Homagama Polling Division

The Homagama Polling Division is a Polling Division in the Colombo Electoral District, in the Western Province, Sri Lanka.

Homagama
Polling Division
Coordinates: 6.835433°N 80.018861°E / 6.835433; 80.018861
Country	Sri Lanka
Province	Western Province, Sri Lanka
Electoral District	Colombo Electoral District
Area
• Total	124.84 km2 (48.20 sq mi)
Population  (2012)[1]
• Total	237,905
• Density	1,906/km2 (4,940/sq mi)
ISO 3166 code	EC-01L

Presidential Election Results

Summary

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

Year	Homagama		Colombo Electoral District		MAE[2] %	Sri Lanka		MAE[3] %
2019		SLPP		SLPP	14.07%		SLPP	15.05%
2015		UPFA		NDF	11.07%		NDF	6.65%
2010		UPFA		UPFA	13.40%		UPFA	8.13%
2005		UPFA		UNP	11.10%		UPFA	8.59%
1999		PA		PA	6.51%		PA	4.97%
1994		PA		PA	0.88%		PA	3.31%
1988		SLFP		UNP	7.86%		UNP	9.07%
1982		UNP		UNP	5.88%		UNP	2.17%
Matches/Mean MAE	6/8		7/8		8.85%	8/8		7.24%

2019 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party		Homagama[4]			Colombo Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	SLPP		106,102	67.84%		727,713	53.19%		6,924,255	52.25%
	NDF		40,157	25.68%		559,921	40.92%		5,564,239	41.99%
	NMPP		7,596	4.86%		53,803	3.93%		418,553	3.16%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		2,545	1.63%		26,740	1.95%		345,452	2.61%
Valid Votes		156,400		99.17%	1,368,177		98.89%	13,252,499		98.99%
Rejected Votes		1,314		0.83%	15,333		1.11%	135,452		1.01%
Total Polled		157,714		84.68%	1,383,510		82.82%	13,387,951		83.71%
Registered Electors		186,252			1,670,403			15,992,568

2015 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party		Homagama[5]			Colombo Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	UPFA		77,415	54.61%		562,614	43.40%		5,768,090	47.58%
	NDF		63,563	44.84%		725,073	55.93%		6,217,162	51.28%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		784	0.55%		8,673	0.67%		138,200	1.14%
Valid Votes		141,762		98.97%	1,296,360		98.83%	12,123,452		98.85%
Rejected Votes		1,481		1.03%	15,334		1.17%	140,925		1.15%
Total Polled		143,243		81.90%	1,311,694		81.34%	12,264,377		78.69%
Registered Electors		174,909			1,612,660			15,585,942

2010 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party		Homagama[6]			Colombo Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	UPFA		80,799	66.62%		614,740	52.93%		6,015,934	57.88%
	NDF		39,414	32.50%		533,022	45.90%		4,173,185	40.15%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		1,066	0.88%		13,620	1.17%		204,494	1.97%
Valid Votes		121,279		99.37%	1,161,382		99.03%	10,393,613		99.03%
Rejected Votes		770		0.63%	11,394		0.97%	101,838		0.97%
Total Polled		122,049		78.38%	1,172,776		76.09%	10,495,451		66.70%
Registered Electors		155,720			1,541,242			15,734,587

2005 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party		Homagama[7]			Colombo Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	UPFA		64,433	59.18%		534,431	47.96%		4,887,152	50.29%
	UNP		43,477	39.93%		569,627	51.12%		4,706,366	48.43%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		972	0.89%		10,192	0.91%		123,521	1.27%
Valid Votes		108,882		99.06%	1,114,250		98.86%	9,717,039		98.88%
Rejected Votes		1,035		0.94%	12,879		1.14%	109,869		1.12%
Total Polled		109,917		77.42%	1,127,129		75.85%	9,826,908		69.51%
Registered Electors		141,974			1,486,021			14,136,979

1999 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party		Homagama[8]			Colombo Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	PA		46,823	55.66%		474,310	49.18%		4,312,157	51.12%
	UNP		30,859	36.68%		425,185	44.08%		3,602,748	42.71%
	JVP		4,878	5.80%		44,009	4.56%		343,927	4.08%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		1,563	1.86%		21,030	2.18%		176,679	2.09%
Valid Votes		84,123		97.25%	964,534		97.06%	8,435,754		97.69%
Rejected Votes		2,383		2.75%	29,197		2.94%	199,536		2.31%
Total Polled		86,506		74.21%	993,731		73.39%	8,635,290		72.17%
Registered Electors		116,577			1,354,025			11,965,536

