| Nuwara Eliya Maskeliya | |
| Coordinates: | 6.9109°N 80.6394°W |
| Area Total Km2: | 972.52 |
| Population Total: | 417817 |
| Population Density Km2: | 430 |
| Population As Of: | 2012 |
| Population Footnotes: | [1] |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name2: | Nuwara Eliya Electoral District |
The Nuwara Eliya Maskeliya Polling Division is a Polling Division in the Nuwara Eliya Electoral District, in the Central Province, Sri Lanka.
The winner of Nuwara Eliya Maskeliya has matched the final country result 4 out of 8 times.
| - ! | Year !colspan="2" width="144px" | Nuwara Eliya Maskeliya !colspan="2" width="144px" | Nuwara Eliya Electoral District ! | MAE[2] % !colspan="2" width="144px" | Sri Lanka ! | MAE[3] % | - | 7.72% | 22.60% | - | 9.07% | 22.10% | - | 9.05% | 22.32% | - | 10.47% | 32.36% | - | 4.13% | 8.86% | - | 3.99% | 1.36% | - | 6.39% | 16.32% | - | 6.39% | 13.99% | - ! | Matches/Mean MAE !style="text-align:left;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 4/8 !style="text-align:left;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 4/8 !style="text-align:right;" | 7.15% !style="text-align:left;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 8/8 !style="text-align:right;" | 17.49% |
| - !colspan="2" width="144px"rowspan="2" | Party !colspan="3" width="216px" | Nuwara Eliya Maskeliya[4] !colspan="3" width="216px" | Nuwara Eliya Electoral District !colspan="3" width="216px" | Sri Lanka | - !colspan="2" width="144px" | Votes ! | % !colspan="2" width="144px" | Votes ! | % !colspan="2" width="144px" | Votes ! | % | - | 174,413 | 66.37% | 277,913 | 58.28% | 5,564,239 | 41.99% | - | 75,499 | 28.73% | 175,823 | 36.87% | 6,924,255 | 52.25% | - | Other Parties (with < 1%) | 12,878 | 4.90% | 23,128 | 4.85% | 764,005 | 5.76% | - !colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;" | Valid Votes !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 262,790 !style="text-align:right;" | 98.37% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 476,864 !style="text-align:right;" | 98.52% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 13,252,499 !style="text-align:right;" | 98.99% | - !colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;" | Rejected Votes !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 4,358 !style="text-align:right;" | 1.63% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 7,155 !style="text-align:right;" | 1.48% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 135,452 !style="text-align:right;" | 1.01% | - !colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;" | Total Polled !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 267,148 !style="text-align:right;" | 83.87% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 484,019 !style="text-align:right;" | 85.06% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 13,387,951 !style="text-align:right;" | 83.71% | - !colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;" | Registered Electors !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 318,528 ! | !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 569,028 ! | !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 15,992,568 ! |
| - !colspan="2" width="144px"rowspan="2" | Party !colspan="3" width="216px" | Nuwara Eliya Maskeliya[5] !colspan="3" width="216px" | Nuwara Eliya Electoral District !colspan="3" width="216px" | Sri Lanka | - !colspan="2" width="144px" | Votes ! | % !colspan="2" width="144px" | Votes ! | % !colspan="2" width="144px" | Votes ! | % | - | 171,578 | 73.01% | 272,605 | 63.88% | 6,217,162 | 51.28% | - | 57,718 | 24.56% | 145,339 | 34.06% | 5,768,090 | 47.58% | - | Other Parties (with < 1%) | 5,700 | 2.43% | 8,822 | 2.07% | 138,200 | 1.14% | - !colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;" | Valid Votes !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 234,996 !style="text-align:right;" | 98.35% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 426,766 !style="text-align:right;" | 98.31% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 12,123,452 !style="text-align:right;" | 98.85% | - !colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;" | Rejected Votes !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 3,939 !style="text-align:right;" | 1.65% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 7,329 !style="text-align:right;" | 1.69% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 140,925 !style="text-align:right;" | 1.15% | - !colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;" | Total Polled !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 238,935 !style="text-align:right;" | 78.90% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 434,095 !style="text-align:right;" | 79.25% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 12,264,377 !style="text-align:right;" | 78.69% | - !colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;" | Registered Electors !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 302,836 ! | !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 547,766 ! | !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 15,585,942 ! |
