The Nuwara Eliya Maskeliya Polling Division is a Polling Division in the Nuwara Eliya Electoral District, in the Central Province, Sri Lanka.

Presidential Election Results

Summary

The winner of Nuwara Eliya Maskeliya has matched the final country result 4 out of 8 times.

Year Nuwara Eliya Maskeliya Nuwara Eliya Electoral District MAEThe mean absolute error, between the percentages of votes each party got in Nuwara Eliya Maskeliya and the Nuwara Eliya Electoral District. It is a measure of the difference in voting behaviour between the two regions. % Sri Lanka MAEThe mean absolute error, between the percentages of votes each party got in Nuwara Eliya Maskeliya and the country. It is a measure of the difference in voting behaviour between the two regions. % 2019 NDF NDF 7.72% SLPP 22.60% 2015 NDF NDF 9.07% NDF 22.10% 2010 NDF NDF 9.05% UPFA 22.32% 2005 UNP UNP 10.47% UPFA 32.36% 1999 UNP UNP 4.13% PA 8.86% 1994 PA PA 3.99% PA 1.36% 1988 UNP UNP 6.39% UNP 16.32% 1982 UNP UNP 6.39% UNP 13.99% Matches/Mean MAE 4/8 4/8 7.15% 8/8 17.49%

2019 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party Nuwara Eliya Maskeliya Nuwara Eliya Electoral District Sri Lanka Votes % Votes % Votes % NDF 174,413 66.37% 277,913 58.28% 5,564,239 41.99% SLPP 75,499 28.73% 175,823 36.87% 6,924,255 52.25% Other Parties (with < 1%) 12,878 4.90% 23,128 4.85% 764,005 5.76% Valid Votes 262,790 98.37% 476,864 98.52% 13,252,499 98.99% Rejected Votes 4,358 1.63% 7,155 1.48% 135,452 1.01% Total Polled 267,148 83.87% 484,019 85.06% 13,387,951 83.71% Registered Electors 318,528 569,028 15,992,568

2015 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party Nuwara Eliya Maskeliya Nuwara Eliya Electoral District Sri Lanka Votes % Votes % Votes % NDF 171,578 73.01% 272,605 63.88% 6,217,162 51.28% UPFA 57,718 24.56% 145,339 34.06% 5,768,090 47.58% Other Parties (with < 1%) 5,700 2.43% 8,822 2.07% 138,200 1.14% Valid Votes 234,996 98.35% 426,766 98.31% 12,123,452 98.85% Rejected Votes 3,939 1.65% 7,329 1.69% 140,925 1.15% Total Polled 238,935 78.90% 434,095 79.25% 12,264,377 78.69% Registered Electors 302,836 547,766 15,585,942

2010 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party Nuwara Eliya Maskeliya Nuwara Eliya Electoral District Sri Lanka Votes % Votes % Votes % NDF 112,866 61.30% 180,604 52.14% 4,173,185 40.15% UPFA 62,604 34.00% 151,604 43.77% 6,015,934 57.88% Other Parties (with < 1%) 5,965 3.24% 10,040 2.90% 165,268 1.59% DUNF 2,693 1.46% 4,134 1.19% 39,226 0.38% Valid Votes 184,128 98.03% 346,382 98.17% 10,393,613 99.03% Rejected Votes 3,693 1.97% 6,462 1.83% 101,838 0.97% Total Polled 187,821 76.02% 352,844 75.65% 10,495,451 66.70% Registered Electors 247,069 466,440 15,734,587

2005 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party Nuwara Eliya Maskeliya Nuwara Eliya Electoral District Sri Lanka Votes % Votes % Votes % UNP 156,343 81.02% 250,428 70.37% 4,706,366 48.43% UPFA 33,453 17.34% 99,550 27.97% 4,887,152 50.29% Other Parties (with < 1%) 3,165 1.64% 5,897 1.66% 123,521 1.27% Valid Votes 192,961 98.55% 355,875 98.50% 9,717,039 98.88% Rejected Votes 2,841 1.45% 5,410 1.50% 109,869 1.12% Total Polled 195,802 79.57% 361,285 79.49% 9,826,908 69.51% Registered Electors 246,062 454,528 14,136,979

1999 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party Nuwara Eliya Maskeliya Nuwara Eliya Electoral District Sri Lanka Votes % Votes % Votes % UNP 87,653 53.09% 152,836 48.68% 3,602,748 42.71% PA 70,497 42.70% 147,210 46.88% 4,312,157 51.12% Other Parties (with < 1%) 5,050 3.06% 8,065 2.57% 176,679 2.09% JVP 1,897 1.15% 5,879 1.87% 343,927 4.08% Valid Votes 165,097 97.13% 313,990 97.21% 8,435,754 97.69% Rejected Votes 4,885 2.87% 8,997 2.79% 199,536 2.31% Total Polled 169,982 78.68% 322,987 80.23% 8,635,290 72.17% Registered Electors 216,038 402,589 11,965,536

