Divulapitiya Polling Division

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Divulapitiya
Polling Division
Location of Divulapitiya
Coordinates: 7°15′22″N 80°00′10″E / 7.256056°N 80.002857°E / 7.256056; 80.002857
CountrySri Lanka
ProvinceWestern Province, Sri Lanka
Electoral DistrictGampaha Electoral District
Area
 • Total219.56 km2 (84.77 sq mi)
Population
 (2012)[1]
 • Total144,506
 • Density658/km2 (1,700/sq mi)
ISO 3166 codeEC-02D

The Divulapitiya Polling Division is a Polling Division in the Gampaha Electoral District, in the Western Province, Sri Lanka.

Presidential Election Results[edit]

Summary[edit]

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

Year Divulapitiya Gampaha Electoral District MAE[2] % Sri Lanka MAE[3] %
2019 SLPP SLPP 0.61% SLPP 7.04%
2015 UPFA NDF 3.44% NDF 5.08%
2010 UPFA UPFA 0.43% UPFA 3.77%
2005 UPFA UPFA 2.33% UPFA 1.98%
1999 PA PA 2.91% PA 2.10%
1994 PA PA 5.68% PA 3.42%
1988 SLFP SLFP 0.56% UNP 2.72%
1982 UNP UNP 2.03% UNP 3.94%
Matches/Mean MAE 6/8 7/8 2.25% 8/8 3.76%

2019 Sri Lankan Presidential Election[edit]

Party Divulapitiya[4] Gampaha Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
SLPP 55,371 59.93% 855,870 59.28% 6,924,255 52.25%
NDF 32,149 34.80% 494,671 34.26% 5,564,239 41.99%
NMPP 3,117 3.37% 61,760 4.28% 418,553 3.16%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 1,755 1.90% 31,499 2.18% 345,452 2.61%
Valid Votes 92,392 99.16% 1,443,800 98.92% 13,252,499 98.99%
Rejected Votes 780 0.84% 15,751 1.08% 135,452 1.01%
Total Polled 93,172 84.52% 1,459,551 83.31% 13,387,951 83.71%
Registered Electors 110,231 1,751,892 15,992,568

2015 Sri Lankan Presidential Election[edit]

Party Divulapitiya[5] Gampaha Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
UPFA 45,813 52.91% 664,347 49.49% 5,768,090 47.58%
NDF 40,112 46.33% 669,007 49.83% 6,217,162 51.28%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 658 0.76% 9,142 0.68% 138,200 1.14%
Valid Votes 86,583 99.20% 1,342,496 98.92% 12,123,452 98.85%
Rejected Votes 701 0.80% 14,647 1.08% 140,925 1.15%
Total Polled 87,284 80.42% 1,357,143 80.77% 12,264,377 78.69%
Registered Electors 108,529 1,680,263 15,585,942

2010 Sri Lankan Presidential Election[edit]

Party Divulapitiya[6] Gampaha Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
UPFA 48,149 62.03% 718,716 61.66% 6,015,934 57.88%
NDF 28,518 36.74% 434,506 37.28% 4,173,185 40.15%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 957 1.23% 12,426 1.07% 204,494 1.97%
Valid Votes 77,624 99.39% 1,165,648 99.24% 10,393,613 99.03%
Rejected Votes 476 0.61% 8,960 0.76% 101,838 0.97%
Total Polled 78,100 78.30% 1,174,608 78.03% 10,495,451 66.70%
Registered Electors 99,742 1,505,363 15,734,587

2005 Sri Lankan Presidential Election[edit]

Party Divulapitiya[7] Gampaha Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
UPFA 39,347 52.39% 596,698 54.78% 4,887,152 50.29%
UNP 34,945 46.53% 481,764 44.23% 4,706,366 48.43%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 808 1.08% 10,815 0.99% 123,521 1.27%
Valid Votes 75,100 99.10% 1,089,277 98.94% 9,717,039 98.88%
Rejected Votes 680 0.90% 11,724 1.06% 109,869 1.12%
Total Polled 75,780 80.89% 1,101,001 79.17% 9,826,908 69.51%
Registered Electors 93,677 1,390,691 14,136,979

