Presidential Election Results
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The winner of Bandarawela has matched the final country result 7 out of 8 times. Hence, Bandarawela is a Strong Bellwether for Presidential Elections.
Party
Bandarawela[ 4]
Badulla Electoral District
Sri Lanka
Votes
%
Votes
%
Votes
%
SLPP
34,528
48.79%
276,211
49.29%
6,924,255
52.25%
NDF
32,242
45.56%
251,706
44.92%
5,564,239
41.99%
Other Parties (with < 1%)
2,089
2.95%
17,622
3.14%
345,452
2.61%
NMPP
1,915
2.71%
14,806
2.64%
418,553
3.16%
Valid Votes
70,774
98.92%
560,345
98.77%
13,252,499
98.99%
Rejected Votes
770
1.08%
6,978
1.23%
135,452
1.01%
Total Polled
71,544
85.48%
567,323
86.25%
13,387,951
83.71%
Registered Electors
83,693
657,766
15,992,568
Party
Bandarawela[ 5]
Badulla Electoral District
Sri Lanka
Votes
%
Votes
%
Votes
%
NDF
32,766
50.42%
249,524
49.21%
6,217,162
51.28%
UPFA
31,272
48.12%
249,243
49.15%
5,768,090
47.58%
Other Parties (with < 1%)
943
1.45%
8,303
1.64%
138,200
1.14%
Valid Votes
64,981
98.54%
507,070
98.47%
12,123,452
98.85%
Rejected Votes
966
1.46%
7,871
1.53%
140,925
1.15%
Total Polled
65,947
79.31%
514,941
79.51%
12,264,377
78.69%
Registered Electors
83,147
647,628
15,585,942
Party
Bandarawela[ 6]
Badulla Electoral District
Sri Lanka
Votes
%
Votes
%
Votes
%
UPFA
29,975
52.30%
237,579
53.23%
6,015,934
57.88%
NDF
26,085
45.51%
198,835
44.55%
4,173,185
40.15%
Other Parties (with < 1%)
1,251
2.18%
9,880
2.21%
204,494
1.97%
Valid Votes
57,311
98.73%
446,294
98.66%
10,393,613
99.03%
Rejected Votes
735
1.27%
6,083
1.34%
101,838
0.97%
Total Polled
58,046
75.08%
452,377
75.62%
10,495,451
66.70%
Registered Electors
77,312
598,190
15,734,587
Party
Bandarawela[ 7]
Badulla Electoral District
Sri Lanka
Votes
%
Votes
%
Votes
%
UNP
29,137
53.57%
226,582
53.11%
4,706,366
48.43%
UPFA
24,294
44.66%
192,734
45.18%
4,887,152
50.29%
Other Parties (with < 1%)
962
1.77%
7,283
1.71%
123,521
1.27%
Valid Votes
54,393
98.39%
426,599
98.43%
9,717,039
98.88%
Rejected Votes
888
1.61%
6,825
1.57%
109,869
1.12%
Total Polled
55,281
77.54%
433,424
78.67%
9,826,908
69.51%
Registered Electors
71,292
550,926
14,136,979
Party
Bandarawela[ 8]
Badulla Electoral District
Sri Lanka
Votes
%
Votes
%
Votes
%
PA
23,002
49.85%
167,000
46.33%
4,312,157
51.12%
UNP
20,768
45.01%
172,884
47.97%
3,602,748
42.71%
JVP
1,339
2.90%
12,025
3.34%
343,927
4.08%
Other Parties (with < 1%)
1,031
2.23%
8,512
2.36%
176,679
2.09%
Valid Votes
46,140
96.80%
360,421
97.04%
8,435,754
97.69%
Rejected Votes
1,526
3.20%
10,979
2.96%
199,536
2.31%
Total Polled
47,666
76.79%
371,400
78.25%
8,635,290
72.17%
Registered Electors
62,074
474,610
11,965,536
Party
Bandarawela[ 9]
Badulla Electoral District
Sri Lanka
Votes
%
Votes
%
Votes
%
PA
23,648
59.52%
182,810
55.27%
4,709,205
62.28%
UNP
15,072
37.93%
139,611
42.21%
2,715,283
35.91%
Other Parties (with < 1%)
549
1.38%
