Bentara Elpitiya Polling Division

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Bentara Elpitiya
Polling Division
Location of Bentara Elpitiya
Coordinates: 6°20′33″N 80°07′01″E / 6.342381°N 80.116962°E / 6.342381; 80.116962
CountrySri Lanka
ProvinceSouthern Province, Sri Lanka
Electoral DistrictGalle Electoral District
Area
 • Total
235.87 km2 (91.07 sq mi)
Population
 (2012)[1]
 • Total
114,701
 • Density486/km2 (1,260/sq mi)
ISO 3166 codeEC-07D

The Bentara Elpitiya Polling Division is a Polling Division in the Galle Electoral District, in the Southern Province, Sri Lanka.

Presidential Election Results

Summary

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

Year Bentara Elpitiya Galle Electoral District MAE[2] % Sri Lanka MAE[3] %
2019 SLPP SLPP 2.28% SLPP 13.58%
2015 UPFA UPFA 3.48% NDF 11.37%
2010 UPFA UPFA 3.73% UPFA 9.21%
2005 UPFA UPFA 0.82% UPFA 8.88%
1999 PA PA 0.80% PA 4.70%
1994 PA PA 0.99% PA 0.25%
1988 SLFP SLFP 3.35% UNP 9.97%
1982 UNP UNP 1.56% UNP 4.48%
Matches/Mean MAE 6/8 6/8 2.12% 8/8 7.81%

2019 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party Bentara Elpitiya[4] Galle Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
SLPP 49,734 66.70% 466,148 64.26% 6,924,255 52.25%
NDF 20,606 27.63% 217,401 29.97% 5,564,239 41.99%
NMPP 2,511 3.37% 27,006 3.72% 418,553 3.16%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 1,715 2.30% 14,803 2.04% 345,452 2.61%
Valid Votes 74,566 99.34% 725,358 99.20% 13,252,499 98.99%
Rejected Votes 499 0.66% 5,878 0.80% 135,452 1.01%
Total Polled 75,065 84.89% 731,236 85.15% 13,387,951 83.71%
Registered Electors 88,427 858,749 15,992,568

2015 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party Bentara Elpitiya[5] Galle Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
UPFA 42,015 59.08% 377,126 55.64% 5,768,090 47.58%
NDF 28,287 39.78% 293,994 43.37% 6,217,162 51.28%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 808 1.14% 6,691 0.99% 138,200 1.14%
Valid Votes 71,110 99.20% 677,811 99.05% 12,123,452 98.85%
Rejected Votes 574 0.80% 6,516 0.95% 140,925 1.15%
Total Polled 71,684 80.09% 684,327 80.46% 12,264,377 78.69%
Registered Electors 89,500 850,549 15,585,942

2010 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party Bentara Elpitiya[6] Galle Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
UPFA 44,036 67.42% 386,971 63.69% 6,015,934 57.88%
NDF 20,219 30.95% 211,633 34.83% 4,173,185 40.15%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 1,065 1.63% 9,017 1.48% 204,494 1.97%
Valid Votes 65,320 99.42% 607,621 99.38% 10,393,613 99.03%
Rejected Votes 382 0.58% 3,765 0.62% 101,838 0.97%
Total Polled 65,702 77.50% 611,386 77.82% 10,495,451 66.70%
Registered Electors 84,772 785,663 15,734,587

2005 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party Bentara Elpitiya[7] Galle Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
UPFA 38,779 59.16% 347,233 58.41% 4,887,152 50.29%
UNP 25,767 39.31% 239,320 40.26% 4,706,366 48.43%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 1,000 1.53% 7,915 1.33% 123,521 1.27%
Valid Votes 65,546 99.13% 594,468 99.08% 9,717,039 98.88%
Rejected Votes 572 0.87% 5,540 0.92% 109,869 1.12%
Total Polled 66,118 80.36% 600,008 79.86% 9,826,908 69.51%
Registered Electors 82,282 751,327 14,136,979

