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Welimada Polling Division

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{{Infobox settlement |name = Welimada

|image_map = Welimada_Polling_Division_Sri_Lanka.svg

|settlement_type = Polling Division

|iso_code = EC-19G

|coordinates = {{coord|6.860948|N|80.879512|E}}

|area_total_km2 = 189.35

|population_total = 100808

|population_density_km2 = 532

|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 = Uva Province, Sri Lanka

|subdivision_type2 = Electoral District

|subdivision_name2 = Badulla Electoral District

}}

The Welimada Polling Division is a Polling Division in the Badulla Electoral District, in the Uva Province, Sri Lanka.

Presidential Election Results

= Summary =

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

class="wikitable"
|Year

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

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

!|MAEThe mean absolute error, between the percentages of votes each party got in Welimada and the Badulla 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 Welimada 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;"|1.31%

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

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

|style="text-align:right;"|4.09%

|2015

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

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

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

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

|style="text-align:right;"|1.29%

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

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

|style="text-align:right;"|0.51%

|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;"|0.25%

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

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

|style="text-align:right;"|4.69%

|2005

|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;"|1.59%

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

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

|style="text-align:right;"|3.23%

|1999

|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;"|0.37%

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

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

|style="text-align:right;"|4.37%

|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;"|0.38%

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

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

|style="text-align:right;"|6.95%

|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;"|5.85%

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

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

|style="text-align:right;"|14.08%

|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;"|2.73%

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

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

|style="text-align:right;"|6.69%

|Matches/Mean MAE

!style="text-align:left;"colspan="2" width="144px"|6/8

!style="text-align:left;"colspan="2" width="144px"|6/8

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

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

!style="text-align:right;"|5.58%

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

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

!colspan="3" width="216px"|Welimada{{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"|Badulla 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;"|30,670

|style="text-align:right;"|48.15%

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

|style="text-align:right;"|276,211

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

|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;"|29,673

|style="text-align:right;"|46.58%

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

|style="text-align:right;"|251,706

|style="text-align:right;"|44.92%

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

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

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

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

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

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

|style="text-align:right;"|1,687

|style="text-align:right;"|2.65%

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

|style="text-align:right;"|17,622

|style="text-align:right;"|3.14%

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

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

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

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

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

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

|style="text-align:right;"|1,671

|style="text-align:right;"|2.62%

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

|style="text-align:right;"|14,806

|style="text-align:right;"|2.64%

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

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

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

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

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|63,701

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

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|560,345

!style="text-align:right;"|98.77%

!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"|632

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

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|6,978

!style="text-align:right;"|1.23%

!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"|64,333

!style="text-align:right;"|86.02%

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|567,323

!style="text-align:right;"|86.25%

!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"|74,786

!|

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|657,766

!|

!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"|Welimada{{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"|Badulla 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;"|29,431

|style="text-align:right;"|50.68%

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

|style="text-align:right;"|249,524

|style="text-align:right;"|49.21%

|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;"|27,874

|style="text-align:right;"|48.00%

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

|style="text-align:right;"|249,243

|style="text-align:right;"|49.15%

|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;"|770

|style="text-align:right;"|1.33%

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

|style="text-align:right;"|8,303

|style="text-align:right;"|1.64%

|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"|58,075

!style="text-align:right;"|98.87%

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|507,070

!style="text-align:right;"|98.47%

!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"|664

!style="text-align:right;"|1.13%

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|7,871

!style="text-align:right;"|1.53%

!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"|58,739

!style="text-align:right;"|78.91%

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|514,941

!style="text-align:right;"|79.51%

!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"|74,436

!|

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|647,628

!|

!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"|Welimada{{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"|Badulla 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;"|27,252

|style="text-align:right;"|53.19%

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

|style="text-align:right;"|237,579

|style="text-align:right;"|53.23%

|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;"|23,092

|style="text-align:right;"|45.07%

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

|style="text-align:right;"|198,835

|style="text-align:right;"|44.55%

|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;"|888

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

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

|style="text-align:right;"|9,880

|style="text-align:right;"|2.21%

|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"|51,232

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

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|446,294

!style="text-align:right;"|98.66%

!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"|509

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

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|6,083

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

!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"|51,741

!style="text-align:right;"|75.06%

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|452,377

!style="text-align:right;"|75.62%

!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"|68,937

!|

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|598,190

!|

!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"|Welimada{{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"|Badulla 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;"|26,108

