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Mawathagama Polling Division

{{orphan|date=June 2020}}

{{Infobox settlement |name = Mawathagama

|image_map= Mawathagama_Polling_Division_Sri_Lanka.svg

|settlement_type = Polling Division

|iso_code = EC-15M

|coordinates = {{coord|7.419356|N|80.449840|E}}

|area_total_km2 = 111.48

|population_total = 64904

|population_density_km2 = 582

|population_as_of = 2012

|population_footnotes = {{cite web|url = http://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/worldbank-srilanka/choropleth-example.html|title = Census of Population and Housing 2012|date = 2012|website = statistics.gov.lk|publisher = Department of Census and Statistics, Sri Lanka}}

|subdivision_type = Country

|subdivision_name = Sri Lanka

|subdivision_type1 = Province

|subdivision_name1 = North Western Province, Sri Lanka

|subdivision_type2 = Electoral District

|subdivision_name2 = Kurunegala Electoral District

}}

The Mawathagama Polling Division is a Polling Division in the Kurunegala Electoral District, in the North Western Province, Sri Lanka.

Presidential Election Results

= Summary =

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

class="wikitable"
|Year

!colspan="2" width="144px"|Mawathagama

!colspan="2" width="144px"|Kurunegala Electoral District

!|MAEThe mean absolute error, between the percentages of votes each party got in Mawathagama and the Kurunegala Electoral District. It is a measure of the difference in voting behaviour between the two regions. %

!colspan="2" width="144px"|Sri Lanka

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

|2019

|style="background-color:purple;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:left;"|SLPP

|style="background-color:purple;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:left;"|SLPP

|style="text-align:right;"|2.55%

|style="background-color:purple;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:left;"|SLPP

|style="text-align:right;"|2.52%

|2015

|style="background-color:green;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:left;"|NDF

|style="background-color:blue;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:left;"|UPFA

|style="text-align:right;"|5.50%

|style="background-color:green;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:left;"|NDF

|style="text-align:right;"|0.16%

|2010

|style="background-color:blue;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:left;"|UPFA

|style="background-color:blue;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:left;"|UPFA

|style="text-align:right;"|3.81%

|style="background-color:blue;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:left;"|UPFA

|style="text-align:right;"|1.12%

|2005

|style="background-color:blue;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:left;"|UPFA

|style="background-color:blue;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:left;"|UPFA

|style="text-align:right;"|2.03%

|style="background-color:blue;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:left;"|UPFA

|style="text-align:right;"|0.20%

|1999

|style="background-color:blue;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:left;"|PA

|style="background-color:blue;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:left;"|PA

|style="text-align:right;"|1.83%

|style="background-color:blue;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:left;"|PA

|style="text-align:right;"|2.51%

|1994

|style="background-color:blue;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:left;"|PA

|style="background-color:blue;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:left;"|PA

|style="text-align:right;"|2.42%

|style="background-color:blue;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:left;"|PA

|style="text-align:right;"|0.60%

|1988

|style="background-color:green;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:left;"|UNP

|style="background-color:green;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:left;"|UNP

|style="text-align:right;"|1.73%

|style="background-color:green;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:left;"|UNP

|style="text-align:right;"|1.72%

|1982

|style="background-color:green;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:left;"|UNP

|style="background-color:green;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:left;"|UNP

|style="text-align:right;"|0.73%

|style="background-color:green;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:left;"|UNP

|style="text-align:right;"|1.89%

|Matches/Mean MAE

!style="text-align:left;"colspan="2" width="144px"|8/8

!style="text-align:left;"colspan="2" width="144px"|7/8

!style="text-align:right;"|2.57%

!style="text-align:left;"colspan="2" width="144px"|8/8

!style="text-align:right;"|1.34%

= [[2019 Sri Lankan presidential election|2019 Sri Lankan Presidential Election]] =

class="wikitable"
colspan="2" width="144px"rowspan="2"|Party

!colspan="3" width="216px"|Mawathagama{{cite web|url = https://results.elections.gov.lk/|title = 2019 Sri Lankan presidential election Results|date = 2019|website = elections.gov.lk|publisher = Election Commission of Sri Lanka}}

!colspan="3" width="216px"|Kurunegala Electoral District

!colspan="3" width="216px"|Sri Lanka

colspan="2" width="144px"|Votes

!|%

!colspan="2" width="144px"|Votes

!|%

!colspan="2" width="144px"|Votes

!|%

style="background-color:purple;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:left;"|SLPP

|style="background-color:purple;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|41,961

|style="text-align:right;"|55.14%

|style="background-color:purple;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|652,278

|style="text-align:right;"|57.90%

|style="background-color:purple;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|6,924,255

|style="text-align:right;"|52.25%

style="background-color:green;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:left;"|NDF

|style="background-color:white;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|30,124

|style="text-align:right;"|39.58%

|style="background-color:white;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|416,961

|style="text-align:right;"|37.01%

|style="background-color:white;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|5,564,239

|style="text-align:right;"|41.99%

style="background-color:red;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:left;"|NMPP

|style="background-color:white;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|2,468

|style="text-align:right;"|3.24%

|style="background-color:white;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|36,178

|style="text-align:right;"|3.21%

|style="background-color:white;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|418,553

|style="text-align:right;"|3.16%

style="background-color:white;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:left;"|Other Parties (with < 1%)

|style="background-color:white;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|1,547

|style="text-align:right;"|2.03%

|style="background-color:white;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|21,193

|style="text-align:right;"|1.88%

|style="background-color:white;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|345,452

