Moratuwa Polling Division

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

Moratuwa
Polling Division
Coordinates: 6.765242°N 79.890897°E / 6.765242; 79.890897
Country	Sri Lanka
Province	Western Province, Sri Lanka
Electoral District	Colombo Electoral District
Area
• Total	20.75 km2 (8.01 sq mi)
Population  (2012)[1]
• Total	168,280
• Density	8,110/km2 (21,000/sq mi)
ISO 3166 code	EC-01O

Presidential Election Results

Summary

The winner of Moratuwa has matched the final country result 9 out of 9 times. Hence, Moratuwa is a Perfect Bellwether for Presidential Elections.

Year	Moratuwa		Colombo Electoral District		MAE[2] %	Sri Lanka		MAE[3] %
2024		NPP		NPP	0.65%		NPP	2.33%
2019		SLPP		SLPP	4.29%		SLPP	5.23%
2015		NDF		NDF	5.33%		NDF	0.94%
2010		UPFA		UPFA	4.91%		UPFA	0.42%
2005		UPFA		UNP	4.17%		UPFA	1.68%
1999		PA		PA	2.56%		PA	1.02%
1994		PA		PA	0.74%		PA	1.69%
1988		UNP		UNP	0.40%		UNP	1.28%
1982		UNP		UNP	2.76%		UNP	1.12%
Matches/Mean MAE	9/9		8/9		2.96%	9/9		1.75%

2024 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party		Moratuwa[4]			Colombo Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	NPP		45,299	47.79%		629,963	47.21%		5,634,915	42.31%
	SJB		24,319	25.66%		342,108	25.64%		4,363,035	32.76%
	Independant (Ranil Wickremesinghe)		19,025	20.07%		281,436	21.09%		2,299,767	17.21%
	SLPP		2,843	3.00%		30,432	2.28%		342,781	2.57%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		2,182	3.48%		50,451	3.87%		679,118	5.09%
Valid Votes		82,631		95.69%	1,366,390		97.67%	13,319,616		97.80%
Rejected Votes		3,726		4.31%	31,796		2.33%	300,300		2.20%
Total Polled		86,357		71.69%	1,398,186		77.39%	13,619,916		79.46%
Registered Electors		120,462			1,765,351			17,140,354

2019 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party		Moratuwa[5]			Colombo Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	SLPP		57,645	57.83%		727,713	53.19%		6,924,255	52.25%
	NDF		36,390	36.50%		559,921	40.92%		5,564,239	41.99%
	NMPP		3,534	3.55%		53,803	3.93%		418,553	3.16%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		2,118	2.12%		26,740	1.95%		345,452	2.61%
Valid Votes		99,687		99.00%	1,368,177		98.89%	13,252,499		98.99%
Rejected Votes		1,008		1.00%	15,333		1.11%	135,452		1.01%
Total Polled		100,695		84.65%	1,383,510		82.82%	13,387,951		83.71%
Registered Electors		118,956			1,670,403			15,992,568

2020 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party			Moratuwa[6]			Colombo Electoral District			Sri Lanka
			Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
		SLPFA		55,000	63.54%		674,603	57.04%		6,853,693	59.09%
		SJB		23,747	27.43%		387,145	32.73%		2,771,984	23.9%
		JJB		4,404	5.09%		67,600	5.72%		445,958	3.84%
		UNP		1,754	2.03%		30,875	2.61%		249,435	2.15%
		Other Parties (with < 1%)		1,645	1.91%		22,553	1.9%		1,227,859	11.02%
Valid Votes			86,560		72.19%	1,182,776		69.2%	11,598,936		71.32%
Rejected Votes			5,895		4.92%	81,034		4.74%	744,373		4.58%
Total Polled			92,455		77.1%	1,263,810		73.94%	12,343,309		75.89%
Registered Electors			119,911			1,709,209			16,263,885

2015 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party		Moratuwa[7]			Colombo Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	NDF		48,599	50.63%		725,073	55.93%		6,217,162	51.28%
	UPFA		46,885	48.85%		562,614	43.40%		5,768,090	47.58%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		497	0.52%		8,673	0.67%		138,200	1.14%
Valid Votes		95,981		99.01%	1,296,360		98.83%	12,123,452		98.85%
Rejected Votes		958		0.99%	15,334		1.17%	140,925		1.15%
Total Polled		96,939		84.13%	1,311,694		81.34%	12,264,377		78.69%
Registered Electors		115,219			1,612,660			15,585,942

2010 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party		Moratuwa[8]			Colombo Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	UPFA		52,627	57.99%		614,740	52.93%		6,015,934	57.88%
	NDF		37,233	41.03%		533,022	45.90%		4,173,185	40.15%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		892	0.98%		13,620	1.17%		204,494	1.97%
Valid Votes		90,752		99.19%	1,161,382		99.03%	10,393,613		99.03%
Rejected Votes		745		0.81%	11,394		0.97%	101,838		0.97%
Total Polled		91,497		79.84%	1,172,776		76.09%	10,495,451		66.70%
Registered Electors		114,601			1,541,242			15,734,587