| - !colspan="2" width="144px"rowspan="2" | Party !colspan="3" width="216px" | Nuwara Eliya Maskeliya[6] !colspan="3" width="216px" | Nuwara Eliya Electoral District !colspan="3" width="216px" | Sri Lanka | - !colspan="2" width="144px" | Votes ! | % !colspan="2" width="144px" | Votes ! | % !colspan="2" width="144px" | Votes ! | % | - | 112,866 | 61.30% | 180,604 | 52.14% | 4,173,185 | 40.15% | - | 62,604 | 34.00% | 151,604 | 43.77% | 6,015,934 | 57.88% | - | Other Parties (with < 1%) | 5,965 | 3.24% | 10,040 | 2.90% | 165,268 | 1.59% | - | DUNF | 2,693 | 1.46% | 4,134 | 1.19% | 39,226 | 0.38% | - !colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;" | Valid Votes !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 184,128 !style="text-align:right;" | 98.03% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 346,382 !style="text-align:right;" | 98.17% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 10,393,613 !style="text-align:right;" | 99.03% | - !colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;" | Rejected Votes !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 3,693 !style="text-align:right;" | 1.97% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 6,462 !style="text-align:right;" | 1.83% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 101,838 !style="text-align:right;" | 0.97% | - !colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;" | Total Polled !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 187,821 !style="text-align:right;" | 76.02% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 352,844 !style="text-align:right;" | 75.65% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 10,495,451 !style="text-align:right;" | 66.70% | - !colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;" | Registered Electors !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 247,069 ! | !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 466,440 ! | !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 15,734,587 ! |
| - !colspan="2" width="144px"rowspan="2" | Party !colspan="3" width="216px" | Nuwara Eliya Maskeliya[7] !colspan="3" width="216px" | Nuwara Eliya Electoral District !colspan="3" width="216px" | Sri Lanka | - !colspan="2" width="144px" | Votes ! | % !colspan="2" width="144px" | Votes ! | % !colspan="2" width="144px" | Votes ! | % | - | 156,343 | 81.02% | 250,428 | 70.37% | 4,706,366 | 48.43% | - | 33,453 | 17.34% | 99,550 | 27.97% | 4,887,152 | 50.29% | - | Other Parties (with < 1%) | 3,165 | 1.64% | 5,897 | 1.66% | 123,521 | 1.27% | - !colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;" | Valid Votes !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 192,961 !style="text-align:right;" | 98.55% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 355,875 !style="text-align:right;" | 98.50% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 9,717,039 !style="text-align:right;" | 98.88% | - !colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;" | Rejected Votes !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 2,841 !style="text-align:right;" | 1.45% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 5,410 !style="text-align:right;" | 1.50% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 109,869 !style="text-align:right;" | 1.12% | - !colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;" | Total Polled !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 195,802 !style="text-align:right;" | 79.57% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 361,285 !style="text-align:right;" | 79.49% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 9,826,908 !style="text-align:right;" | 69.51% | - !colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;" | Registered Electors !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 246,062 ! | !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 454,528 ! | !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 14,136,979 ! |
| - !colspan="2" width="144px"rowspan="2" | Party !colspan="3" width="216px" | Nuwara Eliya Maskeliya[8] !colspan="3" width="216px" | Nuwara Eliya Electoral District !colspan="3" width="216px" | Sri Lanka | - !colspan="2" width="144px" | Votes ! | % !colspan="2" width="144px" | Votes ! | % !colspan="2" width="144px" | Votes ! | % | - | 87,653 | 53.09% | 152,836 | 48.68% | 3,602,748 | 42.71% | - | 70,497 | 42.70% | 147,210 | 46.88% | 4,312,157 | 51.12% | - | Other Parties (with < 1%) | 5,050 | 3.06% | 8,065 | 2.57% | 176,679 | 2.09% | - | 1,897 | 1.15% | 5,879 | 1.87% | 343,927 | 4.08% | - !colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;" | Valid Votes !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 165,097 !style="text-align:right;" | 97.13% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 313,990 !style="text-align:right;" | 97.21% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 8,435,754 !style="text-align:right;" | 97.69% | - !colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;" | Rejected Votes !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 4,885 !style="text-align:right;" | 2.87% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 8,997 !style="text-align:right;" | 2.79% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 199,536 !style="text-align:right;" | 2.31% | - !colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;" | Total Polled !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 169,982 !style="text-align:right;" | 78.68% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 322,987 !style="text-align:right;" | 80.23% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 8,635,290 !style="text-align:right;" | 72.17% | - !colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;" | Registered Electors !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 216,038 ! | !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 402,589 ! | !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 11,965,536 ! |