|style="text-align:right;"|2.61%

colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;"|Valid Votes

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|76,100

!style="text-align:right;"|99.24%

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|1,126,610

!style="text-align:right;"|99.25%

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|13,252,499

!style="text-align:right;"|98.99%

colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;"|Rejected Votes

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|581

!style="text-align:right;"|0.76%

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|8,522

!style="text-align:right;"|0.75%

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|135,452

!style="text-align:right;"|1.01%

colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;"|Total Polled

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|76,681

!style="text-align:right;"|83.87%

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|1,135,132

!style="text-align:right;"|85.24%

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|13,387,951

!style="text-align:right;"|83.71%

colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;"|Registered Electors

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|91,431

!|

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|1,331,705

!|

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|15,992,568

!|

= [[2015 Sri Lankan presidential election|2015 Sri Lankan Presidential Election]] =

class="wikitable"
colspan="2" width="144px"rowspan="2"|Party

!colspan="3" width="216px"|Mawathagama{{cite web|url = https://results.elections.gov.lk/|title = 2015 Sri Lankan presidential election Results|date = 2015|website = elections.gov.lk|publisher = Election Commission of Sri Lanka}}

!colspan="3" width="216px"|Kurunegala Electoral District

!colspan="3" width="216px"|Sri Lanka

colspan="2" width="144px"|Votes

!|%

!colspan="2" width="144px"|Votes

!|%

!colspan="2" width="144px"|Votes

!|%

style="background-color:green;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:left;"|NDF

|style="background-color:green;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|35,591

|style="text-align:right;"|51.22%

|style="background-color:white;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|476,602

|style="text-align:right;"|45.76%

|style="background-color:green;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|6,217,162

|style="text-align:right;"|51.28%

style="background-color:blue;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:left;"|UPFA

|style="background-color:white;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|33,243

|style="text-align:right;"|47.84%

|style="background-color:blue;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|556,868

|style="text-align:right;"|53.46%

|style="background-color:white;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|5,768,090

|style="text-align:right;"|47.58%

style="background-color:white;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:left;"|Other Parties (with < 1%)

|style="background-color:white;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|647

|style="text-align:right;"|0.93%

|style="background-color:white;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|8,154

|style="text-align:right;"|0.78%

|style="background-color:white;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|138,200

|style="text-align:right;"|1.14%

colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;"|Valid Votes

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|69,481

!style="text-align:right;"|98.81%

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|1,041,624

!style="text-align:right;"|99.12%

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|12,123,452

!style="text-align:right;"|98.85%

colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;"|Rejected Votes

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|834

!style="text-align:right;"|1.19%

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|9,285

!style="text-align:right;"|0.88%

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|140,925

!style="text-align:right;"|1.15%

colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;"|Total Polled

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|70,315

!style="text-align:right;"|77.54%

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|1,050,909

!style="text-align:right;"|78.82%

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|12,264,377

!style="text-align:right;"|78.69%

colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;"|Registered Electors

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|90,682

!|

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|1,333,377

!|

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|15,585,942

!|

= [[2010 Sri Lankan presidential election|2010 Sri Lankan Presidential Election]] =

class="wikitable"
colspan="2" width="144px"rowspan="2"|Party

!colspan="3" width="216px"|Mawathagama{{cite web|url = https://results.elections.gov.lk/|title = 2010 Sri Lankan presidential election Results|date = 2010|website = elections.gov.lk|publisher = Election Commission of Sri Lanka}}

!colspan="3" width="216px"|Kurunegala Electoral District

!colspan="3" width="216px"|Sri Lanka

colspan="2" width="144px"|Votes

!|%

!colspan="2" width="144px"|Votes

!|%

!colspan="2" width="144px"|Votes

!|%

style="background-color:blue;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:left;"|UPFA

|style="background-color:blue;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|36,237

|style="text-align:right;"|59.13%

|style="background-color:blue;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|582,784

|style="text-align:right;"|63.08%

|style="background-color:blue;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|6,015,934

|style="text-align:right;"|57.88%

style="background-color:green;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:left;"|NDF

|style="background-color:white;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|23,999

|style="text-align:right;"|39.16%

|style="background-color:white;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|327,594

|style="text-align:right;"|35.46%

|style="background-color:white;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|4,173,185

|style="text-align:right;"|40.15%

style="background-color:white;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:left;"|Other Parties (with < 1%)

|style="background-color:white;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|1,050

|style="text-align:right;"|1.71%

|style="background-color:white;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|13,515

|style="text-align:right;"|1.46%

|style="background-color:white;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|204,494

|style="text-align:right;"|1.97%

colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;"|Valid Votes

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|61,286

!style="text-align:right;"|99.26%

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|923,893

!style="text-align:right;"|99.29%

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|10,393,613

!style="text-align:right;"|99.03%

colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;"|Rejected Votes

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|458

!style="text-align:right;"|0.74%

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|6,644

!style="text-align:right;"|0.71%

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|101,838

!style="text-align:right;"|0.97%

colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;"|Total Polled

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|61,744

!style="text-align:right;"|74.70%

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|930,537

!style="text-align:right;"|75.59%

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|10,495,451

!style="text-align:right;"|66.70%

colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;"|Registered Electors

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|82,656

!|

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|1,230,966

!|

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|15,734,587

!|

= [[2005 Sri Lankan presidential election|2005 Sri Lankan Presidential Election]] =

class="wikitable"
colspan="2" width="144px"rowspan="2"|Party

!colspan="3" width="216px"|Mawathagama{{cite web|url = https://results.elections.gov.lk/|title = 2005 Sri Lankan presidential election Results|date = 2005|website = elections.gov.lk|publisher = Election Commission of Sri Lanka}}

