Homagama Polling Division

The Homagama Polling Division is a Polling Division in the Colombo Electoral District, in the Western Province, Sri Lanka.

Homagama
Polling Division
Coordinates: 6.835433°N 80.018861°E / 6.835433; 80.018861
CountrySri Lanka
ProvinceWestern Province, Sri Lanka
Electoral DistrictColombo Electoral District
Area
 • Total124.84 km2 (48.20 sq mi)
Population
 (2012)[1]
 • Total237,905
 • Density1,906/km2 (4,940/sq mi)
ISO 3166 codeEC-01L

Presidential Election Results

Summary

The winner of Homagama has matched the final country result 6 out of 8 times. Hence, Homagama is a Weak Bellwether for Presidential Elections.

Year Homagama Colombo Electoral District MAE[2] % Sri Lanka MAE[3] %
2019 SLPP SLPP 14.07% SLPP 15.05%
2015 UPFA NDF 11.07% NDF 6.65%
2010 UPFA UPFA 13.40% UPFA 8.13%
2005 UPFA UNP 11.10% UPFA 8.59%
1999 PA PA 6.51% PA 4.97%
1994 PA PA 0.88% PA 3.31%
1988 SLFP UNP 7.86% UNP 9.07%
1982 UNP UNP 5.88% UNP 2.17%
Matches/Mean MAE 6/8 7/8 8.85% 8/8 7.24%

2019 Sri Lankan Presidential Election
Party Homagama[4] Colombo Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
SLPP 106,102 67.84% 727,713 53.19% 6,924,255 52.25%
NDF 40,157 25.68% 559,921 40.92% 5,564,239 41.99%
NMPP 7,596 4.86% 53,803 3.93% 418,553 3.16%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 2,545 1.63% 26,740 1.95% 345,452 2.61%
Valid Votes 156,400 99.17% 1,368,177 98.89% 13,252,499 98.99%
Rejected Votes 1,314 0.83% 15,333 1.11% 135,452 1.01%
Total Polled 157,714 84.68% 1,383,510 82.82% 13,387,951 83.71%
Registered Electors 186,252 1,670,403 15,992,568

2015 Sri Lankan Presidential Election
Party Homagama[5] Colombo Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
UPFA 77,415 54.61% 562,614 43.40% 5,768,090 47.58%
NDF 63,563 44.84% 725,073 55.93% 6,217,162 51.28%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 784 0.55% 8,673 0.67% 138,200 1.14%
Valid Votes 141,762 98.97% 1,296,360 98.83% 12,123,452 98.85%
Rejected Votes 1,481 1.03% 15,334 1.17% 140,925 1.15%
Total Polled 143,243 81.90% 1,311,694 81.34% 12,264,377 78.69%
Registered Electors 174,909 1,612,660 15,585,942

2010 Sri Lankan Presidential Election
Party Homagama[6] Colombo Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
UPFA 80,799 66.62% 614,740 52.93% 6,015,934 57.88%
NDF 39,414 32.50% 533,022 45.90% 4,173,185 40.15%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 1,066 0.88% 13,620 1.17% 204,494 1.97%
Valid Votes 121,279 99.37% 1,161,382 99.03% 10,393,613 99.03%
Rejected Votes 770 0.63% 11,394 0.97% 101,838 0.97%
Total Polled 122,049 78.38% 1,172,776 76.09% 10,495,451 66.70%
Registered Electors 155,720 1,541,242 15,734,587

2005 Sri Lankan Presidential Election
Party Homagama[7] Colombo Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
UPFA 64,433 59.18% 534,431 47.96% 4,887,152 50.29%
UNP 43,477 39.93% 569,627 51.12% 4,706,366 48.43%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 972 0.89% 10,192 0.91% 123,521 1.27%
Valid Votes 108,882 99.06% 1,114,250 98.86% 9,717,039 98.88%
Rejected Votes 1,035 0.94% 12,879 1.14% 109,869 1.12%
Total Polled 109,917 77.42% 1,127,129 75.85% 9,826,908 69.51%
Registered Electors 141,974 1,486,021 14,136,979

