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Medawachchiya Polling Division

The Medawachchiya Polling Division is a Polling Division in the Anuradhapura Electoral District, in the North Central Province, Sri Lanka.

Medawachchiya
Polling Division
Location of Medawachchiya
Coordinates: 8°41′52″N 80°36′20″E / 8.697648°N 80.605503°E / 8.697648; 80.605503
CountrySri Lanka
ProvinceNorth Central Province, Sri Lanka
Electoral DistrictAnuradhapura Electoral District
Area
 • Total
1,354.18 km2 (522.85 sq mi)
Population
 (2012)[1]
 • Total
92,229
 • Density68/km2 (180/sq mi)
ISO 3166 codeEC-17A

Presidential Election Results

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Summary

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

Year Medawachchiya Anuradhapura Electoral District MAE[2] % Sri Lanka MAE[3] %
2019 SLPP SLPP 1.35% SLPP 7.86%
2015 UPFA UPFA 5.37% NDF 11.21%
2010 UPFA UPFA 2.95% UPFA 11.14%
2005 UPFA UPFA 1.46% UPFA 6.21%
1999 PA PA 1.91% PA 4.68%
1994 PA PA 1.06% PA 2.70%
1988 SLFP SLFP 3.64% UNP 12.02%
1982 UNP UNP 1.10% UNP 4.64%
Matches/Mean MAE 6/8 6/8 2.35% 8/8 7.56%

2019 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

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Party Medawachchiya[4] Anuradhapura Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
SLPP 42,287 60.40% 342,223 58.97% 6,924,255 52.25%
NDF 23,423 33.46% 202,348 34.87% 5,564,239 41.99%
NMPP 2,619 3.74% 22,879 3.94% 418,553 3.16%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 1,677 2.40% 12,896 2.22% 345,452 2.61%
Valid Votes 70,006 99.24% 580,346 99.16% 13,252,499 98.99%
Rejected Votes 537 0.76% 4,916 0.84% 135,452 1.01%
Total Polled 70,543 85.85% 585,262 85.76% 13,387,951 83.71%
Registered Electors 82,173 682,450 15,992,568

2015 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

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Party Medawachchiya[5] Anuradhapura Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
UPFA 35,772 59.01% 281,161 53.59% 5,768,090 47.58%
NDF 24,261 40.02% 238,407 45.44% 6,217,162 51.28%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 587 0.97% 5,065 0.97% 138,200 1.14%
Valid Votes 60,620 99.30% 524,633 99.15% 12,123,452 98.85%
Rejected Votes 426 0.70% 4,500 0.85% 140,925 1.15%
Total Polled 61,046 74.45% 529,133 77.71% 12,264,377 78.69%
Registered Electors 81,996 680,877 15,585,942

2010 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

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Party Medawachchiya[6] Anuradhapura Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
UPFA 35,996 69.25% 298,448 66.32% 6,015,934 57.88%
NDF 14,971 28.80% 143,761 31.94% 4,173,185 40.15%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 1,015 1.95% 7,829 1.74% 204,494 1.97%
Valid Votes 51,982 99.44% 450,038 99.17% 10,393,613 99.03%
Rejected Votes 293 0.56% 3,785 0.83% 101,838 0.97%
Total Polled 52,275 69.07% 453,823 73.65% 10,495,451 66.70%
Registered Electors 75,683 616,186 15,734,587

2005 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

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Party Medawachchiya[7] Anuradhapura Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
UPFA 29,071 56.53% 231,040 55.08% 4,887,152 50.29%
UNP 21,647 42.09% 182,956 43.62% 4,706,366 48.43%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 709 1.38% 5,438 1.30% 123,521 1.27%
Valid Votes 51,427 99.14% 419,434 98.92% 9,717,039 98.88%
Rejected Votes 446 0.86% 4,563 1.08% 109,869 1.12%
Total Polled 51,873 72.66% 423,997 75.41% 9,826,908 69.51%
Registered Electors 71,396 562,259 14,136,979