!colspan="3" width="216px"|Kurunegala Electoral District

!colspan="3" width="216px"|Sri Lanka

colspan="2" width="144px"|Votes

!|%

!colspan="2" width="144px"|Votes

!|%

!colspan="2" width="144px"|Votes

!|%

style="background-color:blue;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:left;"|UPFA

|style="background-color:blue;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|29,513

|style="text-align:right;"|50.14%

|style="background-color:blue;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|468,507

|style="text-align:right;"|52.26%

|style="background-color:blue;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|4,887,152

|style="text-align:right;"|50.29%

style="background-color:green;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:left;"|UNP

|style="background-color:white;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|28,658

|style="text-align:right;"|48.68%

|style="background-color:white;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|418,809

|style="text-align:right;"|46.72%

|style="background-color:white;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|4,706,366

|style="text-align:right;"|48.43%

style="background-color:white;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:left;"|Other Parties (with < 1%)

|style="background-color:white;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|696

|style="text-align:right;"|1.18%

|style="background-color:white;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|9,181

|style="text-align:right;"|1.02%

|style="background-color:white;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|123,521

|style="text-align:right;"|1.27%

colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;"|Valid Votes

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|58,867

!style="text-align:right;"|98.98%

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|896,497

!style="text-align:right;"|99.07%

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|9,717,039

!style="text-align:right;"|98.88%

colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;"|Rejected Votes

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|607

!style="text-align:right;"|1.02%

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|8,458

!style="text-align:right;"|0.93%

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|109,869

!style="text-align:right;"|1.12%

colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;"|Total Polled

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|59,474

!style="text-align:right;"|76.43%

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|904,955

!style="text-align:right;"|77.87%

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|9,826,908

!style="text-align:right;"|69.51%

colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;"|Registered Electors

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|77,819

!|

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|1,162,099

!|

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|14,136,979

!|

= [[1999 Sri Lankan presidential election|1999 Sri Lankan Presidential Election]] =

class="wikitable"
colspan="2" width="144px"rowspan="2"|Party

!colspan="3" width="216px"|Mawathagama{{cite web|url = https://results.elections.gov.lk/|title = 1999 Sri Lankan presidential election Results|date = 1999|website = elections.gov.lk|publisher = Election Commission of Sri Lanka}}

!colspan="3" width="216px"|Kurunegala Electoral District

!colspan="3" width="216px"|Sri Lanka

colspan="2" width="144px"|Votes

!|%

!colspan="2" width="144px"|Votes

!|%

!colspan="2" width="144px"|Votes

!|%

style="background-color:blue;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:left;"|PA

|style="background-color:blue;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|23,463

|style="text-align:right;"|48.52%

|style="background-color:blue;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|377,483

|style="text-align:right;"|50.77%

|style="background-color:blue;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|4,312,157

|style="text-align:right;"|51.12%

style="background-color:green;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:left;"|UNP

|style="background-color:white;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|21,972

|style="text-align:right;"|45.44%

|style="background-color:white;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|326,327

|style="text-align:right;"|43.89%

|style="background-color:white;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|3,602,748

|style="text-align:right;"|42.71%

style="background-color:red;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:left;"|JVP

|style="background-color:white;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|1,838

|style="text-align:right;"|3.80%

|style="background-color:white;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|27,354

|style="text-align:right;"|3.68%

|style="background-color:white;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|343,927

|style="text-align:right;"|4.08%

style="background-color:white;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:left;"|Other Parties (with < 1%)

|style="background-color:white;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|1,080

|style="text-align:right;"|2.23%

|style="background-color:white;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|12,355

|style="text-align:right;"|1.66%

|style="background-color:white;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|176,679

|style="text-align:right;"|2.09%

colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;"|Valid Votes

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|48,353

!style="text-align:right;"|97.98%

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|743,519

!style="text-align:right;"|97.99%

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|8,435,754

!style="text-align:right;"|97.69%

colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;"|Rejected Votes

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|995

!style="text-align:right;"|2.02%

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|15,272

!style="text-align:right;"|2.01%

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|199,536

!style="text-align:right;"|2.31%

colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;"|Total Polled

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|49,348

!style="text-align:right;"|73.32%

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|758,791

!style="text-align:right;"|75.83%

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|8,635,290

!style="text-align:right;"|72.17%

colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;"|Registered Electors

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|67,307

!|

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|1,000,624

!|

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|11,965,536

!|

= [[1994 Sri Lankan presidential election|1994 Sri Lankan Presidential Election]] =

class="wikitable"
colspan="2" width="144px"rowspan="2"|Party

!colspan="3" width="216px"|Mawathagama{{cite web|url = https://results.elections.gov.lk/|title = 1994 Sri Lankan presidential election Results|date = 1994|website = elections.gov.lk|publisher = Election Commission of Sri Lanka}}

!colspan="3" width="216px"|Kurunegala Electoral District

!colspan="3" width="216px"|Sri Lanka

colspan="2" width="144px"|Votes

!|%

!colspan="2" width="144px"|Votes

!|%

!colspan="2" width="144px"|Votes

!|%

style="background-color:blue;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:left;"|PA

|style="background-color:blue;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|28,057

|style="text-align:right;"|61.70%

|style="background-color:blue;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|403,838

|style="text-align:right;"|59.36%

|style="background-color:blue;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|4,709,205

|style="text-align:right;"|62.28%

style="background-color:green;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:left;"|UNP

|style="background-color:white;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|16,635

|style="text-align:right;"|36.58%

|style="background-color:white;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|266,740

|style="text-align:right;"|39.21%

|style="background-color:white;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|2,715,283

|style="text-align:right;"|35.91%

style="background-color:white;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:left;"|Other Parties (with < 1%)

|style="background-color:white;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|784

|style="text-align:right;"|1.72%

|style="background-color:white;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|9,766

