Bulathsinhala Polling Division

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

Bulathsinhala
Polling Division
Coordinates: 6.646018°N 80.144162°E / 6.646018; 80.144162
Country	Sri Lanka
Province	Western Province, Sri Lanka
Electoral District	Kalutara Electoral District
Area
• Total	286.74 km2 (110.71 sq mi)
Population  (2012)[1]
• Total	98,981
• Density	345/km2 (890/sq mi)
ISO 3166 code	EC-03D

Presidential Election Results

Summary

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

Year	Bulathsinhala		Kalutara Electoral District		MAE[2] %	Sri Lanka		MAE[3] %
2019		SLPP		SLPP	0.39%		SLPP	6.35%
2015		UPFA		UPFA	3.62%		NDF	8.51%
2010		UPFA		UPFA	2.24%		UPFA	7.16%
2005		UPFA		UPFA	3.20%		UPFA	1.98%
1999		PA		PA	3.24%		PA	1.57%
1994		PA		PA	4.84%		PA	5.76%
1988		UNP		SLFP	1.67%		UNP	2.40%
1982		UNP		UNP	1.32%		UNP	4.73%
Matches/Mean MAE	7/8		6/8		2.57%	8/8		4.81%

2019 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party		Bulathsinhala[4]			Kalutara Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	SLPP		42,021	59.51%		482,920	59.49%		6,924,255	52.25%
	NDF		25,407	35.98%		284,213	35.01%		5,564,239	41.99%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		1,721	2.44%		16,949	2.09%		345,452	2.61%
	NMPP		1,468	2.08%		27,681	3.41%		418,553	3.16%
Valid Votes		70,617		99.29%	811,763		99.16%	13,252,499		98.99%
Rejected Votes		503		0.71%	6,847		0.84%	135,452		1.01%
Total Polled		71,120		86.27%	818,610		85.71%	13,387,951		83.71%
Registered Electors		82,439			955,080			15,992,568

2015 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party		Bulathsinhala[5]			Kalutara Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	UPFA		37,311	56.17%		395,890	52.65%		5,768,090	47.58%
	NDF		28,341	42.66%		349,404	46.46%		6,217,162	51.28%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		779	1.17%		6,690	0.89%		138,200	1.14%
Valid Votes		66,431		98.93%	751,984		98.90%	12,123,452		98.85%
Rejected Votes		716		1.07%	8,381		1.10%	140,925		1.15%
Total Polled		67,147		81.76%	760,365		82.08%	12,264,377		78.69%
Registered Electors		82,123			926,346			15,585,942

2010 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party		Bulathsinhala[6]			Kalutara Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	UPFA		38,018	65.04%		412,562	63.06%		6,015,934	57.88%
	NDF		19,073	32.63%		231,807	35.43%		4,173,185	40.15%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		1,365	2.34%		9,880	1.51%		204,494	1.97%
Valid Votes		58,456		99.28%	654,249		99.31%	10,393,613		99.03%
Rejected Votes		423		0.72%	4,541		0.69%	101,838		0.97%
Total Polled		58,879		78.51%	658,790		79.05%	10,495,451		66.70%
Registered Electors		74,991			833,360			15,734,587

2005 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party		Bulathsinhala[7]			Kalutara Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	UPFA		29,218	52.01%		341,693	55.48%		4,887,152	50.29%
	UNP		25,918	46.13%		266,043	43.20%		4,706,366	48.43%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		1,043	1.86%		8,124	1.32%		123,521	1.27%
Valid Votes		56,179		98.87%	615,860		98.95%	9,717,039		98.88%
Rejected Votes		644		1.13%	6,517		1.05%	109,869		1.12%
Total Polled		56,823		79.94%	622,377		79.67%	9,826,908		69.51%
Registered Electors		71,080			781,175			14,136,979

1999 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party		Bulathsinhala[8]			Kalutara Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	PA		25,424	50.25%		281,217	52.88%		4,312,157	51.12%
	UNP		22,879	45.22%		217,423	40.88%		3,602,748	42.71%
	JVP		1,397	2.76%		23,770	4.47%		343,927	4.08%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		897	1.77%		9,399	1.77%		176,679	2.09%
Valid Votes		50,597		98.08%	531,809		97.83%	8,435,754		97.69%
Rejected Votes		991		1.92%	11,796		2.17%	199,536		2.31%
Total Polled		51,588		77.91%	543,605		78.23%	8,635,290		72.17%
Registered Electors		66,212			694,860			11,965,536

