Beruwala polling division

The Beruwala polling division is a polling division in the Kalutara electoral district, in the Western Province, Sri Lanka.

Beruwala
Polling Division
Coordinates: 6.493972°N 79.999748°E / 6.493972; 79.999748
Country	Sri Lanka
Province	Western Province, Sri Lanka
Electoral District	Kalutara Electoral District
Area
• Total	71.21 km2 (27.49 sq mi)
Population  (2012)[1]
• Total	164,969
• Density	2,317/km2 (6,000/sq mi)
ISO 3166 code	EC-03G

Presidential election results

Summary

The winner of Beruwala has matched the final country result 7 out of 8 times. Hence, Beruwala is a strong bellwether for presidential elections.^{[citation needed]}

Year	Beruwala		Kalutara electoral district		MAE[2] %	Sri Lanka		MAE[3] %
2019		SLPP		SLPP	11.36%		SLPP	4.63%
2015		NDF		UPFA	10.40%		NDF	5.50%
2010		UPFA		UPFA	8.63%		UPFA	3.70%
2005		UPFA		UPFA	6.06%		UPFA	0.91%
1999		PA		PA	2.26%		PA	0.58%
1994		PA		PA	1.48%		PA	2.40%
1988		SLFP		SLFP	0.78%		UNP	4.19%
1982		UNP		UNP	2.18%		UNP	1.39%
Matches/Mean MAE	7/8		6/8		5.39%	8/8		2.91%

[2019 Sri Lankan presidential election

Party		Beruwala[4]			Kalutara Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	SLPP		48,037	47.58%		482,920	59.49%		6,924,255	52.25%
	NDF		47,654	47.20%		284,213	35.01%		5,564,239	41.99%
	NPP		3,172	3.14%		27,681	3.41%		418,553	3.16%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		2,091	2.07%		16,949	2.09%		345,452	2.61%
Valid Votes		100,954		99.13%	811,763		99.16%	13,252,499		98.99%
Rejected Votes		885		0.87%	6,847		0.84%	135,452		1.01%
Total Polled		101,839		83.69%	818,610		85.71%	13,387,951		83.71%
Registered Electors		121,686			955,080			15,992,568

2015 Sri Lankan presidential election

Party		Beruwala[5]			Kalutara Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	NDF		53,280	56.96%		349,404	46.46%		6,217,162	51.28%
	UPFA		39,424	42.15%		395,890	52.65%		5,768,090	47.58%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		836	0.89%		6,690	0.89%		138,200	1.14%
Valid Votes		93,540		98.99%	751,984		98.90%	12,123,452		98.85%
Rejected Votes		951		1.01%	8,381		1.10%	140,925		1.15%
Total Polled		94,491		80.74%	760,365		82.08%	12,264,377		78.69%
Registered Electors		117,033			926,346			15,585,942

2010 Sri Lankan presidential election

Party		Beruwala[6]			Kalutara Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	UPFA		43,787	54.35%		412,562	63.06%		6,015,934	57.88%
	NDF		35,678	44.29%		231,807	35.43%		4,173,185	40.15%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		1,093	1.36%		9,880	1.51%		204,494	1.97%
Valid Votes		80,558		99.35%	654,249		99.31%	10,393,613		99.03%
Rejected Votes		523		0.65%	4,541		0.69%	101,838		0.97%
Total Polled		81,081		77.69%	658,790		79.05%	10,495,451		66.70%
Registered Electors		104,363			833,360			15,734,587

2005 Sri Lankan presidential election

Party		Beruwala[7]			Kalutara Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	UPFA		37,402	49.31%		341,693	55.48%		4,887,152	50.29%
	UNP		37,390	49.29%		266,043	43.20%		4,706,366	48.43%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		1,059	1.40%		8,124	1.32%		123,521	1.27%
Valid Votes		75,851		98.85%	615,860		98.95%	9,717,039		98.88%
Rejected Votes		885		1.15%	6,517		1.05%	109,869		1.12%
Total Polled		76,736		77.49%	622,377		79.67%	9,826,908		69.51%
Registered Electors		99,026			781,175			14,136,979

1999 Sri Lankan presidential election

Party		Beruwala[8]			Kalutara Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	PA		34,369	51.05%		281,217	52.88%		4,312,157	51.12%
	UNP		29,585	43.95%		217,423	40.88%		3,602,748	42.71%
	JVP		2,421	3.60%		23,770	4.47%		343,927	4.08%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		946	1.41%		9,399	1.77%		176,679	2.09%
Valid Votes		67,321		98.33%	531,809		97.83%	8,435,754		97.69%
Rejected Votes		1,145		1.67%	11,796		2.17%	199,536		2.31%
Total Polled		68,466		78.24%	543,605		78.23%	8,635,290		72.17%
Registered Electors		87,513			694,860			11,965,536