1999 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party Bentara Elpitiya[8] Galle Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
PA 31,626 55.68% 281,154 54.91% 4,312,157 51.12%
UNP 21,196 37.32% 195,906 38.26% 3,602,748 42.71%
JVP 3,128 5.51% 27,257 5.32% 343,927 4.08%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 845 1.49% 7,702 1.50% 176,679 2.09%
Valid Votes 56,795 98.29% 512,019 98.14% 8,435,754 97.69%
Rejected Votes 991 1.71% 9,716 1.86% 199,536 2.31%
Total Polled 57,786 76.77% 521,735 77.43% 8,635,290 72.17%
Registered Electors 75,271 673,785 11,965,536

1994 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party Bentara Elpitiya[9] Galle Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
PA 32,213 62.43% 285,398 61.40% 4,709,205 62.28%
UNP 18,747 36.33% 173,282 37.28% 2,715,283 35.91%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 640 1.24% 6,135 1.32% 137,040 1.81%
Valid Votes 51,600 98.52% 464,815 98.49% 7,561,526 98.03%
Rejected Votes 773 1.48% 7,112 1.51% 151,706 1.97%
Total Polled 52,373 72.98% 471,927 73.01% 7,713,232 69.12%
Registered Electors 71,765 646,373 11,158,880

1988 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party Bentara Elpitiya[10] Galle Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
SLFP 12,057 56.53% 148,615 53.09% 2,289,857 44.95%
UNP 8,789 41.21% 124,912 44.62% 2,569,199 50.43%
SLMP 481 2.26% 6,417 2.29% 235,701 4.63%
Valid Votes 21,327 98.62% 279,944 98.43% 5,094,754 98.24%
Rejected Votes 299 1.38% 4,461 1.57% 91,499 1.76%
Total Polled 21,626 32.97% 284,405 49.34% 5,186,256 55.87%
Registered Electors 65,597 576,390 9,283,143

1982 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party Bentara Elpitiya[11] Galle Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
UNP 23,668 49.33% 211,544 50.23% 3,450,815 52.93%
SLFP 21,805 45.45% 180,925 42.96% 2,546,348 39.05%
JVP 2,106 4.39% 20,962 4.98% 273,428 4.19%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 399 0.83% 7,707 1.83% 249,460 3.83%
Valid Votes 47,978 98.59% 421,138 98.78% 6,520,156 98.78%
Rejected Votes 686 1.41% 5,198 1.22% 80,470 1.22%
Total Polled 48,664 83.05% 426,336 81.84% 6,600,626 80.15%
Registered Electors 58,596 520,909 8,235,358

Parliamentary Election Results

Summary

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

Year Bentara Elpitiya Galle Electoral District MAE[12] % Sri Lanka MAE[13] %
2015 UPFA UPFA 2.07% UNP 6.61%
2010 UPFA UPFA 1.22% UPFA 5.50%
2004 UPFA UPFA 1.54% UPFA 6.07%
2001 PA UNP 1.79% UNP 4.78%
2000 PA PA 1.25% PA 3.41%
1994 PA PA 0.84% PA 5.68%
1989 UNP UNP 1.54% UNP 4.60%
Matches/Mean MAE 5/7 6/7 1.47% 7/7 5.24%

2015 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party Bentara Elpitiya[14] Galle Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
UPFA 34,275 52.70% 312,518 50.07% 4,732,664 42.48%
UNP 26,559 40.84% 265,180 42.49% 5,098,916 45.77%
JVP 3,351 5.15% 37,778 6.05% 544,154 4.88%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 851 1.31% 8,659 1.39% 82,852 0.74%
Valid Votes 65,036 97.49% 624,135 97.63% 11,140,333 95.35%
Rejected Votes 1,664 2.49% 15,107 2.36% 516,926 4.42%
Total Polled 66,708 74.53% 639,318 78.00% 11,684,111 77.66%
Registered Electors 89,500 819,666 15,044,490

2010 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party Bentara Elpitiya[15] Galle Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
UPFA 32,926 67.80% 305,307 66.17% 4,846,388 60.38%
UNP 12,592 25.93% 120,101 26.03% 2,357,057 29.37%
DNA 2,792 5.75% 33,663 7.30% 441,251 5.50%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 255 0.53% 2,317 0.50% 32,313 0.40%
Valid Votes 48,565 94.90% 461,388 95.05% 8,026,322 96.03%
Rejected Votes 2,611 5.10% 24,013 4.95% 581,465 6.96%
Total Polled 51,176 60.37% 485,401 61.67% 8,358,246 59.29%
Registered Electors 84,772 787,139 14,097,690

