The Walapane Polling Division is a Polling Division in the Nuwara Eliya Electoral District, in the Central Province, Sri Lanka.

Presidential Election Results

Summary

The winner of Walapane has matched the final country result 5 out of 9 times. Hence, Walapane is a Weak Bellwether for Presidential Elections. Year Walapane Nuwara Eliya Electoral District MAEThe mean absolute error, between the percentages of votes each party got in Walapane and the Nuwara Eliya 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 Walapane and the country. It is a measure of the difference in voting behaviour between the two regions. % 2024 SJB SJB NPP 2019 NDF NDF 9.30% SLPP 5.73% 2015 NDF NDF 13.06% NDF 0.40% 2010 UPFA NDF 11.37% UPFA 1.30% 2005 UNP UNP 14.53% UPFA 7.29% 1999 UNP UNP 0.52% PA 4.31% 1994 PA PA 3.35% PA 7.84% 1988 UNP UNP 7.45% UNP 2.81% 1982 UNP UNP 6.56% UNP 2.11% Matches/Mean MAE 5/9 4/9 8.27% 9/9 3.97%

2024 Sri Lankan Presidential Election +PartyWalapaneNuwara Eliya Electoral DistrictSri LankaVotes%Votes%Votes% SJB 29,89643.7% 201,81442.58% 5,634,91542.31% NPP 17,07424.96% 138,61929.25% 4,363,03532.76% Independent 15,14022.13% 105,05722.17% 2,299,76717.27% Other Parties (with < 1%) 32894.81% 19,6244.14% 679,1185.09% SLPP 3,0084.4% 8,8211.86% 342,7812.57%Valid Votes68,40796.72%473,93597%13,319,61697.8%Rejected Votes2,3173.28%14,6433%300,3002.2%Total Polled70,72481.41%488,57880.72%13,619,91679.46%Registered Electors86,874605,29217,140,354

2019 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party Walapane Nuwara Eliya Electoral District Sri Lanka Votes % Votes % Votes % NDF 33,908 48.51% 277,913 58.28% 5,564,239 41.99% SLPP 32,602 46.65% 175,823 36.87% 6,924,255 52.25% Other Parties (with < 1%) 2,595 3.71% 17,237 3.61% 345,452 2.61% NMPP 787 1.13% 5,891 1.24% 418,553 3.16% Valid Votes 69,892 98.62% 476,864 98.52% 13,252,499 98.99% Rejected Votes 978 1.38% 7,155 1.48% 135,452 1.01% Total Polled 70,870 85.81% 484,019 85.06% 13,387,951 83.71% Registered Electors 82,593 569,028 15,992,568

2015 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party Walapane Nuwara Eliya Electoral District Sri Lanka Votes % Votes % Votes % NDF 32,340 50.59% 272,605 63.88% 6,217,162 51.28% UPFA 30,354 47.48% 145,339 34.06% 5,768,090 47.58% Other Parties (with < 1%) 1,230 1.92% 8,822 2.07% 138,200 1.14% Valid Votes 63,924 98.38% 426,766 98.31% 12,123,452 98.85% Rejected Votes 1,052 1.62% 7,329 1.69% 140,925 1.15% Total Polled 64,976 79.05% 434,095 79.25% 12,264,377 78.69% Registered Electors 82,193 547,766 15,585,942

2010 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party Walapane Nuwara Eliya Electoral District Sri Lanka Votes % Votes % Votes % UPFA 29,618 55.89% 151,604 43.77% 6,015,934 57.88% NDF 21,474 40.52% 180,604 52.14% 4,173,185 40.15% Other Parties (with < 1%) 1,902 3.59% 14,174 4.09% 204,494 1.97% Valid Votes 52,994 98.38% 346,382 98.17% 10,393,613 99.03% Rejected Votes 875 1.62% 6,462 1.83% 101,838 0.97% Total Polled 53,869 73.42% 352,844 75.65% 10,495,451 66.70% Registered Electors 73,369 466,440 15,734,587

2005 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party Walapane Nuwara Eliya Electoral District Sri Lanka Votes % Votes % Votes % UNP 30,852 55.57% 250,428 70.37% 4,706,366 48.43% UPFA 23,688 42.67% 99,550 27.97% 4,887,152 50.29% Other Parties (with < 1%) 979 1.76% 5,897 1.66% 123,521 1.27% Valid Votes 55,519 98.23% 355,875 98.50% 9,717,039 98.88% Rejected Votes 1,003 1.77% 5,410 1.50% 109,869 1.12% Total Polled 56,522 78.78% 361,285 79.49% 9,826,908 69.51% Registered Electors 71,744 454,528 14,136,979