4,504
1.36%
78,152
1.03%
Ind 2
464
1.17%
3,847
1.16%
58,888
0.78%
Valid Votes
39,733
95.20%
330,772
95.91%
7,561,526
98.03%
Rejected Votes
2,003
4.80%
14,093
4.09%
151,706
1.97%
Total Polled
41,736
73.97%
344,865
77.47%
7,713,232
69.12%
Registered Electors
56,426
445,146
11,158,880
Party
Bandarawela[ 10]
Badulla Electoral District
Sri Lanka
Votes
%
Votes
%
Votes
%
UNP
14,191
54.27%
80,779
60.09%
2,569,199
50.43%
SLFP
11,182
42.76%
50,223
37.36%
2,289,857
44.95%
SLMP
776
2.97%
3,422
2.55%
235,701
4.63%
Valid Votes
26,149
97.33%
134,424
97.62%
5,094,754
98.24%
Rejected Votes
717
2.67%
3,276
2.38%
91,499
1.76%
Total Polled
26,866
63.26%
137,700
44.21%
5,186,256
55.87%
Registered Electors
42,467
311,473
9,283,143
Party
Bandarawela[ 11]
Badulla Electoral District
Sri Lanka
Votes
%
Votes
%
Votes
%
UNP
15,718
53.24%
141,062
58.67%
3,450,815
52.93%
SLFP
12,755
43.21%
88,462
36.79%
2,546,348
39.05%
JVP
652
2.21%
7,713
3.21%
273,428
4.19%
Other Parties (with < 1%)
397
1.34%
3,203
1.33%
249,460
3.83%
Valid Votes
29,522
98.75%
240,440
98.77%
6,520,156
98.78%
Rejected Votes
375
1.25%
2,982
1.23%
80,470
1.22%
Total Polled
29,897
84.05%
243,422
85.47%
6,600,626
80.15%
Registered Electors
35,570
284,801
8,235,358
Parliamentary Election Results
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The winner of Bandarawela has matched the final country result 4 out of 7 times. Hence, Bandarawela is a Weak Bellwether for Parliamentary Elections.
Party
Bandarawela[ 14]
Badulla Electoral District
Sri Lanka
Votes
%
Votes
%
Votes
%
UNP
33,115
54.97%
258,844
54.82%
5,098,916
45.77%
UPFA
22,618
37.55%
179,459
38.01%
4,732,664
42.48%
JVP
2,642
4.39%
21,445
4.54%
544,154
4.88%
CWC
1,650
2.74%
10,259
2.17%
17,107
0.15%
Other Parties (with < 1%)
212
0.35%
2,159
0.46%
76,945
0.69%
Valid Votes
60,237
95.26%
472,166
95.03%
11,140,333
95.35%
Rejected Votes
2,924
4.62%
24,167
4.86%
516,926
4.42%
Total Polled
63,231
76.05%
496,849
80.07%
11,684,111
77.66%
Registered Electors
83,147
620,486
15,044,490
Party
Bandarawela[ 15]
Badulla Electoral District
Sri Lanka
Votes
%
Votes
%
Votes
%
UPFA
24,188
55.40%
203,689
58.25%
4,846,388
60.38%
UNP
14,803
33.90%
112,886
32.28%
2,357,057
29.37%
DNA
2,262
5.18%
15,768
4.51%
441,251
5.50%
UPF
2,145
4.91%
11,481
3.28%
24,670
0.31%
Other Parties (with < 1%)
264
0.60%
5,854
1.67%
28,670
0.36%
Valid Votes
43,662
93.61%
349,678
93.54%
8,026,322
96.03%
Rejected Votes
2,982
6.39%
24,169
6.46%
581,465
6.96%
Total Polled
46,644
60.33%
373,847
62.46%
8,358,246
59.29%
Registered Electors
77,312
598,521
14,097,690
Party
Bandarawela[ 16]
Badulla Electoral District
Sri Lanka
Votes
%
Votes
%
Votes
%
UNP
23,791
50.25%
181,705
49.09%
3,486,792
37.73%
UPFA
21,784
46.01%
178,634
48.26%
4,223,126
45.70%
JHU
1,343
2.84%
6,932
1.87%
552,723
5.98%
Other Parties (with < 1%)
430
0.91%
2,907
0.79%
57,589
0.62%
Valid Votes
47,348
