Hewaheta Polling Division

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

Hewaheta
Polling Division
Coordinates: 7.229480°N 80.704046°E / 7.229480; 80.704046
Country	Sri Lanka
Province	Central Province, Sri Lanka
Electoral District	Kandy Electoral District
Area
• Total	83.14 km2 (32.10 sq mi)
Population  (2012)[1]
• Total	58,188
• Density	700/km2 (2,000/sq mi)
ISO 3166 code	EC-04G

Presidential Election Results

Summary

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

Year	Hewaheta		Kandy Electoral District		MAE[2] %	Sri Lanka		MAE[3] %
2019		NDF		SLPP	3.50%		SLPP	5.54%
2015		NDF		NDF	1.51%		NDF	1.78%
2010		UPFA		UPFA	2.20%		UPFA	5.88%
2005		UNP		UNP	2.40%		UPFA	8.29%
1999		PA		PA	2.37%		PA	3.84%
1994		PA		PA	5.77%		PA	11.34%
1988		UNP		UNP	2.73%		UNP	5.62%
1982		UNP		UNP	0.81%		UNP	5.32%
Matches/Mean MAE	6/8		7/8		2.66%	8/8		5.95%

2019 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party		Hewaheta[4]			Kandy Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	NDF		28,166	48.80%		417,355	44.64%		5,564,239	41.99%
	SLPP		27,263	47.24%		471,502	50.43%		6,924,255	52.25%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		1,496	2.59%		22,479	2.40%		345,452	2.61%
	NMPP		791	1.37%		23,539	2.52%		418,553	3.16%
Valid Votes		57,716		98.93%	934,875		99.04%	13,252,499		98.99%
Rejected Votes		627		1.07%	9,020		0.96%	135,452		1.01%
Total Polled		58,343		84.25%	943,895		84.89%	13,387,951		83.71%
Registered Electors		69,251			1,111,860			15,992,568

2015 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party		Hewaheta[5]			Kandy Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	NDF		28,049	52.84%		466,994	54.56%		6,217,162	51.28%
	UPFA		24,167	45.53%		378,585	44.23%		5,768,090	47.58%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		863	1.63%		10,329	1.21%		138,200	1.14%
Valid Votes		53,079		98.75%	855,908		98.73%	12,123,452		98.85%
Rejected Votes		673		1.25%	10,993		1.27%	140,925		1.15%
Total Polled		53,752		77.63%	866,901		79.71%	12,264,377		78.69%
Registered Electors		69,243			1,087,542			15,585,942

2010 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party		Hewaheta[6]			Kandy Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	UPFA		24,601	51.55%		406,636	54.16%		6,015,934	57.88%
	NDF		21,791	45.66%		329,492	43.89%		4,173,185	40.15%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		1,329	2.78%		14,658	1.95%		204,494	1.97%
Valid Votes		47,721		98.61%	750,786		98.85%	10,393,613		99.03%
Rejected Votes		674		1.39%	8,700		1.15%	101,838		0.97%
Total Polled		48,395		74.25%	759,486		75.87%	10,495,451		66.70%
Registered Electors		65,176			1,001,074			15,734,587

2005 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party		Hewaheta[7]			Kandy Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	UNP		25,874	56.66%		387,150	54.33%		4,706,366	48.43%
	UPFA		19,058	41.74%		315,672	44.30%		4,887,152	50.29%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		732	1.60%		9,798	1.37%		123,521	1.27%
Valid Votes		45,664		98.58%	712,620		98.64%	9,717,039		98.88%
Rejected Votes		660		1.42%	9,817		1.36%	109,869		1.12%
Total Polled		46,324		75.93%	722,437		77.37%	9,826,908		69.51%
Registered Electors		61,006			933,754			14,136,979

1999 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party		Hewaheta[8]			Kandy Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	PA		19,900	48.33%		308,187	50.29%		4,312,157	51.12%
	UNP		19,808	48.11%		276,360	45.10%		3,602,748	42.71%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		828	2.01%		12,752	2.08%		176,679	2.09%
	JVP		638	1.55%		15,512	2.53%		343,927	4.08%
Valid Votes		41,174		97.49%	612,811		97.29%	8,435,754		97.69%
Rejected Votes		1,059		2.51%	17,060		2.71%	199,536		2.31%
Total Polled		42,233		76.54%	629,871		77.61%	8,635,290		72.17%
Registered Electors		55,180			811,606			11,965,536