1999 Sri Lankan Presidential Election[edit]

Party Divulapitiya[8] Gampaha Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
PA 35,245 54.10% 532,796 56.58% 4,312,157 51.12%
UNP 27,007 41.46% 353,969 37.59% 3,602,748 42.71%
JVP 2,046 3.14% 40,472 4.30% 343,927 4.08%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 849 1.30% 14,382 1.53% 176,679 2.09%
Valid Votes 65,147 98.58% 941,619 97.84% 8,435,754 97.69%
Rejected Votes 941 1.42% 20,768 2.16% 199,536 2.31%
Total Polled 66,088 79.55% 962,387 77.12% 8,635,290 72.17%
Registered Electors 83,077 1,247,860 11,965,536

1994 Sri Lankan Presidential Election[edit]

Party Divulapitiya[9] Gampaha Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
PA 35,220 59.06% 550,654 64.74% 4,709,205 62.28%
UNP 23,749 39.82% 288,608 33.93% 2,715,283 35.91%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 668 1.12% 11,256 1.32% 137,040 1.81%
Valid Votes 59,637 98.62% 850,518 98.48% 7,561,526 98.03%
Rejected Votes 832 1.38% 13,137 1.52% 151,706 1.97%
Total Polled 60,469 78.43% 863,655 74.16% 7,713,232 69.12%
Registered Electors 77,104 1,164,625 11,158,880

1988 Sri Lankan Presidential Election[edit]

Party Divulapitiya[10] Gampaha Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
SLFP 25,857 49.06% 355,553 48.83% 2,289,857 44.95%
UNP 25,792 48.94% 350,092 48.08% 2,569,199 50.43%
SLMP 1,055 2.00% 22,467 3.09% 235,701 4.63%
Valid Votes 52,704 98.61% 728,112 98.63% 5,094,754 98.24%
Rejected Votes 742 1.39% 10,108 1.37% 91,499 1.76%
Total Polled 53,446 78.16% 738,220 74.93% 5,186,256 55.87%
Registered Electors 68,377 985,206 9,283,143

1982 Sri Lankan Presidential Election[edit]

Party Divulapitiya[11] Gampaha Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
UNP 25,974 50.63% 365,847 52.50% 3,450,815 52.93%
SLFP 23,447 45.70% 301,808 43.31% 2,546,348 39.05%
JVP 1,547 3.02% 23,701 3.40% 273,428 4.19%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 338 0.66% 5,491 0.79% 249,460 3.83%
Valid Votes 51,306 99.17% 696,847 99.15% 6,520,156 98.78%
Rejected Votes 432 0.83% 5,992 0.85% 80,470 1.22%
Total Polled 51,738 84.14% 702,839 82.70% 6,600,626 80.15%
Registered Electors 61,494 849,896 8,235,358

Parliamentary Election Results[edit]

Summary[edit]

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

Year Divulapitiya Gampaha Electoral District MAE[12] % Sri Lanka MAE[13] %
2015 UPFA UNP 2.76% UNP 2.90%
2010 UPFA UPFA 1.43% UPFA 2.85%
2004 UPFA UPFA 1.13% UPFA 3.29%
2001 UNP UNP 1.80% UNP 2.93%
2000 PA PA 2.17% PA 3.37%
1994 PA PA 4.31% PA 2.91%
1989 UNP UNP 2.20% UNP 5.33%
Matches/Mean MAE 6/7 7/7 2.26% 7/7 3.37%

2015 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election[edit]

Party Divulapitiya[14] Gampaha Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
UPFA 38,471 49.04% 549,958 44.96% 4,732,664 42.48%
UNP 35,725 45.54% 577,004 47.17% 5,098,916 45.77%
JVP 3,951 5.04% 87,880 7.18% 544,154 4.88%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 307 0.39% 8,332 0.68% 81,501 0.73%
Valid Votes 78,454 95.44% 1,223,174 95.51% 11,140,333 95.35%
Rejected Votes 3,707 4.51% 56,246 4.39% 516,926 4.42%
Total Polled 82,203 75.74% 1,280,647 78.21% 11,684,111 77.66%
Registered Electors 108,529 1,637,537 15,044,490

2010 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election[edit]

Party Divulapitiya[15] Gampaha Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
UPFA 38,957 64.76% 589,476 63.40% 4,846,388 60.38%
UNP 18,026 29.96% 266,523 28.67% 2,357,057 29.37%
DNA 2,931 4.87% 69,747 7.50% 441,251 5.50%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 245 0.41% 3,985 0.43% 19,003 0.24%
Valid Votes 60,159 93.72% 929,731 94.83% 8,026,322 96.03%
Rejected Votes 4,017 6.26% 50,234 5.12% 581,465 6.96%
Total Polled 64,191 64.36% 980,467 65.06% 8,358,246 59.29%
Registered Electors 99,742 1,506,969 14,097,690

