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Polling Division in Sri Lanka
Gampola
Polling Division
Location of Gampola
Coordinates: 7°10′15″N 80°40′04″E / 7.170807°N 80.667777°E / 7.170807; 80.667777
CountrySri Lanka
ProvinceCentral Province, Sri Lanka
Electoral DistrictKandy Electoral District
Area
 • Total151.3 km (58.4 sq mi)
Population
 • Total80,187
 • Density530/km (1,400/sq mi)
ISO 3166 codeEC-04L

The Gampola Polling Division is a Polling Division in the Kandy Electoral District, in the Central Province, Sri Lanka.

Presidential Election Results

Summary

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

Year Gampola Kandy Electoral District MAE % Sri Lanka MAE %
2019 NDF SLPP 7.56% SLPP 9.57%
2015 NDF NDF 2.34% NDF 5.62%
2010 UPFA UPFA 4.33% UPFA 7.99%
2005 UNP UNP 2.95% UPFA 8.84%
1999 PA PA 2.75% PA 1.44%
1994 PA PA 2.33% PA 3.25%
1988 UNP UNP 0.99% UNP 3.94%
1982 UNP UNP 1.66% UNP 6.17%
Matches/Mean MAE 6/8 7/8 3.11% 8/8 5.85%

2019 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party Gampola Kandy Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
NDF 46,531 52.95% 417,355 44.64% 5,564,239 41.99%
SLPP 37,648 42.84% 471,502 50.43% 6,924,255 52.25%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 2,233 2.54% 22,479 2.40% 345,452 2.61%
NMPP 1,469 1.67% 23,539 2.52% 418,553 3.16%
Valid Votes 87,881 99.08% 934,875 99.04% 13,252,499 98.99%
Rejected Votes 816 0.92% 9,020 0.96% 135,452 1.01%
Total Polled 88,697 84.43% 943,895 84.89% 13,387,951 83.71%
Registered Electors 105,054 1,111,860 15,992,568

2015 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party Gampola Kandy Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
NDF 45,328 56.81% 466,994 54.56% 6,217,162 51.28%
UPFA 33,293 41.73% 378,585 44.23% 5,768,090 47.58%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 1,164 1.46% 10,329 1.21% 138,200 1.14%
Valid Votes 79,785 98.74% 855,908 98.73% 12,123,452 98.85%
Rejected Votes 1,020 1.26% 10,993 1.27% 140,925 1.15%
Total Polled 80,805 79.05% 866,901 79.71% 12,264,377 78.69%
Registered Electors 102,219 1,087,542 15,585,942

2010 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party Gampola Kandy Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
UPFA 33,078 49.62% 406,636 54.16% 6,015,934 57.88%
NDF 32,090 48.14% 329,492 43.89% 4,173,185 40.15%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 1,489 2.23% 14,658 1.95% 204,494 1.97%
Valid Votes 66,657 98.73% 750,786 98.85% 10,393,613 99.03%
Rejected Votes 857 1.27% 8,700 1.15% 101,838 0.97%
Total Polled 67,514 74.07% 759,486 75.87% 10,495,451 66.70%
Registered Electors 91,146 1,001,074 15,734,587

2005 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party Gampola Kandy Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
UNP 35,829 57.23% 387,150 54.33% 4,706,366 48.43%
UPFA 25,790 41.20% 315,672 44.30% 4,887,152 50.29%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 984 1.57% 9,798 1.37% 123,521 1.27%
Valid Votes 62,603 98.37% 712,620 98.64% 9,717,039 98.88%
Rejected Votes 1,036 1.63% 9,817 1.36% 109,869 1.12%
Total Polled 63,639 75.61% 722,437 77.37% 9,826,908 69.51%
Registered Electors 84,167 933,754 14,136,979

