Katugampola Polling Division

Katugampola
Polling Division
Location of Katugampola
Coordinates: 7°21′22″N 80°02′00″E / 7.356062°N 80.033262°E / 7.356062; 80.033262
CountrySri Lanka
ProvinceNorth Western Province, Sri Lanka
Electoral DistrictKurunegala Electoral District
Area
 • Total
304.14 km2 (117.43 sq mi)
Population
 (2012)[1]
 • Total
124,225
 • Density408/km2 (1,060/sq mi)
ISO 3166 codeEC-15H

The Katugampola Polling Division is a Polling Division in the Kurunegala Electoral District, in the North Western Province, Sri Lanka.

Presidential Election Results

Summary

The winner of Katugampola has matched the final country result 7 out of 8 times. Hence, Katugampola is a Strong Bellwether for Presidential Elections.

Year Katugampola Kurunegala Electoral District MAE[2] % Sri Lanka MAE[3] %
2019 SLPP SLPP 1.24% SLPP 6.24%
2015 UPFA UPFA 1.61% NDF 7.23%
2010 UPFA UPFA 1.13% UPFA 3.75%
2005 UPFA UPFA 0.01% UPFA 1.81%
1999 PA PA 3.55% PA 2.86%
1994 PA PA 3.47% PA 0.47%
1988 UNP UNP 0.41% UNP 1.49%
1982 UNP UNP 3.13% UNP 1.95%
Matches/Mean MAE 7/8 7/8 1.82% 8/8 3.23%

2019 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party Katugampola[4] Kurunegala Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
SLPP 47,832 59.43% 652,278 57.90% 6,924,255 52.25%
NDF 29,041 36.08% 416,961 37.01% 5,564,239 41.99%
NMPP 2,284 2.84% 36,178 3.21% 418,553 3.16%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 1,329 1.65% 21,193 1.88% 345,452 2.61%
Valid Votes 80,486 99.36% 1,126,610 99.25% 13,252,499 98.99%
Rejected Votes 517 0.64% 8,522 0.75% 135,452 1.01%
Total Polled 81,003 84.87% 1,135,132 85.24% 13,387,951 83.71%
Registered Electors 95,449 1,331,705 15,992,568

2015 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party Katugampola[5] Kurunegala Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
UPFA 41,990 55.13% 556,868 53.46% 5,768,090 47.58%
NDF 33,655 44.19% 476,602 45.76% 6,217,162 51.28%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 518 0.68% 8,154 0.78% 138,200 1.14%
Valid Votes 76,163 99.00% 1,041,624 99.12% 12,123,452 98.85%
Rejected Votes 768 1.00% 9,285 0.88% 140,925 1.15%
Total Polled 76,931 81.40% 1,050,909 78.82% 12,264,377 78.69%
Registered Electors 94,505 1,333,377 15,585,942

2010 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party Katugampola[6] Kurunegala Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
UPFA 43,052 62.05% 582,784 63.08% 6,015,934 57.88%
NDF 25,547 36.82% 327,594 35.46% 4,173,185 40.15%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 781 1.13% 13,515 1.46% 204,494 1.97%
Valid Votes 69,380 99.44% 923,893 99.29% 10,393,613 99.03%
Rejected Votes 390 0.56% 6,644 0.71% 101,838 0.97%
Total Polled 69,770 78.12% 930,537 75.59% 10,495,451 66.70%
Registered Electors 89,310 1,230,966 15,734,587

2005 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party Katugampola[7] Kurunegala Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
UPFA 35,311 52.25% 468,507 52.26% 4,887,152 50.29%
UNP 31,580 46.73% 418,809 46.72% 4,706,366 48.43%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 691 1.02% 9,181 1.02% 123,521 1.27%
Valid Votes 67,582 99.23% 896,497 99.07% 9,717,039 98.88%
Rejected Votes 522 0.77% 8,458 0.93% 109,869 1.12%
Total Polled 68,104 79.42% 904,955 77.87% 9,826,908 69.51%
Registered Electors 85,753 1,162,099 14,136,979

