Pelmadulla Polling Division Explained

Pelmadulla
Coordinates:6.6348°N 80.498°W
Area Total Km2:147.07
Population Total:89469
Population Density Km2:608
Population As Of:2012
Population Footnotes:[1]
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name2:Ratnapura Electoral District

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 !colspan="2" width="144px"Pelmadulla !colspan="2" width="144px"Ratnapura Electoral District !MAE[2] % !colspan="2" width="144px"Sri Lanka !MAE[3] % - 5.62% 1.25% - 4.95% 3.18% - 5.92% 0.18% - 4.29% 1.53% - 1.08% 0.76% - 4.34% 8.49% - 0.64% 1.44% - 0.34% 3.36% - !Matches/Mean MAE !style="text-align:left;"colspan="2" width="144px"6/8 !style="text-align:left;"colspan="2" width="144px"7/8 !style="text-align:right;"3.40% !style="text-align:left;"colspan="2" width="144px"8/8 !style="text-align:right;"2.52%
- !colspan="2" width="144px"rowspan="2"Party !colspan="3" width="216px"Pelmadulla[4] !colspan="3" width="216px"Ratnapura Electoral District !colspan="3" width="216px"Sri Lanka - !colspan="2" width="144px"Votes !% !colspan="2" width="144px"Votes !% !colspan="2" width="144px"Votes !% - 41,469 54.33% 448,044 59.93% 6,924,255 52.25% - 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% - !colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;"Valid Votes !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"76,329 !style="text-align:right;"99.21% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"747,671 !style="text-align:right;"99.22% !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"606 !style="text-align:right;"0.79% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"5,853 !style="text-align:right;"0.78% !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"76,935 !style="text-align:right;"86.89% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"753,524 !style="text-align:right;"87.11% !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"88,540 !!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"864,979 !!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"15,992,568 !
- !colspan="2" width="144px"rowspan="2"Party !colspan="3" width="216px"Pelmadulla[5] !colspan="3" width="216px"Ratnapura Electoral District !colspan="3" width="216px"Sri Lanka - !colspan="2" width="144px"Votes !% !colspan="2" width="144px"Votes !% !colspan="2" width="144px"Votes !% - 34,975 50.64% 379,053 55.74% 5,768,090 47.58% - 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% - !colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;"Valid Votes !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"69,062 !style="text-align:right;"98.81% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"680,084 !style="text-align:right;"98.89% !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"834 !style="text-align:right;"1.19% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"7,656 !style="text-align:right;"1.11% !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"69,896 !style="text-align:right;"83.27% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"687,740 !style="text-align:right;"82.69% !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"83,934 !!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"831,712 !!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"15,585,942 !
- !colspan="2" width="144px"rowspan="2"Party !colspan="3" width="216px"Pelmadulla[6] !colspan="3" width="216px"Ratnapura Electoral District !colspan="3" width="216px"Sri Lanka - !colspan="2" width="144px"Votes !% !colspan="2" width="144px"Votes !% !colspan="2" width="144px"Votes !% - 34,773 57.65% 377,734 63.76% 6,015,934 57.88% - 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% - !colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;"Valid Votes !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"60,319 !style="text-align:right;"98.99% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"592,426 !style="text-align:right;"99.26% !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"617 !style="text-align:right;"1.01% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"4,430 !style="text-align:right;"0.74% !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"60,936 !style="text-align:right;"80.51% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"596,856 !style="text-align:right;"79.75% !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"75,685 !!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"748,404 !!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"15,734,587 !
- !colspan="2" width="144px"rowspan="2"Party !colspan="3" width="216px"Pelmadulla[7] !colspan="3" width="216px"Ratnapura Electoral District !colspan="3" width="216px"Sri Lanka - !colspan="2" width="144px"Votes !% !colspan="2" width="144px"Votes !% !colspan="2" width="144px"Votes !% - 27,178 49.83% 252,838 45.55% 4,706,366 48.43% - 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% - !colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;"Valid Votes !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"54,537 !style="text-align:right;"98.97% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"555,074 !style="text-align:right;"99.02% !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"570 !style="text-align:right;"1.03% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"5,510 !style="text-align:right;"0.98% !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"55,107 !style="text-align:right;"84.20% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"560,584 !style="text-align:right;"82.57% !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"65,445 !!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"678,909 !!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"14,136,979 !