1999 Sri Lankan Presidential Election
Party Homagama[8] Colombo Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
PA 46,823 55.66% 474,310 49.18% 4,312,157 51.12%
UNP 30,859 36.68% 425,185 44.08% 3,602,748 42.71%
JVP 4,878 5.80% 44,009 4.56% 343,927 4.08%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 1,563 1.86% 21,030 2.18% 176,679 2.09%
Valid Votes 84,123 97.25% 964,534 97.06% 8,435,754 97.69%
Rejected Votes 2,383 2.75% 29,197 2.94% 199,536 2.31%
Total Polled 86,506 74.21% 993,731 73.39% 8,635,290 72.17%
Registered Electors 116,577 1,354,025 11,965,536

1994 Sri Lankan Presidential Election
Party Homagama[9] Colombo Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
PA 45,072 65.68% 557,708 64.82% 4,709,205 62.28%
UNP 22,369 32.60% 288,741 33.56% 2,715,283 35.91%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 1,178 1.72% 13,937 1.62% 137,040 1.81%
Valid Votes 68,619 98.42% 860,386 98.17% 7,561,526 98.03%
Rejected Votes 1,102 1.58% 16,060 1.83% 151,706 1.97%
Total Polled 69,721 65.44% 876,446 69.59% 7,713,232 69.12%
Registered Electors 106,536 1,259,484 11,158,880

1988 Sri Lankan Presidential Election
Party Homagama[10] Colombo Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
SLFP 27,570 55.02% 339,958 46.23% 2,289,857 44.95%
UNP 20,810 41.53% 361,337 49.14% 2,569,199 50.43%
SLMP 1,730 3.45% 34,020 4.63% 235,701 4.63%
Valid Votes 50,110 98.66% 735,315 98.49% 5,094,754 98.24%
Rejected Votes 679 1.34% 11,295 1.51% 91,499 1.76%
Total Polled 50,789 58.39% 746,610 67.53% 5,186,256 55.87%
Registered Electors 86,987 1,105,583 9,283,143

1982 Sri Lankan Presidential Election
Party Homagama[11] Colombo Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
UNP 27,981 51.72% 436,290 57.86% 3,450,815 52.93%
SLFP 23,135 42.76% 274,476 36.40% 2,546,348 39.05%
JVP 2,140 3.96% 28,580 3.79% 273,428 4.19%
LSSP 591 1.09% 9,655 1.28% 58,531 0.90%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 255 0.47% 5,030 0.67% 190,929 2.93%
Valid Votes 54,102 99.00% 754,031 98.95% 6,520,156 98.78%
Rejected Votes 548 1.00% 7,990 1.05% 80,470 1.22%
Total Polled 54,650 79.25% 762,021 76.88% 6,600,626 80.15%
Registered Electors 68,955 991,194 8,235,358

Parliamentary Election Results

Summary

The winner of Homagama has matched the final country result 6 out of 7 times. Hence, Homagama is a Strong Bellwether for Parliamentary Elections.

Year Homagama Colombo Electoral District MAE[12] % Sri Lanka MAE[13] %
2015 UPFA UNP 11.55% UNP 6.34%
2010 UPFA UPFA 7.96% UPFA 0.91%
2004 UPFA UNP 9.64% UPFA 6.12%
2001 UNP UNP 7.29% UNP 3.09%
2000 PA UNP 5.57% PA 1.67%
1994 PA PA 2.31% PA 4.30%
1989 UNP UNP 2.58% UNP 2.29%
Matches/Mean MAE 6/7 5/7 6.70% 7/7 3.53%

2015 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election
Party Homagama[14] Colombo Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
UPFA 66,450 50.85% 474,063 39.25% 4,732,664 42.48%
UNP 52,336 40.05% 640,743 53.04% 5,098,916 45.77%
JVP 10,719 8.20% 81,391 6.74% 544,154 4.88%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 1,184 0.91% 11,752 0.97% 93,045 0.84%
Valid Votes 130,689 96.97% 1,207,949 96.46% 11,140,333 95.35%
Rejected Votes 4,026 2.99% 43,372 3.46% 516,926 4.42%
Total Polled 134,766 77.05% 1,252,271 78.93% 11,684,111 77.66%
Registered Electors 174,909 1,586,598 15,044,490