|style="text-align:right;"|1.44%

|style="background-color:white;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|137,040

|style="text-align:right;"|1.81%

colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;"|Valid Votes

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|45,476

!style="text-align:right;"|98.21%

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|680,344

!style="text-align:right;"|98.48%

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|7,561,526

!style="text-align:right;"|98.03%

colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;"|Rejected Votes

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|831

!style="text-align:right;"|1.79%

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|10,511

!style="text-align:right;"|1.52%

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|151,706

!style="text-align:right;"|1.97%

colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;"|Total Polled

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|46,307

!style="text-align:right;"|76.38%

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|690,855

!style="text-align:right;"|76.97%

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|7,713,232

!style="text-align:right;"|69.12%

colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;"|Registered Electors

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|60,627

!|

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|897,539

!|

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|11,158,880

!|

= [[1988 Sri Lankan presidential election|1988 Sri Lankan Presidential Election]] =

class="wikitable"
colspan="2" width="144px"rowspan="2"|Party

!colspan="3" width="216px"|Mawathagama{{cite web|url = https://results.elections.gov.lk/|title = 1988 Sri Lankan presidential election Results|date = 1988|website = elections.gov.lk|publisher = Election Commission of Sri Lanka}}

!colspan="3" width="216px"|Kurunegala Electoral District

!colspan="3" width="216px"|Sri Lanka

colspan="2" width="144px"|Votes

!|%

!colspan="2" width="144px"|Votes

!|%

!colspan="2" width="144px"|Votes

!|%

style="background-color:green;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:left;"|UNP

|style="background-color:green;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|20,429

|style="text-align:right;"|53.13%

|style="background-color:green;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|198,662

|style="text-align:right;"|51.12%

|style="background-color:green;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|2,569,199

|style="text-align:right;"|50.43%

style="background-color:blue;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:left;"|SLFP

|style="background-color:white;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|17,465

|style="text-align:right;"|45.42%

|style="background-color:white;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|182,220

|style="text-align:right;"|46.89%

|style="background-color:white;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|2,289,857

|style="text-align:right;"|44.95%

style="background-color:purple;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:left;"|SLMP

|style="background-color:white;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|557

|style="text-align:right;"|1.45%

|style="background-color:white;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|7,717

|style="text-align:right;"|1.99%

|style="background-color:white;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|235,701

|style="text-align:right;"|4.63%

colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;"|Valid Votes

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|38,451

!style="text-align:right;"|99.02%

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|388,599

!style="text-align:right;"|98.91%

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|5,094,754

!style="text-align:right;"|98.24%

colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;"|Rejected Votes

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|380

!style="text-align:right;"|0.98%

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|4,281

!style="text-align:right;"|1.09%

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|91,499

!style="text-align:right;"|1.76%

colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;"|Total Polled

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|38,831

!style="text-align:right;"|73.52%

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|392,880

!style="text-align:right;"|53.49%

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|5,186,256

!style="text-align:right;"|55.87%

colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;"|Registered Electors

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|52,815

!|

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|734,453

!|

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|9,283,143

!|

= [[1982 Sri Lankan presidential election|1982 Sri Lankan Presidential Election]] =

class="wikitable"
colspan="2" width="144px"rowspan="2"|Party

!colspan="3" width="216px"|Mawathagama{{cite web|url = https://results.elections.gov.lk/|title = 1982 Sri Lankan presidential election Results|date = 1982|website = elections.gov.lk|publisher = Election Commission of Sri Lanka}}

!colspan="3" width="216px"|Kurunegala Electoral District

!colspan="3" width="216px"|Sri Lanka

colspan="2" width="144px"|Votes

!|%

!colspan="2" width="144px"|Votes

!|%

!colspan="2" width="144px"|Votes

!|%

style="background-color:green;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:left;"|UNP

|style="background-color:green;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|23,127

|style="text-align:right;"|56.32%

|style="background-color:green;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|345,769

|style="text-align:right;"|55.77%

|style="background-color:green;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|3,450,815

|style="text-align:right;"|52.93%

style="background-color:blue;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:left;"|SLFP

|style="background-color:white;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|16,033

|style="text-align:right;"|39.04%

|style="background-color:white;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|248,479

|style="text-align:right;"|40.08%

|style="background-color:white;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|2,546,348

|style="text-align:right;"|39.05%

style="background-color:red;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:left;"|JVP

|style="background-color:white;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|1,580

|style="text-align:right;"|3.85%

|style="background-color:white;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|21,835

|style="text-align:right;"|3.52%

|style="background-color:white;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|273,428

|style="text-align:right;"|4.19%

style="background-color:white;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:left;"|Other Parties (with < 1%)

|style="background-color:white;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|324

|style="text-align:right;"|0.79%

|style="background-color:white;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|3,895

|style="text-align:right;"|0.63%

|style="background-color:white;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|249,460

|style="text-align:right;"|3.83%

colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;"|Valid Votes

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|41,064

!style="text-align:right;"|98.95%

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|619,978

!style="text-align:right;"|99.13%

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|6,520,156

!style="text-align:right;"|98.78%

colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;"|Rejected Votes

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|435

!style="text-align:right;"|1.05%

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|5,431

!style="text-align:right;"|0.87%

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|80,470

!style="text-align:right;"|1.22%

colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;"|Total Polled

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|41,499

!style="text-align:right;"|85.53%

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|625,409

!style="text-align:right;"|86.00%

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|6,600,626

!style="text-align:right;"|80.15%

colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;"|Registered Electors

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|48,522

!|

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|727,202

!|

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|8,235,358

!|

Parliamentary Election Results

= Summary =

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

class="wikitable"
|Year

!colspan="2" width="144px"|Mawathagama

!colspan="2" width="144px"|Kurunegala Electoral District

!|MAEThe mean absolute error, between the percentages of votes each party got in Mawathagama and the Kurunegala Electoral District. It is a measure of the difference in voting behaviour between the two regions. %

