Harispattuwa Polling Division

The Harispattuwa Polling Division is a Polling Division in the Kandy Electoral District, in the Central Province, Sri Lanka.

Harispattuwa
Polling Division
Coordinates: 7.371188°N 80.584934°E / 7.371188; 80.584934
Country	Sri Lanka
Province	Central Province, Sri Lanka
Electoral District	Kandy Electoral District
Area
• Total	137.63 km2 (53.14 sq mi)
Population  (2012)[1]
• Total	209,488
• Density	1,522/km2 (3,940/sq mi)
ISO 3166 code	EC-04B

Presidential Election Results

Summary

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

Year	Harispattuwa		Kandy Electoral District		MAE[2] %	Sri Lanka		MAE[3] %
2019		SLPP		SLPP	1.94%		SLPP	4.00%
2015		NDF		NDF	3.02%		NDF	6.29%
2010		UPFA		UPFA	2.74%		UPFA	6.38%
2005		UNP		UNP	2.76%		UPFA	8.63%
1999		UNP		PA	2.86%		PA	4.29%
1994		PA		PA	1.66%		PA	3.92%
1988		UNP		UNP	1.11%		UNP	1.91%
1982		UNP		UNP	2.44%		UNP	6.93%
Matches/Mean MAE	6/8		7/8		2.32%	8/8		5.29%

2019 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party		Harispattuwa[4]			Kandy Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	SLPP		64,298	48.53%		471,502	50.43%		6,924,255	52.25%
	NDF		62,044	46.83%		417,355	44.64%		5,564,239	41.99%
	NMPP		3,401	2.57%		23,539	2.52%		418,553	3.16%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		2,754	2.08%		22,479	2.40%		345,452	2.61%
Valid Votes		132,497		99.15%	934,875		99.04%	13,252,499		98.99%
Rejected Votes		1,135		0.85%	9,020		0.96%	135,452		1.01%
Total Polled		133,632		84.10%	943,895		84.89%	13,387,951		83.71%
Registered Electors		158,903			1,111,860			15,992,568

2015 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party		Harispattuwa[5]			Kandy Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	NDF		71,533	57.69%		466,994	54.56%		6,217,162	51.28%
	UPFA		51,156	41.26%		378,585	44.23%		5,768,090	47.58%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		1,309	1.06%		10,329	1.21%		138,200	1.14%
Valid Votes		123,998		98.92%	855,908		98.73%	12,123,452		98.85%
Rejected Votes		1,356		1.08%	10,993		1.27%	140,925		1.15%
Total Polled		125,354		79.61%	866,901		79.71%	12,264,377		78.69%
Registered Electors		157,463			1,087,542			15,585,942

2010 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party		Harispattuwa[6]			Kandy Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	UPFA		56,508	51.50%		406,636	54.16%		6,015,934	57.88%
	NDF		51,406	46.85%		329,492	43.89%		4,173,185	40.15%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		1,800	1.64%		14,658	1.95%		204,494	1.97%
Valid Votes		109,714		98.95%	750,786		98.85%	10,393,613		99.03%
Rejected Votes		1,161		1.05%	8,700		1.15%	101,838		0.97%
Total Polled		110,875		75.18%	759,486		75.87%	10,495,451		66.70%
Registered Electors		147,475			1,001,074			15,734,587

2005 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party		Harispattuwa[7]			Kandy Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	UNP		59,899	57.17%		387,150	54.33%		4,706,366	48.43%
	UPFA		43,540	41.55%		315,672	44.30%		4,887,152	50.29%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		1,338	1.28%		9,798	1.37%		123,521	1.27%
Valid Votes		104,777		98.65%	712,620		98.64%	9,717,039		98.88%
Rejected Votes		1,432		1.35%	9,817		1.36%	109,869		1.12%
Total Polled		106,209		76.87%	722,437		77.37%	9,826,908		69.51%
Registered Electors		138,171			933,754			14,136,979

1999 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party		Harispattuwa[8]			Kandy Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	UNP		41,640	47.75%		276,360	45.10%		3,602,748	42.71%
	PA		40,996	47.01%		308,187	50.29%		4,312,157	51.12%
	JVP		2,782	3.19%		15,512	2.53%		343,927	4.08%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		1,780	2.04%		12,752	2.08%		176,679	2.09%
Valid Votes		87,198		96.98%	612,811		97.29%	8,435,754		97.69%
Rejected Votes		2,720		3.02%	17,060		2.71%	199,536		2.31%
Total Polled		89,918		74.84%	629,871		77.61%	8,635,290		72.17%
Registered Electors		120,150			811,606			11,965,536