2010 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election
Party Homagama[15] Colombo Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
UPFA 57,951 60.84% 480,896 51.23% 4,846,388 60.38%
UNP 26,841 28.18% 339,750 36.19% 2,357,057 29.37%
DNA 10,103 10.61% 110,683 11.79% 441,251 5.50%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 360 0.38% 7,182 0.77% 47,940 0.60%
Valid Votes 95,255 95.72% 938,723 94.85% 8,026,322 96.03%
Rejected Votes 4,206 4.23% 50,354 5.09% 581,465 6.96%
Total Polled 99,517 63.91% 989,729 64.17% 8,358,246 59.29%
Registered Electors 155,720 1,542,457 14,097,690

2004 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election
Party Homagama[16] Colombo Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
UPFA 49,520 51.03% 414,688 39.20% 4,223,126 45.70%
UNP 29,029 29.91% 441,841 41.77% 3,486,792 37.73%
JHU 17,768 18.31% 190,618 18.02% 552,723 5.98%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 726 0.75% 10,713 1.01% 90,868 0.98%
Valid Votes 97,043 96.49% 1,057,860 96.47% 9,241,931 94.52%
Rejected Votes 3,516 3.50% 38,605 3.52% 534,452 5.47%
Total Polled 100,577 74.37% 1,096,571 74.71% 9,777,821 75.74%
Registered Electors 135,242 1,467,751 12,909,631

2001 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election
Party Homagama[17] Colombo Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
UNP 39,943 42.58% 546,417 51.62% 4,086,026 45.62%
PA 37,389 39.86% 353,401 33.39% 3,330,815 37.19%
JVP 14,159 15.09% 117,404 11.09% 815,353 9.10%
SU 1,229 1.31% 16,970 1.60% 50,665 0.57%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 1,086 1.16% 24,289 2.29% 510,616 5.70%
Valid Votes 93,806 96.18% 1,058,481 96.28% 8,955,844 94.77%
Rejected Votes 3,725 3.82% 40,901 3.72% 494,009 5.23%
Total Polled 97,531 76.54% 1,099,382 76.31% 9,449,878 76.03%
Registered Electors 127,422 1,440,682 12,428,762

2000 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election
Party Homagama[18] Colombo Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
PA 41,330 46.81% 394,146 38.86% 3,899,329 45.33%
UNP 33,930 38.43% 440,684 43.45% 3,451,765 40.12%
JVP 8,758 9.92% 78,133 7.70% 518,725 6.03%
SU 3,283 3.72% 49,671 4.90% 127,859 1.49%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 988 1.12% 51,586 5.09% 375,083 4.36%
Valid Votes 88,289 N/A 1,014,220 N/A 8,602,617 N/A

1994 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election
Party Homagama[19] Colombo Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
PA 40,034 53.71% 469,642 50.94% 3,887,805 48.94%
UNP 29,566 39.66% 385,100 41.77% 3,498,370 44.04%
MEP 3,409 4.57% 42,734 4.64% 68,538 0.86%
SLPF 1,180 1.58% 11,454 1.24% 90,078 1.13%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 355 0.48% 13,003 1.41% 51,995 0.65%
Valid Votes 74,544 96.21% 921,933 96.18% 7,943,688 95.20%
Rejected Votes 2,938 3.79% 36,635 3.82% 400,395 4.80%
Total Polled 77,482 72.73% 958,568 76.04% 8,344,095 74.75%
Registered Electors 106,536 1,260,686 11,163,064

