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Wennappuwa Polling Division

The Wennappuwa Polling Division is a Polling Division in the Puttalam Electoral District, in the North Western Province, Sri Lanka.

Wennappuwa
Polling Division
Location of Wennappuwa
Coordinates: 7°18′28″N 79°52′49″E / 7.307792°N 79.880159°E / 7.307792; 79.880159
CountrySri Lanka
ProvinceNorth Western Province, Sri Lanka
Electoral DistrictPuttalam Electoral District
Area
 • Total
127.49 km2 (49.22 sq mi)
Population
 (2012)[1]
 • Total
130,510
 • Density1,024/km2 (2,650/sq mi)
ISO 3166 codeEC-16E

Presidential Election Results

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Summary

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

Year Wennappuwa Puttalam Electoral District MAE[2] % Sri Lanka MAE[3] %
2019 SLPP SLPP 8.53% SLPP 6.91%
2015 UPFA NDF 3.36% NDF 4.65%
2010 UPFA UPFA 1.45% UPFA 2.14%
2005 UPFA UNP 1.91% UPFA 0.28%
1999 PA PA 1.32% PA 1.14%
1994 PA PA 1.67% PA 1.46%
1988 UNP UNP 1.41% UNP 5.45%
1982 UNP UNP 0.95% UNP 5.19%
Matches/Mean MAE 7/8 7/8 2.57% 8/8 3.40%

2019 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

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Party Wennappuwa[4] Puttalam Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
SLPP 45,969 59.29% 230,760 50.83% 6,924,255 52.25%
NDF 26,624 34.34% 199,356 43.91% 5,564,239 41.99%
NMPP 2,902 3.74% 12,912 2.84% 418,553 3.16%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 2,035 2.62% 10,948 2.41% 345,452 2.61%
Valid Votes 77,530 99.09% 453,976 99.02% 13,252,499 98.99%
Rejected Votes 714 0.91% 4,478 0.98% 135,452 1.01%
Total Polled 78,244 71.25% 458,454 76.53% 13,387,951 83.71%
Registered Electors 109,810 599,042 15,992,568

2015 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

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Party Wennappuwa[5] Puttalam Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
UPFA 39,523 52.46% 197,751 48.97% 5,768,090 47.58%
NDF 35,218 46.75% 202,073 50.04% 6,217,162 51.28%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 598 0.79% 4,026 1.00% 138,200 1.14%
Valid Votes 75,339 99.05% 403,850 98.95% 12,123,452 98.85%
Rejected Votes 722 0.95% 4,300 1.05% 140,925 1.15%
Total Polled 76,061 71.63% 408,150 72.50% 12,264,377 78.69%
Registered Electors 106,183 562,984 15,585,942

2010 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

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Party Wennappuwa[6] Puttalam Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
UPFA 40,931 60.34% 201,981 58.70% 6,015,934 57.88%
NDF 26,023 38.36% 136,233 39.59% 4,173,185 40.15%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 879 1.30% 5,899 1.71% 204,494 1.97%
Valid Votes 67,833 99.31% 344,113 99.17% 10,393,613 99.03%
Rejected Votes 471 0.69% 2,886 0.83% 101,838 0.97%
Total Polled 68,304 68.46% 346,999 68.97% 10,495,451 66.70%
Registered Electors 99,774 503,106 15,734,587

2005 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

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Party Wennappuwa[7] Puttalam Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
UPFA 33,040 50.13% 160,686 48.14% 4,887,152 50.29%
UNP 32,191 48.84% 169,264 50.71% 4,706,366 48.43%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 675 1.02% 3,833 1.15% 123,521 1.27%
Valid Votes 65,906 99.04% 333,783 98.95% 9,717,039 98.88%
Rejected Votes 637 0.96% 3,536 1.05% 109,869 1.12%
Total Polled 66,543 69.39% 337,319 70.56% 9,826,908 69.51%
Registered Electors 95,892 478,032 14,136,979

1999 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

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Party Wennappuwa[8] Puttalam Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
PA 30,149 53.00% 141,725 51.47% 4,312,157 51.12%
UNP 24,449 42.98% 121,615 44.17% 3,602,748 42.71%
JVP 1,583 2.78% 7,876 2.86% 343,927 4.08%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 700 1.23% 4,123 1.50% 176,679 2.09%
Valid Votes 56,881 98.14% 275,339 97.94% 8,435,754 97.69%
Rejected Votes 1,076 1.86% 5,778 2.06% 199,536 2.31%
Total Polled 57,957 69.26% 281,117 68.85% 8,635,290 72.17%
Registered Electors 83,686 408,331 11,965,536

