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Bentara Elpitiya
Polling Division
Location of Bentara Elpitiya
Coordinates: 6°20′33″N 80°07′01″E / 6.342381°N 80.116962°E / 6.342381; 80.116962
CountrySri Lanka
ProvinceSouthern Province, Sri Lanka
Electoral DistrictGalle Electoral District
Area
 • Total235.87 km2 (91.07 sq mi)
Population
 (2012)[1]
 • Total114,701
 • Density486/km2 (1,260/sq mi)
ISO 3166 codeEC-07D

The Bentara Elpitiya Polling Division is a Polling Division in the Galle Electoral District, in the Southern Province, Sri Lanka.

Presidential Election Results[edit]

Summary[edit]

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

Year Bentara Elpitiya Galle Electoral District MAE[2] % Sri Lanka MAE[3] %
2019 SLPP SLPP 2.28% SLPP 13.58%
2015 UPFA UPFA 3.48% NDF 11.37%
2010 UPFA UPFA 3.73% UPFA 9.21%
2005 UPFA UPFA 0.82% UPFA 8.88%
1999 PA PA 0.80% PA 4.70%
1994 PA PA 0.99% PA 0.25%
1988 SLFP SLFP 3.35% UNP 9.97%
1982 UNP UNP 1.56% UNP 4.48%
Matches/Mean MAE 6/8 6/8 2.12% 8/8 7.81%

2019 Sri Lankan Presidential Election[edit]

Party Bentara Elpitiya[4] Galle Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
SLPP 49,734 66.70% 466,148 64.26% 6,924,255 52.25%
NDF 20,606 27.63% 217,401 29.97% 5,564,239 41.99%
NMPP 2,511 3.37% 27,006 3.72% 418,553 3.16%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 1,715 2.30% 14,803 2.04% 345,452 2.61%
Valid Votes 74,566 99.34% 725,358 99.20% 13,252,499 98.99%
Rejected Votes 499 0.66% 5,878 0.80% 135,452 1.01%
Total Polled 75,065 84.89% 731,236 85.15% 13,387,951 83.71%
Registered Electors 88,427 858,749 15,992,568

2015 Sri Lankan Presidential Election[edit]

Party Bentara Elpitiya[5] Galle Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
UPFA 42,015 59.08% 377,126 55.64% 5,768,090 47.58%
NDF 28,287 39.78% 293,994 43.37% 6,217,162 51.28%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 808 1.14% 6,691 0.99% 138,200 1.14%
Valid Votes 71,110 99.20% 677,811 99.05% 12,123,452 98.85%
Rejected Votes 574 0.80% 6,516 0.95% 140,925 1.15%
Total Polled 71,684 80.09% 684,327 80.46% 12,264,377 78.69%
Registered Electors 89,500 850,549 15,585,942

2010 Sri Lankan Presidential Election[edit]

Party Bentara Elpitiya[6] Galle Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
UPFA 44,036 67.42% 386,971 63.69% 6,015,934 57.88%
NDF 20,219 30.95% 211,633 34.83% 4,173,185 40.15%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 1,065 1.63% 9,017 1.48% 204,494 1.97%
Valid Votes 65,320 99.42% 607,621 99.38% 10,393,613 99.03%
Rejected Votes 382 0.58% 3,765 0.62% 101,838 0.97%
Total Polled 65,702 77.50% 611,386 77.82% 10,495,451 66.70%
Registered Electors 84,772 785,663 15,734,587

2005 Sri Lankan Presidential Election[edit]

Party Bentara Elpitiya[7] Galle Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
UPFA 38,779 59.16% 347,233 58.41% 4,887,152 50.29%
UNP 25,767 39.31% 239,320 40.26% 4,706,366 48.43%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 1,000 1.53% 7,915 1.33% 123,521 1.27%
Valid Votes 65,546 99.13% 594,468 99.08% 9,717,039 98.88%
Rejected Votes 572 0.87% 5,540 0.92% 109,869 1.12%
Total Polled 66,118 80.36% 600,008 79.86% 9,826,908 69.51%
Registered Electors 82,282 751,327 14,136,979

