Bandaragama Polling Division

Bandaragama
Polling Division
Location of Bandaragama
Coordinates: 6°40′51″N 80°00′43″E / 6.680735°N 80.011979°E / 6.680735; 80.011979
CountrySri Lanka
ProvinceWestern Province, Sri Lanka
Electoral DistrictKalutara Electoral District
Area
 • Total
143.24 km2 (55.31 sq mi)
Population
 (2012)[1]
 • Total
161,412
 • Density1,127/km2 (2,920/sq mi)
ISO 3166 codeEC-03B

The Bandaragama Polling Division is a Polling Division in the Kalutara Electoral District, in the Western Province, Sri Lanka.

Presidential Election Results

Summary

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

Year Bandaragama Kalutara Electoral District MAE[2] % Sri Lanka MAE[3] %
2019 SLPP SLPP 2.53% SLPP 9.24%
2015 UPFA UPFA 2.64% NDF 7.51%
2010 UPFA UPFA 1.87% UPFA 6.74%
2005 UPFA UPFA 2.94% UPFA 8.08%
1999 PA PA 2.02% PA 3.72%
1994 PA PA 0.74% PA 0.19%
1988 SLFP SLFP 0.66% UNP 3.34%
1982 UNP UNP 1.89% UNP 5.31%
Matches/Mean MAE 6/8 6/8 1.91% 8/8 5.52%

2019 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party Bandaragama[4] Kalutara Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
SLPP 74,879 62.17% 482,920 59.49% 6,924,255 52.25%
NDF 38,981 32.37% 284,213 35.01% 5,564,239 41.99%
NMPP 4,312 3.58% 27,681 3.41% 418,553 3.16%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 2,265 1.88% 16,949 2.09% 345,452 2.61%
Valid Votes 120,437 99.22% 811,763 99.16% 13,252,499 98.99%
Rejected Votes 944 0.78% 6,847 0.84% 135,452 1.01%
Total Polled 121,381 86.58% 818,610 85.71% 13,387,951 83.71%
Registered Electors 140,199 955,080 15,992,568

2015 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party Bandaragama[5] Kalutara Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
UPFA 61,199 55.32% 395,890 52.65% 5,768,090 47.58%
NDF 48,469 43.81% 349,404 46.46% 6,217,162 51.28%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 960 0.87% 6,690 0.89% 138,200 1.14%
Valid Votes 110,628 99.11% 751,984 98.90% 12,123,452 98.85%
Rejected Votes 999 0.89% 8,381 1.10% 140,925 1.15%
Total Polled 111,627 83.37% 760,365 82.08% 12,264,377 78.69%
Registered Electors 133,887 926,346 15,585,942

2010 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party Bandaragama[6] Kalutara Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
UPFA 62,363 65.03% 412,562 63.06% 6,015,934 57.88%
NDF 32,290 33.67% 231,807 35.43% 4,173,185 40.15%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 1,239 1.29% 9,880 1.51% 204,494 1.97%
Valid Votes 95,892 99.42% 654,249 99.31% 10,393,613 99.03%
Rejected Votes 558 0.58% 4,541 0.69% 101,838 0.97%
Total Polled 96,450 81.09% 658,790 79.05% 10,495,451 66.70%
Registered Electors 118,942 833,360 15,734,587

2005 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party Bandaragama[7] Kalutara Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
UPFA 50,481 58.50% 341,693 55.48% 4,887,152 50.29%
UNP 34,749 40.27% 266,043 43.20% 4,706,366 48.43%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 1,061 1.23% 8,124 1.32% 123,521 1.27%
Valid Votes 86,291 99.00% 615,860 98.95% 9,717,039 98.88%
Rejected Votes 870 1.00% 6,517 1.05% 109,869 1.12%
Total Polled 87,161 81.23% 622,377 79.67% 9,826,908 69.51%
Registered Electors 107,308 781,175 14,136,979

1999 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party Bandaragama[8] Kalutara Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
PA 40,384 55.05% 281,217 52.88% 4,312,157 51.12%
UNP 28,430 38.76% 217,423 40.88% 3,602,748 42.71%
JVP 3,262 4.45% 23,770 4.47% 343,927 4.08%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 1,278 1.74% 9,399 1.77% 176,679 2.09%
Valid Votes 73,354 98.04% 531,809 97.83% 8,435,754 97.69%
Rejected Votes 1,467 1.96% 11,796 2.17% 199,536 2.31%
Total Polled 74,821 80.36% 543,605 78.23% 8,635,290 72.17%
Registered Electors 93,107 694,860 11,965,536