1994 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party		Homagama[9]			Colombo Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	PA		45,072	65.68%		557,708	64.82%		4,709,205	62.28%
	UNP		22,369	32.60%		288,741	33.56%		2,715,283	35.91%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		1,178	1.72%		13,937	1.62%		137,040	1.81%
Valid Votes		68,619		98.42%	860,386		98.17%	7,561,526		98.03%
Rejected Votes		1,102		1.58%	16,060		1.83%	151,706		1.97%
Total Polled		69,721		65.44%	876,446		69.59%	7,713,232		69.12%
Registered Electors		106,536			1,259,484			11,158,880

1988 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party		Homagama[10]			Colombo Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	SLFP		27,570	55.02%		339,958	46.23%		2,289,857	44.95%
	UNP		20,810	41.53%		361,337	49.14%		2,569,199	50.43%
	SLMP		1,730	3.45%		34,020	4.63%		235,701	4.63%
Valid Votes		50,110		98.66%	735,315		98.49%	5,094,754		98.24%
Rejected Votes		679		1.34%	11,295		1.51%	91,499		1.76%
Total Polled		50,789		58.39%	746,610		67.53%	5,186,256		55.87%
Registered Electors		86,987			1,105,583			9,283,143

1982 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party		Homagama[11]			Colombo Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	UNP		27,981	51.72%		436,290	57.86%		3,450,815	52.93%
	SLFP		23,135	42.76%		274,476	36.40%		2,546,348	39.05%
	JVP		2,140	3.96%		28,580	3.79%		273,428	4.19%
	LSSP		591	1.09%		9,655	1.28%		58,531	0.90%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		255	0.47%		5,030	0.67%		190,929	2.93%
Valid Votes		54,102		99.00%	754,031		98.95%	6,520,156		98.78%
Rejected Votes		548		1.00%	7,990		1.05%	80,470		1.22%
Total Polled		54,650		79.25%	762,021		76.88%	6,600,626		80.15%
Registered Electors		68,955			991,194			8,235,358

Parliamentary Election Results

Summary

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

Year	Homagama		Colombo Electoral District		MAE[12] %	Sri Lanka		MAE[13] %
2015		UPFA		UNP	11.55%		UNP	6.34%
2010		UPFA		UPFA	7.96%		UPFA	0.91%
2004		UPFA		UNP	9.64%		UPFA	6.12%
2001		UNP		UNP	7.29%		UNP	3.09%
2000		PA		UNP	5.57%		PA	1.67%
1994		PA		PA	2.31%		PA	4.30%
1989		UNP		UNP	2.58%		UNP	2.29%
Matches/Mean MAE	6/7		5/7		6.70%	7/7		3.53%

2020 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party			Homagama[14]			Colombo Electoral District			Sri Lanka
			Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
		SLPFA		95,118	72.21%		674,603	57.04%		6,853,693	59.09%
		SJB		23,184	17.61%		387,145	32.73%		2,771,984	23.9%
		JJB		8,712	6.61%		67,600	5.72%		445,958	3.84%
		UNP		2,476	1.88%		30,875	2.61%		249,435	2.15%
		Other Parties (with < 1%)		2,236	1.71%		22,553	1.9%		1,227,859	11.02%
Valid Votes			131,726		68.74%	1,182,776		69.2%	11,598,936		71.32%
Rejected Votes			8,032		4.19%	81,034		4.74%	744,373		4.58%
Total Polled			139,758		72.93%	1,263,810		73.94%	12,343,309		75.89%
Registered Electors			191,627			1,709,209			16,263,885

2015 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party		Homagama[15]			Colombo Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	UPFA		66,450	50.85%		474,063	39.25%		4,732,664	42.48%
	UNP		52,336	40.05%		640,743	53.04%		5,098,916	45.77%
	JVP		10,719	8.20%		81,391	6.74%		544,154	4.88%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		1,184	0.91%		11,752	0.97%		93,045	0.84%
Valid Votes		130,689		96.97%	1,207,949		96.46%	11,140,333		95.35%
Rejected Votes		4,026		2.99%	43,372		3.46%	516,926		4.42%
Total Polled		134,766		77.05%	1,252,271		78.93%	11,684,111		77.66%
Registered Electors		174,909			1,586,598			15,044,490

2010 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party		Homagama[16]			Colombo Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	UPFA		57,951	60.84%		480,896	51.23%		4,846,388	60.38%
	UNP		26,841	28.18%		339,750	36.19%		2,357,057	29.37%
	DNA		10,103	10.61%		110,683	11.79%		441,251	5.50%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		360	0.38%		7,182	0.77%		47,940	0.60%
Valid Votes		95,255		95.72%	938,723		94.85%	8,026,322		96.03%
Rejected Votes		4,206		4.23%	50,354		5.09%	581,465		6.96%
Total Polled		99,517		63.91%	989,729		64.17%	8,358,246		59.29%
Registered Electors		155,720			1,542,457			14,097,690