1994 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party		Harispattuwa[9]			Kandy Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	PA		48,134	58.36%		320,110	56.64%		4,709,205	62.28%
	UNP		33,007	40.02%		235,519	41.68%		2,715,283	35.91%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		1,332	1.62%		9,488	1.68%		137,040	1.81%
Valid Votes		82,473		97.85%	565,117		97.55%	7,561,526		98.03%
Rejected Votes		1,809		2.15%	14,179		2.45%	151,706		1.97%
Total Polled		84,282		77.15%	579,296		77.85%	7,713,232		69.12%
Registered Electors		109,246			744,151			11,158,880

1988 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party		Harispattuwa[10]			Kandy Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	UNP		30,708	53.85%		234,124	54.88%		2,569,199	50.43%
	SLFP		25,594	44.89%		186,187	43.65%		2,289,857	44.95%
	SLMP		719	1.26%		6,266	1.47%		235,701	4.63%
Valid Votes		57,021		98.34%	426,577		98.57%	5,094,754		98.24%
Rejected Votes		962		1.66%	6,167		1.43%	91,499		1.76%
Total Polled		57,983		61.61%	432,744		68.36%	5,186,256		55.87%
Registered Electors		94,109			633,030			9,283,143

1982 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party		Harispattuwa[11]			Kandy Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	UNP		43,186	61.50%		289,621	59.80%		3,450,815	52.93%
	SLFP		23,301	33.18%		178,647	36.89%		2,546,348	39.05%
	JVP		3,374	4.80%		12,493	2.58%		273,428	4.19%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		363	0.52%		3,536	0.73%		249,460	3.83%
Valid Votes		70,224		99.15%	484,297		99.07%	6,520,156		98.78%
Rejected Votes		605		0.85%	4,548		0.93%	80,470		1.22%
Total Polled		70,829		85.76%	488,845		89.44%	6,600,626		80.15%
Registered Electors		82,590			546,565			8,235,358

Parliamentary Election Results

Summary

The winner of Harispattuwa has matched the final country result 4 out of 7 times. Hence, Harispattuwa is a Weak Bellwether for Parliamentary Elections.

Year	Harispattuwa		Kandy Electoral District		MAE[12] %	Sri Lanka		MAE[13] %
2015		UNP		UNP	1.01%		UNP	6.96%
2010		UPFA		UPFA	3.09%		UPFA	4.21%
2004		UNP		UNP	1.06%		UPFA	7.07%
2001		UNP		UNP	6.23%		UNP	8.11%
2000		UNP		PA	4.24%		PA	3.51%
1994		UNP		UNP	2.15%		PA	2.87%
1989		UNP		UNP	0.70%		UNP	6.10%
Matches/Mean MAE	4/7		5/7		2.64%	7/7		5.55%

2015 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party		Harispattuwa[14]			Kandy Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	UNP		63,853	56.73%		440,761	55.61%		5,098,916	45.77%
	UPFA		42,799	38.02%		309,152	39.00%		4,732,664	42.48%
	JVP		4,459	3.96%		30,669	3.87%		544,154	4.88%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		1,453	1.29%		12,055	1.52%		100,088	0.90%
Valid Votes		112,564		95.60%	792,637		95.48%	11,140,333		95.35%
Rejected Votes		5,126		4.35%	37,065		4.46%	516,926		4.42%
Total Polled		117,748		74.78%	830,165		79.13%	11,684,111		77.66%
Registered Electors		157,463			1,049,160			15,044,490

2010 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party		Harispattuwa[15]			Kandy Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	UPFA		46,026	57.53%		339,819	60.81%		4,846,388	60.38%
	UNP		30,124	37.66%		192,798	34.50%		2,357,057	29.37%
	DNA		3,551	4.44%		23,728	4.25%		441,251	5.50%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		296	0.37%		2,459	0.44%		30,354	0.38%
Valid Votes		79,997		90.49%	558,804		90.49%	8,026,322		96.03%
Rejected Votes		8,345		9.44%	58,333		9.45%	581,465		6.96%
Total Polled		88,401		59.94%	617,559		61.70%	8,358,246		59.29%
Registered Electors		147,475			1,000,861			14,097,690