1994 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party Nuwara Eliya Maskeliya Nuwara Eliya Electoral District Sri Lanka Votes % Votes % Votes % PA 94,262 60.78% 168,929 57.14% 4,709,205 62.28% UNP 53,949 34.79% 116,928 39.55% 2,715,283 35.91% Ind 2 4,897 3.16% 6,314 2.14% 58,888 0.78% Other Parties (with < 1%) 1,983 1.28% 3,459 1.17% 78,152 1.03% Valid Votes 155,091 95.44% 295,630 96.15% 7,561,526 98.03% Rejected Votes 7,412 4.56% 11,840 3.85% 151,706 1.97% Total Polled 162,503 76.40% 307,470 78.19% 7,713,232 69.12% Registered Electors 212,690 393,221 11,158,880

1988 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party Nuwara Eliya Maskeliya Nuwara Eliya Electoral District Sri Lanka Votes % Votes % Votes % UNP 52,653 68.25% 112,135 62.15% 2,569,199 50.43% SLFP 22,209 28.79% 64,907 35.98% 2,289,857 44.95% SLMP 2,290 2.97% 3,371 1.87% 235,701 4.63% Valid Votes 77,152 97.76% 180,413 98.19% 5,094,754 98.24% Rejected Votes 1,771 2.24% 3,320 1.81% 91,499 1.76% Total Polled 78,923 77.55% 183,733 79.44% 5,186,256 55.87% Registered Electors 101,765 231,278 9,283,143

1982 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party Nuwara Eliya Maskeliya Nuwara Eliya Electoral District Sri Lanka Votes % Votes % Votes % UNP 49,414 69.59% 109,017 63.10% 3,450,815 52.93% SLFP 18,543 26.11% 57,093 33.05% 2,546,348 39.05% JVP 1,892 2.66% 4,569 2.64% 273,428 4.19% Other Parties (with < 1%) 1,157 1.63% 2,090 1.21% 249,460 3.83% Valid Votes 71,006 98.68% 172,769 98.83% 6,520,156 98.78% Rejected Votes 950 1.32% 2,048 1.17% 80,470 1.22% Total Polled 71,956 83.20% 174,817 85.71% 6,600,626 80.15% Registered Electors 86,487 203,968 8,235,358

Parliamentary Election Results

Summary

The winner of Nuwara Eliya Maskeliya has matched the final country result 5 out of 7 times. Hence, Nuwara Eliya Maskeliya is a Weak Bellwether for Parliamentary Elections. Year Nuwara Eliya Maskeliya Nuwara Eliya Electoral District MAEThe mean absolute error, between the percentages of votes each party got in Nuwara Eliya Maskeliya and the Nuwara Eliya Electoral District. It is a measure of the difference in voting behaviour between the two regions. % Sri Lanka MAEThe mean absolute error, between the percentages of votes each party got in Nuwara Eliya Maskeliya and the country. It is a measure of the difference in voting behaviour between the two regions. % 2015 UNP UNP 2.70% UNP 10.62% 2010 UPFA UPFA 5.18% UPFA 9.98% 2004 UNP UNP 4.97% UPFA 21.51% 2001 UNP UNP 7.18% UNP 22.01% 2000 PA PA 3.89% PA 3.54% 1994 UNP UNP 3.85% PA 18.77% 1989 UNP UNP 3.87% UNP 8.26% Matches/Mean MAE 5/7 5/7 4.52% 7/7 13.53%

2015 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party Nuwara Eliya Maskeliya Nuwara Eliya Electoral District Sri Lanka Votes % Votes % Votes % UNP 131,952 61.87% 228,920 59.06% 5,098,916 45.77% UPFA 75,267 35.29% 147,348 38.02% 4,732,664 42.48% Other Parties (with < 1%) 6,040 2.83% 11,317 2.92% 631,897 5.67% Valid Votes 213,259 92.08% 387,585 92.12% 11,140,333 95.35% Rejected Votes 18,101 7.82% 32,788 7.79% 516,926 4.42% Total Polled 231,597 76.48% 420,734 78.77% 11,684,111 77.66% Registered Electors 302,836 534,150 15,044,490

2010 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party Nuwara Eliya Maskeliya Nuwara Eliya Electoral District Sri Lanka Votes % Votes % Votes % UPFA 72,766 49.76% 149,111 56.06% 4,846,388 60.38% UNP 59,339 40.58% 96,885 36.43% 2,357,057 29.37% UPF 10,912 7.46% 13,189 4.96% 24,670 0.31% Other Parties (with < 1%) 3,210 2.20% 6,777 2.55% 475,687 5.93% Valid Votes 146,227 87.91% 265,962 87.64% 8,026,322 96.03% Rejected Votes 19,969 12.01% 37,236 12.27% 581,465 6.96% Total Polled 166,331 67.32% 303,470 64.94% 8,358,246 59.29% Registered Electors 247,069 467,332 14,097,690