| - !colspan="2" width="144px"rowspan="2" | Party !colspan="3" width="216px" | Nuwara Eliya Maskeliya[9] !colspan="3" width="216px" | Nuwara Eliya Electoral District !colspan="3" width="216px" | Sri Lanka | - !colspan="2" width="144px" | Votes ! | % !colspan="2" width="144px" | Votes ! | % !colspan="2" width="144px" | Votes ! | % | - | 94,262 | 60.78% | 168,929 | 57.14% | 4,709,205 | 62.28% | - | 53,949 | 34.79% | 116,928 | 39.55% | 2,715,283 | 35.91% | - | Ind 2 | 4,897 | 3.16% | 6,314 | 2.14% | 58,888 | 0.78% | - | Other Parties (with < 1%) | 1,983 | 1.28% | 3,459 | 1.17% | 78,152 | 1.03% | - !colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;" | Valid Votes !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 155,091 !style="text-align:right;" | 95.44% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 295,630 !style="text-align:right;" | 96.15% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 7,561,526 !style="text-align:right;" | 98.03% | - !colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;" | Rejected Votes !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 7,412 !style="text-align:right;" | 4.56% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 11,840 !style="text-align:right;" | 3.85% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 151,706 !style="text-align:right;" | 1.97% | - !colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;" | Total Polled !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 162,503 !style="text-align:right;" | 76.40% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 307,470 !style="text-align:right;" | 78.19% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 7,713,232 !style="text-align:right;" | 69.12% | - !colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;" | Registered Electors !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 212,690 ! | !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 393,221 ! | !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 11,158,880 ! |
| - !colspan="2" width="144px"rowspan="2" | Party !colspan="3" width="216px" | Nuwara Eliya Maskeliya[10] !colspan="3" width="216px" | Nuwara Eliya Electoral District !colspan="3" width="216px" | Sri Lanka | - !colspan="2" width="144px" | Votes ! | % !colspan="2" width="144px" | Votes ! | % !colspan="2" width="144px" | Votes ! | % | - | 52,653 | 68.25% | 112,135 | 62.15% | 2,569,199 | 50.43% | - | 22,209 | 28.79% | 64,907 | 35.98% | 2,289,857 | 44.95% | - | 2,290 | 2.97% | 3,371 | 1.87% | 235,701 | 4.63% | - !colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;" | Valid Votes !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 77,152 !style="text-align:right;" | 97.76% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 180,413 !style="text-align:right;" | 98.19% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 5,094,754 !style="text-align:right;" | 98.24% | - !colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;" | Rejected Votes !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 1,771 !style="text-align:right;" | 2.24% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 3,320 !style="text-align:right;" | 1.81% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 91,499 !style="text-align:right;" | 1.76% | - !colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;" | Total Polled !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 78,923 !style="text-align:right;" | 77.55% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 183,733 !style="text-align:right;" | 79.44% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 5,186,256 !style="text-align:right;" | 55.87% | - !colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;" | Registered Electors !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 101,765 ! | !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 231,278 ! | !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 9,283,143 ! |
| - !colspan="2" width="144px"rowspan="2" | Party !colspan="3" width="216px" | Nuwara Eliya Maskeliya[11] !colspan="3" width="216px" | Nuwara Eliya Electoral District !colspan="3" width="216px" | Sri Lanka | - !colspan="2" width="144px" | Votes ! | % !colspan="2" width="144px" | Votes ! | % !colspan="2" width="144px" | Votes ! | % | - | 49,414 | 69.59% | 109,017 | 63.10% | 3,450,815 | 52.93% | - | 18,543 | 26.11% | 57,093 | 33.05% | 2,546,348 | 39.05% | - | 1,892 | 2.66% | 4,569 | 2.64% | 273,428 | 4.19% | - | Other Parties (with < 1%) | 1,157 | 1.63% | 2,090 | 1.21% | 249,460 | 3.83% | - !colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;" | Valid Votes !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 71,006 !style="text-align:right;" | 98.68% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 172,769 !style="text-align:right;" | 98.83% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 6,520,156 !style="text-align:right;" | 98.78% | - !colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;" | Rejected Votes !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 950 !style="text-align:right;" | 1.32% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 2,048 !style="text-align:right;" | 1.17% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 80,470 !style="text-align:right;" | 1.22% | - !colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;" | Total Polled !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 71,956 !style="text-align:right;" | 83.20% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 174,817 !style="text-align:right;" | 85.71% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 6,600,626 !style="text-align:right;" | 80.15% | - !colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;" | Registered Electors !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 86,487 ! | !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 203,968 ! | !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 8,235,358 ! |
The winner of Nuwara Eliya Maskeliya has matched the final country result 5 out of 7 times. Hence, Nuwara Eliya Maskeliya is a Weak Bellwether for Parliamentary Elections.