2004 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party		Harispattuwa[16]			Kandy Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	UNP		46,572	50.58%		313,859	49.99%		3,486,792	37.73%
	UPFA		37,806	41.06%		268,131	42.71%		4,223,126	45.70%
	JHU		7,079	7.69%		42,192	6.72%		552,723	5.98%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		621	0.67%		3,684	0.59%		64,227	0.69%
Valid Votes		92,078		92.95%	627,866		93.24%	9,241,931		94.52%
Rejected Votes		6,988		7.05%	45,484		6.75%	534,452		5.47%
Total Polled		99,066		74.26%	673,380		76.47%	9,777,821		75.74%
Registered Electors		133,404			880,634			12,909,631

2001 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party		Harispattuwa[17]			Kandy Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	UNP		53,249	58.60%		314,297	52.77%		4,086,026	45.62%
	PA		28,636	31.51%		233,637	39.23%		3,330,815	37.19%
	JVP		7,496	8.25%		37,146	6.24%		815,353	9.10%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		1,488	1.64%		10,496	1.76%		129,347	1.44%
Valid Votes		90,869		93.03%	595,576		93.40%	8,955,844		94.77%
Rejected Votes		6,813		6.97%	42,103		6.60%	494,009		5.23%
Total Polled		97,682		77.03%	637,679		76.03%	9,449,878		76.03%
Registered Electors		126,815			838,687			12,428,762

2000 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party		Harispattuwa[18]			Kandy Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	UNP		35,828	40.94%		243,623	40.27%		3,451,765	40.12%
	PA		34,177	39.05%		282,282	46.66%		3,899,329	45.33%
	NUA		10,990	12.56%		32,023	5.29%		185,593	2.16%
	JVP		3,732	4.26%		21,565	3.56%		518,725	6.03%
	SU		1,592	1.82%		10,999	1.82%		127,859	1.49%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		1,193	1.36%		14,436	2.39%		161,809	1.88%
Valid Votes		87,512		N/A	604,928		N/A	8,602,617		N/A

1994 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party		Harispattuwa[19]			Kandy Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	UNP		42,356	50.16%		301,824	52.35%		3,498,370	44.04%
	PA		41,035	48.59%		267,683	46.43%		3,887,805	48.94%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		1,052	1.25%		7,045	1.22%		175,576	2.21%
Valid Votes		84,443		95.10%	576,552		94.89%	7,943,688		95.20%
Rejected Votes		4,352		4.90%	31,019		5.11%	400,395		4.80%
Total Polled		88,795		81.28%	607,571		81.67%	8,344,095		74.75%
Registered Electors		109,246			743,939			11,163,064

1989 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party		Harispattuwa[20]			Kandy Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	UNP		21,218	61.51%		204,973	61.72%		2,838,005	50.71%
	SLFP		10,538	30.55%		105,977	31.91%		1,785,369	31.90%
	SLMC		2,476	7.18%		14,697	4.43%		202,016	3.61%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		265	0.77%		6,462	1.95%		209,706	3.75%
Valid Votes		34,497		93.19%	332,109		93.69%	5,596,468		93.87%
Rejected Votes		2,519		6.81%	22,374		6.31%	365,563		6.13%
Total Polled		37,016		40.10%	354,483		56.42%	5,962,031		63.60%
Registered Electors		92,300			628,317			9,374,164

Demographics

Ethnicity

The Harispattuwa Polling Division has a Sinhalese majority (67.7%) and a significant Moor population (28.2%) . In comparison, the Kandy Electoral District (which contains the Harispattuwa Polling Division) has a Sinhalese majority (74.4%) and a significant Moor population (13.9%) ^[1]

Ethnicity in Harispattuwa^[1]

1. Sinhalese (67.7%)
2. Moor (28.2%)
3. Indian Tamil (2.10%)
4. Sri Lankan Tamil (1.70%)
5. Other (0.20%)

Religion

The Harispattuwa Polling Division has a Buddhist majority (67.1%) and a significant Muslim population (28.8%) . In comparison, the Kandy Electoral District (which contains the Harispattuwa Polling Division) has a Buddhist majority (73.4%) and a significant Muslim population (14.3%) ^[1]

Religion in Harispattuwa^[1]

1. Buddhist (67.1%)
2. Muslim (28.8%)
3. Hindu (3.00%)
4. Other (1.10%)