1994 Sri Lankan presidential election

Party		Beruwala[9]			Kalutara Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	PA		36,364	60.11%		295,686	61.47%		4,709,205	62.28%
	UNP		23,487	38.82%		178,466	37.10%		2,715,283	35.91%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		649	1.07%		6,867	1.43%		137,040	1.81%
Valid Votes		60,500		98.92%	481,019		98.50%	7,561,526		98.03%
Rejected Votes		660		1.08%	7,309		1.50%	151,706		1.97%
Total Polled		61,160		72.94%	488,328		73.97%	7,713,232		69.12%
Registered Electors		83,849			660,191			11,158,880

1988 Sri Lankan presidential election

Party		Beruwala[10]			Kalutara Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	SLFP		21,920	50.51%		179,761	49.57%		2,289,857	44.95%
	UNP		20,529	47.30%		169,510	46.74%		2,569,199	50.43%
	SLMP		952	2.19%		13,375	3.69%		235,701	4.63%
Valid Votes		43,401		98.41%	362,646		98.23%	5,094,754		98.24%
Rejected Votes		700		1.59%	6,537		1.77%	91,499		1.76%
Total Polled		44,101		60.08%	369,183		64.20%	5,186,256		55.87%
Registered Electors		73,408			575,008			9,283,143

1982 Sri Lankan presidential election

Party		Beruwala[11]			Kalutara Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	UNP		27,951	52.94%		211,592	50.15%		3,450,815	52.93%
	SLFP		22,349	42.33%		185,874	44.06%		2,546,348	39.05%
	JVP		1,812	3.43%		14,499	3.44%		273,428	4.19%
	LSSP		608	1.15%		8,613	2.04%		58,531	0.90%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		81	0.15%		1,314	0.31%		190,929	2.93%
Valid Votes		52,801		98.98%	421,892		98.76%	6,520,156		98.78%
Rejected Votes		544		1.02%	5,290		1.24%	80,470		1.22%
Total Polled		53,345		82.89%	427,182		83.97%	6,600,626		80.15%
Registered Electors		64,357			508,744			8,235,358

Parliamentary election results

Summary

The winner of Beruwala has matched the final country result 7 out of 7 times. Hence, Beruwala is a perfect bellwether for parliamentary elections.^{[citation needed]}

Year	Beruwala		Kalutara Electoral District		MAE[12] %	Sri Lanka		MAE[3] %
2015		UNP		UPFA	9.90%		UNP	6.17%
2010		UPFA		UPFA	8.43%		UPFA	5.93%
2004		UPFA		UPFA	4.13%		UPFA	2.83%
2001		UNP		UNP	4.86%		UNP	3.28%
2000		PA		PA	2.75%		PA	1.83%
1994		PA		PA	1.39%		PA	2.15%
1989		UNP		UNP	3.58%		UNP	1.29%
Matches/Mean MAE	7/7		6/7		5.01%	7/7		3.35%

2015 Sri Lankan parliamentary election

Party		Beruwala[13]			Kalutara Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	UNP		47,987	54.95%		310,234	44.48%		5,098,916	45.77%
	UPFA		33,142	37.95%		338,801	48.58%		4,732,664	42.48%
	JVP		3,670	4.20%		38,475	5.52%		544,154	4.88%
	BJP		2,119	2.43%		5,727	0.82%		20,377	0.18%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		405	0.46%		4,224	0.61%		65,202	0.59%
Valid Votes		87,323		96.89%	697,461		97.00%	11,140,333		95.35%
Rejected Votes		2,782		3.09%	21,366		2.97%	516,926		4.42%
Total Polled		90,122		77.01%	719,001		80.13%	11,684,111		77.66%
Registered Electors		117,033			897,349			15,044,490

2010 Sri Lankan parliamentary election

Party		Beruwala[14]			Kalutara Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	UPFA		32,709	54.14%		313,836	63.74%		4,846,388	60.38%
	UNP		21,737	35.98%		139,596	28.35%		2,357,057	29.37%
	DNA		5,716	9.46%		36,722	7.46%		441,251	5.50%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		251	0.42%		2,246	0.46%		34,923	0.44%
Valid Votes		60,413		90.02%	492,400		90.41%	8,026,322		96.03%
Rejected Votes		6,644		9.90%	51,751		9.50%	581,465		6.96%
Total Polled		67,108		64.30%	544,606		65.21%	8,358,246		59.29%
Registered Electors		104,363			835,186			14,097,690

