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

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 MAEThe mean absolute error, between the percentages of votes each party got in Mulkirigala and the Hambantota 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 Mulkirigala and the country. It is a measure of the difference in voting behaviour between the two regions. % 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 MAEThe mean absolute error, between the percentages of votes each party got in Mulkirigala and the Hambantota 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 Mulkirigala and the country. It is a measure of the difference in voting behaviour between the two regions. % 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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%)

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%)

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