Polling Division in Sri Lanka
The Deraniyagala Polling Division is a Polling Division in the Kegalle Electoral District , in the Sabaragamuwa Province, Sri Lanka .
Presidential Election Results [ edit ] The winner of Deraniyagala has matched the final country result 7 out of 8 times. Hence, Deraniyagala is a Strong Bellwether for Presidential Elections.
Party Deraniyagala[4] Kegalle Electoral District Sri Lanka Votes % Votes % Votes % SLPP 31,392 54.30% 320,484 55.66% 6,924,255 52.25% NDF 23,733 41.05% 228,032 39.60% 5,564,239 41.99% Other Parties (with < 1%) 1,570 2.72% 12,272 2.13% 345,452 2.61% NMPP 1,116 1.93% 15,043 2.61% 418,553 3.16% Valid Votes 57,811 99.19% 575,831 99.11% 13,252,499 98.99% Rejected Votes 471 0.81% 5,152 0.89% 135,452 1.01% Total Polled 58,282 86.44% 580,983 85.89% 13,387,951 83.71% Registered Electors 67,424 676,440 15,992,568
Party Deraniyagala[5] Kegalle Electoral District Sri Lanka Votes % Votes % Votes % UPFA 28,741 54.05% 278,130 51.82% 5,768,090 47.58% NDF 23,648 44.47% 252,533 47.05% 6,217,162 51.28% Other Parties (with < 1%) 783 1.47% 6,108 1.14% 138,200 1.14% Valid Votes 53,172 98.67% 536,771 98.80% 12,123,452 98.85% Rejected Votes 717 1.33% 6,515 1.20% 140,925 1.15% Total Polled 53,889 80.91% 543,286 79.85% 12,264,377 78.69% Registered Electors 66,607 680,414 15,585,942
Party Deraniyagala[6] Kegalle Electoral District Sri Lanka Votes % Votes % Votes % UPFA 28,460 61.68% 296,639 61.80% 6,015,934 57.88% NDF 16,461 35.67% 174,877 36.44% 4,173,185 40.15% Other Parties (with < 1%) 1,224 2.65% 8,448 1.76% 204,494 1.97% Valid Votes 46,145 99.14% 479,964 99.25% 10,393,613 99.03% Rejected Votes 398 0.86% 3,604 0.75% 101,838 0.97% Total Polled 46,543 75.67% 483,568 76.11% 10,495,451 66.70% Registered Electors 61,507 635,342 15,734,587
Party Deraniyagala[7] Kegalle Electoral District Sri Lanka Votes % Votes % Votes % UPFA 22,653 49.71% 239,184 51.02% 4,887,152 50.29% UNP 22,087 48.47% 223,483 47.67% 4,706,366 48.43% Other Parties (with < 1%) 833 1.83% 6,106 1.30% 123,521 1.27% Valid Votes 45,573 98.86% 468,773 98.99% 9,717,039 98.88% Rejected Votes 526 1.14% 4,795 1.01% 109,869 1.12% Total Polled 46,099 79.26% 473,568 78.68% 9,826,908 69.51% Registered Electors 58,163 601,872 14,136,979
Party Deraniyagala[8] Kegalle Electoral District Sri Lanka Votes % Votes % Votes % PA 19,771 48.16% 210,185 51.30% 4,312,157 51.12% UNP 19,062 46.43% 176,376 43.05% 3,602,748 42.71% JVP 1,202 2.93% 14,997 3.66% 343,927 4.08% Other Parties (with < 1%) 1,021 2.49% 8,122 1.98% 176,679 2.09% Valid Votes 41,056 98.09% 409,680 98.05% 8,435,754 97.69% Rejected Votes 801 1.91% 8,136 1.95% 199,536 2.31% Total Polled 41,857 76.88% 417,816 76.52% 8,635,290 72.17% Registered Electors 54,448 546,038 11,965,536
