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Devinuwara Polling Division

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

Devinuwara
Polling Division
Location of Devinuwara
Coordinates: 5°58′06″N 80°38′10″E / 5.968309°N 80.636001°E / 5.968309; 80.636001
CountrySri Lanka
ProvinceSouthern Province, Sri Lanka
Electoral DistrictMatara Electoral District
Area
 • Total
84.95 km2 (32.80 sq mi)
Population
 (2012)[1]
 • Total
102,925
 • Density1,212/km2 (3,140/sq mi)
ISO 3166 codeEC-08E

Presidential Election Results

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Summary

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The winner of Devinuwara has matched the final country result 7 out of 8 times. Hence, Devinuwara is a Strong Bellwether for Presidential Elections.

Year Devinuwara Matara Electoral District MAE[2] % Sri Lanka MAE[3] %
2019 SLPP SLPP 0.08% SLPP 14.25%
2015 UPFA UPFA 1.41% NDF 11.41%
2010 UPFA UPFA 1.35% UPFA 8.68%
2005 UPFA UPFA 1.89% UPFA 13.38%
1999 PA PA 2.27% PA 2.25%
1994 PA PA 1.68% PA 4.02%
1988 UNP SLFP 8.89% UNP 1.44%
1982 UNP UNP 2.28% UNP 2.15%
Matches/Mean MAE 7/8 6/8 2.48% 8/8 7.20%

2019 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

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Party Devinuwara[4] Matara Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
SLPP 43,556 67.32% 374,481 67.25% 6,924,255 52.25%
NDF 17,391 26.88% 149,026 26.76% 5,564,239 41.99%
NMPP 2,760 4.27% 23,439 4.21% 418,553 3.16%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 993 1.53% 9,922 1.78% 345,452 2.61%
Valid Votes 64,700 99.45% 556,868 99.33% 13,252,499 98.99%
Rejected Votes 355 0.55% 3,782 0.67% 135,452 1.01%
Total Polled 65,055 83.63% 560,650 85.93% 13,387,951 83.71%
Registered Electors 77,788 652,417 15,992,568

2015 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

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Party Devinuwara[5] Matara Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
UPFA 35,795 59.32% 297,823 57.81% 5,768,090 47.58%
NDF 24,092 39.93% 212,435 41.24% 6,217,162 51.28%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 452 0.75% 4,892 0.95% 138,200 1.14%
Valid Votes 60,339 99.22% 515,150 99.06% 12,123,452 98.85%
Rejected Votes 473 0.78% 4,891 0.94% 140,925 1.15%
Total Polled 60,812 77.28% 520,041 80.23% 12,264,377 78.69%
Registered Electors 78,690 648,213 15,585,942

2010 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

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Party Devinuwara[6] Matara Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
UPFA 36,428 67.00% 296,155 65.53% 6,015,934 57.88%
NDF 17,219 31.67% 148,510 32.86% 4,173,185 40.15%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 725 1.33% 7,264 1.61% 204,494 1.97%
Valid Votes 54,372 99.44% 451,929 99.34% 10,393,613 99.03%
Rejected Votes 308 0.56% 3,025 0.66% 101,838 0.97%
Total Polled 54,680 73.30% 454,954 76.51% 10,495,451 66.70%
Registered Electors 74,601 594,628 15,734,587

2005 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

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Party Devinuwara[7] Matara Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
UPFA 35,319 63.81% 279,411 61.85% 4,887,152 50.29%
UNP 19,288 34.84% 165,837 36.71% 4,706,366 48.43%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 747 1.35% 6,474 1.43% 123,521 1.27%
Valid Votes 55,354 99.26% 451,722 99.11% 9,717,039 98.88%
Rejected Votes 415 0.74% 4,077 0.89% 109,869 1.12%
Total Polled 55,769 76.39% 455,799 78.95% 9,826,908 69.51%
Registered Electors 73,005 577,327 14,136,979

1999 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

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Party Devinuwara[8] Matara Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
PA 25,363 51.24% 205,685 54.32% 4,312,157 51.12%
UNP 18,844 38.07% 139,677 36.89% 3,602,748 42.71%
JVP 4,539 9.17% 26,229 6.93% 343,927 4.08%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 749 1.51% 7,047 1.86% 176,679 2.09%
Valid Votes 49,495 98.09% 378,638 97.78% 8,435,754 97.69%
Rejected Votes 963 1.91% 8,583 2.22% 199,536 2.31%
Total Polled 50,458 73.88% 387,221 73.90% 8,635,290 72.17%
Registered Electors 68,296 524,002 11,965,536

