Agalawatta Polling Division

The Agalawatta Polling Division is a Polling Division in the Kalutara Electoral District, in the Western Province, Sri Lanka.

Agalawatta
Polling Division
Coordinates: 6.471177°N 80.209978°E / 6.471177; 80.209978
Country	Sri Lanka
Province	Western Province, Sri Lanka
Electoral District	Kalutara Electoral District
Area
• Total	612.57 km2 (236.51 sq mi)
Population  (2012)[1]
• Total	142,098
• Density	232/km2 (600/sq mi)
ISO 3166 code	EC-03H

Presidential Election Results

Summary

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

Year	Agalawatta		Kalutara Electoral District		MAE[2] %	Sri Lanka		MAE[3] %
2019		SLPP		SLPP	1.61%		SLPP	8.27%
2015		UPFA		UPFA	3.62%		NDF	8.50%
2010		UPFA		UPFA	2.35%		UPFA	7.25%
2005		UPFA		UPFA	1.81%		UPFA	3.35%
1999		PA		PA	2.89%		PA	1.22%
1994		PA		PA	2.61%		PA	3.53%
1988		SLFP		SLFP	1.23%		UNP	2.80%
1982		UNP		UNP	1.40%		UNP	2.33%
Matches/Mean MAE	6/8		6/8		2.19%	8/8		4.66%

2019 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party		Agalawatta[4]			Kalutara Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	SLPP		52,400	61.36%		482,920	59.49%		6,924,255	52.25%
	NDF		28,744	33.66%		284,213	35.01%		5,564,239	41.99%
	NMPP		2,319	2.72%		27,681	3.41%		418,553	3.16%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		1,928	2.26%		16,949	2.09%		345,452	2.61%
Valid Votes		85,391		99.43%	811,763		99.16%	13,252,499		98.99%
Rejected Votes		492		0.57%	6,847		0.84%	135,452		1.01%
Total Polled		85,883		86.33%	818,610		85.71%	13,387,951		83.71%
Registered Electors		99,484			955,080			15,992,568

2015 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party		Agalawatta[5]			Kalutara Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	UPFA		44,750	56.17%		395,890	52.65%		5,768,090	47.58%
	NDF		33,995	42.67%		349,404	46.46%		6,217,162	51.28%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		929	1.17%		6,690	0.89%		138,200	1.14%
Valid Votes		79,674		98.76%	751,984		98.90%	12,123,452		98.85%
Rejected Votes		1,002		1.24%	8,381		1.10%	140,925		1.15%
Total Polled		80,676		80.64%	760,365		82.08%	12,264,377		78.69%
Registered Electors		100,040			926,346			15,585,942

2010 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party		Agalawatta[6]			Kalutara Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	UPFA		47,317	65.24%		412,562	63.06%		6,015,934	57.88%
	NDF		23,717	32.70%		231,807	35.43%		4,173,185	40.15%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		1,489	2.05%		9,880	1.51%		204,494	1.97%
Valid Votes		72,523		99.33%	654,249		99.31%	10,393,613		99.03%
Rejected Votes		486		0.67%	4,541		0.69%	101,838		0.97%
Total Polled		73,009		77.69%	658,790		79.05%	10,495,451		66.70%
Registered Electors		93,972			833,360			15,734,587

2005 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party		Agalawatta[7]			Kalutara Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	UPFA		37,518	53.54%		341,693	55.48%		4,887,152	50.29%
	UNP		31,449	44.88%		266,043	43.20%		4,706,366	48.43%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		1,114	1.59%		8,124	1.32%		123,521	1.27%
Valid Votes		70,081		99.07%	615,860		98.95%	9,717,039		98.88%
Rejected Votes		656		0.93%	6,517		1.05%	109,869		1.12%
Total Polled		70,737		78.62%	622,377		79.67%	9,826,908		69.51%
Registered Electors		89,979			781,175			14,136,979

1999 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party		Agalawatta[8]			Kalutara Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	PA		30,128	49.54%		281,217	52.88%		4,312,157	51.12%
	UNP		26,506	43.59%		217,423	40.88%		3,602,748	42.71%
	JVP		3,014	4.96%		23,770	4.47%		343,927	4.08%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		1,165	1.92%		9,399	1.77%		176,679	2.09%
Valid Votes		60,813		98.02%	531,809		97.83%	8,435,754		97.69%
Rejected Votes		1,226		1.98%	11,796		2.17%	199,536		2.31%
Total Polled		62,039		75.52%	543,605		78.23%	8,635,290		72.17%
Registered Electors		82,145			694,860			11,965,536

