29,814 65.62% 213,937 65.31% 4,846,388 60.38%
UNP 12,482 27.47% 91,114 27.81% 2,357,057 29.37%
DNA 2,812 6.19% 20,465 6.25% 441,251 5.50%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 328 0.72% 2,066 0.63% 53,531 0.67%
Valid Votes 45,436 96.16% 327,582 95.82% 8,026,322 96.03%
Rejected Votes 1,812 3.84% 14,289 4.18% 581,465 6.96%
Total Polled 47,248 54.49% 341,871 59.06% 8,358,246 59.29%
Registered Electors 86,711 578,858 14,097,690

2004 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party Weligama Matara Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
UPFA 34,824 60.34% 241,235 60.27% 4,223,126 45.70%
UNP 19,996 34.64% 139,633 34.89% 3,486,792 37.73%
JHU 2,462 4.27% 16,229 4.05% 552,723 5.98%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 435 0.75% 3,136 0.78% 54,133 0.59%
Valid Votes 57,717 94.40% 400,233 94.62% 9,241,931 94.52%
Rejected Votes 3,422 5.60% 22,769 5.38% 534,452 5.47%
Total Polled 61,139 73.41% 423,002 76.84% 9,777,821 75.74%
Registered Electors 83,288 550,506 12,909,631

2001 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party Weligama Matara Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
PA 25,703 43.64% 171,141 42.37% 3,330,815 37.19%
UNP 24,241 41.15% 171,661 42.49% 4,086,026 45.62%
JVP 8,058 13.68% 54,476 13.49% 815,353 9.10%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 901 1.53% 6,689 1.66% 133,373 1.49%
Valid Votes 58,903 95.76% 403,967 95.10% 8,955,844 94.77%
Rejected Votes 2,608 4.24% 20,820 4.90% 494,009 5.23%
Total Polled 61,511 75.87% 424,787 79.44% 9,449,878 76.03%
Registered Electors 81,072 534,694 12,428,762

2000 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party Weligama Matara Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
PA 29,608 51.86% 203,690 51.47% 3,899,329 45.33%
UNP 20,276 35.51% 146,855 37.11% 3,451,765 40.12%
JVP 6,262 10.97% 38,757 9.79% 518,725 6.03%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 949 1.66% 6,462 1.63% 238,931 2.78%
Valid Votes 57,095 N/A 395,764 N/A 8,602,617 N/A

1994 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party Weligama Matara Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
PA 34,760 62.57% 227,285 59.90% 3,887,805 48.94%
UNP 19,013 34.22% 142,024 37.43% 3,498,370 44.04%
SLPF 1,600 2.88% 8,736 2.30% 90,078 1.13%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 182 0.33% 1,422 0.37% 68,538 0.86%
Valid Votes 55,555 95.98% 379,467 95.67% 7,943,688 95.20%
Rejected Votes 2,325 4.02% 17,167 4.33% 400,395 4.80%
Total Polled 57,880 74.70% 396,634 77.60% 8,344,095 74.75%
Registered Electors 77,479 511,109 11,163,064

1989 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party Weligama Matara Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
UNP 9,141 51.31% 45,734 56.11% 2,838,005 50.71%
SLFP 7,508 42.14% 28,752 35.28% 1,785,369 31.90%
MEP 754 4.23% 1,313 1.61% 90,480 1.62%
USA 262 1.47% 4,225 5.18% 141,983 2.54%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 151 0.85% 1,481 1.82% 67,723 1.21%
Valid Votes 17,816 93.51% 81,505 94.08% 5,596,468 93.87%
Rejected Votes 1,237 6.49% 5,128 5.92% 365,563 6.13%
Total Polled 19,053 27.41% 86,633 19.17% 5,962,031 63.60%
Registered Electors 69,515 451,926 9,374,164

Demographics

Ethnicity

The Weligama Polling Division has a Sinhalese majority (88.7%) and a significant Moor population (10.9%) . In comparison, the Matara Electoral District (which contains the Weligama Polling Division) has a Sinhalese majority (94.3%)

Ethnicity in Weligama

  Sinhalese (88.7%)  Moor (10.9%)  Other (0.3%)

Religion

The Weligama Polling Division has a Buddhist majority (88.5%) and a significant Muslim population (11.0%) . In comparison, the Matara Electoral District (which contains the Weligama Polling Division) has a Buddhist majority (94.1%)

Religion in Weligama

  Buddhist (88.5%)  Muslim (11.0%)  Other (0.5%)

References

  1. ^ "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 Weligama and the Matara 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 Weligama 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 Weligama and the Matara 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 Weligama 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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