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
Country	Sri Lanka
Province	Western Province, Sri Lanka
Electoral District	Colombo Electoral District
Area
• Total	124.84 km^2 (48.20 sq mi)
Population  (2012)[1]
• Total	237,905
• Density	1,906/km^2 (4,940/sq mi)
ISO 3166 code	EC-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.
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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.