Maharagama Polling Division

The Maharagama Polling Division is a Polling Division in the Colombo Electoral District, in the Western Province, Sri Lanka.

Maharagama
Polling Division
Coordinates: 6.854785°N 79.938434°E / 6.854785; 79.938434
Country	Sri Lanka
Province	Western Province, Sri Lanka
Electoral District	Colombo Electoral District
Area
• Total	37.89 km2 (14.63 sq mi)
Population  (2012)[1]
• Total	196,423
• Density	5,184/km2 (13,430/sq mi)
ISO 3166 code	EC-01M

Presidential Election Results

Summary

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

Year	Maharagama		Colombo Electoral District		MAE[2] %	Sri Lanka		MAE[3] %
2019		SLPP		SLPP	12.32%		SLPP	13.30%
2015		UPFA		NDF	7.09%		NDF	2.69%
2010		UPFA		UPFA	9.09%		UPFA	3.87%
2005		UPFA		UNP	11.20%		UPFA	8.69%
1999		PA		PA	7.47%		PA	5.93%
1994		PA		PA	4.93%		PA	7.35%
1988		SLFP		UNP	10.71%		UNP	11.93%
1982		UNP		UNP	7.59%		UNP	3.78%
Matches/Mean MAE	6/8		7/8		8.80%	8/8		7.19%

2019 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party		Maharagama[4]			Colombo Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	SLPP		71,893	65.60%		727,713	53.19%		6,924,255	52.25%
	NDF		29,688	27.09%		559,921	40.92%		5,564,239	41.99%
	NMPP		5,820	5.31%		53,803	3.93%		418,553	3.16%
	NPP		1,165	1.06%		10,335	0.76%		49,655	0.37%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		1,035	0.94%		16,405	1.20%		295,797	2.23%
Valid Votes		109,601		98.98%	1,368,177		98.89%	13,252,499		98.99%
Rejected Votes		1,129		1.02%	15,333		1.11%	135,452		1.01%
Total Polled		110,730		82.87%	1,383,510		82.82%	13,387,951		83.71%
Registered Electors		133,614			1,670,403			15,992,568

2015 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party		Maharagama[5]			Colombo Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	UPFA		53,327	50.62%		562,614	43.40%		5,768,090	47.58%
	NDF		51,480	48.86%		725,073	55.93%		6,217,162	51.28%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		546	0.52%		8,673	0.67%		138,200	1.14%
Valid Votes		105,353		98.86%	1,296,360		98.83%	12,123,452		98.85%
Rejected Votes		1,220		1.14%	15,334		1.17%	140,925		1.15%
Total Polled		106,573		82.10%	1,311,694		81.34%	12,264,377		78.69%
Registered Electors		129,801			1,612,660			15,585,942

2010 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party		Maharagama[6]			Colombo Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	UPFA		59,360	62.32%		614,740	52.93%		6,015,934	57.88%
	NDF		35,162	36.91%		533,022	45.90%		4,173,185	40.15%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		733	0.77%		13,620	1.17%		204,494	1.97%
Valid Votes		95,255		99.20%	1,161,382		99.03%	10,393,613		99.03%
Rejected Votes		768		0.80%	11,394		0.97%	101,838		0.97%
Total Polled		96,023		79.20%	1,172,776		76.09%	10,495,451		66.70%
Registered Electors		121,247			1,541,242			15,734,587

2005 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party		Maharagama[7]			Colombo Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	UPFA		53,681	59.37%		534,431	47.96%		4,887,152	50.29%
	UNP		36,093	39.91%		569,627	51.12%		4,706,366	48.43%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		651	0.72%		10,192	0.91%		123,521	1.27%
Valid Votes		90,425		99.00%	1,114,250		98.86%	9,717,039		98.88%
Rejected Votes		910		1.00%	12,879		1.14%	109,869		1.12%
Total Polled		91,335		76.66%	1,127,129		75.85%	9,826,908		69.51%
Registered Electors		119,137			1,486,021			14,136,979

1999 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party		Maharagama[8]			Colombo Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	PA		43,584	56.54%		474,310	49.18%		4,312,157	51.12%
	UNP		27,338	35.47%		425,185	44.08%		3,602,748	42.71%
	JVP		4,168	5.41%		44,009	4.56%		343,927	4.08%
	SMBP		1,119	1.45%		8,209	0.85%		35,854	0.43%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		872	1.13%		12,821	1.33%		140,825	1.67%
Valid Votes		77,081		96.40%	964,534		97.06%	8,435,754		97.69%
Rejected Votes		2,876		3.60%	29,197		2.94%	199,536		2.31%
Total Polled		79,957		73.61%	993,731		73.39%	8,635,290		72.17%
Registered Electors		108,622			1,354,025			11,965,536