!colspan="2" width="144px"|Sri Lanka

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

|2015

|style="background-color:green;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:left;"|UNP

|style="background-color:blue;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:left;"|UPFA

|style="text-align:right;"|4.07%

|style="background-color:green;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:left;"|UNP

|style="text-align:right;"|2.94%

|2010

|style="background-color:blue;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:left;"|UPFA

|style="background-color:blue;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:left;"|UPFA

|style="text-align:right;"|0.97%

|style="background-color:blue;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:left;"|UPFA

|style="text-align:right;"|2.45%

|2004

|style="background-color:blue;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:left;"|UPFA

|style="background-color:blue;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:left;"|UPFA

|style="text-align:right;"|2.79%

|style="background-color:blue;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:left;"|UPFA

|style="text-align:right;"|3.78%

|2001

|style="background-color:green;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:left;"|UNP

|style="background-color:green;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:left;"|UNP

|style="text-align:right;"|2.51%

|style="background-color:green;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:left;"|UNP

|style="text-align:right;"|3.47%

|2000

|style="background-color:green;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:left;"|UNP

|style="background-color:blue;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:left;"|PA

|style="text-align:right;"|4.53%

|style="background-color:blue;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:left;"|PA

|style="text-align:right;"|3.43%

|1994

|style="background-color:blue;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:left;"|PA

|style="background-color:blue;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:left;"|PA

|style="text-align:right;"|0.34%

|style="background-color:blue;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:left;"|PA

|style="text-align:right;"|2.55%

|1989

|style="background-color:green;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:left;"|UNP

|style="background-color:green;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:left;"|UNP

|style="text-align:right;"|2.87%

|style="background-color:green;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:left;"|UNP

|style="text-align:right;"|5.60%

|Matches/Mean MAE

!style="text-align:left;"colspan="2" width="144px"|6/7

!style="text-align:left;"colspan="2" width="144px"|6/7

!style="text-align:right;"|2.58%

!style="text-align:left;"colspan="2" width="144px"|7/7

!style="text-align:right;"|3.46%

= [[2015 Sri Lankan parliamentary election|2015 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election]] =

class="wikitable"
colspan="2" width="144px"rowspan="2"|Party

!colspan="3" width="216px"|Mawathagama{{cite web|url = https://elections.gov.lk/web/wp-content/uploads/election-results/parliamentary-elections/general-election-2015.pdf|title = 2015 Sri Lankan parliamentary election Results|date = 2015|website = elections.gov.lk|publisher = Election Commission of Sri Lanka}}

!colspan="3" width="216px"|Kurunegala Electoral District

!colspan="3" width="216px"|Sri Lanka

colspan="2" width="144px"|Votes

!|%

!colspan="2" width="144px"|Votes

!|%

!colspan="2" width="144px"|Votes

!|%

style="background-color:green;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:left;"|UNP

|style="background-color:green;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|32,160

|style="text-align:right;"|49.96%

|style="background-color:white;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|441,275

|style="text-align:right;"|45.87%

|style="background-color:green;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|5,098,916

|style="text-align:right;"|45.77%

style="background-color:blue;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:left;"|UPFA

|style="background-color:white;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|28,870

|style="text-align:right;"|44.85%

|style="background-color:blue;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|474,124

|style="text-align:right;"|49.29%

|style="background-color:white;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|4,732,664

|style="text-align:right;"|42.48%

style="background-color:red;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:left;"|JVP

|style="background-color:white;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|2,927

|style="text-align:right;"|4.55%

|style="background-color:white;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|41,077

|style="text-align:right;"|4.27%

|style="background-color:white;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|544,154

|style="text-align:right;"|4.88%

style="background-color:white;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:left;"|Other Parties (with < 1%)

|style="background-color:white;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|414

|style="text-align:right;"|0.64%

|style="background-color:white;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|5,496

|style="text-align:right;"|0.57%

|style="background-color:white;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|83,041

|style="text-align:right;"|0.75%

colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;"|Valid Votes

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|64,371

!style="text-align:right;"|94.71%

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|961,972

!style="text-align:right;"|95.39%

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|11,140,333

!style="text-align:right;"|95.35%

colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;"|Rejected Votes

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|3,563

!style="text-align:right;"|5.24%

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|46,036

!style="text-align:right;"|4.56%

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|516,926

!style="text-align:right;"|4.42%

colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;"|Total Polled

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|67,965

!style="text-align:right;"|74.95%

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|1,008,459

!style="text-align:right;"|79.63%

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|11,684,111

!style="text-align:right;"|77.66%

colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;"|Registered Electors

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|90,682

!|

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|1,266,443

!|

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|15,044,490

!|

= [[2010 Sri Lankan parliamentary election|2010 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election]] =

class="wikitable"
colspan="2" width="144px"rowspan="2"|Party

!colspan="3" width="216px"|Mawathagama{{cite web|url = https://elections.gov.lk/web/wp-content/uploads/election-results/parliamentary-elections/general-election-2010.pdf|title = 2010 Sri Lankan parliamentary election Results|date = 2010|website = elections.gov.lk|publisher = Election Commission of Sri Lanka}}

