Mahiyanganaya Polling Division

Mahiyanganaya
Polling Division
Location of Mahiyanganaya
Coordinates: 7°23′32″N 81°06′12″E / 7.392306°N 81.103245°E / 7.392306; 81.103245
CountrySri Lanka
ProvinceUva Province, Sri Lanka
Electoral DistrictBadulla Electoral District
Area
 • Total
988.96 km2 (381.84 sq mi)
Population
 (2012)[1]
 • Total
127,394
 • Density129/km2 (330/sq mi)
ISO 3166 codeEC-19A

The Mahiyanganaya Polling Division is a Polling Division in the Badulla Electoral District, in the Uva Province, Sri Lanka.

Presidential Election Results

Summary

The winner of Mahiyanganaya has matched the final country result 4 out of 8 times.

Year Mahiyanganaya Badulla Electoral District MAE[2] % Sri Lanka MAE[3] %
2019 SLPP SLPP 5.79% SLPP 3.00%
2015 UPFA NDF 7.35% NDF 9.20%
2010 UPFA UPFA 6.81% UPFA 2.38%
2005 UNP UNP 0.74% UPFA 5.59%
1999 UNP UNP 6.61% PA 11.31%
1994 UNP PA 13.68% PA 20.40%
1988 UNP UNP 7.02% UNP 15.21%
1982 UNP UNP 13.19% UNP 16.69%
Matches/Mean MAE 4/8 6/8 7.65% 8/8 10.47%

2019 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party Mahiyanganaya[4] Badulla Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
SLPP 46,267 55.33% 276,211 49.29% 6,924,255 52.25%
NDF 32,345 38.68% 251,706 44.92% 5,564,239 41.99%
NMPP 2,534 3.03% 14,806 2.64% 418,553 3.16%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 2,474 2.96% 17,622 3.14% 345,452 2.61%
Valid Votes 83,620 99.14% 560,345 98.77% 13,252,499 98.99%
Rejected Votes 728 0.86% 6,978 1.23% 135,452 1.01%
Total Polled 84,348 86.56% 567,323 86.25% 13,387,951 83.71%
Registered Electors 97,450 657,766 15,992,568

2015 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party Mahiyanganaya[5] Badulla Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
UPFA 42,718 56.69% 249,243 49.15% 5,768,090 47.58%
NDF 31,495 41.80% 249,524 49.21% 6,217,162 51.28%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 1,138 1.51% 8,303 1.64% 138,200 1.14%
Valid Votes 75,351 98.78% 507,070 98.47% 12,123,452 98.85%
Rejected Votes 930 1.22% 7,871 1.53% 140,925 1.15%
Total Polled 76,281 79.70% 514,941 79.51% 12,264,377 78.69%
Registered Electors 95,715 647,628 15,585,942

2010 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party Mahiyanganaya[6] Badulla Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
UPFA 38,486 60.26% 237,579 53.23% 6,015,934 57.88%
NDF 24,057 37.67% 198,835 44.55% 4,173,185 40.15%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 1,320 2.07% 9,880 2.21% 204,494 1.97%
Valid Votes 63,863 99.24% 446,294 98.66% 10,393,613 99.03%
Rejected Votes 491 0.76% 6,083 1.34% 101,838 0.97%
Total Polled 64,354 75.21% 452,377 75.62% 10,495,451 66.70%
Registered Electors 85,562 598,190 15,734,587

2005 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party Mahiyanganaya[7] Badulla Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
UNP 32,592 53.85% 226,582 53.11% 4,706,366 48.43%
UPFA 26,877 44.41% 192,734 45.18% 4,887,152 50.29%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 1,054 1.74% 7,283 1.71% 123,521 1.27%
Valid Votes 60,523 98.46% 426,599 98.43% 9,717,039 98.88%
Rejected Votes 947 1.54% 6,825 1.57% 109,869 1.12%
Total Polled 61,470 77.82% 433,424 78.67% 9,826,908 69.51%
Registered Electors 78,986 550,926 14,136,979

