Horana Polling Division

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

Horana
Polling Division
Coordinates: 6.759685°N 80.086365°E / 6.759685; 80.086365
Country	Sri Lanka
Province	Western Province, Sri Lanka
Electoral District	Kalutara Electoral District
Area
• Total	218.99 km2 (84.55 sq mi)
Population  (2012)[1]
• Total	167,260
• Density	764/km2 (1,980/sq mi)
ISO 3166 code	EC-03C

Presidential Election Results

Summary

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

Year	Horana		Kalutara Electoral District		MAE[2] %	Sri Lanka		MAE[3] %
2019		SLPP		SLPP	4.50%		SLPP	11.18%
2015		UPFA		UPFA	4.61%		NDF	9.48%
2010		UPFA		UPFA	3.21%		UPFA	8.08%
2005		UPFA		UPFA	0.41%		UPFA	5.55%
1999		PA		PA	1.15%		PA	2.79%
1994		PA		PA	0.18%		PA	1.11%
1988		SLFP		SLFP	1.14%		UNP	2.89%
1982		UNP		UNP	1.05%		UNP	3.12%
Matches/Mean MAE	6/8		6/8		2.03%	8/8		5.53%

2019 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party		Horana[4]			Kalutara Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	SLPP		69,822	64.30%		482,920	59.49%		6,924,255	52.25%
	NDF		32,967	30.36%		284,213	35.01%		5,564,239	41.99%
	NMPP		3,532	3.25%		27,681	3.41%		418,553	3.16%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		2,262	2.08%		16,949	2.09%		345,452	2.61%
Valid Votes		108,583		99.19%	811,763		99.16%	13,252,499		98.99%
Rejected Votes		883		0.81%	6,847		0.84%	135,452		1.01%
Total Polled		109,466		85.52%	818,610		85.71%	13,387,951		83.71%
Registered Electors		128,005			955,080			15,992,568

2015 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party		Horana[5]			Kalutara Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	UPFA		57,633	57.34%		395,890	52.65%		5,768,090	47.58%
	NDF		42,065	41.85%		349,404	46.46%		6,217,162	51.28%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		819	0.81%		6,690	0.89%		138,200	1.14%
Valid Votes		100,517		99.06%	751,984		98.90%	12,123,452		98.85%
Rejected Votes		952		0.94%	8,381		1.10%	140,925		1.15%
Total Polled		101,469		82.82%	760,365		82.08%	12,264,377		78.69%
Registered Electors		122,511			926,346			15,585,942

2010 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party		Horana[6]			Kalutara Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	UPFA		57,292	66.34%		412,562	63.06%		6,015,934	57.88%
	NDF		27,818	32.21%		231,807	35.43%		4,173,185	40.15%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		1,256	1.45%		9,880	1.51%		204,494	1.97%
Valid Votes		86,366		99.23%	654,249		99.31%	10,393,613		99.03%
Rejected Votes		666		0.77%	4,541		0.69%	101,838		0.97%
Total Polled		87,032		80.01%	658,790		79.05%	10,495,451		66.70%
Registered Electors		108,781			833,360			15,734,587

2005 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party		Horana[7]			Kalutara Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	UPFA		44,801	55.94%		341,693	55.48%		4,887,152	50.29%
	UNP		34,300	42.83%		266,043	43.20%		4,706,366	48.43%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		988	1.23%		8,124	1.32%		123,521	1.27%
Valid Votes		80,089		99.01%	615,860		98.95%	9,717,039		98.88%
Rejected Votes		802		0.99%	6,517		1.05%	109,869		1.12%
Total Polled		80,891		80.82%	622,377		79.67%	9,826,908		69.51%
Registered Electors		100,085			781,175			14,136,979

1999 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party		Horana[8]			Kalutara Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	PA		37,559	54.40%		281,217	52.88%		4,312,157	51.12%
	UNP		27,700	40.12%		217,423	40.88%		3,602,748	42.71%
	JVP		2,648	3.84%		23,770	4.47%		343,927	4.08%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		1,133	1.64%		9,399	1.77%		176,679	2.09%
Valid Votes		69,040		97.99%	531,809		97.83%	8,435,754		97.69%
Rejected Votes		1,417		2.01%	11,796		2.17%	199,536		2.31%
Total Polled		70,457		81.28%	543,605		78.23%	8,635,290		72.17%
Registered Electors		86,680			694,860			11,965,536