1999 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

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Party Medawachchiya[8] Anuradhapura Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
PA 24,878 56.13% 189,073 54.14% 4,312,157 51.12%
UNP 16,742 37.77% 139,180 39.86% 3,602,748 42.71%
JVP 1,875 4.23% 14,612 4.18% 343,927 4.08%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 828 1.87% 6,336 1.81% 176,679 2.09%
Valid Votes 44,323 98.35% 349,201 98.05% 8,435,754 97.69%
Rejected Votes 745 1.65% 6,949 1.95% 199,536 2.31%
Total Polled 45,068 72.55% 356,150 75.63% 8,635,290 72.17%
Registered Electors 62,120 470,907 11,965,536

1994 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

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Party Medawachchiya[9] Anuradhapura Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
PA 25,938 64.95% 200,146 63.99% 4,709,205 62.28%
UNP 13,185 33.01% 107,342 34.32% 2,715,283 35.91%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 414 1.04% 2,775 0.89% 78,152 1.03%
Ind 2 401 1.00% 2,534 0.81% 58,888 0.78%
Valid Votes 39,938 98.36% 312,797 98.05% 7,561,526 98.03%
Rejected Votes 667 1.64% 6,205 1.95% 151,706 1.97%
Total Polled 40,605 72.78% 319,002 76.16% 7,713,232 69.12%
Registered Electors 55,792 418,857 11,158,880

1988 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

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Party Medawachchiya[10] Anuradhapura Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
SLFP 12,542 58.94% 73,154 55.15% 2,289,857 44.95%
UNP 8,367 39.32% 56,951 42.94% 2,569,199 50.43%
SLMP 371 1.74% 2,529 1.91% 235,701 4.63%
Valid Votes 21,280 97.89% 132,634 98.36% 5,094,754 98.24%
Rejected Votes 459 2.11% 2,207 1.64% 91,499 1.76%
Total Polled 21,739 45.47% 134,841 40.18% 5,186,256 55.87%
Registered Electors 47,805 335,551 9,283,143

1982 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

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Party Medawachchiya[11] Anuradhapura Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
UNP 16,590 47.89% 117,873 49.84% 3,450,815 52.93%
SLFP 15,079 43.52% 102,973 43.54% 2,546,348 39.05%
JVP 2,749 7.93% 13,911 5.88% 273,428 4.19%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 227 0.66% 1,766 0.75% 249,460 3.83%
Valid Votes 34,645 99.00% 236,523 99.04% 6,520,156 98.78%
Rejected Votes 350 1.00% 2,294 0.96% 80,470 1.22%
Total Polled 34,995 84.40% 238,817 84.68% 6,600,626 80.15%
Registered Electors 41,463 282,018 8,235,358

Parliamentary Election Results

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Summary

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

Year Medawachchiya Anuradhapura Electoral District MAE[12] % Sri Lanka MAE[13] %
2015 UPFA UPFA 0.61% UNP 3.41%
2010 UPFA UPFA 4.09% UPFA 8.93%
2004 UPFA UPFA 2.33% UPFA 7.06%
2001 PA UNP 2.60% UNP 3.94%
2000 PA PA 3.35% PA 4.09%
1994 PA PA 3.00% PA 6.15%
1989 UNP UNP 8.02% UNP 7.65%
Matches/Mean MAE 5/7 6/7 3.43% 7/7 5.89%

2015 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

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Party Medawachchiya[14] Anuradhapura Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
UPFA 26,975 49.51% 229,856 48.39% 4,732,664 42.48%
UNP 24,451 44.87% 213,072 44.85% 5,098,916 45.77%
JVP 2,784 5.11% 28,701 6.04% 544,154 4.88%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 277 0.51% 3,418 0.72% 80,543 0.72%
Valid Votes 54,487 93.48% 475,047 94.28% 11,140,333 95.35%
Rejected Votes 3,757 6.45% 28,462 5.65% 516,926 4.42%
Total Polled 58,287 71.09% 503,845 79.13% 11,684,111 77.66%
Registered Electors 81,996 636,733 15,044,490

2010 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

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Party Medawachchiya[15] Anuradhapura Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
UPFA 26,178 72.03% 221,204 66.52% 4,846,388 60.38%
UNP 8,404 23.12% 80,360 24.17% 2,357,057 29.37%
DNA 1,596 4.39% 18,129 5.45% 441,251 5.50%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 167 0.46% 12,845 3.86% 30,824 0.38%
Valid Votes 36,345 92.94% 332,538 93.55% 8,026,322 96.03%
Rejected Votes 2,759 7.06% 22,930 6.45% 581,465 6.96%
Total Polled 39,104 51.67% 355,468 57.35% 8,358,246 59.29%
Registered Electors 75,683 619,845 14,097,690