1999 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party Katugampola[8] Kurunegala Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
PA 31,996 54.91% 377,483 50.77% 4,312,157 51.12%
UNP 23,680 40.63% 326,327 43.89% 3,602,748 42.71%
JVP 1,824 3.13% 27,354 3.68% 343,927 4.08%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 775 1.33% 12,355 1.66% 176,679 2.09%
Valid Votes 58,275 98.78% 743,519 97.99% 8,435,754 97.69%
Rejected Votes 718 1.22% 15,272 2.01% 199,536 2.31%
Total Polled 58,993 77.83% 758,791 75.83% 8,635,290 72.17%
Registered Electors 75,795 1,000,624 11,965,536

1994 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party Katugampola[9] Kurunegala Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
PA 33,528 63.01% 403,838 59.36% 4,709,205 62.28%
UNP 19,095 35.88% 266,740 39.21% 2,715,283 35.91%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 591 1.11% 9,766 1.44% 137,040 1.81%
Valid Votes 53,214 98.79% 680,344 98.48% 7,561,526 98.03%
Rejected Votes 651 1.21% 10,511 1.52% 151,706 1.97%
Total Polled 53,865 78.50% 690,855 76.97% 7,713,232 69.12%
Registered Electors 68,616 897,539 11,158,880

1988 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party Katugampola[10] Kurunegala Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
UNP 15,140 51.64% 198,662 51.12% 2,569,199 50.43%
SLFP 13,662 46.60% 182,220 46.89% 2,289,857 44.95%
SLMP 515 1.76% 7,717 1.99% 235,701 4.63%
Valid Votes 29,317 98.69% 388,599 98.91% 5,094,754 98.24%
Rejected Votes 389 1.31% 4,281 1.09% 91,499 1.76%
Total Polled 29,706 48.19% 392,880 53.49% 5,186,256 55.87%
Registered Electors 61,644 734,453 9,283,143

1982 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party Katugampola[11] Kurunegala Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
UNP 25,597 52.32% 345,769 55.77% 3,450,815 52.93%
SLFP 21,050 43.03% 248,479 40.08% 2,546,348 39.05%
JVP 2,003 4.09% 21,835 3.52% 273,428 4.19%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 274 0.56% 3,895 0.63% 249,460 3.83%
Valid Votes 48,924 99.34% 619,978 99.13% 6,520,156 98.78%
Rejected Votes 324 0.66% 5,431 0.87% 80,470 1.22%
Total Polled 49,248 86.15% 625,409 86.00% 6,600,626 80.15%
Registered Electors 57,167 727,202 8,235,358

Parliamentary Election Results

Summary

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

Year Katugampola Kurunegala Electoral District MAE[12] % Sri Lanka MAE[13] %
2015 UPFA UPFA 1.83% UNP 4.55%
2010 UPFA UPFA 1.37% UPFA 2.60%
2004 UPFA UPFA 0.86% UPFA 4.67%
2001 PA UNP 3.87% UNP 4.08%
2000 PA PA 2.66% PA 3.41%
1994 PA PA 3.26% PA 3.19%
1989 UNP UNP 1.01% UNP 5.53%
Matches/Mean MAE 5/7 6/7 2.12% 7/7 4.01%

2015 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party Katugampola[14] Kurunegala Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
UPFA 36,543 51.60% 474,124 49.29% 4,732,664 42.48%
UNP 31,465 44.43% 441,275 45.87% 5,098,916 45.77%
JVP 2,559 3.61% 41,077 4.27% 544,154 4.88%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 249 0.35% 5,496 0.57% 83,041 0.75%
Valid Votes 70,816 95.84% 961,972 95.39% 11,140,333 95.35%
Rejected Votes 3,043 4.12% 46,036 4.56% 516,926 4.42%
Total Polled 73,888 78.18% 1,008,459 79.63% 11,684,111 77.66%
Registered Electors 94,505 1,266,443 15,044,490

2010 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party Katugampola[15] Kurunegala Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
UPFA 32,083 62.56% 429,316 63.91% 4,846,388 60.38%
UNP 17,130 33.40% 213,713 31.81% 2,357,057 29.37%
DNA 1,932 3.77% 26,440 3.94% 441,251 5.50%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 136 0.27% 2,288 0.34% 34,779 0.43%
Valid Votes 51,281 93.41% 671,757 92.58% 8,026,322 96.03%
Rejected Votes 3,575 6.51% 53,130 7.32% 581,465 6.96%
Total Polled 54,901 61.47% 725,566 59.08% 8,358,246 59.29%
Registered Electors 89,310 1,228,044 14,097,690