1994 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party		Bulathsinhala[9]			Kalutara Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	PA		27,072	56.52%		295,686	61.47%		4,709,205	62.28%
	UNP		20,094	41.95%		178,466	37.10%		2,715,283	35.91%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		729	1.52%		6,867	1.43%		137,040	1.81%
Valid Votes		47,895		98.41%	481,019		98.50%	7,561,526		98.03%
Rejected Votes		772		1.59%	7,309		1.50%	151,706		1.97%
Total Polled		48,667		77.09%	488,328		73.97%	7,713,232		69.12%
Registered Electors		63,131			660,191			11,158,880

1988 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party		Bulathsinhala[10]			Kalutara Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	UNP		18,705	49.30%		169,510	46.74%		2,569,199	50.43%
	SLFP		18,491	48.74%		179,761	49.57%		2,289,857	44.95%
	SLMP		743	1.96%		13,375	3.69%		235,701	4.63%
Valid Votes		37,939		97.73%	362,646		98.23%	5,094,754		98.24%
Rejected Votes		880		2.27%	6,537		1.77%	91,499		1.76%
Total Polled		38,819		66.89%	369,183		64.20%	5,186,256		55.87%
Registered Electors		58,030			575,008			9,283,143

1982 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party		Bulathsinhala[11]			Kalutara Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	UNP		21,486	49.74%		211,592	50.15%		3,450,815	52.93%
	SLFP		20,068	46.46%		185,874	44.06%		2,546,348	39.05%
	JVP		998	2.31%		14,499	3.44%		273,428	4.19%
	LSSP		521	1.21%		8,613	2.04%		58,531	0.90%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		121	0.28%		1,314	0.31%		190,929	2.93%
Valid Votes		43,194		98.67%	421,892		98.76%	6,520,156		98.78%
Rejected Votes		582		1.33%	5,290		1.24%	80,470		1.22%
Total Polled		43,776		85.34%	427,182		83.97%	6,600,626		80.15%
Registered Electors		51,297			508,744			8,235,358

Parliamentary Election Results

Summary

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

Year	Bulathsinhala		Kalutara Electoral District		MAE[12] %	Sri Lanka		MAE[13] %
2015		UPFA		UPFA	2.39%		UNP	5.31%
2010		UPFA		UPFA	3.68%		UPFA	5.67%
2004		UPFA		UPFA	4.10%		UPFA	4.52%
2001		UNP		UNP	1.85%		UNP	3.12%
2000		PA		PA	2.77%		PA	3.23%
1994		PA		PA	4.23%		PA	2.64%
1989		UNP		UNP	3.24%		UNP	5.64%
Matches/Mean MAE	6/7		6/7		3.18%	7/7		4.31%

2015 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party		Bulathsinhala[14]			Kalutara Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	UPFA		31,612	52.26%		338,801	48.58%		4,732,664	42.48%
	UNP		26,254	43.41%		310,234	44.48%		5,098,916	45.77%
	JVP		2,052	3.39%		38,475	5.52%		544,154	4.88%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		568	0.94%		9,951	1.43%		85,579	0.77%
Valid Votes		60,486		96.23%	697,461		97.00%	11,140,333		95.35%
Rejected Votes		2,340		3.72%	21,366		2.97%	516,926		4.42%
Total Polled		62,853		76.54%	719,001		80.13%	11,684,111		77.66%
Registered Electors		82,123			897,349			15,044,490

2010 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party		Bulathsinhala[15]			Kalutara Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	UPFA		29,522	68.58%		313,836	63.74%		4,846,388	60.38%
	UNP		11,737	27.26%		139,596	28.35%		2,357,057	29.37%
	DNA		1,577	3.66%		36,722	7.46%		441,251	5.50%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		213	0.49%		2,246	0.46%		34,923	0.44%
Valid Votes		43,049		88.17%	492,400		90.41%	8,026,322		96.03%
Rejected Votes		5,734		11.74%	51,751		9.50%	581,465		6.96%
Total Polled		48,827		65.11%	544,606		65.21%	8,358,246		59.29%
Registered Electors		74,991			835,186			14,097,690