1999 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party Walapane Nuwara Eliya Electoral District Sri Lanka Votes % Votes % Votes % UNP 23,685 47.92% 152,836 48.68% 3,602,748 42.71% PA 23,312 47.17% 147,210 46.88% 4,312,157 51.12% JVP 1,299 2.63% 5,879 1.87% 343,927 4.08% Other Parties (with < 1%) 1,125 2.28% 8,065 2.57% 176,679 2.09% Valid Votes 49,421 97.31% 313,990 97.21% 8,435,754 97.69% Rejected Votes 1,366 2.69% 8,997 2.79% 199,536 2.31% Total Polled 50,787 79.20% 322,987 80.23% 8,635,290 72.17% Registered Electors 64,127 402,589 11,965,536

1994 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party Walapane Nuwara Eliya Electoral District Sri Lanka Votes % Votes % Votes % PA 26,020 54.12% 168,929 57.14% 4,709,205 62.28% UNP 20,955 43.59% 116,928 39.55% 2,715,283 35.91% Other Parties (with < 1%) 594 1.24% 3,459 1.17% 78,152 1.03% Ind 2 509 1.06% 6,314 2.14% 58,888 0.78% Valid Votes 48,078 97.01% 295,630 96.15% 7,561,526 98.03% Rejected Votes 1,480 2.99% 11,840 3.85% 151,706 1.97% Total Polled 49,558 78.66% 307,470 78.19% 7,713,232 69.12% Registered Electors 63,000 393,221 11,158,880

1988 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party Walapane Nuwara Eliya Electoral District Sri Lanka Votes % Votes % Votes % UNP 18,099 54.81% 112,135 62.15% 2,569,199 50.43% SLFP 14,519 43.97% 64,907 35.98% 2,289,857 44.95% SLMP 404 1.22% 3,371 1.87% 235,701 4.63% Valid Votes 33,022 98.42% 180,413 98.19% 5,094,754 98.24% Rejected Votes 530 1.58% 3,320 1.81% 91,499 1.76% Total Polled 33,552 75.89% 183,733 79.44% 5,186,256 55.87% Registered Electors 44,214 231,278 9,283,143

1982 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party Walapane Nuwara Eliya Electoral District Sri Lanka Votes % Votes % Votes % UNP 18,957 56.21% 109,017 63.10% 3,450,815 52.93% SLFP 13,391 39.71% 57,093 33.05% 2,546,348 39.05% JVP 1,023 3.03% 4,569 2.64% 273,428 4.19% Other Parties (with < 1%) 352 1.04% 2,090 1.21% 249,460 3.83% Valid Votes 33,723 98.84% 172,769 98.83% 6,520,156 98.78% Rejected Votes 397 1.16% 2,048 1.17% 80,470 1.22% Total Polled 34,120 88.82% 174,817 85.71% 6,600,626 80.15% Registered Electors 38,414 203,968 8,235,358

Parliamentary Election Results

Summary

The winner of Walapane has matched the final country result 5 out of 7 times. Hence, Walapane is a Weak Bellwether for Parliamentary Elections. Year Walapane Nuwara Eliya Electoral District MAEThe mean absolute error, between the percentages of votes each party got in Walapane and the Nuwara Eliya 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 Walapane and the country. It is a measure of the difference in voting behaviour between the two regions. % 2015 UNP UNP 4.69% UNP 4.46% 2010 UPFA UPFA 8.34% UPFA 3.69% 2004 UNP UNP 9.68% UPFA 5.31% 2001 UNP UNP 12.64% UNP 5.20% 2000 PA PA 1.69% PA 4.75% 1994 UNP UNP 6.74% PA 6.99% 1989 UNP UNP 2.64% UNP 6.77% Matches/Mean MAE 5/7 5/7 6.63% 7/7 5.31%

2015 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party Walapane Nuwara Eliya Electoral District Sri Lanka Votes % Votes % Votes % UNP 30,753 54.46% 228,920 59.06% 5,098,916 45.77% UPFA 24,387 43.19% 147,348 38.02% 4,732,664 42.48% JVP 664 1.18% 5,590 1.44% 544,154 4.88% Other Parties (with < 1%) 663 1.17% 5,727 1.48% 87,743 0.79% Valid Votes 56,467 91.01% 387,585 92.12% 11,140,333 95.35% Rejected Votes 5,539 8.93% 32,788 7.79% 516,926 4.42% Total Polled 62,047 75.49% 420,734 78.77% 11,684,111 77.66% Registered Electors 82,193 534,150 15,044,490