1999 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party Gampola Kandy Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
PA 29,986 53.65% 308,187 50.29% 4,312,157 51.12%
UNP 23,928 42.81% 276,360 45.10% 3,602,748 42.71%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 1,151 2.06% 12,752 2.08% 176,679 2.09%
JVP 828 1.48% 15,512 2.53% 343,927 4.08%
Valid Votes 55,893 97.17% 612,811 97.29% 8,435,754 97.69%
Rejected Votes 1,626 2.83% 17,060 2.71% 199,536 2.31%
Total Polled 57,519 78.65% 629,871 77.61% 8,635,290 72.17%
Registered Electors 73,137 811,606 11,965,536

1994 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party Gampola Kandy Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
PA 29,558 59.04% 320,110 56.64% 4,709,205 62.28%
UNP 19,692 39.33% 235,519 41.68% 2,715,283 35.91%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 817 1.63% 9,488 1.68% 137,040 1.81%
Valid Votes 50,067 97.05% 565,117 97.55% 7,561,526 98.03%
Rejected Votes 1,524 2.95% 14,179 2.45% 151,706 1.97%
Total Polled 51,591 77.22% 579,296 77.85% 7,713,232 69.12%
Registered Electors 66,812 744,151 11,158,880

1988 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party Gampola Kandy Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
UNP 24,800 56.12% 234,124 54.88% 2,569,199 50.43%
SLFP 18,976 42.94% 186,187 43.65% 2,289,857 44.95%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 418 0.95% 6,266 1.47% 235,701 4.63%
Valid Votes 44,194 98.84% 426,577 98.57% 5,094,754 98.24%
Rejected Votes 517 1.16% 6,167 1.43% 91,499 1.76%
Total Polled 44,711 80.67% 432,744 68.36% 5,186,256 55.87%
Registered Electors 55,425 633,030 9,283,143

1982 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party Gampola Kandy Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
UNP 26,380 62.01% 289,621 59.80% 3,450,815 52.93%
SLFP 15,340 36.06% 178,647 36.89% 2,546,348 39.05%
JVP 528 1.24% 12,493 2.58% 273,428 4.19%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 293 0.69% 3,536 0.73% 249,460 3.83%
Valid Votes 42,541 99.08% 484,297 99.07% 6,520,156 98.78%
Rejected Votes 394 0.92% 4,548 0.93% 80,470 1.22%
Total Polled 42,935 84.91% 488,845 89.44% 6,600,626 80.15%
Registered Electors 50,563 546,565 8,235,358

Parliamentary Election Results

Summary

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

Year Gampola Kandy Electoral District MAE % Sri Lanka MAE %
2015 UNP UNP 2.35% UNP 8.21%
2010 UPFA UPFA 3.81% UPFA 4.88%
2004 UNP UNP 3.63% UPFA 9.05%
2001 UNP UNP 5.97% UNP 4.82%
2000 PA PA 4.92% PA 5.57%
1994 UNP UNP 1.89% PA 6.65%
1989 UNP UNP 1.90% UNP 5.80%
Matches/Mean MAE 5/7 5/7 3.50% 7/7 6.43%

2015 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party Gampola Kandy Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
UNP 42,657 58.22% 440,761 55.61% 5,098,916 45.77%
UPFA 27,025 36.89% 309,152 39.00% 4,732,664 42.48%
JVP 1,583 2.16% 30,669 3.87% 544,154 4.88%
CWC 1,399 1.91% 4,400 0.56% 17,107 0.15%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 600 0.82% 7,655 0.97% 82,981 0.74%
Valid Votes 73,264 94.53% 792,637 95.48% 11,140,333 95.35%
Rejected Votes 4,204 5.42% 37,065 4.46% 516,926 4.42%
Total Polled 77,505 75.82% 830,165 79.13% 11,684,111 77.66%
Registered Electors 102,219 1,049,160 15,044,490