Party Deraniyagala[9] Kegalle Electoral District Sri Lanka Votes % Votes % Votes % PA 18,793 49.85% 211,676 56.06% 4,709,205 62.28% UNP 18,179 48.22% 159,707 42.30% 2,715,283 35.91% Other Parties (with < 1%) 728 1.93% 6,209 1.64% 137,040 1.81% Valid Votes 37,700 97.63% 377,592 98.14% 7,561,526 98.03% Rejected Votes 915 2.37% 7,139 1.86% 151,706 1.97% Total Polled 38,615 73.25% 384,731 74.84% 7,713,232 69.12% Registered Electors 52,714 514,055 11,158,880
Party Deraniyagala[10] Kegalle Electoral District Sri Lanka Votes % Votes % Votes % UNP 17,649 60.33% 168,720 57.11% 2,569,199 50.43% SLFP 11,008 37.63% 119,769 40.54% 2,289,857 44.95% SLMP 595 2.03% 6,923 2.34% 235,701 4.63% Valid Votes 29,252 98.52% 295,412 98.57% 5,094,754 98.24% Rejected Votes 438 1.48% 4,277 1.43% 91,499 1.76% Total Polled 29,690 67.88% 299,689 67.98% 5,186,256 55.87% Registered Electors 43,740 440,836 9,283,143
Party Deraniyagala[11] Kegalle Electoral District Sri Lanka Votes % Votes % Votes % UNP 19,249 57.33% 195,444 57.02% 3,450,815 52.93% SLFP 11,997 35.73% 126,538 36.92% 2,546,348 39.05% JVP 1,371 4.08% 13,706 4.00% 273,428 4.19% LSSP 789 2.35% 6,184 1.80% 58,531 0.90% Other Parties (with < 1%) 170 0.51% 890 0.26% 190,929 2.93% Valid Votes 33,576 98.32% 342,762 98.69% 6,520,156 98.78% Rejected Votes 572 1.68% 4,537 1.31% 80,470 1.22% Total Polled 34,148 84.25% 347,299 84.30% 6,600,626 80.15% Registered Electors 40,531 411,994 8,235,358
Parliamentary Election Results [ edit ] The winner of Deraniyagala has matched the final country result 6 out of 7 times. Hence, Deraniyagala is a Strong Bellwether for Parliamentary Elections.
Party Deraniyagala[14] Kegalle Electoral District Sri Lanka Votes % Votes % Votes % UNP 24,468 49.84% 247,467 49.52% 5,098,916 45.77% UPFA 22,674 46.18% 227,208 45.47% 4,732,664 42.48% JVP 1,049 2.14% 18,394 3.68% 544,154 4.88% CWC 608 1.24% 2,448 0.49% 17,107 0.15% Other Parties (with < 1%) 296 0.60% 4,213 0.84% 83,938 0.75% Valid Votes 49,095 95.51% 499,730 96.35% 11,140,333 95.35% Rejected Votes 2,286 4.45% 18,770 3.62% 516,926 4.42% Total Polled 51,401 77.17% 518,674 79.81% 11,684,111 77.66% Registered Electors 66,607 649,878 15,044,490
Party Deraniyagala[15] Kegalle Electoral District Sri Lanka Votes % Votes % Votes % UPFA 22,109 67.90% 242,463 66.89% 4,846,388 60.38% UNP 9,204 28.27% 104,925 28.95% 2,357,057 29.37% DNA 898 2.76% 13,518 3.73% 441,251 5.50% Other Parties (with < 1%) 348 1.07% 1,549 0.43% 33,973 0.42% Valid Votes 32,559 90.98% 362,455 93.32% 8,026,322 96.03% Rejected Votes 3,229 9.02% 25,965 6.68% 581,465 6.96% Total Polled 35,788 58.19% 388,420 60.93% 8,358,246 59.29% Registered Electors 61,507 637,524 14,097,690