- !colspan="2" width="144px"rowspan="2"Party !colspan="3" width="216px"Pelmadulla[8] !colspan="3" width="216px"Ratnapura Electoral District !colspan="3" width="216px"Sri Lanka - !colspan="2" width="144px"Votes !% !colspan="2" width="144px"Votes !% !colspan="2" width="144px"Votes !% - 24,995 51.50% 250,409 52.13% 4,312,157 51.12% - 21,293 43.88% 202,621 42.18% 3,602,748 42.71% - 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% - !colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;"Valid Votes !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"48,530 !style="text-align:right;"98.10% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"480,364 !style="text-align:right;"98.15% !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"941 !style="text-align:right;"1.90% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"9,038 !style="text-align:right;"1.85% !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"49,471 !style="text-align:right;"83.88% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"489,402 !style="text-align:right;"81.27% !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"58,977 !!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"602,172 !!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"11,965,536 !
- !colspan="2" width="144px"rowspan="2"Party !colspan="3" width="216px"Pelmadulla[9] !colspan="3" width="216px"Ratnapura Electoral District !colspan="3" width="216px"Sri Lanka - !colspan="2" width="144px"Votes !% !colspan="2" width="144px"Votes !% !colspan="2" width="144px"Votes !% - 24,076 53.62% 257,265 58.07% 4,709,205 62.28% - 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% - !colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;"Valid Votes !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"44,903 !style="text-align:right;"98.02% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"443,031 !style="text-align:right;"98.31% !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"906 !style="text-align:right;"1.98% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"7,595 !style="text-align:right;"1.69% !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"45,809 !style="text-align:right;"80.94% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"450,626 !style="text-align:right;"80.02% !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"56,593 !!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"563,174 !!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"11,158,880 !
- !colspan="2" width="144px"rowspan="2"Party !colspan="3" width="216px"Pelmadulla[10] !colspan="3" width="216px"Ratnapura Electoral District !colspan="3" width="216px"Sri Lanka - !colspan="2" width="144px"Votes !% !colspan="2" width="144px"Votes !% !colspan="2" width="144px"Votes !% - 18,370 51.40% 180,622 51.75% 2,569,199 50.43% - 16,719 46.78% 159,879 45.81% 2,289,857 44.95% - 651 1.82% 8,516 2.44% 235,701 4.63% - !colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;"Valid Votes !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"35,740 !style="text-align:right;"98.89% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"349,017 !style="text-align:right;"98.84% !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"400 !style="text-align:right;"1.11% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"4,113 !style="text-align:right;"1.16% !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"36,140 !style="text-align:right;"82.47% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"353,130 !style="text-align:right;"76.64% !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"43,820 !!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"460,735 !!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"9,283,143 !
- !colspan="2" width="144px"rowspan="2"Party !colspan="3" width="216px"Pelmadulla[11] !colspan="3" width="216px"Ratnapura Electoral District !colspan="3" width="216px"Sri Lanka - !colspan="2" width="144px"Votes !% !colspan="2" width="144px"Votes !% !colspan="2" width="144px"Votes !% - 17,212 50.99% 175,903 50.90% 3,450,815 52.93% - 15,106 44.75% 152,506 44.13% 2,546,348 39.05% - 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% - !colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;"Valid Votes !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"33,754 !style="text-align:right;"99.00% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"345,604 !style="text-align:right;"99.02% !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"340 !style="text-align:right;"1.00% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"3,407 !style="text-align:right;"0.98% !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"34,094 !style="text-align:right;"88.18% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"349,011 !style="text-align:right;"85.91% !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"38,662 !!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"406,275 !!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"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 !colspan="2" width="144px"Pelmadulla !colspan="2" width="144px"Ratnapura Electoral District !MAE[12] % !colspan="2" width="144px"Sri Lanka !MAE[13] % - 5.17% 4.25% - 4.60% 3.87% - 4.75% 4.73% - 1.64% 4.41% - 1.29% 4.52% - 5.29% 5.83% - 2.02% 5.98% - !Matches/Mean MAE !style="text-align:left;"colspan="2" width="144px"6/7 !style="text-align:left;"colspan="2" width="144px"6/7 !style="text-align:right;"3.54% !style="text-align:left;"colspan="2" width="144px"7/7 !style="text-align:right;"4.80%
- !colspan="2" width="144px"rowspan="2"Party !colspan="3" width="216px"Pelmadulla[14] !colspan="3" width="216px"Ratnapura Electoral District !colspan="3" width="216px"Sri Lanka - !colspan="2" width="144px"Votes !% !colspan="2" width="144px"Votes !% !colspan="2" width="144px"Votes !% - 32,747 51.01% 284,117 44.96% 5,098,916 45.77% - 29,864 46.52% 323,636 51.21% 4,732,664 42.48% - 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% - !colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;"Valid Votes !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"64,198 !style="text-align:right;"95.79% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"631,998 !style="text-align:right;"96.46% !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"2,799 !style="text-align:right;"4.18% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"23,026 !style="text-align:right;"3.51% !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"67,020 !style="text-align:right;"79.85% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"655,222 !style="text-align:right;"80.88% !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"83,934 !!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"810,082 !!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"15,044,490 !