2004 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party Nuwara Eliya Maskeliya Nuwara Eliya Electoral District Sri Lanka Votes % Votes % Votes % UNP 100,350 55.85% 176,971 54.02% 3,486,792 37.73% UPF 41,563 23.13% 49,728 15.18% 49,728 0.54% UPFA 25,989 14.46% 82,945 25.32% 4,223,126 45.70% CDUA 7,331 4.08% 10,736 3.28% 10,736 0.12% JHU 2,617 1.46% 4,454 1.36% 552,723 5.98% Other Parties (with < 1%) 1,822 1.01% 2,775 0.85% 42,827 0.46% Valid Votes 179,672 92.97% 327,609 93.06% 9,241,931 94.52% Rejected Votes 13,594 7.03% 24,413 6.94% 534,452 5.47% Total Polled 193,266 80.69% 352,022 80.70% 9,777,821 75.74% Registered Electors 239,511 436,236 12,909,631

2001 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party Nuwara Eliya Maskeliya Nuwara Eliya Electoral District Sri Lanka Votes % Votes % Votes % UNP 130,633 75.81% 215,157 68.28% 4,086,026 45.62% PA 28,734 16.68% 77,733 24.67% 3,330,815 37.19% NDP 6,206 3.60% 6,600 2.09% 6,952 0.08% JVP 4,227 2.45% 11,080 3.52% 815,353 9.10% Other Parties (with < 1%) 2,505 1.45% 4,529 1.44% 136,882 1.53% Valid Votes 172,305 92.43% 315,099 91.74% 8,955,844 94.77% Rejected Votes 14,103 7.57% 28,373 8.26% 494,009 5.23% Total Polled 186,408 81.64% 343,472 82.32% 9,449,878 76.03% Registered Electors 228,317 417,264 12,428,762

2000 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party Nuwara Eliya Maskeliya Nuwara Eliya Electoral District Sri Lanka Votes % Votes % Votes % PA 75,788 47.84% 158,018 52.53% 3,899,329 45.33% UNP 71,854 45.36% 126,486 42.05% 3,451,765 40.12% TNUoW 4,506 2.84% 4,671 1.55% 5,737 0.07% JVP 2,311 1.46% 6,299 2.09% 518,725 6.03% PP 2,049 1.29% 2,445 0.81% 19,830 0.23% Other Parties (with < 1%) 1,901 1.20% 2,887 0.96% 221,673 2.58% Valid Votes 158,409 N/A 300,806 N/A 8,602,617 N/A

1994 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party Nuwara Eliya Maskeliya Nuwara Eliya Electoral District Sri Lanka Votes % Votes % Votes % UNP 94,893 59.57% 175,478 58.12% 3,498,370 44.04% PA 39,476 24.78% 97,658 32.35% 3,887,805 48.94% IND1 24,248 15.22% 27,374 9.07% 48,199 0.61% Other Parties (with < 1%) 674 0.42% 1,408 0.47% 158,616 2.00% Valid Votes 159,291 92.26% 301,918 93.33% 7,943,688 95.20% Rejected Votes 13,368 7.74% 21,592 6.67% 400,395 4.80% Total Polled 172,659 81.18% 323,510 82.37% 8,344,095 74.75% Registered Electors 212,690 392,770 11,163,064

1989 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party Nuwara Eliya Maskeliya Nuwara Eliya Electoral District Sri Lanka Votes % Votes % Votes % UNP 44,252 60.24% 109,853 63.34% 2,838,005 50.71% SLFP 15,928 21.68% 47,128 27.18% 1,785,369 31.90% DPLF 8,718 11.87% 10,509 6.06% 19,150 0.34% USA 3,488 4.75% 4,214 2.43% 141,983 2.54% SLMC 1,078 1.47% 1,720 0.99% 202,016 3.61% Valid Votes 73,464 92.52% 173,424 92.73% 5,596,468 93.87% Rejected Votes 5,937 7.48% 13,600 7.27% 365,563 6.13% Total Polled 79,401 79.29% 187,024 81.49% 5,962,031 63.60% Registered Electors 100,139 229,519 9,374,164

Demographics

Ethnicity

The Nuwara Eliya Maskeliya Polling Division has an Indian Tamil majority (71.0%) and a significant Sinhalese population (20.8%). In comparison, the Nuwara Eliya Electoral District (which contains the Nuwara Eliya Maskeliya Polling Division) has an Indian Tamil majority (53.1%) and a significant Sinhalese population (39.6%)

Religion