!colspan="3" width="216px"|Kurunegala Electoral District

!colspan="3" width="216px"|Sri Lanka

colspan="2" width="144px"|Votes

!|%

!colspan="2" width="144px"|Votes

!|%

!colspan="2" width="144px"|Votes

!|%

style="background-color:blue;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:left;"|UPFA

|style="background-color:blue;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|28,106

|style="text-align:right;"|62.78%

|style="background-color:blue;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|429,316

|style="text-align:right;"|63.91%

|style="background-color:blue;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|4,846,388

|style="text-align:right;"|60.38%

style="background-color:green;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:left;"|UNP

|style="background-color:white;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|14,569

|style="text-align:right;"|32.54%

|style="background-color:white;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|213,713

|style="text-align:right;"|31.81%

|style="background-color:white;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|2,357,057

|style="text-align:right;"|29.37%

style="background-color:red;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:left;"|DNA

|style="background-color:white;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|1,945

|style="text-align:right;"|4.34%

|style="background-color:white;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|26,440

|style="text-align:right;"|3.94%

|style="background-color:white;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|441,251

|style="text-align:right;"|5.50%

style="background-color:white;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:left;"|Other Parties (with < 1%)

|style="background-color:white;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|147

|style="text-align:right;"|0.33%

|style="background-color:white;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|2,288

|style="text-align:right;"|0.34%

|style="background-color:white;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|34,779

|style="text-align:right;"|0.43%

colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;"|Valid Votes

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|44,767

!style="text-align:right;"|92.06%

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|671,757

!style="text-align:right;"|92.58%

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|8,026,322

!style="text-align:right;"|96.03%

colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;"|Rejected Votes

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|3,806

!style="text-align:right;"|7.83%

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|53,130

!style="text-align:right;"|7.32%

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|581,465

!style="text-align:right;"|6.96%

colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;"|Total Polled

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|48,627

!style="text-align:right;"|58.83%

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|725,566

!style="text-align:right;"|59.08%

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|8,358,246

!style="text-align:right;"|59.29%

colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;"|Registered Electors

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|82,656

!|

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|1,228,044

!|

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|14,097,690

!|

= [[2004 Sri Lankan parliamentary election|2004 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election]] =

class="wikitable"
colspan="2" width="144px"rowspan="2"|Party

!colspan="3" width="216px"|Mawathagama{{cite web|url = https://elections.gov.lk/web/wp-content/uploads/election-results/parliamentary-elections/general-election-2004.pdf|title = 2004 Sri Lankan parliamentary election Results|date = 2004|website = elections.gov.lk|publisher = Election Commission of Sri Lanka}}

!colspan="3" width="216px"|Kurunegala Electoral District

!colspan="3" width="216px"|Sri Lanka

colspan="2" width="144px"|Votes

!|%

!colspan="2" width="144px"|Votes

!|%

!colspan="2" width="144px"|Votes

!|%

style="background-color:blue;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:left;"|UPFA

|style="background-color:blue;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|24,974

|style="text-align:right;"|48.17%

|style="background-color:blue;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|412,157

|style="text-align:right;"|51.95%

|style="background-color:blue;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|4,223,126

|style="text-align:right;"|45.70%

style="background-color:green;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:left;"|UNP

|style="background-color:white;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|23,158

|style="text-align:right;"|44.67%

|style="background-color:white;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|340,768

|style="text-align:right;"|42.95%

|style="background-color:white;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|3,486,792

|style="text-align:right;"|37.73%

style="background-color:yellow;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:left;"|JHU

|style="background-color:white;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|3,391

|style="text-align:right;"|6.54%

|style="background-color:white;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|37,459

|style="text-align:right;"|4.72%

|style="background-color:white;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|552,723

|style="text-align:right;"|5.98%

style="background-color:white;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:left;"|Other Parties (with < 1%)

|style="background-color:white;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|320

|style="text-align:right;"|0.62%

|style="background-color:white;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|2,976

|style="text-align:right;"|0.38%

|style="background-color:white;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|64,640

|style="text-align:right;"|0.70%

colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;"|Valid Votes

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|51,843

!style="text-align:right;"|94.93%

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|793,360

!style="text-align:right;"|95.14%

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|9,241,931

!style="text-align:right;"|94.52%

colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;"|Rejected Votes

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|2,753

!style="text-align:right;"|5.04%

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|40,261

!style="text-align:right;"|4.83%

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|534,452

!style="text-align:right;"|5.47%

colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;"|Total Polled

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|54,614

!style="text-align:right;"|72.56%

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|833,908

!style="text-align:right;"|76.54%

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|9,777,821

!style="text-align:right;"|75.74%

colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;"|Registered Electors

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|75,264

!|

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|1,089,482

!|

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|12,909,631

!|

= [[2001 Sri Lankan parliamentary election|2001 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election]] =

class="wikitable"
colspan="2" width="144px"rowspan="2"|Party

!colspan="3" width="216px"|Mawathagama{{cite web|url = https://elections.gov.lk/web/wp-content/uploads/election-results/parliamentary-elections/general-election-2001.pdf|title = 2001 Sri Lankan parliamentary election Results|date = 2001|website = elections.gov.lk|publisher = Election Commission of Sri Lanka}}