2005 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party		Moratuwa[9]			Colombo Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	UPFA		48,047	52.17%		534,431	47.96%		4,887,152	50.29%
	UNP		43,207	46.92%		569,627	51.12%		4,706,366	48.43%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		835	0.91%		10,192	0.91%		123,521	1.27%
Valid Votes		92,089		98.95%	1,114,250		98.86%	9,717,039		98.88%
Rejected Votes		975		1.05%	12,879		1.14%	109,869		1.12%
Total Polled		93,064		80.39%	1,127,129		75.85%	9,826,908		69.51%
Registered Electors		115,759			1,486,021			14,136,979

1999 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party		Moratuwa[10]			Colombo Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	PA		41,380	52.16%		474,310	49.18%		4,312,157	51.12%
	UNP		33,017	41.62%		425,185	44.08%		3,602,748	42.71%
	JVP		3,692	4.65%		44,009	4.56%		343,927	4.08%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		1,238	1.56%		21,030	2.18%		176,679	2.09%
Valid Votes		79,327		97.53%	964,534		97.06%	8,435,754		97.69%
Rejected Votes		2,006		2.47%	29,197		2.94%	199,536		2.31%
Total Polled		81,333		77.11%	993,731		73.39%	8,635,290		72.17%
Registered Electors		105,483			1,354,025			11,965,536

1994 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party		Moratuwa[11]			Colombo Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	PA		45,403	64.26%		557,708	64.82%		4,709,205	62.28%
	UNP		24,493	34.67%		288,741	33.56%		2,715,283	35.91%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		759	1.07%		13,937	1.62%		137,040	1.81%
Valid Votes		70,655		98.62%	860,386		98.17%	7,561,526		98.03%
Rejected Votes		988		1.38%	16,060		1.83%	151,706		1.97%
Total Polled		71,643		73.23%	876,446		69.59%	7,713,232		69.12%
Registered Electors		97,831			1,259,484			11,158,880

1988 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party		Moratuwa[12]			Colombo Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	UNP		31,546	48.77%		361,337	49.14%		2,569,199	50.43%
	SLFP		29,654	45.84%		339,958	46.23%		2,289,857	44.95%
	SLMP		3,488	5.39%		34,020	4.63%		235,701	4.63%
Valid Votes		64,688		98.51%	735,315		98.49%	5,094,754		98.24%
Rejected Votes		977		1.49%	11,295		1.51%	91,499		1.76%
Total Polled		65,665		67.81%	746,610		67.53%	5,186,256		55.87%
Registered Electors		96,841			1,105,583			9,283,143

1982 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party		Moratuwa[13]			Colombo Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	UNP		32,096	54.60%		436,290	57.86%		3,450,815	52.93%
	SLFP		22,744	38.69%		274,476	36.40%		2,546,348	39.05%
	JVP		2,625	4.47%		28,580	3.79%		273,428	4.19%
	LSSP		1,137	1.93%		9,655	1.28%		58,531	0.90%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		180	0.31%		5,030	0.67%		190,929	2.93%
Valid Votes		58,782		98.81%	754,031		98.95%	6,520,156		98.78%
Rejected Votes		707		1.19%	7,990		1.05%	80,470		1.22%
Total Polled		59,489		74.09%	762,021		76.88%	6,600,626		80.15%
Registered Electors		80,297			991,194			8,235,358

Parliamentary Election Results

Summary

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

Year	Moratuwa		Colombo Electoral District		MAE[14] %	Sri Lanka		MAE[15] %
2015		UNP		UNP	4.55%		UNP	2.22%
2010		UPFA		UPFA	2.40%		UPFA	5.41%
2004		UPFA		UNP	3.56%		UPFA	1.72%
2001		UNP		UNP	3.59%		UNP	1.70%
2000		PA		UNP	2.57%		PA	1.76%
1994		PA		PA	3.04%		PA	4.83%
1989		UNP		UNP	4.38%		UNP	3.18%
Matches/Mean MAE	7/7		5/7		3.44%	7/7		2.97%

2015 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party		Moratuwa[16]			Colombo Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	UNP		43,665	48.53%		640,743	53.04%		5,098,916	45.77%
	UPFA		40,142	44.61%		474,063	39.25%		4,732,664	42.48%
	JVP		5,384	5.98%		81,391	6.74%		544,154	4.88%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		785	0.87%		11,752	0.97%		93,045	0.84%
Valid Votes		89,976		96.72%	1,207,949		96.46%	11,140,333		95.35%
Rejected Votes		2,990		3.21%	43,372		3.46%	516,926		4.42%
Total Polled		93,031		80.74%	1,252,271		78.93%	11,684,111		77.66%
Registered Electors		115,219			1,586,598			15,044,490