2010 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party Gampola Kandy Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
UPFA 27,843 57.53% 339,819 60.81% 4,846,388 60.38%
UNP 19,144 39.55% 192,798 34.50% 2,357,057 29.37%
DNA 1,228 2.54% 23,728 4.25% 441,251 5.50%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 186 0.38% 2,459 0.44% 30,354 0.38%
Valid Votes 48,401 87.62% 558,804 90.49% 8,026,322 96.03%
Rejected Votes 6,780 12.27% 58,333 9.45% 581,465 6.96%
Total Polled 55,239 60.60% 617,559 61.70% 8,358,246 59.29%
Registered Electors 91,146 1,000,861 14,097,690

2004 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party Gampola Kandy Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
UNP 30,109 54.76% 313,859 49.99% 3,486,792 37.73%
UPFA 22,066 40.14% 268,131 42.71% 4,223,126 45.70%
JHU 2,515 4.57% 42,192 6.72% 552,723 5.98%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 289 0.53% 3,684 0.59% 64,227 0.69%
Valid Votes 54,979 92.57% 627,866 93.24% 9,241,931 94.52%
Rejected Votes 4,415 7.43% 45,484 6.75% 534,452 5.47%
Total Polled 59,394 72.70% 673,380 76.47% 9,777,821 75.74%
Registered Electors 81,694 880,634 12,909,631

2001 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party Gampola Kandy Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
UNP 25,089 47.35% 314,297 52.77% 4,086,026 45.62%
PA 24,798 46.80% 233,637 39.23% 3,330,815 37.19%
JVP 2,168 4.09% 37,146 6.24% 815,353 9.10%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 930 1.76% 10,496 1.76% 129,347 1.44%
Valid Votes 52,985 92.43% 595,576 93.40% 8,955,844 94.77%
Rejected Votes 4,338 7.57% 42,103 6.60% 494,009 5.23%
Total Polled 57,323 73.63% 637,679 76.03% 9,449,878 76.03%
Registered Electors 77,854 838,687 12,428,762

2000 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party Gampola Kandy Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
PA 29,140 53.64% 282,282 46.66% 3,899,329 45.33%
UNP 19,769 36.39% 243,623 40.27% 3,451,765 40.12%
NUA 2,544 4.68% 32,023 5.29% 185,593 2.16%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 1,688 3.11% 25,435 4.20% 289,668 3.37%
JVP 1,181 2.17% 21,565 3.56% 518,725 6.03%
Valid Votes 54,322 N/A 604,928 N/A 8,602,617 N/A

1994 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party Gampola Kandy Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
UNP 27,942 54.49% 301,824 52.35% 3,498,370 44.04%
PA 22,962 44.78% 267,683 46.43% 3,887,805 48.94%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 376 0.73% 7,045 1.22% 175,576 2.21%
Valid Votes 51,280 94.27% 576,552 94.89% 7,943,688 95.20%
Rejected Votes 3,117 5.73% 31,019 5.11% 400,395 4.80%
Total Polled 54,397 81.42% 607,571 81.67% 8,344,095 74.75%
Registered Electors 66,812 743,939 11,163,064

1989 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party Gampola Kandy Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
UNP 23,262 60.18% 204,973 61.72% 2,838,005 50.71%
SLFP 13,450 34.80% 105,977 31.91% 1,785,369 31.90%
SLMC 1,555 4.02% 14,697 4.43% 202,016 3.61%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 385 1.00% 6,462 1.95% 209,706 3.75%
Valid Votes 38,652 93.60% 332,109 93.69% 5,596,468 93.87%
Rejected Votes 2,642 6.40% 22,374 6.31% 365,563 6.13%
Total Polled 41,294 75.61% 354,483 56.42% 5,962,031 63.60%
Registered Electors 54,611 628,317 9,374,164

Demographics

Ethnicity

The Gampola Polling Division has a Sinhalese majority (61.3%), a significant Indian Tamil population (16.6%) and a significant Moor population (12.6%) . In comparison, the Kandy Electoral District (which contains the Gampola Polling Division) has a Sinhalese majority (74.4%) and a significant Moor population (13.9%)