2004 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party Katugampola[16] Kurunegala Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
UPFA 31,388 52.54% 412,157 51.95% 4,223,126 45.70%
UNP 24,936 41.74% 340,768 42.95% 3,486,792 37.73%
JHU 3,212 5.38% 37,459 4.72% 552,723 5.98%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 210 0.35% 2,976 0.38% 64,640 0.70%
Valid Votes 59,746 95.16% 793,360 95.14% 9,241,931 94.52%
Rejected Votes 3,021 4.81% 40,261 4.83% 534,452 5.47%
Total Polled 62,788 75.06% 833,908 76.54% 9,777,821 75.74%
Registered Electors 83,645 1,089,482 12,909,631

2001 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party Katugampola[17] Kurunegala Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
PA 27,964 46.30% 332,775 42.24% 3,330,815 37.19%
UNP 26,711 44.23% 382,768 48.59% 4,086,026 45.62%
JVP 5,140 8.51% 63,652 8.08% 815,353 9.10%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 582 0.96% 8,533 1.08% 133,770 1.49%
Valid Votes 60,397 95.71% 787,728 95.35% 8,955,844 94.77%
Rejected Votes 2,709 4.29% 38,451 4.65% 494,009 5.23%
Total Polled 63,106 78.67% 826,179 78.98% 9,449,878 76.03%
Registered Electors 80,221 1,046,102 12,428,762

2000 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party Katugampola[18] Kurunegala Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
PA 30,492 52.31% 358,794 48.75% 3,899,329 45.33%
UNP 23,173 39.75% 308,106 41.86% 3,451,765 40.12%
JVP 2,877 4.94% 40,780 5.54% 518,725 6.03%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 1,116 1.91% 16,421 2.23% 221,514 2.57%
NUA 633 1.09% 11,927 1.62% 185,593 2.16%
Valid Votes 58,291 N/A 736,028 N/A 8,602,617 N/A

1994 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party Katugampola[19] Kurunegala Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
PA 30,192 55.12% 366,856 51.87% 3,887,805 48.94%
UNP 23,922 43.67% 332,547 47.02% 3,498,370 44.04%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 665 1.21% 7,876 1.11% 158,616 2.00%
Valid Votes 54,779 96.08% 707,279 95.92% 7,943,688 95.20%
Rejected Votes 2,235 3.92% 30,071 4.08% 400,395 4.80%
Total Polled 57,014 83.09% 737,350 82.15% 8,344,095 74.75%
Registered Electors 68,616 897,580 11,163,064

1989 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party Katugampola[20] Kurunegala Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
UNP 25,786 57.80% 314,724 58.51% 2,838,005 50.71%
SLFP 16,903 37.89% 195,526 36.35% 1,785,369 31.90%
USA 1,043 2.34% 11,059 2.06% 141,983 2.54%
ELJP 658 1.48% 13,759 2.56% 67,723 1.21%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 219 0.49% 2,848 0.53% 90,480 1.62%
Valid Votes 44,609 94.63% 537,916 94.02% 5,596,468 93.87%
Rejected Votes 2,531 5.37% 34,212 5.98% 365,563 6.13%
Total Polled 47,140 77.24% 572,128 72.88% 5,962,031 63.60%
Registered Electors 61,031 784,991 9,374,164

Demographics

Ethnicity

The Katugampola Polling Division has a Sinhalese majority (93.1%) . In comparison, the Kurunegala Electoral District (which contains the Katugampola Polling Division) has a Sinhalese majority (91.4%) [1]

Ethnicity in Katugampola[1]

  Sinhalese (93.1%)
  Moor (5.7%)
  Sri Lankan Tamil (1.0%)
  Other (0.2%)

Religion

The Katugampola Polling Division has a Buddhist majority (86.7%) . In comparison, the Kurunegala Electoral District (which contains the Katugampola Polling Division) has a Buddhist majority (88.5%) [1]

Religion in Katugampola[1]

  Buddhist (86.7%)
  Roman Catholic (6.1%)
  Muslim (5.8%)
  Other (1.4%)

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. ^ The mean absolute error, between the percentages of votes each party got in Katugampola and the Kurunegala 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 Katugampola 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 Katugampola and the Kurunegala 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 Katugampola 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.