1994 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

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Party Devinuwara[9] Matara Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
PA 30,817 66.45% 227,865 64.69% 4,709,205 62.28%
UNP 14,824 31.96% 118,224 33.56% 2,715,283 35.91%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 736 1.59% 6,150 1.75% 137,040 1.81%
Valid Votes 46,377 98.67% 352,239 98.40% 7,561,526 98.03%
Rejected Votes 624 1.33% 5,731 1.60% 151,706 1.97%
Total Polled 47,001 70.23% 357,970 69.93% 7,713,232 69.12%
Registered Electors 66,923 511,933 11,158,880

1988 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

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Party Devinuwara[10] Matara Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
UNP 5,076 52.51% 45,399 42.93% 2,569,199 50.43%
SLFP 4,403 45.55% 57,424 54.30% 2,289,857 44.95%
SLMP 188 1.94% 2,922 2.76% 235,701 4.63%
Valid Votes 9,667 98.94% 105,745 98.14% 5,094,754 98.24%
Rejected Votes 104 1.06% 2,003 1.86% 91,499 1.76%
Total Polled 9,771 15.64% 107,748 23.80% 5,186,256 55.87%
Registered Electors 62,490 452,637 9,283,143

1982 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

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Party Devinuwara[11] Matara Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
UNP 22,605 49.59% 164,725 49.32% 3,450,815 52.93%
SLFP 17,757 38.96% 144,587 43.29% 2,546,348 39.05%
JVP 4,874 10.69% 22,117 6.62% 273,428 4.19%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 347 0.76% 2,554 0.76% 249,460 3.83%
Valid Votes 45,583 99.01% 333,983 99.08% 6,520,156 98.78%
Rejected Votes 457 0.99% 3,091 0.92% 80,470 1.22%
Total Polled 46,040 81.21% 337,074 82.90% 6,600,626 80.15%
Registered Electors 56,693 406,595 8,235,358

Parliamentary Election Results

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Summary

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The winner of Devinuwara has matched the final country result 6 out of 7 times. Hence, Devinuwara is a Strong Bellwether for Parliamentary Elections.

Year Devinuwara Matara Electoral District MAE[12] % Sri Lanka MAE[13] %
2015 UPFA UPFA 0.77% UNP 8.22%
2010 UPFA UPFA 2.21% UPFA 5.63%
2004 UPFA UPFA 1.23% UPFA 8.90%
2001 UNP UNP 2.35% UNP 2.18%
2000 PA PA 2.78% PA 3.75%
1994 PA PA 2.16% PA 6.26%
1989 UNP UNP 21.62% UNP 21.02%
Matches/Mean MAE 6/7 6/7 4.73% 7/7 7.99%

2015 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

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Party Devinuwara[14] Matara Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
UPFA 29,565 53.12% 250,505 52.70% 4,732,664 42.48%
UNP 21,187 38.07% 186,675 39.27% 5,098,916 45.77%
JVP 4,711 8.46% 35,270 7.42% 544,154 4.88%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 190 0.34% 2,890 0.61% 62,184 0.56%
Valid Votes 55,653 97.46% 475,340 96.93% 11,140,333 95.35%
Rejected Votes 1,365 2.39% 12,692 2.59% 516,926 4.42%
Total Polled 57,106 72.57% 490,409 78.61% 11,684,111 77.66%
Registered Electors 78,690 623,818 15,044,490

2010 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

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Party Devinuwara[15] Matara Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
UPFA 26,177 67.09% 213,937 65.31% 4,846,388 60.38%
UNP 9,535 24.44% 91,114 27.81% 2,357,057 29.37%
DNA 3,086 7.91% 20,465 6.25% 441,251 5.50%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 221 0.57% 2,066 0.63% 53,531 0.67%
Valid Votes 39,019 96.36% 327,582 95.82% 8,026,322 96.03%
Rejected Votes 1,473 3.64% 14,289 4.18% 581,465 6.96%
Total Polled 40,492 54.28% 341,871 59.06% 8,358,246 59.29%
Registered Electors 74,601 578,858 14,097,690

2004 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

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Party Devinuwara[16] Matara Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
UPFA 30,360 61.34% 241,235 60.27% 4,223,126 45.70%
UNP 16,473 33.28% 139,633 34.89% 3,486,792 37.73%
JHU 2,331 4.71% 16,229 4.05% 552,723 5.98%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 327 0.66% 3,136 0.78% 54,133 0.59%
Valid Votes 49,491 95.44% 400,233 94.62% 9,241,931 94.52%
Rejected Votes 2,365 4.56% 22,769 5.38% 534,452 5.47%
Total Polled 51,856 72.21% 423,002 76.84% 9,777,821 75.74%
Registered Electors 71,812 550,506 12,909,631