2010 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party Walapane Nuwara Eliya Electoral District Sri Lanka Votes % Votes % Votes % UPFA 26,017 66.08% 149,111 56.06% 4,846,388 60.38% UNP 11,551 29.34% 96,885 36.43% 2,357,057 29.37% UPF 881 2.24% 13,189 4.96% 24,670 0.31% DNA 508 1.29% 3,984 1.50% 441,251 5.50% Other Parties (with < 1%) 413 1.05% 2,793 1.05% 34,436 0.43% Valid Votes 39,370 85.89% 265,962 87.64% 8,026,322 96.03% Rejected Votes 6,424 14.01% 37,236 12.27% 581,465 6.96% Total Polled 45,840 62.48% 303,470 64.94% 8,358,246 59.29% Registered Electors 73,369 467,332 14,097,690

2004 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party Walapane Nuwara Eliya Electoral District Sri Lanka Votes % Votes % Votes % UNP 22,768 46.38% 176,971 54.02% 3,486,792 37.73% UPFA 20,607 41.98% 82,945 25.32% 4,223,126 45.70% UPF 3,170 6.46% 49,728 15.18% 49,728 0.54% CDUA 1,697 3.46% 10,736 3.28% 10,736 0.12% Other Parties (with < 1%) 849 1.73% 7,229 2.21% 595,550 6.44% Valid Votes 49,091 92.42% 327,609 93.06% 9,241,931 94.52% Rejected Votes 4,028 7.58% 24,413 6.94% 534,452 5.47% Total Polled 53,119 76.09% 352,022 80.70% 9,777,821 75.74% Registered Electors 69,813 436,236 12,909,631

2001 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party Walapane Nuwara Eliya Electoral District Sri Lanka Votes % Votes % Votes % UNP 26,431 54.93% 215,157 68.28% 4,086,026 45.62% PA 18,582 38.62% 77,733 24.67% 3,330,815 37.19% JVP 2,184 4.54% 11,080 3.52% 815,353 9.10% Other Parties (with < 1%) 918 1.91% 11,129 3.53% 143,834 1.61% Valid Votes 48,115 90.02% 315,099 91.74% 8,955,844 94.77% Rejected Votes 5,335 9.98% 28,373 8.26% 494,009 5.23% Total Polled 53,450 80.17% 343,472 82.32% 9,449,878 76.03% Registered Electors 66,671 417,264 12,428,762

2000 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party Walapane Nuwara Eliya Electoral District Sri Lanka Votes % Votes % Votes % PA 24,390 51.40% 158,018 52.53% 3,899,329 45.33% UNP 21,144 44.56% 126,486 42.05% 3,451,765 40.12% JVP 1,290 2.72% 6,299 2.09% 518,725 6.03% Other Parties (with < 1%) 628 1.32% 10,003 3.33% 247,240 2.87% Valid Votes 47,452 N/A 300,806 N/A 8,602,617 N/A

1994 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party Walapane Nuwara Eliya Electoral District Sri Lanka Votes % Votes % Votes % UNP 26,534 53.75% 175,478 58.12% 3,498,370 44.04% PA 21,453 43.46% 97,658 32.35% 3,887,805 48.94% IND1 1,189 2.41% 27,374 9.07% 48,199 0.61% Other Parties (with < 1%) 187 0.38% 1,408 0.47% 158,616 2.00% Valid Votes 49,363 94.28% 301,918 93.33% 7,943,688 95.20% Rejected Votes 2,997 5.72% 21,592 6.67% 400,395 4.80% Total Polled 52,360 83.11% 323,510 82.37% 8,344,095 74.75% Registered Electors 63,000 392,770 11,163,064

1989 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party Walapane Nuwara Eliya Electoral District Sri Lanka Votes % Votes % Votes % UNP 20,699 62.44% 109,853 63.34% 2,838,005 50.71% SLFP 11,236 33.90% 47,128 27.18% 1,785,369 31.90% DPLF 961 2.90% 10,509 6.06% 19,150 0.34% Other Parties (with < 1%) 252 0.76% 5,934 3.42% 343,999 6.15% Valid Votes 33,148 92.50% 173,424 92.73% 5,596,468 93.87% Rejected Votes 2,687 7.50% 13,600 7.27% 365,563 6.13% Total Polled 35,835 82.15% 187,024 81.49% 5,962,031 63.60% Registered Electors 43,624 229,519 9,374,164

Demographics

Ethnicity

The Walapane Polling Division has a Sinhalese majority (63.0%) and a significant Indian Tamil population (33.8%) . In comparison, the Nuwara Eliya Electoral District (which contains the Walapane Polling Division) has an Indian Tamil majority (53.1%) and a significant Sinhalese population (39.6%)

Religion