1999 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party Mahiyanganaya[8] Badulla Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
UNP 27,638 54.82% 172,884 47.97% 3,602,748 42.71%
PA 19,750 39.17% 167,000 46.33% 4,312,157 51.12%
JVP 1,757 3.48% 12,025 3.34% 343,927 4.08%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 1,273 2.52% 8,512 2.36% 176,679 2.09%
Valid Votes 50,418 97.47% 360,421 97.04% 8,435,754 97.69%
Rejected Votes 1,308 2.53% 10,979 2.96% 199,536 2.31%
Total Polled 51,726 78.46% 371,400 78.25% 8,635,290 72.17%
Registered Electors 65,925 474,610 11,965,536

1994 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party Mahiyanganaya[9] Badulla Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
UNP 24,842 56.29% 139,611 42.21% 2,715,283 35.91%
PA 18,218 41.28% 182,810 55.27% 4,709,205 62.28%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 629 1.43% 4,504 1.36% 78,152 1.03%
Ind 2 446 1.01% 3,847 1.16% 58,888 0.78%
Valid Votes 44,135 97.13% 330,772 95.91% 7,561,526 98.03%
Rejected Votes 1,302 2.87% 14,093 4.09% 151,706 1.97%
Total Polled 45,437 78.02% 344,865 77.47% 7,713,232 69.12%
Registered Electors 58,235 445,146 11,158,880

1988 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party Mahiyanganaya[10] Badulla Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
UNP 16,990 67.50% 80,779 60.09% 2,569,199 50.43%
SLFP 7,682 30.52% 50,223 37.36% 2,289,857 44.95%
SLMP 499 1.98% 3,422 2.55% 235,701 4.63%
Valid Votes 25,171 98.30% 134,424 97.62% 5,094,754 98.24%
Rejected Votes 435 1.70% 3,276 2.38% 91,499 1.76%
Total Polled 25,606 54.80% 137,700 44.21% 5,186,256 55.87%
Registered Electors 46,724 311,473 9,283,143

1982 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party Mahiyanganaya[11] Badulla Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
UNP 21,340 73.21% 141,062 58.67% 3,450,815 52.93%
SLFP 7,076 24.28% 88,462 36.79% 2,546,348 39.05%
JVP 443 1.52% 7,713 3.21% 273,428 4.19%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 289 0.99% 3,203 1.33% 249,460 3.83%
Valid Votes 29,148 99.02% 240,440 98.77% 6,520,156 98.78%
Rejected Votes 287 0.98% 2,982 1.23% 80,470 1.22%
Total Polled 29,435 87.83% 243,422 85.47% 6,600,626 80.15%
Registered Electors 33,514 284,801 8,235,358

Parliamentary Election Results

Summary

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

Year Mahiyanganaya Badulla Electoral District MAE[12] % Sri Lanka MAE[13] %
2015 UNP UNP 5.54% UNP 2.80%
2010 UPFA UPFA 3.58% UPFA 2.33%
2004 UPFA UNP 4.06% UPFA 6.62%
2001 UNP UNP 3.83% UNP 7.19%
2000 UNP UNP 8.38% PA 11.47%
1994 UNP UNP 7.00% PA 13.69%
1989 UNP UNP 11.15% UNP 12.81%
Matches/Mean MAE 5/7 4/7 6.22% 7/7 8.13%

2015 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party Mahiyanganaya[14] Badulla Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
UNP 34,447 49.62% 258,844 54.82% 5,098,916 45.77%
UPFA 31,159 44.88% 179,459 38.01% 4,732,664 42.48%
JVP 3,622 5.22% 21,445 4.54% 544,154 4.88%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 199 0.29% 12,418 2.63% 94,052 0.84%
Valid Votes 69,427 96.16% 472,166 95.03% 11,140,333 95.35%
Rejected Votes 2,707 3.75% 24,167 4.86% 516,926 4.42%
Total Polled 72,202 75.43% 496,849 80.07% 11,684,111 77.66%
Registered Electors 95,715 620,486 15,044,490

2010 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party Mahiyanganaya[15] Badulla Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
UPFA 29,903 63.41% 203,689 58.25% 4,846,388 60.38%
UNP 14,613 30.99% 112,886 32.28% 2,357,057 29.37%
DNA 2,433 5.16% 15,768 4.51% 441,251 5.50%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 207 0.44% 17,335 4.96% 53,340 0.66%
Valid Votes 47,156 94.93% 349,678 93.54% 8,026,322 96.03%
Rejected Votes 2,520 5.07% 24,169 6.46% 581,465 6.96%
Total Polled 49,676 58.06% 373,847 62.46% 8,358,246 59.29%
Registered Electors 85,562 598,521 14,097,690