2004 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party		Homagama[17]			Colombo Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	UPFA		49,520	51.03%		414,688	39.20%		4,223,126	45.70%
	UNP		29,029	29.91%		441,841	41.77%		3,486,792	37.73%
	JHU		17,768	18.31%		190,618	18.02%		552,723	5.98%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		726	0.75%		10,713	1.01%		90,868	0.98%
Valid Votes		97,043		96.49%	1,057,860		96.47%	9,241,931		94.52%
Rejected Votes		3,516		3.50%	38,605		3.52%	534,452		5.47%
Total Polled		100,577		74.37%	1,096,571		74.71%	9,777,821		75.74%
Registered Electors		135,242			1,467,751			12,909,631

2001 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party		Homagama[18]			Colombo Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	UNP		39,943	42.58%		546,417	51.62%		4,086,026	45.62%
	PA		37,389	39.86%		353,401	33.39%		3,330,815	37.19%
	JVP		14,159	15.09%		117,404	11.09%		815,353	9.10%
	SU		1,229	1.31%		16,970	1.60%		50,665	0.57%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		1,086	1.16%		24,289	2.29%		510,616	5.70%
Valid Votes		93,806		96.18%	1,058,481		96.28%	8,955,844		94.77%
Rejected Votes		3,725		3.82%	40,901		3.72%	494,009		5.23%
Total Polled		97,531		76.54%	1,099,382		76.31%	9,449,878		76.03%
Registered Electors		127,422			1,440,682			12,428,762

2000 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party		Homagama[19]			Colombo Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	PA		41,330	46.81%		394,146	38.86%		3,899,329	45.33%
	UNP		33,930	38.43%		440,684	43.45%		3,451,765	40.12%
	JVP		8,758	9.92%		78,133	7.70%		518,725	6.03%
	SU		3,283	3.72%		49,671	4.90%		127,859	1.49%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		988	1.12%		51,586	5.09%		375,083	4.36%
Valid Votes		88,289		N/A	1,014,220		N/A	8,602,617		N/A

1994 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party		Homagama[20]			Colombo Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	PA		40,034	53.71%		469,642	50.94%		3,887,805	48.94%
	UNP		29,566	39.66%		385,100	41.77%		3,498,370	44.04%
	MEP		3,409	4.57%		42,734	4.64%		68,538	0.86%
	SLPF		1,180	1.58%		11,454	1.24%		90,078	1.13%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		355	0.48%		13,003	1.41%		51,995	0.65%
Valid Votes		74,544		96.21%	921,933		96.18%	7,943,688		95.20%
Rejected Votes		2,938		3.79%	36,635		3.82%	400,395		4.80%
Total Polled		77,482		72.73%	958,568		76.04%	8,344,095		74.75%
Registered Electors		106,536			1,260,686			11,163,064

1989 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party		Homagama[21]			Colombo Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	UNP		24,795	48.66%		374,530	51.67%		2,838,005	50.71%
	SLFP		14,872	29.19%		205,053	28.29%		1,785,369	31.90%
	MEP		7,920	15.54%		76,966	10.62%		90,480	1.62%
	ELJP		1,846	3.62%		7,112	0.98%		67,723	1.21%
	USA		1,440	2.83%		31,873	4.40%		141,983	2.54%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		81	0.16%		29,308	4.04%		202,016	3.61%
Valid Votes		50,954		94.32%	724,842		95.36%	5,596,468		93.87%
Rejected Votes		3,068		5.68%	35,271		4.64%	365,563		6.13%
Total Polled		54,022		65.77%	760,113		69.87%	5,962,031		63.60%
Registered Electors		82,139			1,087,891			9,374,164

Demographics

Ethnicity

The Homagama Polling Division has a Sinhalese majority (98.1%) . In comparison, the Colombo Electoral District (which contains the Homagama Polling Division) has a Sinhalese majority (76.5%), a significant Moor population (10.7%) and a significant Sri Lankan Tamil population (10.1%) ^[1]

Ethnicity in Homagama^[1]

1. Sinhalese (98.1%)
2. Other (1.9%)

Religion

The Homagama Polling Division has a Buddhist majority (96.2%) . In comparison, the Colombo Electoral District (which contains the Homagama Polling Division) has a Buddhist majority (70.2%) and a significant Muslim population (11.8%) ^[1]

Religion in Homagama^[1]

1. Buddhist (96.2%)
2. Other (2.3%)
3. Roman Catholic (1.5%)