The Udunuwara Polling Division is a Polling Division in the Kandy Electoral District, in the Central Province, Sri Lanka.

Presidential election results Summary The winner of Udunuwara has matched the final country result 7 out of 9 times. Hence, Udunuwara is a weak bellwether for presidential elections. Year Udunuwara Kandy MAEThe mean absolute error, between the percentages of votes each party got in Udunuwara and the Kandy Electoral District. It is a measure of the difference in voting behaviour between the two regions. % Sri Lanka MAEThe mean absolute error, between the percentages of votes each party got in Udunuwara and the country. It is a measure of the difference in voting behaviour between the two regions. % 2024

Dissanayake

Dissanayake %

Dissanayake % 2019

Premadasa

Rajapaksa 2.85%

Rajapaksa 4.90% 2015

Sirisena

Sirisena 4.08%

Sirisena 7.35% 2010

Rajapaksa

Rajapaksa 3.23%

Rajapaksa 6.88% 2005 Wickremesinghe Wickremesinghe 2.52%

Rajapaksa 8.40% 1999 Kumaratunga Kumaratunga 2.21% Kumaratunga 3.68% 1994 Kumaratunga Kumaratunga 0.47% Kumaratunga 5.12% 1988 Premadasa Premadasa 5.60% Premadasa 8.40% 1982 Jayawardene Jayawardene 3.94% Jayawardene 8.37% Matches/Mean MAE 7/9 8/9 3.11% 9/9 6.64%

2024 Sri Lankan presidential election CandidateUdunuwaraKandySri LankaVotes%Votes%Votes% Anura Kumara Dissanayake33,23246.92%394,53442.46%5,634,91542.31% Sajith Premadasa23,32632.93%323,99834.71%4,363,03532.76% Ranil Wickremesinghe10,38314.66%162,70717.43%2,299,76717.27% Namal Rajapaksa1,3671.93%19,4032.08%342,7812.57% Dilith Jayaweera8451.19%9,0980.97%122,3960.92%Others1,5932.37%23,7762.55%556,7224.18%Valid Votes70,82797.83%933,51697.48%13,319,61697.80%Rejected Votes1,5732.17%24,1532.52%300,3002.20%Total Polled72,40080.52%957,66980.38%13,619,91679.46%Registered Electors89,9181,191,39917,140,354

2019 Sri Lankan presidential election Party Udunuwara Kandy Sri Lanka Votes % Votes % Votes % Sajith Premadasa 33,131 47.60% 417,355 44.64% 5,564,239 41.99% Gotabaya Rajapaksa 33,003 47.41% 471,502 50.43% 6,924,255 52.25% Anura Kumara Dissanayake 1,913 2.75% 23,539 2.52% 418,553 3.16% Others 1,560 2.24% 22,479 2.40% 345,452 2.61% Valid Votes 69,607 99.20% 934,875 99.04% 13,252,499 98.99% Rejected Votes 563 0.80% 9,020 0.96% 135,452 1.01% Total Polled 70,170 84.70% 943,895 84.89% 13,387,951 83.71% Registered Electors 82,842 1,111,860 15,992,568

2015 Sri Lankan presidential election Party Udunuwara Kandy Sri Lanka Votes % Votes % Votes % Maithripala Sirisena 38,018 58.71% 466,994 54.56% 6,217,162 51.28% Mahinda Rajapaksa 25,984 40.13% 378,585 44.23% 5,768,090 47.58% Others 752 1.16% 10,329 1.21% 138,200 1.14% Valid Votes 64,754 98.84% 855,908 98.73% 12,123,452 98.85% Rejected Votes 763 1.16% 10,993 1.27% 140,925 1.15% Total Polled 65,517 79.61% 866,901 79.71% 12,264,377 78.69% Registered Electors 82,298 1,087,542 15,585,942

2010 Sri Lankan presidential election Party Udunuwara Kandy Sri Lanka Votes % Votes % Votes % Mahinda Rajapaksa 29,235 50.88% 406,636 54.16% 6,015,934 57.88% Sarath Fonseka 27,123 47.21% 329,492 43.89% 4,173,185 40.15% Others 1,096 1.91% 14,658 1.95% 204,494 1.97% Valid Votes 57,454 98.91% 750,786 98.85% 10,393,613 99.03% Rejected Votes 631 1.09% 8,700 1.15% 101,838 0.97% Total Polled 58,085 75.62% 759,486 75.87% 10,495,451 66.70% Registered Electors 76,812 1,001,074 15,734,587