1999 Sri Lankan Presidential Election[edit]

Party Bentara Elpitiya[8] Galle Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
PA 31,626 55.68% 281,154 54.91% 4,312,157 51.12%
UNP 21,196 37.32% 195,906 38.26% 3,602,748 42.71%
JVP 3,128 5.51% 27,257 5.32% 343,927 4.08%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 845 1.49% 7,702 1.50% 176,679 2.09%
Valid Votes 56,795 98.29% 512,019 98.14% 8,435,754 97.69%
Rejected Votes 991 1.71% 9,716 1.86% 199,536 2.31%
Total Polled 57,786 76.77% 521,735 77.43% 8,635,290 72.17%
Registered Electors 75,271 673,785 11,965,536

1994 Sri Lankan Presidential Election[edit]

Party Bentara Elpitiya[9] Galle Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
PA 32,213 62.43% 285,398 61.40% 4,709,205 62.28%
UNP 18,747 36.33% 173,282 37.28% 2,715,283 35.91%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 640 1.24% 6,135 1.32% 137,040 1.81%
Valid Votes 51,600 98.52% 464,815 98.49% 7,561,526 98.03%
Rejected Votes 773 1.48% 7,112 1.51% 151,706 1.97%
Total Polled 52,373 72.98% 471,927 73.01% 7,713,232 69.12%
Registered Electors 71,765 646,373 11,158,880

1988 Sri Lankan Presidential Election[edit]

Party Bentara Elpitiya[10] Galle Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
SLFP 12,057 56.53% 148,615 53.09% 2,289,857 44.95%
UNP 8,789 41.21% 124,912 44.62% 2,569,199 50.43%
SLMP 481 2.26% 6,417 2.29% 235,701 4.63%
Valid Votes 21,327 98.62% 279,944 98.43% 5,094,754 98.24%
Rejected Votes 299 1.38% 4,461 1.57% 91,499 1.76%
Total Polled 21,626 32.97% 284,405 49.34% 5,186,256 55.87%
Registered Electors 65,597 576,390 9,283,143

1982 Sri Lankan Presidential Election[edit]

Party Bentara Elpitiya[11] Galle Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
UNP 23,668 49.33% 211,544 50.23% 3,450,815 52.93%
SLFP 21,805 45.45% 180,925 42.96% 2,546,348 39.05%
JVP 2,106 4.39% 20,962 4.98% 273,428 4.19%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 399 0.83% 7,707 1.83% 249,460 3.83%
Valid Votes 47,978 98.59% 421,138 98.78% 6,520,156 98.78%
Rejected Votes 686 1.41% 5,198 1.22% 80,470 1.22%
Total Polled 48,664 83.05% 426,336 81.84% 6,600,626 80.15%
Registered Electors 58,596 520,909 8,235,358

Parliamentary Election Results[edit]

Summary[edit]

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

Year Bentara Elpitiya Galle Electoral District MAE[12] % Sri Lanka MAE[13] %
2015 UPFA UPFA 2.07% UNP 6.61%
2010 UPFA UPFA 1.22% UPFA 5.50%
2004 UPFA UPFA 1.54% UPFA 6.07%
2001 PA UNP 1.79% UNP 4.78%
2000 PA PA 1.25% PA 3.41%
1994 PA PA 0.84% PA 5.68%
1989 UNP UNP 1.54% UNP 4.60%
Matches/Mean MAE 5/7 6/7 1.47% 7/7 5.24%

2015 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election[edit]

Party Bentara Elpitiya[14] Galle Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
UPFA 34,275 52.70% 312,518 50.07% 4,732,664 42.48%
UNP 26,559 40.84% 265,180 42.49% 5,098,916 45.77%
JVP 3,351 5.15% 37,778 6.05% 544,154 4.88%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 851 1.31% 8,659 1.39% 82,852 0.74%
Valid Votes 65,036 97.49% 624,135 97.63% 11,140,333 95.35%
Rejected Votes 1,664 2.49% 15,107 2.36% 516,926 4.42%
Total Polled 66,708 74.53% 639,318 78.00% 11,684,111 77.66%
Registered Electors 89,500 819,666 15,044,490

2010 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election[edit]

