Chilaw Polling Division

The Chilaw Polling Division is a Polling Division in the Puttalam Electoral District, in the North Western Province, Sri Lanka.

Chilaw
Polling Division
Coordinates: 7.738379°N 79.844546°E / 7.738379; 79.844546
Country	Sri Lanka
Province	North Western Province, Sri Lanka
Electoral District	Puttalam Electoral District
Area
• Total	838.31 km2 (323.67 sq mi)
Population  (2012)[1]
• Total	231,705
• Density	276/km2 (710/sq mi)
ISO 3166 code	EC-16C

Presidential Election Results

Summary

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

Year	Chilaw		Puttalam Electoral District		MAE[2] %	Sri Lanka		MAE[3] %
2019		SLPP		SLPP	3.65%		SLPP	2.07%
2015		UPFA		NDF	1.52%		NDF	2.82%
2010		UPFA		UPFA	0.94%		UPFA	1.64%
2005		UNP		UNP	0.44%		UPFA	1.75%
1999		PA		PA	0.63%		PA	0.91%
1994		PA		PA	2.02%		PA	1.81%
1988		UNP		UNP	2.48%		UNP	1.75%
1982		UNP		UNP	1.45%		UNP	5.69%
Matches/Mean MAE	6/8		7/8		1.64%	8/8		2.30%

2019 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party		Chilaw[4]			Puttalam Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	SLPP		51,233	54.57%		230,760	50.83%		6,924,255	52.25%
	NDF		37,512	39.96%		199,356	43.91%		5,564,239	41.99%
	NMPP		2,977	3.17%		12,912	2.84%		418,553	3.16%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		2,163	2.30%		10,948	2.41%		345,452	2.61%
Valid Votes		93,885		98.96%	453,976		99.02%	13,252,499		98.99%
Rejected Votes		984		1.04%	4,478		0.98%	135,452		1.01%
Total Polled		94,869		77.15%	458,454		76.53%	13,387,951		83.71%
Registered Electors		122,963			599,042			15,992,568

2015 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party		Chilaw[5]			Puttalam Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	UPFA		43,928	50.50%		197,751	48.97%		5,768,090	47.58%
	NDF		42,187	48.50%		202,073	50.04%		6,217,162	51.28%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		870	1.00%		4,026	1.00%		138,200	1.14%
Valid Votes		86,985		98.88%	403,850		98.95%	12,123,452		98.85%
Rejected Votes		985		1.12%	4,300		1.05%	140,925		1.15%
Total Polled		87,970		74.44%	408,150		72.50%	12,264,377		78.69%
Registered Electors		118,171			562,984			15,585,942

2010 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party		Chilaw[6]			Puttalam Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	UPFA		45,617	59.65%		201,981	58.70%		6,015,934	57.88%
	NDF		29,541	38.63%		136,233	39.59%		4,173,185	40.15%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		1,312	1.72%		5,899	1.71%		204,494	1.97%
Valid Votes		76,470		99.28%	344,113		99.17%	10,393,613		99.03%
Rejected Votes		558		0.72%	2,886		0.83%	101,838		0.97%
Total Polled		77,028		71.16%	346,999		68.97%	10,495,451		66.70%
Registered Electors		108,244			503,106			15,734,587

2005 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party		Chilaw[7]			Puttalam Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	UNP		37,372	50.25%		169,264	50.71%		4,706,366	48.43%
	UPFA		36,115	48.56%		160,686	48.14%		4,887,152	50.29%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		891	1.20%		3,833	1.15%		123,521	1.27%
Valid Votes		74,378		99.09%	333,783		98.95%	9,717,039		98.88%
Rejected Votes		685		0.91%	3,536		1.05%	109,869		1.12%
Total Polled		75,063		72.89%	337,319		70.56%	9,826,908		69.51%
Registered Electors		102,987			478,032			14,136,979

1999 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party		Chilaw[8]			Puttalam Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	PA		31,998	52.13%		141,725	51.47%		4,312,157	51.12%
	UNP		26,708	43.51%		121,615	44.17%		3,602,748	42.71%
	JVP		1,813	2.95%		7,876	2.86%		343,927	4.08%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		864	1.41%		4,123	1.50%		176,679	2.09%
Valid Votes		61,383		97.91%	275,339		97.94%	8,435,754		97.69%
Rejected Votes		1,309		2.09%	5,778		2.06%	199,536		2.31%
Total Polled		62,692		71.33%	281,117		68.85%	8,635,290		72.17%
Registered Electors		87,891			408,331			11,965,536