Party Deraniyagala[16] Kegalle Electoral District Sri Lanka Votes % Votes % Votes % UPFA 20,436 50.60% 214,267 50.88% 4,223,126 45.70% UNP 18,881 46.75% 186,641 44.32% 3,486,792 37.73% JHU 824 2.04% 18,034 4.28% 552,723 5.98% Other Parties (with < 1%) 246 0.61% 2,187 0.52% 59,247 0.64% Valid Votes 40,387 91.85% 421,134 94.25% 9,241,931 94.52% Rejected Votes 3,584 8.15% 25,685 5.75% 534,452 5.47% Total Polled 43,971 76.98% 446,816 78.35% 9,777,821 75.74% Registered Electors 57,117 570,299 12,909,631
Party Deraniyagala[17] Kegalle Electoral District Sri Lanka Votes % Votes % Votes % UNP 20,383 49.99% 208,104 49.36% 4,086,026 45.62% PA 16,528 40.53% 170,901 40.53% 3,330,815 37.19% JVP 3,148 7.72% 36,711 8.71% 815,353 9.10% Other Parties (with < 1%) 716 1.76% 5,924 1.40% 123,245 1.38% Valid Votes 40,775 93.12% 421,640 94.90% 8,955,844 94.77% Rejected Votes 3,014 6.88% 22,669 5.10% 494,009 5.23% Total Polled 43,789 78.00% 444,309 80.10% 9,449,878 76.03% Registered Electors 56,143 554,698 12,428,762
Party Deraniyagala[18] Kegalle Electoral District Sri Lanka Votes % Votes % Votes % PA 19,715 48.43% 201,114 48.88% 3,899,329 45.33% UNP 18,443 45.31% 175,627 42.69% 3,451,765 40.12% JVP 1,848 4.54% 22,028 5.35% 518,725 6.03% Other Parties (with < 1%) 701 1.72% 12,643 3.07% 419,507 4.88% Valid Votes 40,707 N/A 411,412 N/A 8,602,617 N/A
Party Deraniyagala[19] Kegalle Electoral District Sri Lanka Votes % Votes % Votes % UNP 23,725 58.90% 203,938 51.24% 3,498,370 44.04% PA 16,305 40.48% 190,689 47.91% 3,887,805 48.94% Other Parties (with < 1%) 253 0.63% 3,383 0.85% 90,078 1.13% Valid Votes 40,283 94.99% 398,010 95.89% 7,943,688 95.20% Rejected Votes 2,125 5.01% 17,043 4.11% 400,395 4.80% Total Polled 42,408 80.45% 415,053 80.78% 8,344,095 74.75% Registered Electors 52,714 513,825 11,163,064
Party Deraniyagala[20] Kegalle Electoral District Sri Lanka Votes % Votes % Votes % UNP 15,959 64.31% 174,334 61.12% 2,838,005 50.71% SLFP 7,421 29.90% 80,668 28.28% 1,785,369 31.90% USA 1,101 4.44% 15,168 5.32% 141,983 2.54% Other Parties (with < 1%) 335 1.35% 15,084 5.29% 158,203 2.83% Valid Votes 24,816 92.55% 285,254 93.95% 5,596,468 93.87% Rejected Votes 1,999 7.45% 18,362 6.05% 365,563 6.13% Total Polled 26,815 62.03% 303,616 69.46% 5,962,031 63.60% Registered Electors 43,230 437,131 9,374,164
The Deraniyagala Polling Division has a Sinhalese majority (79.8%) and a significant Indian Tamil population (13.3%) . In comparison, the Kegalle Electoral District (which contains the Deraniyagala Polling Division) has a Sinhalese majority (85.5%) [1]
Ethnicity in Deraniyagala[1]
Other (0.1%)
The Deraniyagala Polling Division has a Buddhist majority (78.9%) and a significant Hindu population (15.7%) . In comparison, the Kegalle Electoral District (which contains the Deraniyagala Polling Division) has a Buddhist majority (84.4%) [1]
Religion in Deraniyagala[1]
Other (0.7%)