1994 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party		Hewaheta[9]			Kandy Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	PA		19,303	50.80%		320,110	56.64%		4,709,205	62.28%
	UNP		18,076	47.57%		235,519	41.68%		2,715,283	35.91%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		618	1.63%		9,488	1.68%		137,040	1.81%
Valid Votes		37,997		97.63%	565,117		97.55%	7,561,526		98.03%
Rejected Votes		921		2.37%	14,179		2.45%	151,706		1.97%
Total Polled		38,918		77.26%	579,296		77.85%	7,713,232		69.12%
Registered Electors		50,376			744,151			11,158,880

1988 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party		Hewaheta[10]			Kandy Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	UNP		19,688	57.90%		234,124	54.88%		2,569,199	50.43%
	SLFP		14,015	41.22%		186,187	43.65%		2,289,857	44.95%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		298	0.88%		6,266	1.47%		235,701	4.63%
Valid Votes		34,001		98.91%	426,577		98.57%	5,094,754		98.24%
Rejected Votes		373		1.09%	6,167		1.43%	91,499		1.76%
Total Polled		34,374		80.19%	432,744		68.36%	5,186,256		55.87%
Registered Electors		42,868			633,030			9,283,143

1982 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party		Hewaheta[11]			Kandy Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	UNP		20,296	61.06%		289,621	59.80%		3,450,815	52.93%
	SLFP		12,286	36.96%		178,647	36.89%		2,546,348	39.05%
	JVP		419	1.26%		12,493	2.58%		273,428	4.19%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		239	0.72%		3,536	0.73%		249,460	3.83%
Valid Votes		33,240		98.77%	484,297		99.07%	6,520,156		98.78%
Rejected Votes		414		1.23%	4,548		0.93%	80,470		1.22%
Total Polled		33,654		86.41%	488,845		89.44%	6,600,626		80.15%
Registered Electors		38,947			546,565			8,235,358

Parliamentary Election Results

Summary

The winner of Hewaheta has matched the final country result 5 out of 7 times. Hence, Hewaheta is a Weak Bellwether for Parliamentary Elections.

Year	Hewaheta		Kandy Electoral District		MAE[12] %	Sri Lanka		MAE[13] %
2015		UNP		UNP	2.28%		UNP	8.09%
2010		UPFA		UPFA	1.81%		UPFA	2.98%
2004		UNP		UNP	4.38%		UPFA	9.62%
2001		UNP		UNP	1.42%		UNP	5.63%
2000		PA		PA	1.35%		PA	2.14%
1994		UNP		UNP	5.97%		PA	10.49%
1989		UNP		UNP	1.95%		UNP	7.20%
Matches/Mean MAE	5/7		5/7		2.74%	7/7		6.59%

2015 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party		Hewaheta[14]			Kandy Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	UNP		28,115	58.59%		440,761	55.61%		5,098,916	45.77%
	UPFA		18,029	37.57%		309,152	39.00%		4,732,664	42.48%
	JVP		1,059	2.21%		30,669	3.87%		544,154	4.88%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		780	1.63%		12,055	1.52%		100,088	0.90%
Valid Votes		47,983		94.23%	792,637		95.48%	11,140,333		95.35%
Rejected Votes		2,903		5.70%	37,065		4.46%	516,926		4.42%
Total Polled		50,919		73.54%	830,165		79.13%	11,684,111		77.66%
Registered Electors		69,243			1,049,160			15,044,490

2010 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party		Hewaheta[15]			Kandy Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	UPFA		20,848	59.81%		339,819	60.81%		4,846,388	60.38%
	UNP		13,145	37.71%		192,798	34.50%		2,357,057	29.37%
	DNA		736	2.11%		23,728	4.25%		441,251	5.50%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		126	0.36%		2,459	0.44%		30,354	0.38%
Valid Votes		34,855		87.91%	558,804		90.49%	8,026,322		96.03%
Rejected Votes		4,763		12.01%	58,333		9.45%	581,465		6.96%
Total Polled		39,649		60.83%	617,559		61.70%	8,358,246		59.29%
Registered Electors		65,176			1,000,861			14,097,690