1994 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party		Horana[9]			Kalutara Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	PA		36,064	61.21%		295,686	61.47%		4,709,205	62.28%
	UNP		21,886	37.14%		178,466	37.10%		2,715,283	35.91%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		972	1.65%		6,867	1.43%		137,040	1.81%
Valid Votes		58,922		98.44%	481,019		98.50%	7,561,526		98.03%
Rejected Votes		932		1.56%	7,309		1.50%	151,706		1.97%
Total Polled		59,854		76.86%	488,328		73.97%	7,713,232		69.12%
Registered Electors		77,877			660,191			11,158,880

1988 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party		Horana[10]			Kalutara Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	SLFP		24,116	48.89%		179,761	49.57%		2,289,857	44.95%
	UNP		23,868	48.39%		169,510	46.74%		2,569,199	50.43%
	SLMP		1,339	2.71%		13,375	3.69%		235,701	4.63%
Valid Votes		49,323		98.73%	362,646		98.23%	5,094,754		98.24%
Rejected Votes		632		1.27%	6,537		1.77%	91,499		1.76%
Total Polled		49,955		71.98%	369,183		64.20%	5,186,256		55.87%
Registered Electors		69,405			575,008			9,283,143

1982 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party		Horana[11]			Kalutara Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	UNP		27,056	51.51%		211,592	50.15%		3,450,815	52.93%
	SLFP		23,518	44.77%		185,874	44.06%		2,546,348	39.05%
	JVP		1,361	2.59%		14,499	3.44%		273,428	4.19%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		593	1.13%		9,927	2.35%		249,460	3.83%
Valid Votes		52,528		99.13%	421,892		98.76%	6,520,156		98.78%
Rejected Votes		459		0.87%	5,290		1.24%	80,470		1.22%
Total Polled		52,987		86.36%	427,182		83.97%	6,600,626		80.15%
Registered Electors		61,356			508,744			8,235,358

Parliamentary Election Results

Summary

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

Year	Horana		Kalutara Electoral District		MAE[12] %	Sri Lanka		MAE[13] %
2015		UPFA		UPFA	5.03%		UNP	7.95%
2010		UPFA		UPFA	3.44%		UPFA	5.60%
2004		UPFA		UPFA	0.97%		UPFA	3.85%
2001		PA		UNP	2.47%		UNP	3.51%
2000		PA		PA	3.08%		PA	3.69%
1994		PA		PA	1.05%		PA	2.33%
1989		UNP		UNP	4.22%		UNP	4.69%
Matches/Mean MAE	5/7		6/7		2.89%	7/7		4.52%

2015 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party		Horana[14]			Kalutara Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	UPFA		50,024	54.27%		338,801	48.58%		4,732,664	42.48%
	UNP		36,325	39.41%		310,234	44.48%		5,098,916	45.77%
	JVP		5,037	5.46%		38,475	5.52%		544,154	4.88%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		795	0.86%		9,951	1.43%		85,579	0.77%
Valid Votes		92,181		97.07%	697,461		97.00%	11,140,333		95.35%
Rejected Votes		2,760		2.91%	21,366		2.97%	516,926		4.42%
Total Polled		94,960		77.51%	719,001		80.13%	11,684,111		77.66%
Registered Electors		122,511			897,349			15,044,490

2010 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party		Horana[15]			Kalutara Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	UPFA		44,136	67.70%		313,836	63.74%		4,846,388	60.38%
	UNP		16,613	25.48%		139,596	28.35%		2,357,057	29.37%
	DNA		4,020	6.17%		36,722	7.46%		441,251	5.50%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		423	0.65%		2,246	0.46%		34,923	0.44%
Valid Votes		65,192		91.33%	492,400		90.41%	8,026,322		96.03%
Rejected Votes		6,100		8.55%	51,751		9.50%	581,465		6.96%
Total Polled		71,379		65.62%	544,606		65.21%	8,358,246		59.29%
Registered Electors		108,781			835,186			14,097,690