1994 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party Bandaragama[9] Kalutara Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
PA 40,503 62.22% 295,686 61.47% 4,709,205 62.28%
UNP 23,655 36.34% 178,466 37.10% 2,715,283 35.91%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 942 1.45% 6,867 1.43% 137,040 1.81%
Valid Votes 65,100 98.59% 481,019 98.50% 7,561,526 98.03%
Rejected Votes 929 1.41% 7,309 1.50% 151,706 1.97%
Total Polled 66,029 76.18% 488,328 73.97% 7,713,232 69.12%
Registered Electors 86,676 660,191 11,158,880

1988 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party Bandaragama[10] Kalutara Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
SLFP 26,897 48.71% 179,761 49.57% 2,289,857 44.95%
UNP 26,066 47.20% 169,510 46.74% 2,569,199 50.43%
SLMP 2,261 4.09% 13,375 3.69% 235,701 4.63%
Valid Votes 55,224 98.45% 362,646 98.23% 5,094,754 98.24%
Rejected Votes 871 1.55% 6,537 1.77% 91,499 1.76%
Total Polled 56,095 76.23% 369,183 64.20% 5,186,256 55.87%
Registered Electors 73,585 575,008 9,283,143

1982 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party Bandaragama[11] Kalutara Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
UNP 26,631 48.81% 211,592 50.15% 3,450,815 52.93%
SLFP 25,500 46.74% 185,874 44.06% 2,546,348 39.05%
JVP 1,583 2.90% 14,499 3.44% 273,428 4.19%
LSSP 730 1.34% 8,613 2.04% 58,531 0.90%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 116 0.21% 1,314 0.31% 190,929 2.93%
Valid Votes 54,560 98.86% 421,892 98.76% 6,520,156 98.78%
Rejected Votes 628 1.14% 5,290 1.24% 80,470 1.22%
Total Polled 55,188 84.89% 427,182 83.97% 6,600,626 80.15%
Registered Electors 65,013 508,744 8,235,358

Parliamentary Election Results

Summary

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

Year Bandaragama Kalutara Electoral District MAE[2] % Sri Lanka MAE[3] %
2015 UPFA UPFA 3.22% UNP 6.26%
2010 UPFA UPFA 0.64% UPFA 3.06%
2004 UPFA UPFA 2.15% UPFA 4.96%
2001 UNP UNP 2.05% UNP 3.36%
2000 PA PA 1.93% PA 2.77%
1994 PA PA 1.52% PA 3.94%
1989 UNP UNP 2.55% UNP 5.62%
Matches/Mean MAE 6/7 6/7 2.01% 7/7 4.28%

2015 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party Bandaragama[12] Kalutara Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
UPFA 53,314 51.92% 338,801 48.58% 4,732,664 42.48%
UNP 42,069 40.97% 310,234 44.48% 5,098,916 45.77%
JVP 6,180 6.02% 38,475 5.52% 544,154 4.88%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 1,118 1.09% 9,951 1.43% 85,579 0.77%
Valid Votes 102,681 97.39% 697,461 97.00% 11,140,333 95.35%
Rejected Votes 2,734 2.59% 21,366 2.97% 516,926 4.42%
Total Polled 105,433 78.75% 719,001 80.13% 11,684,111 77.66%
Registered Electors 133,887 897,349 15,044,490

2010 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party Bandaragama[13] Kalutara Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
UPFA 44,927 64.11% 313,836 63.74% 4,846,388 60.38%
UNP 19,017 27.14% 139,596 28.35% 2,357,057 29.37%
DNA 5,803 8.28% 36,722 7.46% 441,251 5.50%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 334 0.48% 2,246 0.46% 34,923 0.44%
Valid Votes 70,081 90.71% 492,400 90.41% 8,026,322 96.03%
Rejected Votes 7,122 9.22% 51,751 9.50% 581,465 6.96%
Total Polled 77,258 64.95% 544,606 65.21% 8,358,246 59.29%
Registered Electors 118,942 835,186 14,097,690

2004 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party Bandaragama[14] Kalutara Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
UPFA 41,850 53.38% 291,208 51.72% 4,223,126 45.70%
UNP 27,240 34.74% 212,721 37.78% 3,486,792 37.73%
JHU 8,989 11.46% 56,615 10.06% 552,723 5.98%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 326 0.42% 2,475 0.44% 49,030 0.53%
Valid Votes 78,405 95.35% 563,019 94.82% 9,241,931 94.52%
Rejected Votes 3,826 4.65% 30,741 5.18% 534,452 5.47%
Total Polled 82,231 79.00% 593,760 79.58% 9,777,821 75.74%
Registered Electors 104,093 746,138 12,909,631