| - ! | Year !colspan="2" width="144px" | Nuwara Eliya Maskeliya !colspan="2" width="144px" | Nuwara Eliya Electoral District ! | MAE[12] % !colspan="2" width="144px" | Sri Lanka ! | MAE[13] % | - | 2.70% | 10.62% | - | 5.18% | 9.98% | - | 4.97% | 21.51% | - | 7.18% | 22.01% | - | 3.89% | 3.54% | - | 3.85% | 18.77% | - | 3.87% | 8.26% | - ! | Matches/Mean MAE !style="text-align:left;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 5/7 !style="text-align:left;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 5/7 !style="text-align:right;" | 4.52% !style="text-align:left;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 7/7 !style="text-align:right;" | 13.53% |
| - !colspan="2" width="144px"rowspan="2" | Party !colspan="3" width="216px" | Nuwara Eliya Maskeliya[14] !colspan="3" width="216px" | Nuwara Eliya Electoral District !colspan="3" width="216px" | Sri Lanka | - !colspan="2" width="144px" | Votes ! | % !colspan="2" width="144px" | Votes ! | % !colspan="2" width="144px" | Votes ! | % | - | 131,952 | 61.87% | 228,920 | 59.06% | 5,098,916 | 45.77% | - | 75,267 | 35.29% | 147,348 | 38.02% | 4,732,664 | 42.48% | - | Other Parties (with < 1%) | 6,040 | 2.83% | 11,317 | 2.92% | 631,897 | 5.67% | - !colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;" | Valid Votes !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 213,259 !style="text-align:right;" | 92.08% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 387,585 !style="text-align:right;" | 92.12% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 11,140,333 !style="text-align:right;" | 95.35% | - !colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;" | Rejected Votes !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 18,101 !style="text-align:right;" | 7.82% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 32,788 !style="text-align:right;" | 7.79% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 516,926 !style="text-align:right;" | 4.42% | - !colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;" | Total Polled !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 231,597 !style="text-align:right;" | 76.48% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 420,734 !style="text-align:right;" | 78.77% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 11,684,111 !style="text-align:right;" | 77.66% | - !colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;" | Registered Electors !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 302,836 ! | !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 534,150 ! | !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 15,044,490 ! |
| - !colspan="2" width="144px"rowspan="2" | Party !colspan="3" width="216px" | Nuwara Eliya Maskeliya[15] !colspan="3" width="216px" | Nuwara Eliya Electoral District !colspan="3" width="216px" | Sri Lanka | - !colspan="2" width="144px" | Votes ! | % !colspan="2" width="144px" | Votes ! | % !colspan="2" width="144px" | Votes ! | % | - | 72,766 | 49.76% | 149,111 | 56.06% | 4,846,388 | 60.38% | - | 59,339 | 40.58% | 96,885 | 36.43% | 2,357,057 | 29.37% | - | UPF | 10,912 | 7.46% | 13,189 | 4.96% | 24,670 | 0.31% | - | Other Parties (with < 1%) | 3,210 | 2.20% | 6,777 | 2.55% | 475,687 | 5.93% | - !colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;" | Valid Votes !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 146,227 !style="text-align:right;" | 87.91% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 265,962 !style="text-align:right;" | 87.64% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 8,026,322 !style="text-align:right;" | 96.03% | - !colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;" | Rejected Votes !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 19,969 !style="text-align:right;" | 12.01% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 37,236 !style="text-align:right;" | 12.27% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 581,465 !style="text-align:right;" | 6.96% | - !colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;" | Total Polled !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 166,331 !style="text-align:right;" | 67.32% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 303,470 !style="text-align:right;" | 64.94% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 8,358,246 !style="text-align:right;" | 59.29% | - !colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;" | Registered Electors !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 247,069 ! | !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 467,332 ! | !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 14,097,690 ! |