1994 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party		Maharagama[9]			Colombo Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	PA		47,818	69.79%		557,708	64.82%		4,709,205	62.28%
	UNP		19,514	28.48%		288,741	33.56%		2,715,283	35.91%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		1,189	1.74%		13,937	1.62%		137,040	1.81%
Valid Votes		68,521		98.10%	860,386		98.17%	7,561,526		98.03%
Rejected Votes		1,328		1.90%	16,060		1.83%	151,706		1.97%
Total Polled		69,849		68.94%	876,446		69.59%	7,713,232		69.12%
Registered Electors		101,317			1,259,484			11,158,880

1988 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party		Maharagama[10]			Colombo Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	SLFP		31,396	57.69%		339,958	46.23%		2,289,857	44.95%
	UNP		20,770	38.16%		361,337	49.14%		2,569,199	50.43%
	SLMP		2,260	4.15%		34,020	4.63%		235,701	4.63%
Valid Votes		54,426		98.59%	735,315		98.49%	5,094,754		98.24%
Rejected Votes		779		1.41%	11,295		1.51%	91,499		1.76%
Total Polled		55,205		66.04%	746,610		67.53%	5,186,256		55.87%
Registered Electors		83,598			1,105,583			9,283,143

1982 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party		Maharagama[11]			Colombo Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	UNP		26,967	49.46%		436,290	57.86%		3,450,815	52.93%
	SLFP		23,874	43.79%		274,476	36.40%		2,546,348	39.05%
	JVP		2,595	4.76%		28,580	3.79%		273,428	4.19%
	LSSP		946	1.73%		9,655	1.28%		58,531	0.90%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		143	0.26%		5,030	0.67%		190,929	2.93%
Valid Votes		54,525		98.92%	754,031		98.95%	6,520,156		98.78%
Rejected Votes		593		1.08%	7,990		1.05%	80,470		1.22%
Total Polled		55,118		76.98%	762,021		76.88%	6,600,626		80.15%
Registered Electors		71,597			991,194			8,235,358

Parliamentary Election Results

Summary

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

Year	Maharagama		Colombo Electoral District		MAE[12] %	Sri Lanka		MAE[13] %
2015		UPFA		UNP	9.36%		UNP	4.18%
2010		UPFA		UPFA	8.21%		UPFA	3.13%
2004		UPFA		UNP	10.54%		UPFA	6.68%
2001		UNP		UNP	6.99%		UNP	2.73%
2000		PA		UNP	6.37%		PA	2.26%
1994		PA		PA	5.58%		PA	7.51%
1989		UNP		UNP	11.02%		UNP	9.76%
Matches/Mean MAE	6/7		5/7		8.30%	7/7		5.18%

2020 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party			Maharagama[14]			Colombo Electoral District			Sri Lanka
			Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
		SLPFA		64,309	68.91%		674,603	57.04%		6,853,693	59.09%
		SJB		17,733	19%		387,145	32.73%		2,771,984	23.9%
		JJB		7,371	7.9%		67,600	5.72%		445,958	3.84%
		UNP		2,128	2.28%		30,875	2.61%		249,435	2.15%
		Other Parties (with < 1%)		1,776	1.92%		22,553	1.9%		1,227,859	11.02%
Valid Votes			93,317		68.46%	1,182,776		69.2%	11,598,936		71.32%
Rejected Votes			4,931		3.62%	81,034		4.74%	744,373		4.58%
Total Polled			98,248		72.08%	1,263,810		73.94%	12,343,309		75.89%
Registered Electors			136,304			1,709,209			16,263,885

2015 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party		Maharagama[15]			Colombo Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	UPFA		47,049	47.77%		474,063	39.25%		4,732,664	42.48%
	UNP		41,374	42.01%		640,743	53.04%		5,098,916	45.77%
	JVP		9,001	9.14%		81,391	6.74%		544,154	4.88%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		1,059	1.08%		11,752	0.97%		93,045	0.84%
Valid Votes		98,483		97.47%	1,207,949		96.46%	11,140,333		95.35%
Rejected Votes		2,492		2.47%	43,372		3.46%	516,926		4.42%
Total Polled		101,040		77.84%	1,252,271		78.93%	11,684,111		77.66%
Registered Electors		129,801			1,586,598			15,044,490

2010 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party		Maharagama[16]			Colombo Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	UPFA		44,200	58.31%		480,896	51.23%		4,846,388	60.38%
	UNP		18,937	24.98%		339,750	36.19%		2,357,057	29.37%
	DNA		12,313	16.24%		110,683	11.79%		441,251	5.50%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		354	0.47%		7,292	0.78%		48,240	0.60%
Valid Votes		75,804		96.12%	938,723		94.85%	8,026,322		96.03%
Rejected Votes		3,014		3.82%	50,354		5.09%	581,465		6.96%
Total Polled		78,861		65.04%	989,729		64.17%	8,358,246		59.29%
Registered Electors		121,247			1,542,457			14,097,690