2010 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party		Moratuwa[17]			Colombo Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	UPFA		40,369	54.20%		480,896	51.23%		4,846,388	60.38%
	UNP		25,356	34.04%		339,750	36.19%		2,357,057	29.37%
	DNA		8,159	10.95%		110,683	11.79%		441,251	5.50%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		600	0.81%		7,292	0.78%		48,240	0.60%
Valid Votes		74,484		95.20%	938,723		94.85%	8,026,322		96.03%
Rejected Votes		3,725		4.76%	50,354		5.09%	581,465		6.96%
Total Polled		78,242		68.27%	989,729		64.17%	8,358,246		59.29%
Registered Electors		114,601			1,542,457			14,097,690

2004 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party		Moratuwa[18]			Colombo Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	UPFA		38,833	44.45%		414,688	39.20%		4,223,126	45.70%
	UNP		34,313	39.27%		441,841	41.77%		3,486,792	37.73%
	JHU		13,493	15.44%		190,618	18.02%		552,723	5.98%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		730	0.84%		10,713	1.01%		90,868	0.98%
Valid Votes		87,369		96.52%	1,057,860		96.47%	9,241,931		94.52%
Rejected Votes		3,139		3.47%	38,605		3.52%	534,452		5.47%
Total Polled		90,515		77.73%	1,096,571		74.71%	9,777,821		75.74%
Registered Electors		116,454			1,467,751			12,909,631

2001 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party		Moratuwa[19]			Colombo Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	UNP		42,150	47.82%		546,417	51.62%		4,086,026	45.62%
	PA		33,627	38.15%		353,401	33.39%		3,330,815	37.19%
	JVP		9,932	11.27%		117,404	11.09%		815,353	9.10%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		1,274	1.45%		24,289	2.29%		510,616	5.70%
	SU		1,161	1.32%		16,970	1.60%		50,665	0.57%
Valid Votes		88,144		96.40%	1,058,481		96.28%	8,955,844		94.77%
Rejected Votes		3,294		3.60%	40,901		3.72%	494,009		5.23%
Total Polled		91,438		79.22%	1,099,382		76.31%	9,449,878		76.03%
Registered Electors		115,430			1,440,682			12,428,762

2000 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party		Moratuwa[20]			Colombo Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	PA		36,883	43.63%		394,146	38.86%		3,899,329	45.33%
	UNP		35,570	42.07%		440,684	43.45%		3,451,765	40.12%
	JVP		6,849	8.10%		78,133	7.70%		518,725	6.03%
	SU		3,721	4.40%		49,671	4.90%		127,859	1.49%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		1,522	1.80%		51,586	5.09%		375,083	4.36%
Valid Votes		84,545		N/A	1,014,220		N/A	8,602,617		N/A

1994 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party		Moratuwa[21]			Colombo Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	PA		41,670	55.63%		469,642	50.94%		3,887,805	48.94%
	UNP		30,360	40.53%		385,100	41.77%		3,498,370	44.04%
	MEP		1,543	2.06%		42,734	4.64%		68,538	0.86%
	SLPF		992	1.32%		11,454	1.24%		90,078	1.13%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		345	0.46%		13,003	1.41%		51,995	0.65%
Valid Votes		74,910		96.52%	921,933		96.18%	7,943,688		95.20%
Rejected Votes		2,701		3.48%	36,635		3.82%	400,395		4.80%
Total Polled		77,611		79.33%	958,568		76.04%	8,344,095		74.75%
Registered Electors		97,831			1,260,686			11,163,064

1989 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party		Moratuwa[22]			Colombo Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	UNP		33,090	53.97%		374,530	51.67%		2,838,005	50.71%
	SLFP		22,024	35.92%		205,053	28.29%		1,785,369	31.90%
	USA		3,796	6.19%		31,873	4.40%		141,983	2.54%
	MEP		1,859	3.03%		76,966	10.62%		90,480	1.62%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		539	0.88%		36,420	5.02%		269,739	4.82%
Valid Votes		61,308		96.14%	724,842		95.36%	5,596,468		93.87%
Rejected Votes		2,463		3.86%	35,271		4.64%	365,563		6.13%
Total Polled		63,771		66.58%	760,113		69.87%	5,962,031		63.60%
Registered Electors		95,786			1,087,891			9,374,164

Demographics

Ethnicity

The Moratuwa Polling Division has a Sinhalese majority (94.3%) . In comparison, the Colombo Electoral District (which contains the Moratuwa 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 Moratuwa^[1]

1. Sinhalese (94.3%)
2. Sri Lankan Tamil (3.00%)
3. Moor (1.60%)
4. Other (1.10%)

Religion

The Moratuwa Polling Division has a Buddhist majority (68.2%) and a significant Roman Catholic population (19.8%) . In comparison, the Colombo Electoral District (which contains the Moratuwa Polling Division) has a Buddhist majority (70.2%) and a significant Muslim population (11.8%) ^[1]

Religion in Moratuwa^[1]

1. Buddhist (68.2%)
2. Roman Catholic (19.8%)
3. Other Christian (7.80%)
4. Hindu (2.10%)
5. Muslim (2.00%)
6. Other (0.10%)