2005 Sri Lankan presidential election Party Udunuwara Kandy Sri Lanka Votes % Votes % Votes % Ranil Wickremesinghe 30,979 56.90% 387,150 54.33% 4,706,366 48.43% Mahinda Rajapaksa 22,733 41.75% 315,672 44.30% 4,887,152 50.29% Others 733 1.35% 9,798 1.37% 123,521 1.27% Valid Votes 54,445 98.68% 712,620 98.64% 9,717,039 98.88% Rejected Votes 726 1.32% 9,817 1.36% 109,869 1.12% Total Polled 55,171 76.80% 722,437 77.37% 9,826,908 69.51% Registered Electors 71,840 933,754 14,136,979

1999 Sri Lankan presidential election Party Udunuwara Kandy Sri Lanka Votes % Votes % Votes % Chandrika Kumaratunga 22,192 47.86% 308,187 50.29% 4,312,157 51.12% Ranil Wickremesinghe 21,920 47.27% 276,360 45.10% 3,602,748 42.71% Nandana Gunathilake 1,199 2.59% 15,512 2.53% 343,927 4.08% Others 1,061 2.29% 12,752 2.08% 176,679 2.09% Valid Votes 46,372 97.47% 612,811 97.29% 8,435,754 97.69% Rejected Votes 1,204 2.53% 17,060 2.71% 199,536 2.31% Total Polled 47,576 76.13% 629,871 77.61% 8,635,290 72.17% Registered Electors 62,497 811,606 11,965,536

1994 Sri Lankan presidential election Party Udunuwara Kandy Sri Lanka Votes % Votes % Votes % Chandrika Kumaratunga 24,199 57.07% 320,110 56.64% 4,709,205 62.28% Srima Dissanayake 17,442 41.14% 235,519 41.68% 2,715,283 35.91% Others 758 1.79% 9,488 1.68% 137,040 1.81% Valid Votes 42,399 97.82% 565,117 97.55% 7,561,526 98.03% Rejected Votes 945 2.18% 14,179 2.45% 151,706 1.97% Total Polled 43,344 76.48% 579,296 77.85% 7,713,232 69.12% Registered Electors 56,671 744,151 11,158,880

1988 Sri Lankan presidential election Party Udunuwara Kandy Sri Lanka Votes % Votes % Votes % Ranasinghe Premadasa 16,582 60.70% 234,124 54.88% 2,569,199 50.43% Sirimavo Bandaranaike 10,420 38.14% 186,187 43.65% 2,289,857 44.95% Ossie Abeygunasekera 315 1.15% 6,266 1.47% 235,701 4.63% Valid Votes 27,317 98.03% 426,577 98.57% 5,094,754 98.24% Rejected Votes 550 1.97% 6,167 1.43% 91,499 1.76% Total Polled 27,867 55.49% 432,744 68.36% 5,186,256 55.87% Registered Electors 50,223 633,030 9,283,143

1982 Sri Lankan presidential election Party Udunuwara Kandy Sri Lanka Votes % Votes % Votes % J. R. Jayewardene 23,440 64.02% 289,621 59.80% 3,450,815 52.93% Hector Kobbekaduwa 12,100 33.05% 178,647 36.89% 2,546,348 39.05% Rohana Wijeweera 852 2.33% 12,493 2.58% 273,428 4.19% Others 224 0.61% 3,536 0.73% 249,460 3.83% Valid Votes 36,616 99.33% 484,297 99.07% 6,520,156 98.78% Rejected Votes 246 0.67% 4,548 0.93% 80,470 1.22% Total Polled 36,862 85.28% 488,845 89.44% 6,600,626 80.15% Registered Electors 43,223 546,565 8,235,358

Parliamentary election results Summary The winner of Udunuwara has matched the final country result 6 out of 7 times. Hence, Udunuwara is a strong bellwether for parliamentary elections. Year Udunuwara Kandy MAEThe mean absolute error, between the percentages of votes each party got in Udunuwara and the Kandy Electoral District. It is a measure of the difference in voting behaviour between the two regions. % Sri Lanka MAEThe mean absolute error, between the percentages of votes each party got in Udunuwara and the country. It is a measure of the difference in voting behaviour between the two regions. % 2015 3.97% 9.70% 2010 1.06% 2.30% 2004 1.88% 4.50% 2001 5.48% 7.70% 2000 2.83% 2.26% 1994 2.99% 2.38% 1989 5.25% 8.05% Matches/Mean MAE 6/7 5/7 3.35% 7/7 5.27%

2015 Sri Lankan parliamentary election Party Udunuwara Kandy Sri Lanka Votes % Votes % Votes % 35,580 59.99% 440,761 55.61% 5,098,916 45.77% 20,808 35.08% 309,152 39.00% 4,732,664 42.48% 2,307 3.89% 30,669 3.87% 544,154 4.88% Others 618 1.04% 12,055 1.52% 100,088 0.90% Valid Votes 59,313 96.10% 792,637 95.48% 11,140,333 95.35% Rejected Votes 2,365 3.83% 37,065 4.46% 516,926 4.42% Total Polled 61,722 75.00% 830,165 79.13% 11,684,111 77.66% Registered Electors 82,298 1,049,160 15,044,490