!colspan="3" width="216px"|Kurunegala Electoral District

!colspan="3" width="216px"|Sri Lanka

colspan="2" width="144px"|Votes

!|%

!colspan="2" width="144px"|Votes

!|%

!colspan="2" width="144px"|Votes

!|%

style="background-color:green;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:left;"|UNP

|style="background-color:green;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|26,507

|style="text-align:right;"|51.24%

|style="background-color:green;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|382,768

|style="text-align:right;"|48.59%

|style="background-color:green;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|4,086,026

|style="text-align:right;"|45.62%

style="background-color:blue;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:left;"|PA

|style="background-color:white;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|20,365

|style="text-align:right;"|39.37%

|style="background-color:white;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|332,775

|style="text-align:right;"|42.24%

|style="background-color:white;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|3,330,815

|style="text-align:right;"|37.19%

style="background-color:red;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:left;"|JVP

|style="background-color:white;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|4,134

|style="text-align:right;"|7.99%

|style="background-color:white;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|63,652

|style="text-align:right;"|8.08%

|style="background-color:white;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|815,353

|style="text-align:right;"|9.10%

style="background-color:white;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:left;"|Other Parties (with < 1%)

|style="background-color:white;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|724

|style="text-align:right;"|1.40%

|style="background-color:white;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|8,533

|style="text-align:right;"|1.08%

|style="background-color:white;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|133,770

|style="text-align:right;"|1.49%

colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;"|Valid Votes

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|51,730

!style="text-align:right;"|95.45%

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|787,728

!style="text-align:right;"|95.35%

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|8,955,844

!style="text-align:right;"|94.77%

colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;"|Rejected Votes

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|2,467

!style="text-align:right;"|4.55%

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|38,451

!style="text-align:right;"|4.65%

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|494,009

!style="text-align:right;"|5.23%

colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;"|Total Polled

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|54,197

!style="text-align:right;"|75.25%

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|826,179

!style="text-align:right;"|78.98%

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|9,449,878

!style="text-align:right;"|76.03%

colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;"|Registered Electors

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|72,027

!|

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|1,046,102

!|

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|12,428,762

!|

= [[2000 Sri Lankan parliamentary election|2000 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election]] =

class="wikitable"
colspan="2" width="144px"rowspan="2"|Party

!colspan="3" width="216px"|Mawathagama{{cite web|url = https://elections.gov.lk/web/wp-content/uploads/election-results/parliamentary-elections/general-election-2000.pdf|title = 2000 Sri Lankan parliamentary election Results|date = 2000|website = elections.gov.lk|publisher = Election Commission of Sri Lanka}}

!colspan="3" width="216px"|Kurunegala Electoral District

!colspan="3" width="216px"|Sri Lanka

colspan="2" width="144px"|Votes

!|%

!colspan="2" width="144px"|Votes

!|%

!colspan="2" width="144px"|Votes

!|%

style="background-color:green;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:left;"|UNP

|style="background-color:green;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|22,502

|style="text-align:right;"|45.90%

|style="background-color:white;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|308,106

|style="text-align:right;"|41.86%

|style="background-color:white;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|3,451,765

|style="text-align:right;"|40.12%

style="background-color:blue;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:left;"|PA

|style="background-color:white;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|21,075

|style="text-align:right;"|42.99%

|style="background-color:blue;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|358,794

|style="text-align:right;"|48.75%

|style="background-color:blue;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|3,899,329

|style="text-align:right;"|45.33%

style="background-color:red;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:left;"|JVP

|style="background-color:white;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|2,760

|style="text-align:right;"|5.63%

|style="background-color:white;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|40,780

|style="text-align:right;"|5.54%

|style="background-color:white;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|518,725

|style="text-align:right;"|6.03%

style="background-color:#008800;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:left;"|NUA

|style="background-color:white;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|1,574

|style="text-align:right;"|3.21%

|style="background-color:white;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|11,927

|style="text-align:right;"|1.62%

|style="background-color:white;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|185,593

|style="text-align:right;"|2.16%

style="background-color:white;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:left;"|Other Parties (with < 1%)

|style="background-color:white;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|1,111

|style="text-align:right;"|2.27%

|style="background-color:white;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|16,421

|style="text-align:right;"|2.23%

|style="background-color:white;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|221,514

|style="text-align:right;"|2.57%

colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;"|Valid Votes

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|49,022

!style="text-align:right;"|N/A

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|736,028

!style="text-align:right;"|N/A

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|8,602,617

!style="text-align:right;"|N/A

= [[1994 Sri Lankan parliamentary election|1994 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election]] =

class="wikitable"
colspan="2" width="144px"rowspan="2"|Party

!colspan="3" width="216px"|Mawathagama{{cite web|url = https://elections.gov.lk/web/wp-content/uploads/election-results/parliamentary-elections/general-election-1994.pdf|title = 1994 Sri Lankan parliamentary election Results|date = 1994|website = elections.gov.lk|publisher = Election Commission of Sri Lanka}}

!colspan="3" width="216px"|Kurunegala Electoral District

!colspan="3" width="216px"|Sri Lanka

colspan="2" width="144px"|Votes

!|%

!colspan="2" width="144px"|Votes

!|%

!colspan="2" width="144px"|Votes

!|%

style="background-color:blue;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:left;"|PA

|style="background-color:blue;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|23,746

|style="text-align:right;"|51.35%

|style="background-color:blue;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|366,856

|style="text-align:right;"|51.87%

|style="background-color:blue;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|3,887,805

|style="text-align:right;"|48.94%

style="background-color:green;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:left;"|UNP

|style="background-color:white;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|21,805

|style="text-align:right;"|47.15%

|style="background-color:white;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|332,547

|style="text-align:right;"|47.02%

|style="background-color:white;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|3,498,370

|style="text-align:right;"|44.04%

style="background-color:red;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:left;"|SLPF

|style="background-color:white;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|491

|style="text-align:right;"|1.06%

|style="background-color:white;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|4,990

|style="text-align:right;"|0.71%

|style="background-color:white;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|90,078

|style="text-align:right;"|1.13%

style="background-color:white;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:left;"|Other Parties (with < 1%)

|style="background-color:white;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|204

|style="text-align:right;"|0.44%

|style="background-color:white;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|2,886

|style="text-align:right;"|0.41%

|style="background-color:white;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|68,538