2001 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

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Party Devinuwara[17] Matara Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
UNP 22,490 43.57% 171,661 42.49% 4,086,026 45.62%
PA 20,021 38.79% 171,141 42.37% 3,330,815 37.19%
JVP 8,378 16.23% 54,476 13.49% 815,353 9.10%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 724 1.40% 6,689 1.66% 133,373 1.49%
Valid Votes 51,613 96.05% 403,967 95.10% 8,955,844 94.77%
Rejected Votes 2,120 3.95% 20,820 4.90% 494,009 5.23%
Total Polled 53,733 76.31% 424,787 79.44% 9,449,878 76.03%
Registered Electors 70,412 534,694 12,428,762

2000 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

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Party Devinuwara[18] Matara Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
PA 24,263 48.24% 203,690 51.47% 3,899,329 45.33%
UNP 17,826 35.44% 146,855 37.11% 3,451,765 40.12%
JVP 7,489 14.89% 38,757 9.79% 518,725 6.03%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 719 1.43% 6,462 1.63% 238,931 2.78%
Valid Votes 50,297 N/A 395,764 N/A 8,602,617 N/A

1994 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

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Party Devinuwara[19] Matara Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
PA 28,191 57.61% 227,285 59.90% 3,887,805 48.94%
UNP 19,335 39.51% 142,024 37.43% 3,498,370 44.04%
SLPF 1,304 2.66% 8,736 2.30% 90,078 1.13%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 105 0.21% 1,422 0.37% 68,538 0.86%
Valid Votes 48,935 96.37% 379,467 95.67% 7,943,688 95.20%
Rejected Votes 1,841 3.63% 17,167 4.33% 400,395 4.80%
Total Polled 50,776 75.87% 396,634 77.60% 8,344,095 74.75%
Registered Electors 66,923 511,109 11,163,064

1989 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

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Party Devinuwara[20] Matara Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
UNP 6,622 82.64% 45,734 56.11% 2,838,005 50.71%
SLFP 1,369 17.08% 28,752 35.28% 1,785,369 31.90%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 22 0.27% 7,019 8.61% 300,186 5.36%
Valid Votes 8,013 98.17% 81,505 94.08% 5,596,468 93.87%
Rejected Votes 149 1.83% 5,128 5.92% 365,563 6.13%
Total Polled 8,162 13.28% 86,633 19.17% 5,962,031 63.60%
Registered Electors 61,452 451,926 9,374,164

Demographics

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Ethnicity

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The Devinuwara Polling Division has a Sinhalese majority (96.5%) . In comparison, the Matara Electoral District (which contains the Devinuwara Polling Division) has a Sinhalese majority (94.3%) [1]

Ethnicity in Devinuwara[1]

  Sinhalese (96.5%)
  Moor (3.3%)
  Other (0.2%)

Religion

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The Devinuwara Polling Division has a Buddhist majority (96.2%) . In comparison, the Matara Electoral District (which contains the Devinuwara Polling Division) has a Buddhist majority (94.1%) [1]

Religion in Devinuwara[1]

  Buddhist (96.2%)
  Muslim (3.3%)
  Other (0.4%)

References

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  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 Devinuwara 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 Devinuwara 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. Archived from the original on 2019-12-19. Retrieved 2020-06-10.
  5. ^ "2015 Sri Lankan presidential election Results". elections.gov.lk. Election Commission of Sri Lanka. 2015. Archived from the original on 2019-12-19. Retrieved 2020-06-10.
  6. ^ "2010 Sri Lankan presidential election Results". elections.gov.lk. Election Commission of Sri Lanka. 2010. Archived from the original on 2019-12-19. Retrieved 2020-06-10.
  7. ^ "2005 Sri Lankan presidential election Results". elections.gov.lk. Election Commission of Sri Lanka. 2005. Archived from the original on 2019-12-19. Retrieved 2020-06-10.
  8. ^ "1999 Sri Lankan presidential election Results". elections.gov.lk. Election Commission of Sri Lanka. 1999. Archived from the original on 2019-12-19. Retrieved 2020-06-10.
  9. ^ "1994 Sri Lankan presidential election Results". elections.gov.lk. Election Commission of Sri Lanka. 1994. Archived from the original on 2019-12-19. Retrieved 2020-06-10.
  10. ^ "1988 Sri Lankan presidential election Results". elections.gov.lk. Election Commission of Sri Lanka. 1988. Archived from the original on 2019-12-19. Retrieved 2020-06-10.
  11. ^ "1982 Sri Lankan presidential election Results". elections.gov.lk. Election Commission of Sri Lanka. 1982. Archived from the original on 2019-12-19. Retrieved 2020-06-10.
  12. ^ The mean absolute error, between the percentages of votes each party got in Devinuwara 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 Devinuwara 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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