2004 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party Mahiyanganaya[16] Badulla Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
UPFA 27,727 53.02% 178,634 48.26% 4,223,126 45.70%
UNP 23,822 45.56% 181,705 49.09% 3,486,792 37.73%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 742 1.42% 9,839 2.66% 610,312 6.60%
Valid Votes 52,291 93.82% 370,178 92.47% 9,241,931 94.52%
Rejected Votes 3,442 6.18% 30,159 7.53% 534,452 5.47%
Total Polled 55,733 74.95% 400,337 78.33% 9,777,821 75.74%
Registered Electors 74,365 511,115 12,909,631

2001 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party Mahiyanganaya[17] Badulla Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
UNP 30,316 57.76% 201,173 53.81% 4,086,026 45.62%
PA 17,224 32.82% 138,443 37.03% 3,330,815 37.19%
JVP 4,655 8.87% 26,820 7.17% 815,353 9.10%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 287 0.55% 7,401 1.98% 79,391 0.89%
Valid Votes 52,482 94.95% 373,837 93.35% 8,955,844 94.77%
Rejected Votes 2,793 5.05% 26,626 6.65% 494,009 5.23%
Total Polled 55,275 78.21% 400,463 81.51% 9,449,878 76.03%
Registered Electors 70,678 491,288 12,428,762

2000 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party Mahiyanganaya[18] Badulla Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
UNP 28,850 57.13% 167,351 46.36% 3,451,765 40.12%
PA 17,792 35.23% 154,172 42.71% 3,899,329 45.33%
JVP 2,990 5.92% 16,414 4.55% 518,725 6.03%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 869 1.72% 23,079 6.39% 454,417 5.28%
Valid Votes 50,501 N/A 361,016 N/A 8,602,617 N/A

1994 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party Mahiyanganaya[19] Badulla Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
UNP 27,956 61.60% 182,131 54.04% 3,498,370 44.04%
PA 16,702 36.80% 146,546 43.48% 3,887,805 48.94%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 722 1.59% 8,382 2.49% 223,505 2.81%
Valid Votes 45,380 93.64% 337,059 92.19% 7,943,688 95.20%
Rejected Votes 3,083 6.36% 28,540 7.81% 400,395 4.80%
Total Polled 48,463 83.22% 365,599 82.23% 8,344,095 74.75%
Registered Electors 58,235 444,632 11,163,064

1989 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party Mahiyanganaya[20] Badulla Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
UNP 25,158 72.22% 135,089 58.97% 2,838,005 50.71%
SLFP 9,120 26.18% 81,011 35.36% 1,785,369 31.90%
ELJP 360 1.03% 5,589 2.44% 67,723 1.21%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 199 0.57% 7,405 3.23% 232,463 4.15%
Valid Votes 34,837 93.70% 229,094 92.08% 5,596,468 93.87%
Rejected Votes 2,341 6.30% 19,704 7.92% 365,563 6.13%
Total Polled 37,178 80.11% 248,798 75.55% 5,962,031 63.60%
Registered Electors 46,406 329,321 9,374,164

Demographics

Ethnicity

The Mahiyanganaya Polling Division has a Sinhalese majority (98.2%) . In comparison, the Badulla Electoral District (which contains the Mahiyanganaya Polling Division) has a Sinhalese majority (73.0%) and a significant Indian Tamil population (18.5%) [1]

Ethnicity in Mahiyanganaya[1]

  Sinhalese (98.2%)
  Moor (1.5%)
  Other (0.4%)

Religion

The Mahiyanganaya Polling Division has a Buddhist majority (97.9%) . In comparison, the Badulla Electoral District (which contains the Mahiyanganaya Polling Division) has a Buddhist majority (72.6%) and a significant Hindu population (19.3%) [1]

Religion in Mahiyanganaya[1]

  Buddhist (97.9%)
  Muslim (1.5%)
  Other (0.6%)

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "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 Mahiyanganaya and the Badulla 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 Mahiyanganaya 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 Mahiyanganaya and the Badulla 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 Mahiyanganaya 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.