2004 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party		Hewaheta[16]			Kandy Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	UNP		22,724	56.11%		313,859	49.99%		3,486,792	37.73%
	UPFA		16,277	40.19%		268,131	42.71%		4,223,126	45.70%
	JHU		1,253	3.09%		42,192	6.72%		552,723	5.98%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		246	0.61%		3,684	0.59%		64,227	0.69%
Valid Votes		40,500		92.21%	627,866		93.24%	9,241,931		94.52%
Rejected Votes		3,423		7.79%	45,484		6.75%	534,452		5.47%
Total Polled		43,923		73.38%	673,380		76.47%	9,777,821		75.74%
Registered Electors		59,853			880,634			12,909,631

2001 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party		Hewaheta[17]			Kandy Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	UNP		14,055	54.47%		314,297	52.77%		4,086,026	45.62%
	PA		10,371	40.19%		233,637	39.23%		3,330,815	37.19%
	JVP		996	3.86%		37,146	6.24%		815,353	9.10%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		382	1.48%		10,496	1.76%		129,347	1.44%
Valid Votes		25,804		92.05%	595,576		93.40%	8,955,844		94.77%
Rejected Votes		2,230		7.95%	42,103		6.60%	494,009		5.23%
Total Polled		28,034		48.46%	637,679		76.03%	9,449,878		76.03%
Registered Electors		57,850			838,687			12,428,762

2000 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party		Hewaheta[18]			Kandy Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	PA		18,695	48.26%		282,282	46.66%		3,899,329	45.33%
	UNP		16,021	41.35%		243,623	40.27%		3,451,765	40.12%
	NUA		1,564	4.04%		32,023	5.29%		185,593	2.16%
	CWC		1,053	2.72%		6,108	1.01%		22,985	0.27%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		736	1.90%		19,327	3.19%		266,683	3.10%
	JVP		673	1.74%		21,565	3.56%		518,725	6.03%
Valid Votes		38,742		N/A	604,928		N/A	8,602,617		N/A

1994 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party		Hewaheta[19]			Kandy Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	UNP		22,141	58.68%		301,824	52.35%		3,498,370	44.04%
	PA		15,365	40.72%		267,683	46.43%		3,887,805	48.94%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		228	0.60%		7,045	1.22%		175,576	2.21%
Valid Votes		37,734		93.53%	576,552		94.89%	7,943,688		95.20%
Rejected Votes		2,611		6.47%	31,019		5.11%	400,395		4.80%
Total Polled		40,345		80.09%	607,571		81.67%	8,344,095		74.75%
Registered Electors		50,376			743,939			11,163,064

1989 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party		Hewaheta[20]			Kandy Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	UNP		20,917	64.69%		204,973	61.72%		2,838,005	50.71%
	SLFP		10,307	31.88%		105,977	31.91%		1,785,369	31.90%
	SLMC		800	2.47%		14,697	4.43%		202,016	3.61%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		311	0.96%		6,462	1.95%		209,706	3.75%
Valid Votes		32,335		94.11%	332,109		93.69%	5,596,468		93.87%
Rejected Votes		2,025		5.89%	22,374		6.31%	365,563		6.13%
Total Polled		34,360		81.46%	354,483		56.42%	5,962,031		63.60%
Registered Electors		42,178			628,317			9,374,164

Demographics

Ethnicity

The Hewaheta Polling Division has a Sinhalese majority (90.1%) . In comparison, the Kandy Electoral District (which contains the Hewaheta Polling Division) has a Sinhalese majority (74.4%) and a significant Moor population (13.9%) ^[1]

Ethnicity in Hewaheta^[1]

1. Sinhalese (90.1%)
2. Sri Lankan Tamil (5.20%)
3. Moor (2.30%)
4. Indian Tamil (2.10%)
5. Other (0.20%)

Religion

The Hewaheta Polling Division has a Buddhist majority (89.5%) . In comparison, the Kandy Electoral District (which contains the Hewaheta Polling Division) has a Buddhist majority (73.4%) and a significant Muslim population (14.3%) ^[1]

Religion in Hewaheta^[1]

1. Buddhist (89.5%)
2. Hindu (6.20%)
3. Muslim (2.40%)
4. Roman Catholic (1.10%)
5. Other (0.80%)