1994 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party		Chilaw[9]			Puttalam Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	PA		35,415	60.62%		165,795	62.65%		4,709,205	62.28%
	UNP		22,240	38.07%		95,211	35.98%		2,715,283	35.91%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		766	1.31%		3,629	1.37%		137,040	1.81%
Valid Votes		58,421		98.42%	264,635		98.26%	7,561,526		98.03%
Rejected Votes		936		1.58%	4,689		1.74%	151,706		1.97%
Total Polled		59,357		71.47%	269,324		69.80%	7,713,232		69.12%
Registered Electors		83,057			385,854			11,158,880

1988 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party		Chilaw[10]			Puttalam Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	UNP		27,932	53.55%		125,339	55.89%		2,569,199	50.43%
	SLFP		23,485	45.02%		94,823	42.28%		2,289,857	44.95%
	SLMP		748	1.43%		4,093	1.83%		235,701	4.63%
Valid Votes		52,165		98.62%	224,255		98.70%	5,094,754		98.24%
Rejected Votes		731		1.38%	2,965		1.30%	91,499		1.76%
Total Polled		52,896		74.95%	227,220		70.70%	5,186,256		55.87%
Registered Electors		70,574			321,387			9,283,143

1982 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party		Chilaw[11]			Puttalam Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	UNP		30,142	60.75%		128,877	59.12%		3,450,815	52.93%
	SLFP		17,553	35.38%		80,006	36.70%		2,546,348	39.05%
	JVP		1,525	3.07%		7,001	3.21%		273,428	4.19%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		397	0.80%		2,096	0.96%		249,460	3.83%
Valid Votes		49,617		99.04%	217,980		99.09%	6,520,156		98.78%
Rejected Votes		479		0.96%	1,995		0.91%	80,470		1.22%
Total Polled		50,096		81.95%	219,975		81.41%	6,600,626		80.15%
Registered Electors		61,128			270,207			8,235,358

Parliamentary Election Results

Summary

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

Year	Chilaw		Puttalam Electoral District		MAE[12] %	Sri Lanka		MAE[13] %
2015		UNP		UNP	1.40%		UNP	3.26%
2010		UPFA		UPFA	1.11%		UPFA	3.92%
2004		UPFA		UPFA	0.38%		UPFA	5.01%
2001		UNP		UNP	0.98%		UNP	4.20%
2000		PA		PA	1.76%		PA	3.15%
1994		PA		PA	1.70%		PA	2.84%
1989		UNP		UNP	1.67%		UNP	6.65%
Matches/Mean MAE	7/7		7/7		1.28%	7/7		4.15%

2015 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party		Chilaw[14]			Puttalam Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	UNP		38,482	50.21%		180,185	51.81%		5,098,916	45.77%
	UPFA		34,701	45.27%		153,130	44.03%		4,732,664	42.48%
	JVP		3,077	4.01%		12,211	3.51%		544,154	4.88%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		387	0.50%		2,263	0.65%		82,383	0.74%
Valid Votes		76,647		94.12%	347,789		91.37%	11,140,333		95.35%
Rejected Votes		4,710		5.78%	23,124		6.08%	516,926		4.42%
Total Polled		81,433		68.91%	380,632		68.83%	11,684,111		77.66%
Registered Electors		118,171			553,009			15,044,490

2010 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party		Chilaw[15]			Puttalam Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	UPFA		38,073	66.11%		167,769	64.84%		4,846,388	60.38%
	UNP		17,555	30.48%		81,152	31.36%		2,357,057	29.37%
	DNA		1,759	3.05%		8,792	3.40%		441,251	5.50%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		203	0.35%		1,028	0.40%		33,372	0.42%
Valid Votes		57,590		93.06%	258,741		92.29%	8,026,322		96.03%
Rejected Votes		4,288		6.93%	21,562		7.69%	581,465		6.96%
Total Polled		61,884		57.17%	280,354		55.67%	8,358,246		59.29%
Registered Electors		108,244			503,635			14,097,690