- !colspan="2" width="144px"rowspan="2"Party !colspan="3" width="216px"Pelmadulla[15] !colspan="3" width="216px"Ratnapura Electoral District !colspan="3" width="216px"Sri Lanka - !colspan="2" width="144px"Votes !% !colspan="2" width="144px"Votes !% !colspan="2" width="144px"Votes !% - 28,453 64.40% 305,327 68.87% 4,846,388 60.38% - 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% - !colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;"Valid Votes !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"44,180 !style="text-align:right;"90.30% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"443,309 !style="text-align:right;"92.28% !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"4,740 !style="text-align:right;"9.69% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"37,022 !style="text-align:right;"7.71% !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"48,927 !style="text-align:right;"64.65% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"480,395 !style="text-align:right;"64.02% !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"75,685 !!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"750,416 !!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"14,097,690 !
- !colspan="2" width="144px"rowspan="2"Party !colspan="3" width="216px"Pelmadulla[16] !colspan="3" width="216px"Ratnapura Electoral District !colspan="3" width="216px"Sri Lanka - !colspan="2" width="144px"Votes !% !colspan="2" width="144px"Votes !% !colspan="2" width="144px"Votes !% - 23,403 48.24% 261,450 53.14% 4,223,126 45.70% - 22,745 46.88% 205,490 41.77% 3,486,792 37.73% - 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% - !colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;"Valid Votes !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"48,513 !style="text-align:right;"94.05% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"492,003 !style="text-align:right;"94.55% !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"3,069 !style="text-align:right;"5.95% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"28,346 !style="text-align:right;"5.45% !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"51,582 !style="text-align:right;"81.48% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"520,349 !style="text-align:right;"80.42% !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"63,305 !!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"647,035 !!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"12,909,631 !
- !colspan="2" width="144px"rowspan="2"Party !colspan="3" width="216px"Pelmadulla[17] !colspan="3" width="216px"Ratnapura Electoral District !colspan="3" width="216px"Sri Lanka - !colspan="2" width="144px"Votes !% !colspan="2" width="144px"Votes !% !colspan="2" width="144px"Votes !% - 24,135 49.32% 227,202 46.41% 4,086,026 45.62% - 21,329 43.58% 212,794 43.46% 3,330,815 37.19% - 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% - !colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;"Valid Votes !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"48,940 !style="text-align:right;"93.68% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"489,578 !style="text-align:right;"94.14% !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"3,300 !style="text-align:right;"6.32% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"30,483 !style="text-align:right;"5.86% !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"52,240 !style="text-align:right;"84.82% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"520,061 !style="text-align:right;"83.41% !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"61,586 !!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"623,506 !!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"12,428,762 !
- !colspan="2" width="144px"rowspan="2"Party !colspan="3" width="216px"Pelmadulla[18] !colspan="3" width="216px"Ratnapura Electoral District !colspan="3" width="216px"Sri Lanka - !colspan="2" width="144px"Votes !% !colspan="2" width="144px"Votes !% !colspan="2" width="144px"Votes !% - 25,563 52.99% 244,142 50.63% 3,899,329 45.33% - 20,385 42.26% 204,017 42.30% 3,451,765 40.12% - 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% - !colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;"Valid Votes !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"48,241 !style="text-align:right;"N/A !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"482,254 !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"Pelmadulla[19] !colspan="3" width="216px"Ratnapura Electoral District !colspan="3" width="216px"Sri Lanka - !colspan="2" width="144px"Votes !% !colspan="2" width="144px"Votes !% !colspan="2" width="144px"Votes !% - 25,008 53.37% 220,750 47.96% 3,498,370 44.04% - 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% - !colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;"Valid Votes !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"46,861 !style="text-align:right;"94.86% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"460,285 !style="text-align:right;"95.12% !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"2,541 !style="text-align:right;"5.14% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"23,611 !style="text-align:right;"4.88% !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"49,402 !style="text-align:right;"87.29% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"483,890 !style="text-align:right;"85.77% !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"56,593 !!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"564,194 !!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"11,163,064 !