| - !colspan="2" width="144px"rowspan="2" | Party !colspan="3" width="216px" | Nuwara Eliya Maskeliya[16] !colspan="3" width="216px" | Nuwara Eliya Electoral District !colspan="3" width="216px" | Sri Lanka | - !colspan="2" width="144px" | Votes ! | % !colspan="2" width="144px" | Votes ! | % !colspan="2" width="144px" | Votes ! | % | - | 100,350 | 55.85% | 176,971 | 54.02% | 3,486,792 | 37.73% | - | UPF | 41,563 | 23.13% | 49,728 | 15.18% | 49,728 | 0.54% | - | 25,989 | 14.46% | 82,945 | 25.32% | 4,223,126 | 45.70% | - | CDUA | 7,331 | 4.08% | 10,736 | 3.28% | 10,736 | 0.12% | - | 2,617 | 1.46% | 4,454 | 1.36% | 552,723 | 5.98% | - | Other Parties (with < 1%) | 1,822 | 1.01% | 2,775 | 0.85% | 42,827 | 0.46% | - !colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;" | Valid Votes !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 179,672 !style="text-align:right;" | 92.97% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 327,609 !style="text-align:right;" | 93.06% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 9,241,931 !style="text-align:right;" | 94.52% | - !colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;" | Rejected Votes !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 13,594 !style="text-align:right;" | 7.03% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 24,413 !style="text-align:right;" | 6.94% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 534,452 !style="text-align:right;" | 5.47% | - !colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;" | Total Polled !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 193,266 !style="text-align:right;" | 80.69% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 352,022 !style="text-align:right;" | 80.70% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 9,777,821 !style="text-align:right;" | 75.74% | - !colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;" | Registered Electors !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 239,511 ! | !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 436,236 ! | !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 12,909,631 ! |
| - !colspan="2" width="144px"rowspan="2" | Party !colspan="3" width="216px" | Nuwara Eliya Maskeliya[17] !colspan="3" width="216px" | Nuwara Eliya Electoral District !colspan="3" width="216px" | Sri Lanka | - !colspan="2" width="144px" | Votes ! | % !colspan="2" width="144px" | Votes ! | % !colspan="2" width="144px" | Votes ! | % | - | 130,633 | 75.81% | 215,157 | 68.28% | 4,086,026 | 45.62% | - | 28,734 | 16.68% | 77,733 | 24.67% | 3,330,815 | 37.19% | - | NDP | 6,206 | 3.60% | 6,600 | 2.09% | 6,952 | 0.08% | - | 4,227 | 2.45% | 11,080 | 3.52% | 815,353 | 9.10% | - | Other Parties (with < 1%) | 2,505 | 1.45% | 4,529 | 1.44% | 136,882 | 1.53% | - !colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;" | Valid Votes !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 172,305 !style="text-align:right;" | 92.43% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 315,099 !style="text-align:right;" | 91.74% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 8,955,844 !style="text-align:right;" | 94.77% | - !colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;" | Rejected Votes !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 14,103 !style="text-align:right;" | 7.57% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 28,373 !style="text-align:right;" | 8.26% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 494,009 !style="text-align:right;" | 5.23% | - !colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;" | Total Polled !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 186,408 !style="text-align:right;" | 81.64% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 343,472 !style="text-align:right;" | 82.32% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 9,449,878 !style="text-align:right;" | 76.03% | - !colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;" | Registered Electors !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 228,317 ! | !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 417,264 ! | !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 12,428,762 ! |
| - !colspan="2" width="144px"rowspan="2" | Party !colspan="3" width="216px" | Nuwara Eliya Maskeliya[18] !colspan="3" width="216px" | Nuwara Eliya Electoral District !colspan="3" width="216px" | Sri Lanka | - !colspan="2" width="144px" | Votes ! | % !colspan="2" width="144px" | Votes ! | % !colspan="2" width="144px" | Votes ! | % | - | 75,788 | 47.84% | 158,018 | 52.53% | 3,899,329 | 45.33% | - | 71,854 | 45.36% | 126,486 | 42.05% | 3,451,765 | 40.12% | - | TNUoW | 4,506 | 2.84% | 4,671 | 1.55% | 5,737 | 0.07% | - | 2,311 | 1.46% | 6,299 | 2.09% | 518,725 | 6.03% | - | PP | 2,049 | 1.29% | 2,445 | 0.81% | 19,830 | 0.23% | - | Other Parties (with < 1%) | 1,901 | 1.20% | 2,887 | 0.96% | 221,673 | 2.58% | - !colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;" | Valid Votes !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 158,409 !style="text-align:right;" | N/A !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 300,806 !style="text-align:right;" | N/A !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 8,602,617 !style="text-align:right;" | N/A |