2004 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party		Chilaw[16]			Puttalam Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	UPFA		31,124	48.77%		142,784	49.31%		4,223,126	45.70%
	UNP		29,934	46.91%		135,152	46.67%		3,486,792	37.73%
	JHU		2,352	3.69%		10,000	3.45%		552,723	5.98%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		404	0.63%		1,652	0.57%		62,157	0.67%
Valid Votes		63,814		93.82%	289,588		93.06%	9,241,931		94.52%
Rejected Votes		4,169		6.13%	21,431		6.89%	534,452		5.47%
Total Polled		68,018		69.13%	311,194		69.15%	9,777,821		75.74%
Registered Electors		98,394			450,057			12,909,631

2001 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party		Chilaw[17]			Puttalam Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	UNP		32,254	49.63%		146,873	50.61%		4,086,026	45.62%
	PA		27,821	42.81%		120,981	41.69%		3,330,815	37.19%
	JVP		3,888	5.98%		18,095	6.24%		815,353	9.10%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		1,023	1.57%		4,260	1.47%		116,969	1.31%
Valid Votes		64,986		95.39%	290,209		95.20%	8,955,844		94.77%
Rejected Votes		3,142		4.61%	14,638		4.80%	494,009		5.23%
Total Polled		68,128		73.22%	304,847		71.53%	9,449,878		76.03%
Registered Electors		93,040			426,193			12,428,762

2000 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party		Chilaw[18]			Puttalam Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	PA		30,124	47.91%		138,747	48.40%		3,899,329	45.33%
	UNP		28,110	44.70%		118,566	41.36%		3,451,765	40.12%
	JVP		2,558	4.07%		11,256	3.93%		518,725	6.03%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		1,256	2.00%		5,809	2.03%		236,331	2.75%
	NUA		833	1.32%		12,317	4.30%		185,593	2.16%
Valid Votes		62,881		N/A	286,695		N/A	8,602,617		N/A

1994 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party		Chilaw[19]			Puttalam Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	PA		31,999	51.91%		150,587	53.64%		3,887,805	48.94%
	UNP		29,076	47.17%		127,671	45.48%		3,498,370	44.04%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		567	0.92%		2,453	0.87%		158,616	2.00%
Valid Votes		61,642		95.77%	280,711		95.52%	7,943,688		95.20%
Rejected Votes		2,723		4.23%	13,144		4.47%	400,395		4.80%
Total Polled		64,365		77.49%	293,873		76.19%	8,344,095		74.75%
Registered Electors		83,057			385,690			11,163,064

1989 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party		Chilaw[20]			Puttalam Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	UNP		30,573	61.53%		139,309	62.62%		2,838,005	50.71%
	SLFP		17,456	35.13%		71,687	32.22%		1,785,369	31.90%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		957	1.93%		5,226	2.35%		211,176	3.77%
	SLMC		699	1.41%		6,253	2.81%		202,016	3.61%
Valid Votes		49,685		94.61%	222,475		94.40%	5,596,468		93.87%
Rejected Votes		2,832		5.39%	13,205		5.60%	365,563		6.13%
Total Polled		52,517		75.30%	235,680		73.94%	5,962,031		63.60%
Registered Electors		69,743			318,755			9,374,164

Demographics

Ethnicity

The Chilaw Polling Division has a Sinhalese majority (76.7%) and a significant Moor population (13.5%) . In comparison, the Puttalam Electoral District (which contains the Chilaw Polling Division) has a Sinhalese majority (73.6%) and a significant Moor population (19.4%) ^[1]

Ethnicity in Chilaw^[1]

1. Sinhalese (76.7%)
2. Moor (13.5%)
3. Sri Lankan Tamil (9.30%)
4. Other (0.50%)

Religion

The Chilaw Polling Division has a Buddhist plurality (46.9%), a significant Roman Catholic population (30.6%) and a significant Muslim population (13.8%) . In comparison, the Puttalam Electoral District (which contains the Chilaw Polling Division) has a Buddhist plurality (43.2%), a significant Roman Catholic population (31.5%) and a significant Muslim population (19.7%) ^[1]

Religion in Chilaw^[1]

1. Buddhist (46.9%)
2. Roman Catholic (30.6%)
3. Muslim (13.8%)
4. Hindu (6.90%)
5. Other Christian (1.90%)
6. Other (0.00%)