Party Bentara Elpitiya[15] Galle Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
UPFA 32,926 67.80% 305,307 66.17% 4,846,388 60.38%
UNP 12,592 25.93% 120,101 26.03% 2,357,057 29.37%
DNA 2,792 5.75% 33,663 7.30% 441,251 5.50%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 255 0.53% 2,317 0.50% 32,313 0.40%
Valid Votes 48,565 94.90% 461,388 95.05% 8,026,322 96.03%
Rejected Votes 2,611 5.10% 24,013 4.95% 581,465 6.96%
Total Polled 51,176 60.37% 485,401 61.67% 8,358,246 59.29%
Registered Electors 84,772 787,139 14,097,690

2004 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election[edit]

Party Bentara Elpitiya[16] Galle Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
UPFA 34,840 58.31% 306,385 56.58% 4,223,126 45.70%
UNP 22,243 37.23% 209,399 38.67% 3,486,792 37.73%
JHU 2,411 4.04% 22,826 4.22% 552,723 5.98%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 256 0.43% 2,901 0.54% 60,066 0.65%
Valid Votes 59,750 94.66% 541,511 94.69% 9,241,931 94.52%
Rejected Votes 3,369 5.34% 30,380 5.31% 534,452 5.47%
Total Polled 63,119 77.98% 571,891 79.81% 9,777,821 75.74%
Registered Electors 80,943 716,609 12,909,631

2001 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election[edit]

Party Bentara Elpitiya[17] Galle Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
PA 26,732 44.50% 232,931 42.98% 3,330,815 37.19%
UNP 25,054 41.71% 238,989 44.10% 4,086,026 45.62%
JVP 7,296 12.15% 61,806 11.41% 815,353 9.10%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 986 1.64% 8,188 1.51% 143,033 1.60%
Valid Votes 60,068 95.52% 541,914 95.66% 8,955,844 94.77%
Rejected Votes 2,816 4.48% 24,561 4.34% 494,009 5.23%
Total Polled 62,884 79.63% 566,475 81.09% 9,449,878 76.03%
Registered Electors 78,967 698,558 12,428,762

2000 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election[edit]

Party Bentara Elpitiya[18] Galle Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
PA 30,213 51.56% 264,601 50.08% 3,899,329 45.33%
UNP 22,811 38.93% 212,055 40.14% 3,451,765 40.12%
JVP 4,442 7.58% 41,620 7.88% 518,725 6.03%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 1,133 1.93% 10,072 1.91% 250,489 2.91%
Valid Votes 58,599 N/A 528,348 N/A 8,602,617 N/A

1994 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election[edit]

Party Bentara Elpitiya[19] Galle Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
PA 31,222 57.34% 277,956 56.39% 3,887,805 48.94%
UNP 22,059 40.51% 203,268 41.24% 3,498,370 44.04%
SLPF 940 1.73% 7,239 1.47% 90,078 1.13%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 226 0.42% 4,451 0.90% 69,351 0.87%
Valid Votes 54,447 95.75% 492,914 95.96% 7,943,688 95.20%
Rejected Votes 2,418 4.25% 20,763 4.04% 400,395 4.80%
Total Polled 56,865 79.24% 513,677 79.57% 8,344,095 74.75%
Registered Electors 71,765 645,559 11,163,064

1989 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election[edit]

Party Bentara Elpitiya[20] Galle Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
UNP 18,482 48.12% 183,962 50.40% 2,838,005 50.71%
SLFP 15,849 41.26% 152,096 41.67% 1,785,369 31.90%
USA 3,465 9.02% 18,160 4.98% 141,983 2.54%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 616 1.60% 10,787 2.96% 360,219 6.44%
Valid Votes 38,412 92.42% 365,005 93.94% 5,596,468 93.87%
Rejected Votes 3,152 7.58% 23,536 6.06% 365,563 6.13%
Total Polled 41,564 64.41% 388,541 68.03% 5,962,031 63.60%
Registered Electors 64,529 571,146 9,374,164

Demographics[edit]

Ethnicity[edit]