1994 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party		Agalawatta[9]			Kalutara Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	PA		32,467	58.77%		295,686	61.47%		4,709,205	62.28%
	UNP		21,903	39.65%		178,466	37.10%		2,715,283	35.91%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		876	1.59%		6,867	1.43%		137,040	1.81%
Valid Votes		55,246		98.41%	481,019		98.50%	7,561,526		98.03%
Rejected Votes		893		1.59%	7,309		1.50%	151,706		1.97%
Total Polled		56,139		71.48%	488,328		73.97%	7,713,232		69.12%
Registered Electors		78,540			660,191			11,158,880

1988 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party		Agalawatta[10]			Kalutara Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	SLFP		15,255	48.71%		179,761	49.57%		2,289,857	44.95%
	UNP		15,155	48.40%		169,510	46.74%		2,569,199	50.43%
	SLMP		905	2.89%		13,375	3.69%		235,701	4.63%
Valid Votes		31,315		98.36%	362,646		98.23%	5,094,754		98.24%
Rejected Votes		521		1.64%	6,537		1.77%	91,499		1.76%
Total Polled		31,836		44.85%	369,183		64.20%	5,186,256		55.87%
Registered Electors		70,991			575,008			9,283,143

1982 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party		Agalawatta[11]			Kalutara Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	UNP		25,681	50.35%		211,592	50.15%		3,450,815	52.93%
	SLFP		21,041	41.25%		185,874	44.06%		2,546,348	39.05%
	LSSP		2,079	4.08%		8,613	2.04%		58,531	0.90%
	JVP		2,043	4.01%		14,499	3.44%		273,428	4.19%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		159	0.31%		1,314	0.31%		190,929	2.93%
Valid Votes		51,003		98.18%	421,892		98.76%	6,520,156		98.78%
Rejected Votes		944		1.82%	5,290		1.24%	80,470		1.22%
Total Polled		51,947		82.60%	427,182		83.97%	6,600,626		80.15%
Registered Electors		62,890			508,744			8,235,358

Parliamentary Election Results

Summary

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

Year	Agalawatta		Kalutara Electoral District		MAE[12] %	Sri Lanka		MAE[13] %
2015		UPFA		UPFA	2.28%		UNP	5.23%
2010		UPFA		UPFA	3.36%		UPFA	5.35%
2004		UPFA		UPFA	3.14%		UPFA	5.31%
2001		UNP		UNP	1.05%		UNP	2.01%
2000		PA		PA	2.41%		PA	2.06%
1994		PA		PA	1.57%		PA	2.41%
1989		UNP		UNP	4.14%		UNP	5.56%
Matches/Mean MAE	6/7		6/7		2.56%	7/7		3.99%

2015 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party		Agalawatta[14]			Kalutara Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	UPFA		38,125	51.88%		338,801	48.58%		4,732,664	42.48%
	UNP		31,731	43.18%		310,234	44.48%		5,098,916	45.77%
	JVP		2,860	3.89%		38,475	5.52%		544,154	4.88%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		776	1.06%		9,951	1.43%		85,579	0.77%
Valid Votes		73,492		96.42%	697,461		97.00%	11,140,333		95.35%
Rejected Votes		2,691		3.53%	21,366		2.97%	516,926		4.42%
Total Polled		76,219		76.19%	719,001		80.13%	11,684,111		77.66%
Registered Electors		100,040			897,349			15,044,490

2010 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party		Agalawatta[15]			Kalutara Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	UPFA		35,541	68.25%		313,836	63.74%		4,846,388	60.38%
	UNP		14,402	27.66%		139,596	28.35%		2,357,057	29.37%
	DNA		1,909	3.67%		36,722	7.46%		441,251	5.50%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		223	0.43%		2,246	0.46%		34,923	0.44%
Valid Votes		52,075		88.27%	492,400		90.41%	8,026,322		96.03%
Rejected Votes		6,851		11.61%	51,751		9.50%	581,465		6.96%
Total Polled		58,994		62.78%	544,606		65.21%	8,358,246		59.29%
Registered Electors		93,972			835,186			14,097,690

