Mulkirigala Polling Division

The Mulkirigala Polling Division is a Polling Division in the Hambantota Electoral District, in the Southern Province, Sri Lanka.

Mulkirigala
Polling Division
Coordinates: 6.187949°N 80.730273°E / 6.187949; 80.730273
Country	Sri Lanka
Province	Southern Province, Sri Lanka
Electoral District	Hambantota Electoral District
Area
• Total	324.78 km2 (125.40 sq mi)
Population  (2012)[1]
• Total	130,611
• Density	402/km2 (1,040/sq mi)
ISO 3166 code	EC-09A

Presidential Election Results

Summary

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

Year	Mulkirigala		Hambantota Electoral District		MAE[2] %	Sri Lanka		MAE[3] %
2019		SLPP		SLPP	1.17%		SLPP	14.99%
2015		UPFA		UPFA	1.62%		NDF	16.88%
2010		UPFA		UPFA	0.25%		UPFA	8.77%
2005		UPFA		UPFA	0.96%		UPFA	12.08%
1999		PA		PA	1.76%		PA	4.08%
1994		PA		PA	3.44%		PA	3.97%
1988		UNP		UNP	0.24%		UNP	1.80%
1982		SLFP		UNP	3.80%		UNP	7.92%
Matches/Mean MAE	6/8		7/8		1.65%	8/8		8.81%

2019 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party		Mulkirigala[4]			Hambantota Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	SLPP		58,903	67.73%		278,804	66.17%		6,924,255	52.25%
	NDF		22,329	25.68%		108,906	25.85%		5,564,239	41.99%
	NMPP		4,192	4.82%		26,295	6.24%		418,553	3.16%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		1,542	1.77%		7,369	1.75%		345,452	2.61%
Valid Votes		86,966		99.21%	421,374		99.25%	13,252,499		98.99%
Rejected Votes		691		0.79%	3,179		0.75%	135,452		1.01%
Total Polled		87,657		87.80%	424,553		87.36%	13,387,951		83.71%
Registered Electors		99,833			485,986			15,992,568

2015 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party		Mulkirigala[5]			Hambantota Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	UPFA		52,202	64.58%		243,295	63.02%		5,768,090	47.58%
	NDF		27,601	34.14%		138,708	35.93%		6,217,162	51.28%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		1,034	1.28%		4,073	1.05%		138,200	1.14%
Valid Votes		80,837		99.19%	386,076		99.14%	12,123,452		98.85%
Rejected Votes		658		0.81%	3,351		0.86%	140,925		1.15%
Total Polled		81,495		80.92%	389,427		81.23%	12,264,377		78.69%
Registered Electors		100,711			479,433			15,585,942

2010 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party		Mulkirigala[6]			Hambantota Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	UPFA		48,187	66.88%		226,887	67.21%		6,015,934	57.88%
	NDF		22,537	31.28%		105,336	31.20%		4,173,185	40.15%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		1,326	1.84%		5,341	1.58%		204,494	1.97%
Valid Votes		72,050		99.27%	337,564		99.35%	10,393,613		99.03%
Rejected Votes		529		0.73%	2,218		0.65%	101,838		0.97%
Total Polled		72,579		77.47%	339,782		78.29%	10,495,451		66.70%
Registered Electors		93,685			433,991			15,734,587

2005 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party		Mulkirigala[7]			Hambantota Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	UPFA		42,897	62.36%		202,918	63.43%		4,887,152	50.29%
	UNP		24,784	36.03%		112,712	35.23%		4,706,366	48.43%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		1,108	1.61%		4,295	1.34%		123,521	1.27%
Valid Votes		68,789		99.07%	319,925		99.09%	9,717,039		98.88%
Rejected Votes		645		0.93%	2,928		0.91%	109,869		1.12%
Total Polled		69,434		78.43%	322,853		79.47%	9,826,908		69.51%
Registered Electors		88,528			406,270			14,136,979