1994 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

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Party Wennappuwa[9] Puttalam Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
PA 33,874 61.07% 165,795 62.65% 4,709,205 62.28%
UNP 21,004 37.87% 95,211 35.98% 2,715,283 35.91%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 585 1.05% 3,629 1.37% 137,040 1.81%
Valid Votes 55,463 98.24% 264,635 98.26% 7,561,526 98.03%
Rejected Votes 994 1.76% 4,689 1.74% 151,706 1.97%
Total Polled 56,457 71.54% 269,324 69.80% 7,713,232 69.12%
Registered Electors 78,919 385,854 11,158,880

1988 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

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Party Wennappuwa[10] Puttalam Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
UNP 28,407 57.29% 125,339 55.89% 2,569,199 50.43%
SLFP 20,234 40.81% 94,823 42.28% 2,289,857 44.95%
SLMP 941 1.90% 4,093 1.83% 235,701 4.63%
Valid Votes 49,582 98.54% 224,255 98.70% 5,094,754 98.24%
Rejected Votes 736 1.46% 2,965 1.30% 91,499 1.76%
Total Polled 50,318 75.96% 227,220 70.70% 5,186,256 55.87%
Registered Electors 66,244 321,387 9,283,143

1982 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

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Party Wennappuwa[11] Puttalam Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
UNP 28,801 60.45% 128,877 59.12% 3,450,815 52.93%
SLFP 17,293 36.29% 80,006 36.70% 2,546,348 39.05%
JVP 1,318 2.77% 7,001 3.21% 273,428 4.19%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 235 0.49% 2,096 0.96% 249,460 3.83%
Valid Votes 47,647 99.40% 217,980 99.09% 6,520,156 98.78%
Rejected Votes 289 0.60% 1,995 0.91% 80,470 1.22%
Total Polled 47,936 84.27% 219,975 81.41% 6,600,626 80.15%
Registered Electors 56,885 270,207 8,235,358

Parliamentary Election Results

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Summary

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

Year Wennappuwa Puttalam Electoral District MAE[12] % Sri Lanka MAE[13] %
2015 UNP UNP 2.82% UNP 2.84%
2010 UPFA UPFA 3.88% UPFA 1.49%
2004 UPFA UPFA 1.82% UPFA 4.35%
2001 UNP UNP 2.14% UNP 3.60%
2000 PA PA 1.89% PA 3.63%
1994 PA PA 1.44% PA 2.84%
1989 UNP UNP 3.91% UNP 9.32%
Matches/Mean MAE 7/7 7/7 2.56% 7/7 4.01%

2015 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

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Party Wennappuwa[14] Puttalam Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
UNP 32,421 48.38% 180,185 51.81% 5,098,916 45.77%
UPFA 31,033 46.31% 153,130 44.03% 4,732,664 42.48%
JVP 3,014 4.50% 12,211 3.51% 544,154 4.88%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 544 0.81% 2,263 0.65% 82,383 0.74%
Valid Votes 67,012 94.73% 347,789 91.37% 11,140,333 95.35%
Rejected Votes 3,703 5.23% 23,124 6.08% 516,926 4.42%
Total Polled 70,743 66.62% 380,632 68.83% 11,684,111 77.66%
Registered Electors 106,183 553,009 15,044,490

2010 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

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Party Wennappuwa[15] Puttalam Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
UPFA 30,075 60.38% 167,769 64.84% 4,846,388 60.38%
UNP 17,105 34.34% 81,152 31.36% 2,357,057 29.37%
DNA 2,457 4.93% 8,792 3.40% 441,251 5.50%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 172 0.35% 1,028 0.40% 33,372 0.42%
Valid Votes 49,809 93.11% 258,741 92.29% 8,026,322 96.03%
Rejected Votes 3,675 6.87% 21,562 7.69% 581,465 6.96%
Total Polled 53,495 53.62% 280,354 55.67% 8,358,246 59.29%
Registered Electors 99,774 503,635 14,097,690