1989 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election
Party Homagama[20] Colombo Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
UNP 24,795 48.66% 374,530 51.67% 2,838,005 50.71%
SLFP 14,872 29.19% 205,053 28.29% 1,785,369 31.90%
MEP 7,920 15.54% 76,966 10.62% 90,480 1.62%
ELJP 1,846 3.62% 7,112 0.98% 67,723 1.21%
USA 1,440 2.83% 31,873 4.40% 141,983 2.54%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 81 0.16% 29,308 4.04% 202,016 3.61%
Valid Votes 50,954 94.32% 724,842 95.36% 5,596,468 93.87%
Rejected Votes 3,068 5.68% 35,271 4.64% 365,563 6.13%
Total Polled 54,022 65.77% 760,113 69.87% 5,962,031 63.60%
Registered Electors 82,139 1,087,891 9,374,164

Demographics

Ethnicity

The Homagama Polling Division has a Sinhalese majority (98.1%) . In comparison, the Colombo Electoral District (which contains the Homagama Polling Division) has a Sinhalese majority (76.5%), a significant Moor population (10.7%) and a significant Sri Lankan Tamil population (10.1%) [1]

Ethnicity in Homagama[1]

  Sinhalese (98.1%)
  Other (1.9%)

Religion

The Homagama Polling Division has a Buddhist majority (96.2%) . In comparison, the Colombo Electoral District (which contains the Homagama Polling Division) has a Buddhist majority (70.2%) and a significant Muslim population (11.8%) [1]

Religion in Homagama[1]

  Buddhist (96.2%)
  Other (2.3%)
  Roman Catholic (1.5%)

References
  1. "Census of Population and Housing 2012". statistics.gov.lk. Department of Census and Statistics, Sri Lanka. 2012.
  2. The mean absolute error, between the percentages of votes each party got in Homagama and the Colombo Electoral District. It is a measure of the difference in voting behaviour between the two regions.
  3. The mean absolute error, between the percentages of votes each party got in Homagama and the country. It is a measure of the difference in voting behaviour between the two regions.
  4. "2019 Sri Lankan presidential election Results". elections.gov.lk. Election Commission of Sri Lanka. 2019.
  5. "2015 Sri Lankan presidential election Results". elections.gov.lk. Election Commission of Sri Lanka. 2015.
  6. "2010 Sri Lankan presidential election Results". elections.gov.lk. Election Commission of Sri Lanka. 2010.
  7. "2005 Sri Lankan presidential election Results". elections.gov.lk. Election Commission of Sri Lanka. 2005.
  8. "1999 Sri Lankan presidential election Results". elections.gov.lk. Election Commission of Sri Lanka. 1999.
  9. "1994 Sri Lankan presidential election Results". elections.gov.lk. Election Commission of Sri Lanka. 1994.
  10. "1988 Sri Lankan presidential election Results". elections.gov.lk. Election Commission of Sri Lanka. 1988.
  11. "1982 Sri Lankan presidential election Results". elections.gov.lk. Election Commission of Sri Lanka. 1982.
  12. The mean absolute error, between the percentages of votes each party got in Homagama and the Colombo Electoral District. It is a measure of the difference in voting behaviour between the two regions.
  13. The mean absolute error, between the percentages of votes each party got in Homagama and the country. It is a measure of the difference in voting behaviour between the two regions.
  14. "2015 Sri Lankan parliamentary election Results" (PDF). elections.gov.lk. Election Commission of Sri Lanka. 2015.
  15. "2010 Sri Lankan parliamentary election Results" (PDF). elections.gov.lk. Election Commission of Sri Lanka. 2010.
  16. "2004 Sri Lankan parliamentary election Results" (PDF). elections.gov.lk. Election Commission of Sri Lanka. 2004.
  17. "2001 Sri Lankan parliamentary election Results" (PDF). elections.gov.lk. Election Commission of Sri Lanka. 2001.
  18. "2000 Sri Lankan parliamentary election Results" (PDF). elections.gov.lk. Election Commission of Sri Lanka. 2000.
  19. "1994 Sri Lankan parliamentary election Results" (PDF). elections.gov.lk. Election Commission of Sri Lanka. 1994.
  20. "1989 Sri Lankan parliamentary election Results" (PDF). elections.gov.lk. Election Commission of Sri Lanka. 1989.


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