1999 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party		Mulkirigala[8]			Hambantota Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	PA		24,728	46.08%		120,275	47.41%		4,312,157	51.12%
	UNP		21,426	39.93%		95,088	37.48%		3,602,748	42.71%
	JVP		6,298	11.74%		33,739	13.30%		343,927	4.08%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		1,212	2.26%		4,576	1.80%		176,679	2.09%
Valid Votes		53,664		97.48%	253,678		97.93%	8,435,754		97.69%
Rejected Votes		1,389		2.52%	5,375		2.07%	199,536		2.31%
Total Polled		55,053		70.05%	259,053		72.69%	8,635,290		72.17%
Registered Electors		78,596			356,394			11,965,536

1994 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party		Mulkirigala[9]			Hambantota Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	PA		26,535	57.80%		132,873	61.52%		4,709,205	62.28%
	UNP		17,983	39.17%		77,735	35.99%		2,715,283	35.91%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		1,391	3.03%		5,387	2.49%		137,040	1.81%
Valid Votes		45,909		97.85%	215,995		98.18%	7,561,526		98.03%
Rejected Votes		1,010		2.15%	4,013		1.82%	151,706		1.97%
Total Polled		46,919		64.07%	220,008		66.06%	7,713,232		69.12%
Registered Electors		73,236			333,054			11,158,880

1988 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party		Mulkirigala[10]			Hambantota Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	UNP		5,952	49.30%		41,198	49.62%		2,569,199	50.43%
	SLFP		5,740	47.54%		39,343	47.39%		2,289,857	44.95%
	SLMP		382	3.16%		2,478	2.98%		235,701	4.63%
Valid Votes		12,074		94.79%	83,019		95.56%	5,094,754		98.24%
Rejected Votes		663		5.21%	3,855		4.44%	91,499		1.76%
Total Polled		12,737		19.08%	86,874		29.40%	5,186,256		55.87%
Registered Electors		66,740			295,536			9,283,143

1982 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party		Mulkirigala[11]			Hambantota Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	SLFP		19,605	43.57%		76,402	38.73%		2,546,348	39.05%
	UNP		18,964	42.15%		90,545	45.90%		3,450,815	52.93%
	JVP		5,966	13.26%		28,835	14.62%		273,428	4.19%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		458	1.02%		1,496	0.76%		249,460	3.83%
Valid Votes		44,993		98.94%	197,278		99.09%	6,520,156		98.78%
Rejected Votes		484		1.06%	1,804		0.91%	80,470		1.22%
Total Polled		45,477		79.10%	199,082		81.37%	6,600,626		80.15%
Registered Electors		57,491			244,660			8,235,358

Parliamentary Election Results

Summary

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

Year	Mulkirigala		Hambantota Electoral District		MAE[12] %	Sri Lanka		MAE[13] %
2015		UPFA		UPFA	1.84%		UNP	10.97%
2010		UPFA		UPFA	0.49%		UPFA	1.91%
2004		UPFA		UPFA	3.88%		UPFA	7.15%
2001		UNP		UNP	2.10%		UNP	2.13%
2000		UNP		UNP	1.55%		PA	4.05%
1994		PA		PA	1.58%		PA	3.06%
1989		UNP		UNP	2.71%		UNP	6.95%
Matches/Mean MAE	5/7		5/7		2.02%	7/7		5.18%

2015 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party		Mulkirigala[14]			Hambantota Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	UPFA		42,503	56.55%		196,980	53.87%		4,732,664	42.48%
	UNP		26,429	35.16%		130,433	35.67%		5,098,916	45.77%
	JVP		5,854	7.79%		36,527	9.99%		544,154	4.88%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		378	0.50%		1,743	0.48%		82,845	0.74%
Valid Votes		75,164		96.98%	365,683		97.29%	11,140,333		95.35%
Rejected Votes		2,314		2.99%	10,056		2.68%	516,926		4.42%
Total Polled		77,505		76.96%	375,885		81.20%	11,684,111		77.66%
Registered Electors		100,711			462,911			15,044,490