2004 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party Bentara Elpitiya[16] Galle Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
UPFA 34,840 58.31% 306,385 56.58% 4,223,126 45.70%
UNP 22,243 37.23% 209,399 38.67% 3,486,792 37.73%
JHU 2,411 4.04% 22,826 4.22% 552,723 5.98%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 256 0.43% 2,901 0.54% 60,066 0.65%
Valid Votes 59,750 94.66% 541,511 94.69% 9,241,931 94.52%
Rejected Votes 3,369 5.34% 30,380 5.31% 534,452 5.47%
Total Polled 63,119 77.98% 571,891 79.81% 9,777,821 75.74%
Registered Electors 80,943 716,609 12,909,631

2001 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party Bentara Elpitiya[17] Galle Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
PA 26,732 44.50% 232,931 42.98% 3,330,815 37.19%
UNP 25,054 41.71% 238,989 44.10% 4,086,026 45.62%
JVP 7,296 12.15% 61,806 11.41% 815,353 9.10%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 986 1.64% 8,188 1.51% 143,033 1.60%
Valid Votes 60,068 95.52% 541,914 95.66% 8,955,844 94.77%
Rejected Votes 2,816 4.48% 24,561 4.34% 494,009 5.23%
Total Polled 62,884 79.63% 566,475 81.09% 9,449,878 76.03%
Registered Electors 78,967 698,558 12,428,762

2000 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party Bentara Elpitiya[18] Galle Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
PA 30,213 51.56% 264,601 50.08% 3,899,329 45.33%
UNP 22,811 38.93% 212,055 40.14% 3,451,765 40.12%
JVP 4,442 7.58% 41,620 7.88% 518,725 6.03%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 1,133 1.93% 10,072 1.91% 250,489 2.91%
Valid Votes 58,599 N/A 528,348 N/A 8,602,617 N/A

1994 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party Bentara Elpitiya[19] Galle Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
PA 31,222 57.34% 277,956 56.39% 3,887,805 48.94%
UNP 22,059 40.51% 203,268 41.24% 3,498,370 44.04%
SLPF 940 1.73% 7,239 1.47% 90,078 1.13%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 226 0.42% 4,451 0.90% 69,351 0.87%
Valid Votes 54,447 95.75% 492,914 95.96% 7,943,688 95.20%
Rejected Votes 2,418 4.25% 20,763 4.04% 400,395 4.80%
Total Polled 56,865 79.24% 513,677 79.57% 8,344,095 74.75%
Registered Electors 71,765 645,559 11,163,064

1989 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party Bentara Elpitiya[20] Galle Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
UNP 18,482 48.12% 183,962 50.40% 2,838,005 50.71%
SLFP 15,849 41.26% 152,096 41.67% 1,785,369 31.90%
USA 3,465 9.02% 18,160 4.98% 141,983 2.54%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 616 1.60% 10,787 2.96% 360,219 6.44%
Valid Votes 38,412 92.42% 365,005 93.94% 5,596,468 93.87%
Rejected Votes 3,152 7.58% 23,536 6.06% 365,563 6.13%
Total Polled 41,564 64.41% 388,541 68.03% 5,962,031 63.60%
Registered Electors 64,529 571,146 9,374,164

Demographics

Ethnicity

The Bentara Elpitiya Polling Division has a Sinhalese majority (97.2%) . In comparison, the Galle Electoral District (which contains the Bentara Elpitiya Polling Division) has a Sinhalese majority (94.4%) [1]

Ethnicity in Bentara Elpitiya[1]
  1. Sinhalese (97.2%)
  2. Other (1.50%)
  3. Sri Lankan Tamil (1.30%)

Religion

The Bentara Elpitiya Polling Division has a Buddhist majority (97.0%) . In comparison, the Galle Electoral District (which contains the Bentara Elpitiya Polling Division) has a Buddhist majority (93.9%) [1]

Religion in Bentara Elpitiya[1]
  1. Buddhist (97.0%)
  2. Hindu (1.40%)
  3. Muslim (1.00%)
  4. Other (0.60%)

References

  1. "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 Bentara Elpitiya and the Galle 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 Bentara Elpitiya 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 Bentara Elpitiya and the Galle 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 Bentara Elpitiya 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.