2010 Sri Lankan parliamentary election Party Udunuwara Kandy Sri Lanka Votes % Votes % Votes % 26,154 59.69% 339,819 60.81% 4,846,388 60.38% 15,590 35.58% 192,798 34.50% 2,357,057 29.37% 1,949 4.45% 23,728 4.25% 441,251 5.50% Others 120 0.27% 2,459 0.44% 30,354 0.38% Valid Votes 43,813 91.50% 558,804 90.49% 8,026,322 96.03% Rejected Votes 4,043 8.44% 58,333 9.45% 581,465 6.96% Total Polled 47,882 62.34% 617,559 61.70% 8,358,246 59.29% Registered Electors 76,812 1,000,861 14,097,690

2004 Sri Lankan parliamentary election Party Udunuwara Kandy Sri Lanka Votes % Votes % Votes % 23,413 47.63% 313,859 49.99% 3,486,792 37.73% 21,739 44.23% 268,131 42.71% 4,223,126 45.70% 3,678 7.48% 42,192 6.72% 552,723 5.98% Others 325 0.66% 3,684 0.59% 64,227 0.69% Valid Votes 49,155 94.25% 627,866 93.24% 9,241,931 94.52% Rejected Votes 2,999 5.75% 45,484 6.75% 534,452 5.47% Total Polled 52,154 74.67% 673,380 76.47% 9,777,821 75.74% Registered Electors 69,844 880,634 12,909,631

2001 Sri Lankan parliamentary election Party Udunuwara Kandy Sri Lanka Votes % Votes % Votes % 28,101 58.86% 314,297 52.77% 4,086,026 45.62% 15,990 33.49% 233,637 39.23% 3,330,815 37.19% 2,859 5.99% 37,146 6.24% 815,353 9.10% Others 793 1.66% 10,496 1.76% 129,347 1.44% Valid Votes 47,743 93.96% 595,576 93.40% 8,955,844 94.77% Rejected Votes 3,068 6.04% 42,103 6.60% 494,009 5.23% Total Polled 50,811 77.15% 637,679 76.03% 9,449,878 76.03% Registered Electors 65,863 838,687 12,428,762

2000 Sri Lankan parliamentary election Party Udunuwara Kandy Sri Lanka Votes % Votes % Votes % 19,988 41.93% 282,282 46.66% 3,899,329 45.33% 19,591 41.10% 243,623 40.27% 3,451,765 40.12% 4,990 10.47% 32,023 5.29% 185,593 2.16% 1,698 3.56% 21,565 3.56% 518,725 6.03% SU 731 1.53% 10,999 1.82% 127,859 1.49% Others 674 1.41% 14,436 2.39% 161,809 1.88% Valid Votes 47,672 N/A 604,928 N/A 8,602,617 N/A

1994 Sri Lankan parliamentary election Party Udunuwara Kandy Sri Lanka Votes % Votes % Votes % 21,635 49.23% 267,683 46.43% 3,887,805 48.94% 21,586 49.12% 301,824 52.35% 3,498,370 44.04% Others 725 1.65% 7,045 1.22% 175,576 2.21% Valid Votes 43,946 95.15% 576,552 94.89% 7,943,688 95.20% Rejected Votes 2,238 4.85% 31,019 5.11% 400,395 4.80% Total Polled 46,184 81.49% 607,571 81.67% 8,344,095 74.75% Registered Electors 56,671 743,939 11,163,064

1989 Sri Lankan parliamentary election Party Udunuwara Kandy Sri Lanka Votes % Votes % Votes % 9,012 59.27% 204,973 61.72% 2,838,005 50.71% 3,352 22.05% 105,977 31.91% 1,785,369 31.90% 2,682 17.64% 14,697 4.43% 202,016 3.61% Others 158 1.04% 6,462 1.95% 209,706 3.75% Valid Votes 15,204 93.55% 332,109 93.69% 5,596,468 93.87% Rejected Votes 1,048 6.45% 22,374 6.31% 365,563 6.13% Total Polled 16,252 33.22% 354,483 56.42% 5,962,031 63.60% Registered Electors 48,915 628,317 9,374,164

Demographics Ethnicity The Udunuwara Polling Division has a Sinhalese majority (72.7%) and a significant Moor population (24.4%) . In comparison, the Kandy Electoral District (which contains the Udunuwara Polling Division) has a Sinhalese majority (74.4%) and a significant Moor population (13.9%)

Religion

The Udunuwara Polling Division has a Buddhist majority (72.0%) and a significant Muslim population (24.5%) . In comparison, the Kandy Electoral District (which contains the Udunuwara Polling Division) has a Buddhist majority (73.4%) and a significant Muslim population (14.3%)

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