Ethnicity in Gampola

  Sinhalese (61.3%)  Indian Tamil (16.6%)  Moor (12.6%)  Sri Lankan Tamil (9.4%)  Other (0.2%)

Religion

The Gampola Polling Division has a Buddhist majority (60.9%), a significant Hindu population (24.1%) and a significant Muslim population (12.8%) . In comparison, the Kandy Electoral District (which contains the Gampola Polling Division) has a Buddhist majority (73.4%) and a significant Muslim population (14.3%)

Religion in Gampola

  Buddhist (60.9%)  Hindu (24.1%)  Muslim (12.8%)  Other Christian (1.2%)  Other (1.0%)

References

  1. ^ "Census of Population and Housing 2012". statistics.gov.lk. Department of Census and Statistics, Sri Lanka. 2012.
  2. The mean absolute error, between the percentages of votes each party got in Gampola and the Kandy Electoral District. It is a measure of the difference in voting behaviour between the two regions.
  3. The mean absolute error, between the percentages of votes each party got in Gampola and the country. It is a measure of the difference in voting behaviour between the two regions.
  4. "2019 Sri Lankan presidential election Results". elections.gov.lk. Election Commission of Sri Lanka. 2019. Archived from the original on 2019-12-19. Retrieved 2020-06-10.
  5. "2015 Sri Lankan presidential election Results". elections.gov.lk. Election Commission of Sri Lanka. 2015. Archived from the original on 2019-12-19. Retrieved 2020-06-10.
  6. "2010 Sri Lankan presidential election Results". elections.gov.lk. Election Commission of Sri Lanka. 2010. Archived from the original on 2019-12-19. Retrieved 2020-06-10.
  7. "2005 Sri Lankan presidential election Results". elections.gov.lk. Election Commission of Sri Lanka. 2005. Archived from the original on 2019-12-19. Retrieved 2020-06-10.
  8. "1999 Sri Lankan presidential election Results". elections.gov.lk. Election Commission of Sri Lanka. 1999. Archived from the original on 2019-12-19. Retrieved 2020-06-10.
  9. "1994 Sri Lankan presidential election Results". elections.gov.lk. Election Commission of Sri Lanka. 1994. Archived from the original on 2019-12-19. Retrieved 2020-06-10.
  10. "1988 Sri Lankan presidential election Results". elections.gov.lk. Election Commission of Sri Lanka. 1988. Archived from the original on 2019-12-19. Retrieved 2020-06-10.
  11. "1982 Sri Lankan presidential election Results". elections.gov.lk. Election Commission of Sri Lanka. 1982. Archived from the original on 2019-12-19. Retrieved 2020-06-10.
  12. The mean absolute error, between the percentages of votes each party got in Gampola and the Kandy Electoral District. It is a measure of the difference in voting behaviour between the two regions.
  13. The mean absolute error, between the percentages of votes each party got in Gampola and the country. It is a measure of the difference in voting behaviour between the two regions.
  14. "2015 Sri Lankan parliamentary election Results" (PDF). elections.gov.lk. Election Commission of Sri Lanka. 2015.
  15. "2010 Sri Lankan parliamentary election Results" (PDF). elections.gov.lk. Election Commission of Sri Lanka. 2010.
  16. "2004 Sri Lankan parliamentary election Results" (PDF). elections.gov.lk. Election Commission of Sri Lanka. 2004.
  17. "2001 Sri Lankan parliamentary election Results" (PDF). elections.gov.lk. Election Commission of Sri Lanka. 2001.
  18. "2000 Sri Lankan parliamentary election Results" (PDF). elections.gov.lk. Election Commission of Sri Lanka. 2000.
  19. "1994 Sri Lankan parliamentary election Results" (PDF). elections.gov.lk. Election Commission of Sri Lanka. 1994.
  20. "1989 Sri Lankan parliamentary election Results" (PDF). elections.gov.lk. Election Commission of Sri Lanka. 1989.
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