2004 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

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Party Medawachchiya[16] Anuradhapura Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
UPFA 27,978 60.07% 212,943 57.22% 4,223,126 45.70%
UNP 17,809 38.24% 148,612 39.94% 3,486,792 37.73%
JHU 484 1.04% 8,034 2.16% 552,723 5.98%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 302 0.65% 2,536 0.68% 51,070 0.55%
Valid Votes 46,573 95.18% 372,125 94.59% 9,241,931 94.52%
Rejected Votes 2,361 4.82% 21,281 5.41% 534,452 5.47%
Total Polled 48,934 71.02% 393,406 76.52% 9,777,821 75.74%
Registered Electors 68,897 514,149 12,909,631

2001 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

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Party Medawachchiya[17] Anuradhapura Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
PA 20,390 44.78% 149,393 41.57% 3,330,815 37.19%
UNP 19,763 43.40% 165,055 45.93% 4,086,026 45.62%
JVP 4,647 10.21% 40,005 11.13% 815,353 9.10%
NLF 543 1.19% 3,279 0.91% 45,901 0.51%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 193 0.42% 1,612 0.45% 62,809 0.70%
Valid Votes 45,536 95.22% 359,344 94.78% 8,955,844 94.77%
Rejected Votes 2,284 4.78% 19,796 5.22% 494,009 5.23%
Total Polled 47,820 72.56% 379,140 77.41% 9,449,878 76.03%
Registered Electors 65,903 489,776 12,428,762

2000 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

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Party Medawachchiya[18] Anuradhapura Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
PA 23,108 52.83% 169,424 48.30% 3,899,329 45.33%
UNP 16,896 38.62% 144,662 41.24% 3,451,765 40.12%
JVP 2,255 5.15% 21,274 6.06% 518,725 6.03%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 784 1.79% 6,042 1.72% 245,927 2.86%
NUA 701 1.60% 9,369 2.67% 185,593 2.16%
Valid Votes 43,744 N/A 350,771 N/A 8,602,617 N/A

1994 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

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Party Medawachchiya[19] Anuradhapura Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
PA 25,041 58.26% 180,454 55.19% 3,887,805 48.94%
UNP 17,389 40.46% 142,084 43.45% 3,498,370 44.04%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 549 1.28% 4,446 1.36% 158,616 2.00%
Valid Votes 42,979 96.10% 326,984 95.72% 7,943,688 95.20%
Rejected Votes 1,746 3.90% 14,620 4.28% 400,395 4.80%
Total Polled 44,725 80.16% 341,604 81.54% 8,344,095 74.75%
Registered Electors 55,792 418,959 11,163,064

1989 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

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Party Medawachchiya[20] Anuradhapura Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
UNP 15,324 64.84% 92,726 56.39% 2,838,005 50.71%
SLFP 7,228 30.58% 64,010 38.92% 1,785,369 31.90%
IND 556 2.35% 4,057 2.47% 12,285 0.22%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 527 2.23% 3,652 2.22% 300,186 5.36%
Valid Votes 23,635 94.01% 164,445 92.03% 5,596,468 93.87%
Rejected Votes 1,505 5.99% 14,245 7.97% 365,563 6.13%
Total Polled 25,140 53.53% 178,690 53.49% 5,962,031 63.60%
Registered Electors 46,968 334,073 9,374,164

Demographics

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Ethnicity

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The Medawachchiya Polling Division has a Sinhalese majority (94.3%) . In comparison, the Anuradhapura Electoral District (which contains the Medawachchiya Polling Division) has a Sinhalese majority (91.0%) [1]

Ethnicity in Medawachchiya[1]

  Sinhalese (94.3%)
  Moor (5.3%)
  Other (0.4%)

Religion

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The Medawachchiya Polling Division has a Buddhist majority (93.8%) . In comparison, the Anuradhapura Electoral District (which contains the Medawachchiya Polling Division) has a Buddhist majority (90.1%) [1]

Religion in Medawachchiya[1]

  Buddhist (93.8%)
  Muslim (5.4%)
  Other (0.8%)

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 Medawachchiya and the Anuradhapura 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 Medawachchiya 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 Medawachchiya and the Anuradhapura 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 Medawachchiya 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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