The Bentara Elpitiya Polling Division has a Sinhalese majority (97.2%) . In comparison, the Galle Electoral District (which contains the Bentara Elpitiya Polling Division) has a Sinhalese majority (94.4%) [1]

Ethnicity in Bentara Elpitiya[1]

  Sinhalese (97.2%)
  Other (1.5%)
  Sri Lankan Tamil (1.3%)

Religion[edit]

The Bentara Elpitiya Polling Division has a Buddhist majority (97.0%) . In comparison, the Galle Electoral District (which contains the Bentara Elpitiya Polling Division) has a Buddhist majority (93.9%) [1]

Religion in Bentara Elpitiya[1]

  Buddhist (97.0%)
  Hindu (1.4%)
  Muslim (1.0%)
  Other (0.6%)

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d e "Census of Population and Housing 2012". statistics.gov.lk. Department of Census and Statistics, Sri Lanka. 2012.
  2. ^ The mean absolute error, between the percentages of votes each party got in Bentara Elpitiya and the Galle Electoral District. It is a measure of the difference in voting behaviour between the two regions.
  3. ^ The mean absolute error, between the percentages of votes each party got in Bentara Elpitiya and the country. It is a measure of the difference in voting behaviour between the two regions.
  4. ^ "2019 Sri Lankan presidential election Results". elections.gov.lk. Election Commission of Sri Lanka. 2019. Archived from the original on 2019-12-19. Retrieved 2020-06-10.
  5. ^ "2015 Sri Lankan presidential election Results". elections.gov.lk. Election Commission of Sri Lanka. 2015. Archived from the original on 2019-12-19. Retrieved 2020-06-10.
  6. ^ "2010 Sri Lankan presidential election Results". elections.gov.lk. Election Commission of Sri Lanka. 2010. Archived from the original on 2019-12-19. Retrieved 2020-06-10.
  7. ^ "2005 Sri Lankan presidential election Results". elections.gov.lk. Election Commission of Sri Lanka. 2005. Archived from the original on 2019-12-19. Retrieved 2020-06-10.
  8. ^ "1999 Sri Lankan presidential election Results". elections.gov.lk. Election Commission of Sri Lanka. 1999. Archived from the original on 2019-12-19. Retrieved 2020-06-10.
  9. ^ "1994 Sri Lankan presidential election Results". elections.gov.lk. Election Commission of Sri Lanka. 1994. Archived from the original on 2019-12-19. Retrieved 2020-06-10.
  10. ^ "1988 Sri Lankan presidential election Results". elections.gov.lk. Election Commission of Sri Lanka. 1988. Archived from the original on 2019-12-19. Retrieved 2020-06-10.
  11. ^ "1982 Sri Lankan presidential election Results". elections.gov.lk. Election Commission of Sri Lanka. 1982. Archived from the original on 2019-12-19. Retrieved 2020-06-10.
  12. ^ The mean absolute error, between the percentages of votes each party got in Bentara Elpitiya and the Galle Electoral District. It is a measure of the difference in voting behaviour between the two regions.
  13. ^ The mean absolute error, between the percentages of votes each party got in Bentara Elpitiya and the country. It is a measure of the difference in voting behaviour between the two regions.
  14. ^ "2015 Sri Lankan parliamentary election Results" (PDF). elections.gov.lk. Election Commission of Sri Lanka. 2015.
  15. ^ "2010 Sri Lankan parliamentary election Results" (PDF). elections.gov.lk. Election Commission of Sri Lanka. 2010.
  16. ^ "2004 Sri Lankan parliamentary election Results" (PDF). elections.gov.lk. Election Commission of Sri Lanka. 2004.
  17. ^ "2001 Sri Lankan parliamentary election Results" (PDF). elections.gov.lk. Election Commission of Sri Lanka. 2001.
  18. ^ "2000 Sri Lankan parliamentary election Results" (PDF). elections.gov.lk. Election Commission of Sri Lanka. 2000.
  19. ^ "1994 Sri Lankan parliamentary election Results" (PDF). elections.gov.lk. Election Commission of Sri Lanka. 1994.
  20. ^ "1989 Sri Lankan parliamentary election Results" (PDF). elections.gov.lk. Election Commission of Sri Lanka. 1989.
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