|style="text-align:right;"|0.86%

colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;"|Valid Votes

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|46,246

!style="text-align:right;"|96.35%

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|707,279

!style="text-align:right;"|95.92%

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|7,943,688

!style="text-align:right;"|95.20%

colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;"|Rejected Votes

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|1,752

!style="text-align:right;"|3.65%

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|30,071

!style="text-align:right;"|4.08%

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|400,395

!style="text-align:right;"|4.80%

colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;"|Total Polled

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|47,998

!style="text-align:right;"|79.17%

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|737,350

!style="text-align:right;"|82.15%

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|8,344,095

!style="text-align:right;"|74.75%

colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;"|Registered Electors

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|60,627

!|

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|897,580

!|

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|11,163,064

!|

= [[1989 Sri Lankan parliamentary election|1989 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election]] =

class="wikitable"
colspan="2" width="144px"rowspan="2"|Party

!colspan="3" width="216px"|Mawathagama{{cite web|url = https://elections.gov.lk/web/wp-content/uploads/election-results/parliamentary-elections/general-election-1989.pdf|title = 1989 Sri Lankan parliamentary election Results|date = 1989|website = elections.gov.lk|publisher = Election Commission of Sri Lanka}}

!colspan="3" width="216px"|Kurunegala Electoral District

!colspan="3" width="216px"|Sri Lanka

colspan="2" width="144px"|Votes

!|%

!colspan="2" width="144px"|Votes

!|%

!colspan="2" width="144px"|Votes

!|%

style="background-color:green;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:left;"|UNP

|style="background-color:green;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|22,899

|style="text-align:right;"|61.12%

|style="background-color:green;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|314,724

|style="text-align:right;"|58.51%

|style="background-color:green;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|2,838,005

|style="text-align:right;"|50.71%

style="background-color:blue;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:left;"|SLFP

|style="background-color:white;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|12,270

|style="text-align:right;"|32.75%

|style="background-color:white;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|195,526

|style="text-align:right;"|36.35%

|style="background-color:white;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|1,785,369

|style="text-align:right;"|31.90%

style="background-color:white;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:left;"|ELJP

|style="background-color:white;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|1,316

|style="text-align:right;"|3.51%

|style="background-color:white;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|13,759

|style="text-align:right;"|2.56%

|style="background-color:white;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|67,723

|style="text-align:right;"|1.21%

style="background-color:red;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:left;"|USA

|style="background-color:white;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|854

|style="text-align:right;"|2.28%

|style="background-color:white;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|11,059

|style="text-align:right;"|2.06%

|style="background-color:white;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|141,983

|style="text-align:right;"|2.54%

style="background-color:white;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:left;"|Other Parties (with < 1%)

|style="background-color:white;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|128

|style="text-align:right;"|0.34%

|style="background-color:white;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|2,848

|style="text-align:right;"|0.53%

|style="background-color:white;" width="10px"|

|style="text-align:right;"|90,480

|style="text-align:right;"|1.62%

colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;"|Valid Votes

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|37,467

!style="text-align:right;"|93.53%

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|537,916

!style="text-align:right;"|94.02%

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|5,596,468

!style="text-align:right;"|93.87%

colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;"|Rejected Votes

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|2,592

!style="text-align:right;"|6.47%

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|34,212

!style="text-align:right;"|5.98%

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|365,563

!style="text-align:right;"|6.13%

colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;"|Total Polled

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|40,059

!style="text-align:right;"|77.13%

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|572,128

!style="text-align:right;"|72.88%

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|5,962,031

!style="text-align:right;"|63.60%

colspan="2" width="144px"style="text-align:left;"|Registered Electors

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|51,935

!|

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|784,991

!|

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|9,374,164

!|

Demographics

= Ethnicity =

The Mawathagama Polling Division has a Sinhalese majority (83.1%) and a significant Moor population (11.6%) . In comparison, the Kurunegala Electoral District (which contains the Mawathagama Polling Division) has a Sinhalese majority (91.4%) {{cite web|url = http://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/worldbank-srilanka/choropleth-example.html|title = Census of Population and Housing 2012|date = 2012|website = statistics.gov.lk|publisher = Department of Census and Statistics, Sri Lanka}}

{{Pie chart |caption = Ethnicity in Mawathagama{{cite web|url = http://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/worldbank-srilanka/choropleth-example.html|title = Census of Population and Housing 2012|date = 2012|website = statistics.gov.lk|publisher = Department of Census and Statistics, Sri Lanka}}

|thumb = none

|label1 = Sinhalese

|value1 = 83.1

|color1 = #880000

|label2 = Moor

|value2 = 11.6

|color2 = #008800

|label3 = Sri Lankan Tamil

|value3 = 4.7

|color3 = #ff8800

|label4 = Other

|value4 = 0.6

|color4 = #ffffff

}}

= Religion =

The Mawathagama Polling Division has a Buddhist majority (81.1%) and a significant Muslim population (11.9%) . In comparison, the Kurunegala Electoral District (which contains the Mawathagama Polling Division) has a Buddhist majority (88.5%) {{cite web|url = http://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/worldbank-srilanka/choropleth-example.html|title = Census of Population and Housing 2012|date = 2012|website = statistics.gov.lk|publisher = Department of Census and Statistics, Sri Lanka}}

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|thumb = none

|label1 = Buddhist

|value1 = 81.1

|color1 = #ffff00

|label2 = Muslim

|value2 = 11.9

|color2 = #008800

|label3 = Hindu

|value3 = 4.2

|color3 = #ff8800

|label4 = Other Christian

|value4 = 1.5

|color4 = #444488

|label5 = Roman Catholic

|value5 = 1.4

|color5 = #8888ff

|label6 = Other

|value6 = 0.0

|color6 = #ffffff

}}

References

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Category:Polling Divisions of Sri Lanka

Category:Polling Divisions of the Kurunegala Electoral District