2004 Sri Lankan parliamentary election

Party		Beruwala[15]			Kalutara Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	UPFA		33,583	47.38%		291,208	51.72%		4,223,126	45.70%
	UNP		30,210	42.62%		212,721	37.78%		3,486,792	37.73%
	JHU		6,751	9.52%		56,615	10.06%		552,723	5.98%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		339	0.48%		2,475	0.44%		49,030	0.53%
Valid Votes		70,883		94.77%	563,019		94.82%	9,241,931		94.52%
Rejected Votes		3,912		5.23%	30,741		5.18%	534,452		5.47%
Total Polled		74,795		77.19%	593,760		79.58%	9,777,821		75.74%
Registered Electors		96,897			746,138			12,909,631

2001 Sri Lankan parliamentary election

Party		Beruwala[16]			Kalutara Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	UNP		36,709	52.12%		254,339	45.94%		4,086,026	45.62%
	PA		25,641	36.41%		226,468	40.91%		3,330,815	37.19%
	JVP		6,581	9.34%		60,451	10.92%		815,353	9.10%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		1,499	2.13%		12,361	2.23%		137,091	1.53%
Valid Votes		70,430		94.75%	553,619		94.44%	8,955,844		94.77%
Rejected Votes		3,903		5.25%	32,617		5.56%	494,009		5.23%
Total Polled		74,333		80.22%	586,236		81.68%	9,449,878		76.03%
Registered Electors		92,658			717,764			12,428,762

2000 Sri Lankan parliamentary election

Party		Beruwala[17]			Kalutara Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	PA		30,179	43.40%		255,175	46.86%		3,899,329	45.33%
	UNP		29,392	42.27%		217,215	39.89%		3,451,765	40.12%
	JVP		3,988	5.74%		38,373	7.05%		518,725	6.03%
	NUA		3,671	5.28%		11,943	2.19%		185,593	2.16%
	SU		1,565	2.25%		15,619	2.87%		127,859	1.49%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		738	1.06%		6,193	1.14%		136,137	1.58%
Valid Votes		69,533		N/A	544,518		N/A	8,602,617		N/A

1994 Sri Lankan parliamentary election

Party		Beruwala[18]			Kalutara Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	PA		33,686	52.33%		271,754	53.77%		3,887,805	48.94%
	UNP		29,063	45.15%		221,115	43.75%		3,498,370	44.04%
	SLPF		809	1.26%		6,238	1.23%		90,078	1.13%
	MEP		776	1.21%		5,914	1.17%		68,538	0.86%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		42	0.07%		339	0.07%		813	0.01%
Valid Votes		64,376		95.82%	505,360		95.21%	7,943,688		95.20%
Rejected Votes		2,805		4.18%	25,397		4.79%	400,395		4.80%
Total Polled		67,181		80.12%	530,757		80.20%	8,344,095		74.75%
Registered Electors		83,849			661,793			11,163,064

1989 Sri Lankan parliamentary election

Party		Beruwala[19]			Kalutara Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	UNP		19,298	50.12%		160,069	49.84%		2,838,005	50.71%
	SLFP		12,976	33.70%		131,510	40.94%		1,785,369	31.90%
	SLMC		5,250	13.64%		12,971	4.04%		202,016	3.61%
	USA		642	1.67%		12,342	3.84%		141,983	2.54%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		336	0.87%		4,301	1.34%		158,203	2.83%
Valid Votes		38,502		94.56%	321,193		94.10%	5,596,468		93.87%
Rejected Votes		2,214		5.44%	20,139		5.90%	365,563		6.13%
Total Polled		40,716		56.27%	341,332		59.86%	5,962,031		63.60%
Registered Electors		72,355			570,193			9,374,164

Demographics

Ethnicity

The Beruwala polling division has a Sinhalese majority (64.2%) and a significant Moor population (34.6%) . In comparison, the Kalutara electoral district (which contains the Beruwala polling division) has a Sinhalese majority (86.8%).^[1]

Ethnicity in Beruwala^[1]

1. Sinhalese (64.2%)
2. Moor (34.6%)
3. Other (1.20%)

Religion

The Beruwala polling division has a Buddhist majority (55.7%) and a significant Muslim population (34.7%) . In comparison, the Kalutara Electoral District (which contains the Beruwala polling division) has a Buddhist majority (83.4%).^[1]

Religion in Beruwala^[1]

1. Buddhist (55.7%)
2. Muslim (34.7%)
3. Roman Catholic (8.40%)
4. Other (1.10%)