- !colspan="2" width="144px"rowspan="2"Party !colspan="3" width="216px"Pelmadulla[20] !colspan="3" width="216px"Ratnapura Electoral District !colspan="3" width="216px"Sri Lanka - !colspan="2" width="144px"Votes !% !colspan="2" width="144px"Votes !% !colspan="2" width="144px"Votes !% - 19,493 57.17% 196,323 57.89% 2,838,005 50.71% - 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% - !colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;"Valid Votes !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"34,098 !style="text-align:right;"94.37% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"339,122 !style="text-align:right;"94.37% !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"2,033 !style="text-align:right;"5.63% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"20,248 !style="text-align:right;"5.63% !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"36,131 !style="text-align:right;"83.57% !style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"359,370 !style="text-align:right;"78.60% !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"43,236 !!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"457,224 !!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"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%) [21]

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%) [22]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Census of Population and Housing 2012. 2012. statistics.gov.lk. Department of Census and Statistics, Sri Lanka.
  2. The mean absolute error, between the percentages of votes each party got in Pelmadulla and the Ratnapura 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 Pelmadulla and the country. It is a measure of the difference in voting behaviour between the two regions.
  4. Web site: 2019 Sri Lankan presidential election Results. 2019. elections.gov.lk. Election Commission of Sri Lanka. 2020-06-10. 2019-12-19. https://web.archive.org/web/20191219162109/https://results.elections.gov.lk/. dead.
  5. Web site: 2015 Sri Lankan presidential election Results. 2015. elections.gov.lk. Election Commission of Sri Lanka. 2020-06-10. 2019-12-19. https://web.archive.org/web/20191219162109/https://results.elections.gov.lk/. dead.
  6. Web site: 2010 Sri Lankan presidential election Results. 2010. elections.gov.lk. Election Commission of Sri Lanka. 2020-06-10. 2019-12-19. https://web.archive.org/web/20191219162109/https://results.elections.gov.lk/. dead.
  7. Web site: 2005 Sri Lankan presidential election Results. 2005. elections.gov.lk. Election Commission of Sri Lanka. 2020-06-10. 2019-12-19. https://web.archive.org/web/20191219162109/https://results.elections.gov.lk/. dead.
  8. Web site: 1999 Sri Lankan presidential election Results. 1999. elections.gov.lk. Election Commission of Sri Lanka. 2020-06-10. 2019-12-19. https://web.archive.org/web/20191219162109/https://results.elections.gov.lk/. dead.
  9. Web site: 1994 Sri Lankan presidential election Results. 1994. elections.gov.lk. Election Commission of Sri Lanka. 2020-06-10. 2019-12-19. https://web.archive.org/web/20191219162109/https://results.elections.gov.lk/. dead.
  10. Web site: 1988 Sri Lankan presidential election Results. 1988. elections.gov.lk. Election Commission of Sri Lanka. 2020-06-10. 2019-12-19. https://web.archive.org/web/20191219162109/https://results.elections.gov.lk/. dead.
  11. Web site: 1982 Sri Lankan presidential election Results. 1982. elections.gov.lk. Election Commission of Sri Lanka. 2020-06-10. 2019-12-19. https://web.archive.org/web/20191219162109/https://results.elections.gov.lk/. dead.
  12. The mean absolute error, between the percentages of votes each party got in Pelmadulla and the Ratnapura 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 Pelmadulla and the country. It is a measure of the difference in voting behaviour between the two regions.
  14. Web site: 2015 Sri Lankan parliamentary election Results. 2015. elections.gov.lk. Election Commission of Sri Lanka.
  15. Web site: 2010 Sri Lankan parliamentary election Results. 2010. elections.gov.lk. Election Commission of Sri Lanka.
  16. Web site: 2004 Sri Lankan parliamentary election Results. 2004. elections.gov.lk. Election Commission of Sri Lanka.
  17. Web site: 2001 Sri Lankan parliamentary election Results. 2001. elections.gov.lk. Election Commission of Sri Lanka.
  18. Web site: 2000 Sri Lankan parliamentary election Results. 2000. elections.gov.lk. Election Commission of Sri Lanka.
  19. Web site: 1994 Sri Lankan parliamentary election Results. 1994. elections.gov.lk. Election Commission of Sri Lanka.
  20. Web site: 1989 Sri Lankan parliamentary election Results. 1989. elections.gov.lk. Election Commission of Sri Lanka.
  21. Web site: Census of Population and Housing 2012. 2012. statistics.gov.lk. Department of Census and Statistics, Sri Lanka.
  22. Web site: Census of Population and Housing 2012. 2012. statistics.gov.lk. Department of Census and Statistics, Sri Lanka.