| - !colspan="2" width="144px"rowspan="2" | Party !colspan="3" width="216px" | Nuwara Eliya Maskeliya[19] !colspan="3" width="216px" | Nuwara Eliya Electoral District !colspan="3" width="216px" | Sri Lanka | - !colspan="2" width="144px" | Votes ! | % !colspan="2" width="144px" | Votes ! | % !colspan="2" width="144px" | Votes ! | % | - | 94,893 | 59.57% | 175,478 | 58.12% | 3,498,370 | 44.04% | - | 39,476 | 24.78% | 97,658 | 32.35% | 3,887,805 | 48.94% | - | IND1 | 24,248 | 15.22% | 27,374 | 9.07% | 48,199 | 0.61% | - | Other Parties (with < 1%) | 674 | 0.42% | 1,408 | 0.47% | 158,616 | 2.00% | - !colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;" | Valid Votes !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 159,291 !style="text-align:right;" | 92.26% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 301,918 !style="text-align:right;" | 93.33% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 7,943,688 !style="text-align:right;" | 95.20% | - !colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;" | Rejected Votes !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 13,368 !style="text-align:right;" | 7.74% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 21,592 !style="text-align:right;" | 6.67% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 400,395 !style="text-align:right;" | 4.80% | - !colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;" | Total Polled !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 172,659 !style="text-align:right;" | 81.18% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 323,510 !style="text-align:right;" | 82.37% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 8,344,095 !style="text-align:right;" | 74.75% | - !colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;" | Registered Electors !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 212,690 ! | !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 392,770 ! | !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 11,163,064 ! |
| - !colspan="2" width="144px"rowspan="2" | Party !colspan="3" width="216px" | Nuwara Eliya Maskeliya[20] !colspan="3" width="216px" | Nuwara Eliya Electoral District !colspan="3" width="216px" | Sri Lanka | - !colspan="2" width="144px" | Votes ! | % !colspan="2" width="144px" | Votes ! | % !colspan="2" width="144px" | Votes ! | % | - | 44,252 | 60.24% | 109,853 | 63.34% | 2,838,005 | 50.71% | - | 15,928 | 21.68% | 47,128 | 27.18% | 1,785,369 | 31.90% | - | 8,718 | 11.87% | 10,509 | 6.06% | 19,150 | 0.34% | - | USA | 3,488 | 4.75% | 4,214 | 2.43% | 141,983 | 2.54% | - | SLMC | 1,078 | 1.47% | 1,720 | 0.99% | 202,016 | 3.61% | - !colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;" | Valid Votes !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 73,464 !style="text-align:right;" | 92.52% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 173,424 !style="text-align:right;" | 92.73% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 5,596,468 !style="text-align:right;" | 93.87% | - !colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;" | Rejected Votes !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 5,937 !style="text-align:right;" | 7.48% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 13,600 !style="text-align:right;" | 7.27% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 365,563 !style="text-align:right;" | 6.13% | - !colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;" | Total Polled !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 79,401 !style="text-align:right;" | 79.29% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 187,024 !style="text-align:right;" | 81.49% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 5,962,031 !style="text-align:right;" | 63.60% | - !colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;" | Registered Electors !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 100,139 ! | !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 229,519 ! | !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px" | 9,374,164 ! |
The Nuwara Eliya Maskeliya Polling Division has an Indian Tamil majority (71.0%) and a significant Sinhalese population (20.8%). In comparison, the Nuwara Eliya Electoral District (which contains the Nuwara Eliya Maskeliya Polling Division) has an Indian Tamil majority (53.1%) and a significant Sinhalese population (39.6%)[21]
The Nuwara Eliya Maskeliya Polling Division has a Hindu majority (67.2%) and a significant Buddhist population (20.0%) . In comparison, the Nuwara Eliya Electoral District (which contains the Nuwara Eliya Maskeliya Polling Division) has a Hindu majority (51.0%) and a significant Buddhist population (39.1%) [22]