2004 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party		Bulathsinhala[16]			Kalutara Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	UPFA		25,374	49.77%		291,208	51.72%		4,223,126	45.70%
	UNP		22,767	44.65%		212,721	37.78%		3,486,792	37.73%
	JHU		2,621	5.14%		56,615	10.06%		552,723	5.98%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		225	0.44%		2,475	0.44%		49,030	0.53%
Valid Votes		50,987		93.19%	563,019		94.82%	9,241,931		94.52%
Rejected Votes		3,728		6.81%	30,741		5.18%	534,452		5.47%
Total Polled		54,715		78.48%	593,760		79.58%	9,777,821		75.74%
Registered Electors		69,720			746,138			12,909,631

2001 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party		Bulathsinhala[17]			Kalutara Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	UNP		24,592	48.75%		254,339	45.94%		4,086,026	45.62%
	PA		20,909	41.45%		226,468	40.91%		3,330,815	37.19%
	JVP		3,976	7.88%		60,451	10.92%		815,353	9.10%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		969	1.92%		12,361	2.23%		137,091	1.53%
Valid Votes		50,446		93.12%	553,619		94.44%	8,955,844		94.77%
Rejected Votes		3,730		6.88%	32,617		5.56%	494,009		5.23%
Total Polled		54,176		79.91%	586,236		81.68%	9,449,878		76.03%
Registered Electors		67,795			717,764			12,428,762

2000 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party		Bulathsinhala[18]			Kalutara Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	PA		24,308	47.87%		255,175	46.86%		3,899,329	45.33%
	UNP		22,812	44.92%		217,215	39.89%		3,451,765	40.12%
	JVP		2,037	4.01%		38,373	7.05%		518,725	6.03%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		1,028	2.02%		18,136	3.33%		321,730	3.74%
	SU		597	1.18%		15,619	2.87%		127,859	1.49%
Valid Votes		50,782		N/A	544,518		N/A	8,602,617		N/A

1994 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party		Bulathsinhala[19]			Kalutara Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	PA		24,364	50.04%		271,754	53.77%		3,887,805	48.94%
	UNP		23,755	48.79%		221,115	43.75%		3,498,370	44.04%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		566	1.16%		12,491	2.47%		159,429	2.01%
Valid Votes		48,685		93.98%	505,360		95.21%	7,943,688		95.20%
Rejected Votes		3,121		6.02%	25,397		4.79%	400,395		4.80%
Total Polled		51,806		82.06%	530,757		80.20%	8,344,095		74.75%
Registered Electors		63,131			661,793			11,163,064

1989 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party		Bulathsinhala[20]			Kalutara Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	UNP		16,360	55.80%		160,069	49.84%		2,838,005	50.71%
	SLFP		12,024	41.01%		131,510	40.94%		1,785,369	31.90%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		616	2.10%		16,643	5.18%		300,186	5.36%
	SLMC		321	1.09%		12,971	4.04%		202,016	3.61%
Valid Votes		29,321		92.25%	321,193		94.10%	5,596,468		93.87%
Rejected Votes		2,463		7.75%	20,139		5.90%	365,563		6.13%
Total Polled		31,784		55.65%	341,332		59.86%	5,962,031		63.60%
Registered Electors		57,111			570,193			9,374,164

Demographics

Ethnicity

The Bulathsinhala Polling Division has a Sinhalese majority (87.3%) . In comparison, the Kalutara Electoral District (which contains the Bulathsinhala Polling Division) has a Sinhalese majority (86.8%) ^[1]

Ethnicity in Bulathsinhala^[1]

1. Sinhalese (87.3%)
2. Indian Tamil (5.70%)
3. Sri Lankan Tamil (4.70%)
4. Moor (2.30%)
5. Other (0.00%)

Religion

The Bulathsinhala Polling Division has a Buddhist majority (87.0%) . In comparison, the Kalutara Electoral District (which contains the Bulathsinhala Polling Division) has a Buddhist majority (83.4%) ^[1]

Religion in Bulathsinhala^[1]

1. Buddhist (87.0%)
2. Hindu (9.30%)
3. Muslim (2.30%)
4. Other (1.30%)