2004 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party		Horana[16]			Kalutara Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	UPFA		38,421	52.87%		291,208	51.72%		4,223,126	45.70%
	UNP		26,764	36.83%		212,721	37.78%		3,486,792	37.73%
	JHU		7,166	9.86%		56,615	10.06%		552,723	5.98%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		315	0.43%		2,475	0.44%		49,030	0.53%
Valid Votes		72,666		95.52%	563,019		94.82%	9,241,931		94.52%
Rejected Votes		3,407		4.48%	30,741		5.18%	534,452		5.47%
Total Polled		76,073		78.68%	593,760		79.58%	9,777,821		75.74%
Registered Electors		96,686			746,138			12,909,631

2001 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party		Horana[17]			Kalutara Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	PA		31,788	44.37%		226,468	40.91%		3,330,815	37.19%
	UNP		31,462	43.92%		254,339	45.94%		4,086,026	45.62%
	JVP		7,013	9.79%		60,451	10.92%		815,353	9.10%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		1,375	1.92%		12,361	2.23%		137,091	1.53%
Valid Votes		71,638		94.99%	553,619		94.44%	8,955,844		94.77%
Rejected Votes		3,779		5.01%	32,617		5.56%	494,009		5.23%
Total Polled		75,417		82.00%	586,236		81.68%	9,449,878		76.03%
Registered Electors		91,968			717,764			12,428,762

2000 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party		Horana[18]			Kalutara Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	PA		36,659	52.19%		255,175	46.86%		3,899,329	45.33%
	UNP		27,259	38.81%		217,215	39.89%		3,451,765	40.12%
	JVP		4,191	5.97%		38,373	7.05%		518,725	6.03%
	SU		1,233	1.76%		15,619	2.87%		127,859	1.49%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		900	1.28%		18,136	3.33%		321,730	3.74%
Valid Votes		70,242		N/A	544,518		N/A	8,602,617		N/A

1994 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party		Horana[19]			Kalutara Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	PA		32,374	52.84%		271,754	53.77%		3,887,805	48.94%
	UNP		27,562	44.98%		221,115	43.75%		3,498,370	44.04%
	MEP		771	1.26%		5,914	1.17%		68,538	0.86%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		565	0.92%		6,577	1.30%		90,891	1.14%
Valid Votes		61,272		95.85%	505,360		95.21%	7,943,688		95.20%
Rejected Votes		2,656		4.15%	25,397		4.79%	400,395		4.80%
Total Polled		63,928		82.09%	530,757		80.20%	8,344,095		74.75%
Registered Electors		77,877			661,793			11,163,064

1989 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party		Horana[20]			Kalutara Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	UNP		25,770	55.69%		160,069	49.84%		2,838,005	50.71%
	SLFP		17,658	38.16%		131,510	40.94%		1,785,369	31.90%
	USA		1,778	3.84%		12,342	3.84%		141,983	2.54%
	MEP		839	1.81%		2,690	0.84%		90,480	1.62%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		232	0.50%		14,582	4.54%		269,739	4.82%
Valid Votes		46,277		94.14%	321,193		94.10%	5,596,468		93.87%
Rejected Votes		2,883		5.86%	20,139		5.90%	365,563		6.13%
Total Polled		49,160		72.38%	341,332		59.86%	5,962,031		63.60%
Registered Electors		67,915			570,193			9,374,164

Demographics

Ethnicity

The Horana Polling Division has a Sinhalese majority (95.3%) . In comparison, the Kalutara Electoral District (which contains the Horana Polling Division) has a Sinhalese majority (86.8%) ^[1]

Ethnicity in Horana^[1]

1. Sinhalese (95.3%)
2. Indian Tamil (3.20%)
3. Sri Lankan Tamil (1.30%)
4. Other (0.20%)

Religion

The Horana Polling Division has a Buddhist majority (94.5%) . In comparison, the Kalutara Electoral District (which contains the Horana Polling Division) has a Buddhist majority (83.4%) ^[1]

Religion in Horana^[1]

1. Buddhist (94.5%)
2. Hindu (3.70%)
3. Other (1.70%)