|style="text-align:right;"|51.55%

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

|style="text-align:right;"|226,582

|style="text-align:right;"|53.11%

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

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

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

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

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

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

|style="text-align:right;"|23,736

|style="text-align:right;"|46.87%

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

|style="text-align:right;"|192,734

|style="text-align:right;"|45.18%

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

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

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

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

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

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

|style="text-align:right;"|801

|style="text-align:right;"|1.58%

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

|style="text-align:right;"|7,283

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

|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"|50,645

!style="text-align:right;"|98.75%

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|426,599

!style="text-align:right;"|98.43%

!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"|640

!style="text-align:right;"|1.25%

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|6,825

!style="text-align:right;"|1.57%

!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"|51,285

!style="text-align:right;"|79.54%

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|433,424

!style="text-align:right;"|78.67%

!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"|64,481

!|

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|550,926

!|

!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"|Welimada{{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"|Badulla 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;"|20,447

|style="text-align:right;"|47.38%

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

|style="text-align:right;"|172,884

|style="text-align:right;"|47.97%

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

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

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

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

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

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

|style="text-align:right;"|20,063

|style="text-align:right;"|46.49%

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

|style="text-align:right;"|167,000

|style="text-align:right;"|46.33%

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

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

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

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

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

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

|style="text-align:right;"|1,665

|style="text-align:right;"|3.86%

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

|style="text-align:right;"|12,025

|style="text-align:right;"|3.34%

|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;"|981

|style="text-align:right;"|2.27%

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

|style="text-align:right;"|8,512

|style="text-align:right;"|2.36%

|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"|43,156

!style="text-align:right;"|97.29%

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|360,421

!style="text-align:right;"|97.04%

!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"|1,203

!style="text-align:right;"|2.71%

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|10,979

!style="text-align:right;"|2.96%

!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"|44,359

!style="text-align:right;"|78.97%

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|371,400

!style="text-align:right;"|78.25%

!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"|56,170

!|

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|474,610

!|

!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"|Welimada{{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"|Badulla 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;"|22,177

|style="text-align:right;"|55.23%

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

|style="text-align:right;"|182,810

|style="text-align:right;"|55.27%

|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;"|17,280

|style="text-align:right;"|43.04%

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

|style="text-align:right;"|139,611

|style="text-align:right;"|42.21%

|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;"|695

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

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

|style="text-align:right;"|8,351

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

|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"|40,152

!style="text-align:right;"|96.44%

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|330,772

!style="text-align:right;"|95.91%

!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"|1,482

!style="text-align:right;"|3.56%

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|14,093

!style="text-align:right;"|4.09%

!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"|41,634

!style="text-align:right;"|77.61%

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|344,865

!style="text-align:right;"|77.47%

!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"|53,643

!|

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|445,146

!|

!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"|Welimada{{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"|Badulla 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;"|7,491

|style="text-align:right;"|66.27%

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

|style="text-align:right;"|80,779

|style="text-align:right;"|60.09%

|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;"|3,580

|style="text-align:right;"|31.67%

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

|style="text-align:right;"|50,223

|style="text-align:right;"|37.36%

|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;"|232

|style="text-align:right;"|2.05%

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

|style="text-align:right;"|3,422

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

|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"|11,303

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

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|134,424

!style="text-align:right;"|97.62%

!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"|232

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

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|3,276

!style="text-align:right;"|2.38%

!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"|11,535

!style="text-align:right;"|27.57%

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|137,700

!style="text-align:right;"|44.21%

!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"|41,846

!|

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|311,473

!|

!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"|Welimada{{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"|Badulla 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;"|18,673