2004 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election[edit]

Party Divulapitiya[16] Gampaha Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
UPFA 34,257 51.27% 509,963 51.52% 4,223,126 45.70%
UNP 26,267 39.31% 367,572 37.14% 3,486,792 37.73%
JHU 5,666 8.48% 102,516 10.36% 552,723 5.98%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 631 0.94% 9,691 0.98% 57,229 0.62%
Valid Votes 66,821 95.83% 989,742 95.96% 9,241,931 94.52%
Rejected Votes 2,884 4.14% 41,462 4.02% 534,452 5.47%
Total Polled 69,731 77.18% 1,031,464 77.72% 9,777,821 75.74%
Registered Electors 90,352 1,327,145 12,909,631

2001 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election[edit]

Party Divulapitiya[17] Gampaha Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
UNP 31,434 46.50% 437,289 43.94% 4,086,026 45.62%
PA 29,656 43.87% 428,780 43.08% 3,330,815 37.19%
JVP 5,817 8.61% 113,990 11.45% 815,353 9.10%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 686 1.01% 15,171 1.52% 137,826 1.54%
Valid Votes 67,593 96.20% 995,230 96.30% 8,955,844 94.77%
Rejected Votes 2,672 3.80% 38,187 3.70% 494,009 5.23%
Total Polled 70,265 80.72% 1,033,417 80.36% 9,449,878 76.03%
Registered Electors 87,050 1,285,973 12,428,762

2000 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election[edit]

Party Divulapitiya[18] Gampaha Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
PA 32,294 49.12% 470,018 48.87% 3,899,329 45.33%
UNP 28,894 43.95% 378,328 39.34% 3,451,765 40.12%
JVP 3,289 5.00% 73,110 7.60% 518,725 6.03%
SU 658 1.00% 20,297 2.11% 127,859 1.49%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 604 0.92% 19,956 2.08% 319,123 3.71%
Valid Votes 65,739 N/A 961,709 N/A 8,602,617 N/A

1994 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election[edit]

Party Divulapitiya[19] Gampaha Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
PA 32,951 52.62% 509,030 56.79% 3,887,805 48.94%
UNP 29,141 46.54% 375,631 41.91% 3,498,370 44.04%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 523 0.84% 11,627 1.30% 90,078 1.13%
Valid Votes 62,615 96.56% 896,288 96.39% 7,943,688 95.20%
Rejected Votes 2,228 3.44% 33,553 3.61% 400,395 4.80%
Total Polled 64,843 84.10% 929,841 79.65% 8,344,095 74.75%
Registered Electors 77,104 1,167,469 11,163,064

1989 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election[edit]

Party Divulapitiya[20] Gampaha Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
UNP 27,430 52.95% 385,733 54.14% 2,838,005 50.71%
SLFP 23,286 44.95% 294,490 41.34% 1,785,369 31.90%
USA 850 1.64% 21,665 3.04% 141,983 2.54%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 233 0.45% 10,549 1.48% 67,723 1.21%
Valid Votes 51,799 95.33% 712,437 95.64% 5,596,468 93.87%
Rejected Votes 2,536 4.67% 32,497 4.36% 365,563 6.13%
Total Polled 54,335 80.91% 744,934 76.82% 5,962,031 63.60%
Registered Electors 67,159 969,658 9,374,164

Demographics[edit]

Ethnicity[edit]

The Divulapitiya Polling Division has a Sinhalese majority (99.0%) . In comparison, the Gampaha Electoral District (which contains the Divulapitiya Polling Division) has a Sinhalese majority (90.5%) [1]

Ethnicity in Divulapitiya[1]

  Sinhalese (99.0%)
  Other (1.0%)

Religion[edit]

The Divulapitiya Polling Division has a Buddhist majority (85.1%) and a significant Roman Catholic population (13.4%) . In comparison, the Gampaha Electoral District (which contains the Divulapitiya Polling Division) has a Buddhist majority (71.3%) and a significant Roman Catholic population (19.5%) [1]

Religion in Divulapitiya[1]

  Buddhist (85.1%)
  Roman Catholic (13.4%)
  Other (1.5%)

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d e "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 Divulapitiya and the Gampaha 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 Divulapitiya 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 Divulapitiya and the Gampaha 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 Divulapitiya 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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