2004 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party		Maharagama[17]			Colombo Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	UPFA		37,919	43.93%		414,688	39.20%		4,223,126	45.70%
	JHU		25,385	29.41%		190,618	18.02%		552,723	5.98%
	UNP		22,337	25.88%		441,841	41.77%		3,486,792	37.73%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		680	0.79%		10,713	1.01%		90,868	0.98%
Valid Votes		86,321		97.55%	1,057,860		96.47%	9,241,931		94.52%
Rejected Votes		2,161		2.44%	38,605		3.52%	534,452		5.47%
Total Polled		88,488		74.79%	1,096,571		74.71%	9,777,821		75.74%
Registered Electors		118,318			1,467,751			12,909,631

2001 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party		Maharagama[18]			Colombo Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	UNP		35,932	42.52%		546,417	51.62%		4,086,026	45.62%
	PA		32,800	38.82%		353,401	33.39%		3,330,815	37.19%
	JVP		12,776	15.12%		117,404	11.09%		815,353	9.10%
	SU		2,106	2.49%		16,970	1.60%		50,665	0.57%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		886	1.05%		24,289	2.29%		510,616	5.70%
Valid Votes		84,500		97.01%	1,058,481		96.28%	8,955,844		94.77%
Rejected Votes		2,608		2.99%	40,901		3.72%	494,009		5.23%
Total Polled		87,108		75.84%	1,099,382		76.31%	9,449,878		76.03%
Registered Electors		114,854			1,440,682			12,428,762

2000 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party		Maharagama[19]			Colombo Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	PA		36,995	45.38%		394,146	38.86%		3,899,329	45.33%
	UNP		28,952	35.52%		440,684	43.45%		3,451,765	40.12%
	JVP		8,174	10.03%		78,133	7.70%		518,725	6.03%
	SU		6,302	7.73%		49,671	4.90%		127,859	1.49%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		1,095	1.34%		51,586	5.09%		375,083	4.36%
Valid Votes		81,518		N/A	1,014,220		N/A	8,602,617		N/A

1994 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party		Maharagama[20]			Colombo Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	PA		41,034	54.93%		469,642	50.94%		3,887,805	48.94%
	UNP		25,269	33.83%		385,100	41.77%		3,498,370	44.04%
	MEP		6,932	9.28%		42,734	4.64%		68,538	0.86%
	SLPF		1,142	1.53%		11,454	1.24%		90,078	1.13%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		321	0.43%		13,003	1.41%		51,995	0.65%
Valid Votes		74,698		97.29%	921,933		96.18%	7,943,688		95.20%
Rejected Votes		2,082		2.71%	36,635		3.82%	400,395		4.80%
Total Polled		76,780		75.78%	958,568		76.04%	8,344,095		74.75%
Registered Electors		101,317			1,260,686			11,163,064

1989 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party		Maharagama[21]			Colombo Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	UNP		22,042	40.24%		374,530	51.67%		2,838,005	50.71%
	MEP		19,152	34.96%		76,966	10.62%		90,480	1.62%
	SLFP		11,002	20.08%		205,053	28.29%		1,785,369	31.90%
	USA		1,758	3.21%		31,873	4.40%		141,983	2.54%
	ELJP		671	1.22%		7,112	0.98%		67,723	1.21%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		158	0.29%		29,308	4.04%		202,016	3.61%
Valid Votes		54,783		96.24%	724,842		95.36%	5,596,468		93.87%
Rejected Votes		2,138		3.76%	35,271		4.64%	365,563		6.13%
Total Polled		56,921		69.61%	760,113		69.87%	5,962,031		63.60%
Registered Electors		81,774			1,087,891			9,374,164

Demographics

Ethnicity

The Maharagama Polling Division has a Sinhalese majority (95.7%) . In comparison, the Colombo Electoral District (which contains the Maharagama Polling Division) has a Sinhalese majority (76.5%), a significant Moor population (10.7%) and a significant Sri Lankan Tamil population (10.1%) ^[1]

Ethnicity in Maharagama^[1]

1. Sinhalese (95.7%)
2. Other (2.60%)
3. Sri Lankan Tamil (1.70%)

Religion

The Maharagama Polling Division has a Buddhist majority (92.0%) . In comparison, the Colombo Electoral District (which contains the Maharagama Polling Division) has a Buddhist majority (70.2%) and a significant Muslim population (11.8%) ^[1]

Religion in Maharagama^[1]

1. Buddhist (92.0%)
2. Roman Catholic (3.40%)
3. Other Christian (1.70%)
4. Hindu (1.50%)
5. Muslim (1.40%)
6. Other (0.10%)