92.61%
370,178
92.47%
9,241,931
94.52%
Rejected Votes
3,780
7.39%
30,159
7.53%
534,452
5.47%
Total Polled
51,128
75.51%
400,337
78.33%
9,777,821
75.74%
Registered Electors
67,710
511,115
12,909,631
Party
Bandarawela[ 17]
Badulla Electoral District
Sri Lanka
Votes
%
Votes
%
Votes
%
UNP
25,750
53.87%
201,173
53.81%
4,086,026
45.62%
PA
17,710
37.05%
138,443
37.03%
3,330,815
37.19%
JVP
3,319
6.94%
26,820
7.17%
815,353
9.10%
IND3
592
1.24%
5,065
1.35%
6,161
0.07%
Other Parties (with < 1%)
426
0.89%
2,336
0.62%
73,230
0.82%
Valid Votes
47,797
93.10%
373,837
93.35%
8,955,844
94.77%
Rejected Votes
3,543
6.90%
26,626
6.65%
494,009
5.23%
Total Polled
51,340
78.17%
400,463
81.51%
9,449,878
76.03%
Registered Electors
65,674
491,288
12,428,762
Party
Bandarawela[ 18]
Badulla Electoral District
Sri Lanka
Votes
%
Votes
%
Votes
%
UNP
20,912
45.31%
167,351
46.36%
3,451,765
40.12%
PA
19,836
42.98%
154,172
42.71%
3,899,329
45.33%
JVP
1,928
4.18%
16,414
4.55%
518,725
6.03%
CWC
1,927
4.18%
12,092
3.35%
22,985
0.27%
Other Parties (with < 1%)
988
2.14%
5,935
1.64%
245,839
2.86%
NUA
564
1.22%
5,052
1.40%
185,593
2.16%
Valid Votes
46,155
N/A
361,016
N/A
8,602,617
N/A
Party
Bandarawela[ 19]
Badulla Electoral District
Sri Lanka
Votes
%
Votes
%
Votes
%
UNP
21,713
51.21%
182,131
54.04%
3,498,370
44.04%
PA
19,545
46.09%
146,546
43.48%
3,887,805
48.94%
Other Parties (with < 1%)
680
1.60%
5,781
1.72%
206,815
2.60%
IND2
466
1.10%
2,601
0.77%
16,690
0.21%
Valid Votes
42,404
92.87%
337,059
92.19%
7,943,688
95.20%
Rejected Votes
3,255
7.13%
28,540
7.81%
400,395
4.80%
Total Polled
45,659
80.92%
365,599
82.23%
8,344,095
74.75%
Registered Electors
56,426
444,632
11,163,064
Party
Bandarawela[ 20]
Badulla Electoral District
Sri Lanka
Votes
%
Votes
%
Votes
%
UNP
14,078
54.54%
135,089
58.97%
2,838,005
50.71%
SLFP
10,444
40.46%
81,011
35.36%
1,785,369
31.90%
USA
493
1.91%
5,712
2.49%
141,983
2.54%
ELJP
432
1.67%
5,589
2.44%
67,723
1.21%
MEP
363
1.41%
1,693
0.74%
90,480
1.62%
Valid Votes
25,810
92.95%
229,094
92.08%
5,596,468
93.87%
Rejected Votes
1,958
7.05%
19,704
7.92%
365,563
6.13%
Total Polled
27,768
66.42%
248,798
75.55%
5,962,031
63.60%
Registered Electors
41,805
329,321
9,374,164
The Bandarawela Polling Division has a Sinhalese majority (70.7%) and a significant Indian Tamil population (19.3%) . In comparison, the Badulla Electoral District (which contains the Bandarawela Polling Division) has a Sinhalese majority (73.0%) and a significant Indian Tamil population (18.5%) [ 1]
Ethnicity in Bandarawela[ 1]
Other (0.4%)
The Bandarawela Polling Division has a Buddhist majority (69.8%) and a significant Hindu population (21.6%) . In comparison, the Badulla Electoral District (which contains the Bandarawela Polling Division) has a Buddhist majority (72.6%) and a significant Hindu population (19.3%) [ 1]
Religion in Bandarawela[ 1]
Other (0.0%)