|style="text-align:right;"|60.64%

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

|style="text-align:right;"|141,062

|style="text-align:right;"|58.67%

|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;"|10,078

|style="text-align:right;"|32.73%

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

|style="text-align:right;"|88,462

|style="text-align:right;"|36.79%

|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;"|1,745

|style="text-align:right;"|5.67%

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

|style="text-align:right;"|7,713

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

|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;"|295

|style="text-align:right;"|0.96%

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

|style="text-align:right;"|3,203

|style="text-align:right;"|1.33%

|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"|30,791

!style="text-align:right;"|98.60%

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|240,440

!style="text-align:right;"|98.77%

!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"|437

!style="text-align:right;"|1.40%

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|2,982

!style="text-align:right;"|1.23%

!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"|31,228

!style="text-align:right;"|86.44%

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|243,422

!style="text-align:right;"|85.47%

!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"|36,128

!|

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|284,801

!|

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

!|

Parliamentary Election Results

= Summary =

The winner of Welimada has matched the final country result 5 out of 7 times. Hence, Welimada is a Weak Bellwether for Parliamentary Elections.

class="wikitable"
|Year

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

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

!|MAEThe mean absolute error, between the percentages of votes each party got in Welimada and the Badulla 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 Welimada 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:green;" width="10px"|

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

|style="text-align:right;"|0.90%

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

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

|style="text-align:right;"|6.84%

|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;"|5.99%

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

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

|style="text-align:right;"|8.11%

|2004

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

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

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

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

|style="text-align:right;"|3.25%

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

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

|style="text-align:right;"|6.11%

|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;"|0.57%

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

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

|style="text-align:right;"|4.00%

|2000

|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;"|1.07%

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

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

|style="text-align:right;"|3.09%

|1994

|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;"|3.92%

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

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

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

|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;"|4.38%

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

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

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

|Matches/Mean MAE

!style="text-align:left;"colspan="2" width="144px"|5/7

!style="text-align:left;"colspan="2" width="144px"|4/7

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

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

!style="text-align:right;"|5.02%

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

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

!colspan="3" width="216px"|Welimada{{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"|Badulla 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;"|30,086

|style="text-align:right;"|56.07%

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

|style="text-align:right;"|258,844

|style="text-align:right;"|54.82%

|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;"|20,127

|style="text-align:right;"|37.51%

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

|style="text-align:right;"|179,459

|style="text-align:right;"|38.01%

|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;"|2,497

|style="text-align:right;"|4.65%

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

|style="text-align:right;"|21,445

|style="text-align:right;"|4.54%

|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;"|CWC

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

|style="text-align:right;"|687

|style="text-align:right;"|1.28%

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

|style="text-align:right;"|10,259

|style="text-align:right;"|2.17%

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

|style="text-align:right;"|17,107

|style="text-align:right;"|0.15%

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

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

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

|style="text-align:right;"|258

|style="text-align:right;"|0.48%

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

|style="text-align:right;"|2,159

|style="text-align:right;"|0.46%

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

|style="text-align:right;"|76,945

|style="text-align:right;"|0.69%

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

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|53,655

!style="text-align:right;"|95.68%

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|472,166

!style="text-align:right;"|95.03%

!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"|2,384

!style="text-align:right;"|4.25%

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|24,167

!style="text-align:right;"|4.86%

!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"|56,076

!style="text-align:right;"|75.33%

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|496,849

!style="text-align:right;"|80.07%

!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"|74,436

!|

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|620,486

!|

!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"|Welimada{{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"|Badulla 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;"|19,820