2001 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party Bandaragama[15] Kalutara Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
UNP 33,272 43.46% 254,339 45.94% 4,086,026 45.62%
PA 32,966 43.06% 226,468 40.91% 3,330,815 37.19%
JVP 8,544 11.16% 60,451 10.92% 815,353 9.10%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 928 1.21% 7,258 1.31% 86,426 0.97%
SU 845 1.10% 5,103 0.92% 50,665 0.57%
Valid Votes 76,555 95.14% 553,619 94.44% 8,955,844 94.77%
Rejected Votes 3,912 4.86% 32,617 5.56% 494,009 5.23%
Total Polled 80,467 81.39% 586,236 81.68% 9,449,878 76.03%
Registered Electors 98,871 717,764 12,428,762

2000 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party Bandaragama[16] Kalutara Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
PA 35,860 48.47% 255,175 46.86% 3,899,329 45.33%
UNP 27,434 37.08% 217,215 39.89% 3,451,765 40.12%
JVP 5,534 7.48% 38,373 7.05% 518,725 6.03%
SU 2,760 3.73% 15,619 2.87% 127,859 1.49%
NUA 1,688 2.28% 11,943 2.19% 185,593 2.16%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 705 0.95% 6,193 1.14% 136,137 1.58%
Valid Votes 73,981 N/A 544,518 N/A 8,602,617 N/A

1994 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party Bandaragama[17] Kalutara Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
PA 37,374 55.44% 271,754 53.77% 3,887,805 48.94%
UNP 28,531 42.32% 221,115 43.75% 3,498,370 44.04%
SLPF 774 1.15% 6,238 1.23% 90,078 1.13%
MEP 707 1.05% 5,914 1.17% 68,538 0.86%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 31 0.05% 339 0.07% 813 0.01%
Valid Votes 67,417 95.66% 505,360 95.21% 7,943,688 95.20%
Rejected Votes 3,059 4.34% 25,397 4.79% 400,395 4.80%
Total Polled 70,476 81.31% 530,757 80.20% 8,344,095 74.75%
Registered Electors 86,676 661,793 11,163,064

1989 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party Bandaragama[18] Kalutara Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
UNP 24,894 47.54% 160,069 49.84% 2,838,005 50.71%
SLFP 23,202 44.31% 131,510 40.94% 1,785,369 31.90%
SLMC 1,968 3.76% 12,971 4.04% 202,016 3.61%
USA 1,764 3.37% 12,342 3.84% 141,983 2.54%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 536 1.02% 4,301 1.34% 158,203 2.83%
Valid Votes 52,364 95.36% 321,193 94.10% 5,596,468 93.87%
Rejected Votes 2,550 4.64% 20,139 5.90% 365,563 6.13%
Total Polled 54,914 75.98% 341,332 59.86% 5,962,031 63.60%
Registered Electors 72,270 570,193 9,374,164

Demographics

Ethnicity

The Bandaragama Polling Division has a Sinhalese majority (91.0%) . In comparison, the Kalutara Electoral District (which contains the Bandaragama Polling Division) has a Sinhalese majority (86.8%)[1]

Ethnicity in Bandaragama[1]

  Sinhalese (91.0%)
  Moor (7.5%)
  Other (1.5%)

Religion

The Bandaragama Polling Division has a Buddhist majority (89.1%) . In comparison, the Kalutara Electoral District (which contains the Bandaragama Polling Division) has a Buddhist majority (83.4%)[1]

Religion in Bandaragama[1]

  Buddhist (89.1%)
  Muslim (7.6%)
  Other (1.7%)
  Roman Catholic (1.6%)

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "Census of Population and Housing 2012". statistics.gov.lk. Department of Census and Statistics, Sri Lanka. 2012.
  2. ^ a b The mean absolute error, between the percentages of votes each party got in Bandaragama and the Kalutara Electoral District. It is a measure of the difference in voting behaviour between the two regions.
  3. ^ a b The mean absolute error, between the percentages of votes each party got in Bandaragama and the country. It is a measure of the difference in voting behaviour between the two regions.
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  15. ^ "2001 Sri Lankan parliamentary election Results" (PDF). elections.gov.lk. Election Commission of Sri Lanka. 2001.
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  18. ^ "1989 Sri Lankan parliamentary election Results" (PDF). elections.gov.lk. Election Commission of Sri Lanka. 1989.