2004 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

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Party Wennappuwa[16] Puttalam Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
UPFA 29,042 50.13% 142,784 49.31% 4,223,126 45.70%
UNP 25,378 43.81% 135,152 46.67% 3,486,792 37.73%
JHU 3,208 5.54% 10,000 3.45% 552,723 5.98%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 303 0.52% 1,652 0.57% 62,157 0.67%
Valid Votes 57,931 94.20% 289,588 93.06% 9,241,931 94.52%
Rejected Votes 3,542 5.76% 21,431 6.89% 534,452 5.47%
Total Polled 61,495 66.15% 311,194 69.15% 9,777,821 75.74%
Registered Electors 92,966 450,057 12,909,631

2001 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

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Party Wennappuwa[17] Puttalam Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
UNP 28,368 47.92% 146,873 50.61% 4,086,026 45.62%
PA 25,738 43.48% 120,981 41.69% 3,330,815 37.19%
JVP 4,023 6.80% 18,095 6.24% 815,353 9.10%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 1,067 1.80% 4,260 1.47% 116,969 1.31%
Valid Votes 59,196 95.99% 290,209 95.20% 8,955,844 94.77%
Rejected Votes 2,471 4.01% 14,638 4.80% 494,009 5.23%
Total Polled 61,667 69.92% 304,847 71.53% 9,449,878 76.03%
Registered Electors 88,194 426,193 12,428,762

2000 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

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Party Wennappuwa[18] Puttalam Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
PA 29,146 50.14% 138,747 48.40% 3,899,329 45.33%
UNP 25,218 43.38% 118,566 41.36% 3,451,765 40.12%
JVP 2,596 4.47% 11,256 3.93% 518,725 6.03%
SU 618 1.06% 1,915 0.67% 127,859 1.49%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 557 0.96% 16,211 5.65% 294,065 3.42%
Valid Votes 58,135 N/A 286,695 N/A 8,602,617 N/A

1994 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

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Party Wennappuwa[19] Puttalam Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
PA 29,944 52.16% 150,587 53.64% 3,887,805 48.94%
UNP 26,925 46.90% 127,671 45.48% 3,498,370 44.04%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 541 0.94% 2,453 0.87% 158,616 2.00%
Valid Votes 57,410 95.65% 280,711 95.52% 7,943,688 95.20%
Rejected Votes 2,613 4.35% 13,144 4.47% 400,395 4.80%
Total Polled 60,023 76.06% 293,873 76.19% 8,344,095 74.75%
Registered Electors 78,919 385,690 11,163,064

1989 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

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Party Wennappuwa[20] Puttalam Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
UNP 31,912 67.35% 139,309 62.62% 2,838,005 50.71%
SLFP 14,006 29.56% 71,687 32.22% 1,785,369 31.90%
USA 1,090 2.30% 3,398 1.53% 141,983 2.54%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 376 0.79% 8,081 3.63% 271,209 4.85%
Valid Votes 47,384 94.59% 222,475 94.40% 5,596,468 93.87%
Rejected Votes 2,712 5.41% 13,205 5.60% 365,563 6.13%
Total Polled 50,096 76.66% 235,680 73.94% 5,962,031 63.60%
Registered Electors 65,347 318,755 9,374,164

Demographics

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Ethnicity

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The Wennappuwa Polling Division has a Sinhalese majority (96.4%) . In comparison, the Puttalam Electoral District (which contains the Wennappuwa Polling Division) has a Sinhalese majority (73.6%) and a significant Moor population (19.4%) [1]

Ethnicity in Wennappuwa[1]

  Sinhalese (96.4%)
  Sri Lankan Tamil (2.6%)
  Other (1.0%)

Religion

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The Wennappuwa Polling Division has a Roman Catholic majority (55.2%) and a significant Buddhist population (41.3%) . In comparison, the Puttalam Electoral District (which contains the Wennappuwa Polling Division) has a Buddhist plurality (43.2%), a significant Roman Catholic population (31.5%) and a significant Muslim population (19.7%) [1]

Religion in Wennappuwa[1]

  Roman Catholic (55.2%)
  Buddhist (41.3%)
  Other Christian (1.9%)
  Hindu (1.2%)
  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 Wennappuwa and the Puttalam 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 Wennappuwa 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 Wennappuwa and the Puttalam 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 Wennappuwa 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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