|style="text-align:right;"|50.04%

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

|style="text-align:right;"|203,689

|style="text-align:right;"|58.25%

|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;"|14,070

|style="text-align:right;"|35.52%

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

|style="text-align:right;"|112,886

|style="text-align:right;"|32.28%

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

|style="text-align:right;"|2,357,057

|style="text-align:right;"|29.37%

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

|style="text-align:left;"|IG4B

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

|style="text-align:right;"|3,221

|style="text-align:right;"|8.13%

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

|style="text-align:right;"|4,646

|style="text-align:right;"|1.33%

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

|style="text-align:right;"|5,076

|style="text-align:right;"|0.06%

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

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

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

|style="text-align:right;"|1,816

|style="text-align:right;"|4.58%

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

|style="text-align:right;"|15,768

|style="text-align:right;"|4.51%

|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;"|UPF

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

|style="text-align:right;"|540

|style="text-align:right;"|1.36%

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

|style="text-align:right;"|11,481

|style="text-align:right;"|3.28%

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

|style="text-align:right;"|24,670

|style="text-align:right;"|0.31%

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

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

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

|style="text-align:right;"|141

|style="text-align:right;"|0.36%

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

|style="text-align:right;"|1,208

|style="text-align:right;"|0.35%

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

|style="text-align:right;"|23,594

|style="text-align:right;"|0.29%

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

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|39,608

!style="text-align:right;"|93.75%

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|349,678

!style="text-align:right;"|93.54%

!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"|2,642

!style="text-align:right;"|6.25%

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|24,169

!style="text-align:right;"|6.46%

!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"|42,250

!style="text-align:right;"|61.29%

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|373,847

!style="text-align:right;"|62.46%

!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"|68,937

!|

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|598,521

!|

!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"|Welimada{{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"|Badulla 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;"|23,040

|style="text-align:right;"|51.75%

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

|style="text-align:right;"|178,634

|style="text-align:right;"|48.26%

|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;"|20,441

|style="text-align:right;"|45.91%

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

|style="text-align:right;"|181,705

|style="text-align:right;"|49.09%

|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;"|775

|style="text-align:right;"|1.74%

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

|style="text-align:right;"|6,932

|style="text-align:right;"|1.87%

|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;"|266

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

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

|style="text-align:right;"|2,907

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

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

|style="text-align:right;"|57,589

|style="text-align:right;"|0.62%

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

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|44,522

!style="text-align:right;"|92.04%

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|370,178

!style="text-align:right;"|92.47%

!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"|3,851

!style="text-align:right;"|7.96%

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|30,159

!style="text-align:right;"|7.53%

!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"|48,373

!style="text-align:right;"|77.64%

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|400,337

!style="text-align:right;"|78.33%

!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"|62,308

!|

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|511,115

!|

!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"|Welimada{{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"|Badulla 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;"|24,295

|style="text-align:right;"|53.44%

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

|style="text-align:right;"|201,173

|style="text-align:right;"|53.81%

|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;"|17,253

|style="text-align:right;"|37.95%

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

|style="text-align:right;"|138,443

|style="text-align:right;"|37.03%

|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;"|3,413

|style="text-align:right;"|7.51%

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

|style="text-align:right;"|26,820

|style="text-align:right;"|7.17%

|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;"|498

|style="text-align:right;"|1.10%

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

|style="text-align:right;"|7,401

|style="text-align:right;"|1.98%

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

|style="text-align:right;"|79,391

|style="text-align:right;"|0.89%

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

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|45,459

!style="text-align:right;"|93.99%

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|373,837

!style="text-align:right;"|93.35%

!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"|2,908

!style="text-align:right;"|6.01%

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|26,626

!style="text-align:right;"|6.65%

!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"|48,367

!style="text-align:right;"|81.06%

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|400,463

!style="text-align:right;"|81.51%

!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"|59,666

!|

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|491,288

!|

!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"|Welimada{{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"|Badulla 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;"|19,377

|style="text-align:right;"|44.49%

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

|style="text-align:right;"|167,351

|style="text-align:right;"|46.36%

|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;"|18,661

|style="text-align:right;"|42.85%

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

|style="text-align:right;"|154,172

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

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

|style="text-align:right;"|3,899,329

|style="text-align:right;"|45.33%

style="background-color:#008800;" width="10px"|

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

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

|style="text-align:right;"|2,577

|style="text-align:right;"|5.92%

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

|style="text-align:right;"|5,052

|style="text-align:right;"|1.40%

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

|style="text-align:right;"|185,593

|style="text-align:right;"|2.16%

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

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

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

|style="text-align:right;"|1,835

|style="text-align:right;"|4.21%

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

|style="text-align:right;"|16,414

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

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

|style="text-align:right;"|518,725

|style="text-align:right;"|6.03%

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

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

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

|style="text-align:right;"|617

|style="text-align:right;"|1.42%

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

|style="text-align:right;"|12,092

|style="text-align:right;"|3.35%

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

|style="text-align:right;"|22,985

|style="text-align:right;"|0.27%

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

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

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

|style="text-align:right;"|486

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

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

|style="text-align:right;"|5,935

|style="text-align:right;"|1.64%

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

|style="text-align:right;"|245,839

|style="text-align:right;"|2.86%

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

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|43,553

!style="text-align:right;"|N/A

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|361,016

!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"|Welimada{{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"|Badulla 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;"|19,935