2004 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party		Agalawatta[16]			Kalutara Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	UPFA		33,939	53.66%		291,208	51.72%		4,223,126	45.70%
	UNP		26,456	41.83%		212,721	37.78%		3,486,792	37.73%
	JHU		2,538	4.01%		56,615	10.06%		552,723	5.98%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		313	0.49%		2,475	0.44%		49,030	0.53%
Valid Votes		63,246		93.13%	563,019		94.82%	9,241,931		94.52%
Rejected Votes		4,665		6.87%	30,741		5.18%	534,452		5.47%
Total Polled		67,911		77.05%	593,760		79.58%	9,777,821		75.74%
Registered Electors		88,142			746,138			12,909,631

2001 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party		Agalawatta[17]			Kalutara Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	UNP		29,734	47.39%		254,339	45.94%		4,086,026	45.62%
	PA		25,147	40.08%		226,468	40.91%		3,330,815	37.19%
	JVP		6,599	10.52%		60,451	10.92%		815,353	9.10%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		1,266	2.02%		12,361	2.23%		137,091	1.53%
Valid Votes		62,746		92.67%	553,619		94.44%	8,955,844		94.77%
Rejected Votes		4,963		7.33%	32,617		5.56%	494,009		5.23%
Total Polled		67,709		78.64%	586,236		81.68%	9,449,878		76.03%
Registered Electors		86,105			717,764			12,428,762

2000 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party		Agalawatta[18]			Kalutara Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	PA		28,531	45.85%		255,175	46.86%		3,899,329	45.33%
	UNP		27,665	44.45%		217,215	39.89%		3,451,765	40.12%
	JVP		4,128	6.63%		38,373	7.05%		518,725	6.03%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		1,073	1.72%		18,136	3.33%		321,730	3.74%
	SU		835	1.34%		15,619	2.87%		127,859	1.49%
Valid Votes		62,232		N/A	544,518		N/A	8,602,617		N/A

1994 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party		Agalawatta[19]			Kalutara Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	PA		31,009	52.41%		271,754	53.77%		3,887,805	48.94%
	UNP		27,007	45.65%		221,115	43.75%		3,498,370	44.04%
	SLPF		693	1.17%		6,238	1.23%		90,078	1.13%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		456	0.77%		6,253	1.24%		69,351	0.87%
Valid Votes		59,165		93.94%	505,360		95.21%	7,943,688		95.20%
Rejected Votes		3,818		6.06%	25,397		4.79%	400,395		4.80%
Total Polled		62,983		80.19%	530,757		80.20%	8,344,095		74.75%
Registered Electors		78,540			661,793			11,163,064

1989 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party		Agalawatta[20]			Kalutara Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	UNP		16,311	56.59%		160,069	49.84%		2,838,005	50.71%
	SLFP		11,397	39.54%		131,510	40.94%		1,785,369	31.90%
	USA		679	2.36%		12,342	3.84%		141,983	2.54%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		434	1.51%		17,272	5.38%		360,219	6.44%
Valid Votes		28,821		91.89%	321,193		94.10%	5,596,468		93.87%
Rejected Votes		2,545		8.11%	20,139		5.90%	365,563		6.13%
Total Polled		31,366		44.85%	341,332		59.86%	5,962,031		63.60%
Registered Electors		69,937			570,193			9,374,164

Demographics

Ethnicity

The Agalawatta Polling Division has a Sinhalese majority (94.7%) . In comparison, the Kalutara Electoral District (which contains the Agalawatta Polling Division) has a Sinhalese majority (86.8%) ^[1]

Ethnicity in Agalawatta^[1]

1. Sinhalese (94.7%)
2. Indian Tamil (3%)
3. Sri Lankan Tamil (1.8%)
4. Other (0.5%)

Religion

The Agalawatta Polling Division has a Buddhist majority (94.4%) . In comparison, the Kalutara Electoral District (which contains the Agalawatta Polling Division) has a Buddhist majority (83.4%) ^[1]

Religion in Agalawatta^[1]

1. Buddhist (94.4%)
2. Hindu (4.2%)
3. Other (1.4%)