2010 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party		Mulkirigala[15]			Hambantota Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	UPFA		35,851	62.73%		174,808	62.87%		4,846,388	60.38%
	UNP		17,700	30.97%		83,027	29.86%		2,357,057	29.37%
	DNA		3,364	5.89%		19,186	6.90%		441,251	5.50%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		236	0.41%		1,033	0.37%		23,385	0.29%
Valid Votes		57,151		95.55%	278,054		96.11%	8,026,322		96.03%
Rejected Votes		2,661		4.45%	11,240		3.89%	581,465		6.96%
Total Polled		59,812		63.84%	289,294		66.47%	8,358,246		59.29%
Registered Electors		93,685			435,218			14,097,690

2004 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party		Mulkirigala[16]			Hambantota Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	UPFA		34,604	60.11%		178,895	64.05%		4,223,126	45.70%
	UNP		22,582	39.23%		98,877	35.40%		3,486,792	37.73%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		382	0.66%		1,538	0.55%		58,285	0.63%
Valid Votes		57,568		92.84%	279,310		94.03%	9,241,931		94.52%
Rejected Votes		4,438		7.16%	17,724		5.97%	534,452		5.47%
Total Polled		62,006		72.47%	297,034		77.28%	9,777,821		75.74%
Registered Electors		85,563			384,361			12,909,631

2001 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party		Mulkirigala[17]			Hambantota Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	UNP		25,854	43.08%		112,520	40.02%		4,086,026	45.62%
	PA		22,625	37.70%		105,175	37.41%		3,330,815	37.19%
	JVP		10,600	17.66%		59,693	21.23%		815,353	9.10%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		928	1.55%		3,774	1.34%		115,846	1.29%
Valid Votes		60,007		94.78%	281,162		95.46%	8,955,844		94.77%
Rejected Votes		3,302		5.22%	13,378		4.54%	494,009		5.23%
Total Polled		63,309		76.85%	294,540		79.81%	9,449,878		76.03%
Registered Electors		82,382			369,073			12,428,762

2000 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party		Mulkirigala[18]			Hambantota Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	UNP		26,409	44.52%		119,074	43.12%		3,451,765	40.12%
	PA		24,401	41.13%		110,308	39.95%		3,899,329	45.33%
	JVP		7,191	12.12%		42,042	15.23%		518,725	6.03%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		1,322	2.23%		4,703	1.70%		260,613	3.03%
Valid Votes		59,323		N/A	276,127		N/A	8,602,617		N/A

1994 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party		Mulkirigala[19]			Hambantota Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	PA		28,181	52.46%		132,008	53.51%		3,887,805	48.94%
	UNP		22,078	41.10%		95,382	38.67%		3,498,370	44.04%
	SLPF		2,679	4.99%		15,309	6.21%		90,078	1.13%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		782	1.46%		3,980	1.61%		134,507	1.69%
Valid Votes		53,720		93.45%	246,679		94.80%	7,943,688		95.20%
Rejected Votes		3,763		6.55%	13,539		5.20%	400,395		4.80%
Total Polled		57,483		78.49%	260,218		78.19%	8,344,095		74.75%
Registered Electors		73,236			332,805			11,163,064

1989 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party		Mulkirigala[20]			Hambantota Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	UNP		8,653	59.87%		31,639	55.92%		2,838,005	50.71%
	SLFP		5,581	38.61%		22,459	39.70%		1,785,369	31.90%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		220	1.52%		2,477	4.38%		363,149	6.49%
Valid Votes		14,454		97.28%	56,575		92.88%	5,596,468		93.87%
Rejected Votes		404		2.72%	4,339		7.12%	365,563		6.13%
Total Polled		14,858		22.47%	60,914		20.64%	5,962,031		63.60%
Registered Electors		66,111			295,120			9,374,164

Demographics

Ethnicity

The Mulkirigala Polling Division has a Sinhalese majority (99.3%) . In comparison, the Hambantota Electoral District (which contains the Mulkirigala Polling Division) has a Sinhalese majority (97.1%)^[1]

Ethnicity in Mulkirigala^[1]

1. Sinhalese (99.3%)
2. Other (0.70%)

Religion

The Mulkirigala Polling Division has a Buddhist majority (99.2%) . In comparison, the Hambantota Electoral District (which contains the Mulkirigala Polling Division) has a Buddhist majority (96.7%)^[1]

Religion in Mulkirigala^[1]

1. Buddhist (99.2%)
2. Other (0.80%)