|style="text-align:right;"|49.14%

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

|style="text-align:right;"|182,131

|style="text-align:right;"|54.04%

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

|style="text-align:right;"|3,498,370

|style="text-align:right;"|44.04%

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

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

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

|style="text-align:right;"|18,811

|style="text-align:right;"|46.37%

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

|style="text-align:right;"|146,546

|style="text-align:right;"|43.48%

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

|style="text-align:right;"|3,887,805

|style="text-align:right;"|48.94%

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

|style="text-align:left;"|IND2

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

|style="text-align:right;"|992

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

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

|style="text-align:right;"|2,601

|style="text-align:right;"|0.77%

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

|style="text-align:right;"|16,690

|style="text-align:right;"|0.21%

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

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

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

|style="text-align:right;"|612

|style="text-align:right;"|1.51%

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

|style="text-align:right;"|3,555

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

|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;"|219

|style="text-align:right;"|0.54%

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

|style="text-align:right;"|2,226

|style="text-align:right;"|0.66%

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

|style="text-align:right;"|116,737

|style="text-align:right;"|1.47%

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

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|40,569

!style="text-align:right;"|92.48%

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|337,059

!style="text-align:right;"|92.19%

!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"|3,300

!style="text-align:right;"|7.52%

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|28,540

!style="text-align:right;"|7.81%

!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"|43,869

!style="text-align:right;"|81.78%

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|365,599

!style="text-align:right;"|82.23%

!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"|53,643

!|

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|444,632

!|

!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"|Welimada{{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"|Badulla 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;"|14,743

|style="text-align:right;"|53.40%

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

|style="text-align:right;"|135,089

|style="text-align:right;"|58.97%

|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;"|10,521

|style="text-align:right;"|38.11%

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

|style="text-align:right;"|81,011

|style="text-align:right;"|35.36%

|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;"|1,828

|style="text-align:right;"|6.62%

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

|style="text-align:right;"|5,589

|style="text-align:right;"|2.44%

|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;"|380

|style="text-align:right;"|1.38%

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

|style="text-align:right;"|5,712

|style="text-align:right;"|2.49%

|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;"|135

|style="text-align:right;"|0.49%

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

|style="text-align:right;"|1,693

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

|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"|27,607

!style="text-align:right;"|91.93%

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|229,094

!style="text-align:right;"|92.08%

!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"|2,424

!style="text-align:right;"|8.07%

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|19,704

!style="text-align:right;"|7.92%

!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"|30,031

!style="text-align:right;"|72.65%

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|248,798

!style="text-align:right;"|75.55%

!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"|41,334

!|

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|329,321

!|

!style="text-align:right;"colspan="2" width="144px"|9,374,164

!|

Demographics

= Ethnicity =

The Welimada Polling Division has a Sinhalese majority (70.8%), a significant Moor population (16.6%) and a significant Indian Tamil population (10.4%) . In comparison, the Badulla Electoral District (which contains the Welimada Polling Division) has a Sinhalese majority (73.0%) and a significant Indian Tamil population (18.5%) {{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 = Sinhalese

|value1 = 70.8

|color1 = #880000

|label2 = Moor

|value2 = 16.6

|color2 = #008800

|label3 = Indian Tamil

|value3 = 10.4

|color3 = #cc6600

|label4 = Sri Lankan Tamil

|value4 = 2.0

|color4 = #ff8800

|label5 = Other

|value5 = 0.2

|color5 = #ffffff

}}

= Religion =

The Welimada Polling Division has a Buddhist majority (70.6%), a significant Muslim population (16.8%) and a significant Hindu population (11.3%) . In comparison, the Badulla Electoral District (which contains the Welimada Polling Division) has a Buddhist majority (72.6%) and a significant Hindu population (19.3%) {{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 = 70.6

|color1 = #ffff00

|label2 = Muslim

|value2 = 16.8

|color2 = #008800

|label3 = Hindu

|value3 = 11.3

|color3 = #ff8800

|label4 = Other

|value4 = 1.3

|color4 = #ffffff

}}

References

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Category:Polling Divisions of Sri Lanka

Category:Polling Divisions of the Badulla Electoral District