Kalutara_Polling_Division

Kalutara Polling Division

Polling Division in Sri Lanka

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

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Quick Facts Country, Province ...

Kalutara
Polling Division

Coordinates: 6.617818°N 79.967553°E / 6.617818; 79.967553
Country	Sri Lanka
Province	Western Province, Sri Lanka
Electoral District	Kalutara Electoral District
Area
• Total	80.72 km² (31.17 sq mi)
Population (2012)^[1]
• Total	159,697
• Density	1,978/km² (5,120/sq mi)
ISO 3166 code	EC-03F

Presidential Election Results

Summary

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

More information Year, MAE % ...

Year	Kalutara		Kalutara Electoral District		MAE^[2] %	Sri Lanka		MAE^[3] %
2019		SLPP		SLPP	0.54%		SLPP	7.30%
2015		UPFA		UPFA	0.93%		NDF	3.94%
2010		UPFA		UPFA	0.61%		UPFA	4.28%
2005		UPFA		UPFA	1.60%		UPFA	6.73%
1999		PA		PA	0.37%		PA	2.07%
1994		PA		PA	0.45%		PA	0.48%
1988		UNP		SLFP	1.58%		UNP	2.54%
1982		UNP		UNP	1.01%		UNP	3.72%
Matches/Mean MAE	7/8		6/8		0.89%	8/8		3.88%

2019 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

More information Party, Sri Lanka ...

Party		Kalutara^[4]			Kalutara Electoral District			Sri Lanka
Party		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	SLPP		59,796	59.82%		482,920	59.49%		6,924,255	52.25%
	NDF		34,076	34.09%		284,213	35.01%		5,564,239	41.99%
	NMPP		4,034	4.04%		27,681	3.41%		418,553	3.16%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		2,059	2.06%		16,949	2.09%		345,452	2.61%
Valid Votes		99,965		99.14%	811,763		99.16%	13,252,499		98.99%
Rejected Votes		870		0.86%	6,847		0.84%	135,452		1.01%
Total Polled		100,835		84.36%	818,610		85.71%	13,387,951		83.71%
Registered Electors		119,526			955,080			15,992,568

2015 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

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Party		Kalutara^[5]			Kalutara Electoral District			Sri Lanka
Party		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	UPFA		48,851	51.78%		395,890	52.65%		5,768,090	47.58%
	NDF		44,804	47.49%		349,404	46.46%		6,217,162	51.28%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		687	0.73%		6,690	0.89%		138,200	1.14%
Valid Votes		94,342		99.05%	751,984		98.90%	12,123,452		98.85%
Rejected Votes		905		0.95%	8,381		1.10%	140,925		1.15%
Total Polled		95,247		80.77%	760,365		82.08%	12,264,377		78.69%
Registered Electors		117,931			926,346			15,585,942

2010 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

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Party		Kalutara^[6]			Kalutara Electoral District			Sri Lanka
Party		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	UPFA		51,330	62.53%		412,562	63.06%		6,015,934	57.88%
	NDF		29,719	36.21%		231,807	35.43%		4,173,185	40.15%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		1,036	1.26%		9,880	1.51%		204,494	1.97%
Valid Votes		82,085		99.30%	654,249		99.31%	10,393,613		99.03%
Rejected Votes		581		0.70%	4,541		0.69%	101,838		0.97%
Total Polled		82,666		77.35%	658,790		79.05%	10,495,451		66.70%
Registered Electors		106,878			833,360			15,734,587

2005 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

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Party		Kalutara^[7]			Kalutara Electoral District			Sri Lanka
Party		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	UPFA		45,143	57.19%		341,693	55.48%		4,887,152	50.29%
	UNP		32,916	41.70%		266,043	43.20%		4,706,366	48.43%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		871	1.10%		8,124	1.32%		123,521	1.27%
Valid Votes		78,930		98.99%	615,860		98.95%	9,717,039		98.88%
Rejected Votes		808		1.01%	6,517		1.05%	109,869		1.12%
Total Polled		79,738		78.16%	622,377		79.67%	9,826,908		69.51%
Registered Electors		102,020			781,175			14,136,979

1999 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

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Party		Kalutara^[8]			Kalutara Electoral District			Sri Lanka
Party		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	PA		35,751	53.03%		281,217	52.88%		4,312,157	51.12%
	UNP		27,131	40.25%		217,423	40.88%		3,602,748	42.71%
	JVP		3,369	5.00%		23,770	4.47%		343,927	4.08%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		1,162	1.72%		9,399	1.77%		176,679	2.09%
Valid Votes		67,413		97.77%	531,809		97.83%	8,435,754		97.69%
Rejected Votes		1,540		2.23%	11,796		2.17%	199,536		2.31%
Total Polled		68,953		76.00%	543,605		78.23%	8,635,290		72.17%
Registered Electors		90,723			694,860			11,965,536

1994 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

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Party		Kalutara^[9]			Kalutara Electoral District			Sri Lanka
Party		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	PA		37,490	61.97%		295,686	61.47%		4,709,205	62.28%
	UNP		22,209	36.71%		178,466	37.10%		2,715,283	35.91%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		794	1.31%		6,867	1.43%		137,040	1.81%
Valid Votes		60,493		98.49%	481,019		98.50%	7,561,526		98.03%
Rejected Votes		929		1.51%	7,309		1.50%	151,706		1.97%
Total Polled		61,422		71.06%	488,328		73.97%	7,713,232		69.12%
Registered Electors		86,437			660,191			11,158,880

1988 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

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Party		Kalutara^[10]			Kalutara Electoral District			Sri Lanka
Party		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	UNP		22,551	47.44%		169,510	46.74%		2,569,199	50.43%
	SLFP		22,425	47.18%		179,761	49.57%		2,289,857	44.95%
	SLMP		2,559	5.38%		13,375	3.69%		235,701	4.63%
Valid Votes		47,535		97.62%	362,646		98.23%	5,094,754		98.24%
Rejected Votes		1,161		2.38%	6,537		1.77%	91,499		1.76%
Total Polled		48,696		64.15%	369,183		64.20%	5,186,256		55.87%
Registered Electors		75,912			575,008			9,283,143

1982 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

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Party		Kalutara^[11]			Kalutara Electoral District			Sri Lanka
Party		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	UNP		26,167	49.07%		211,592	50.15%		3,450,815	52.93%
	SLFP		22,992	43.12%		185,874	44.06%		2,546,348	39.05%
	JVP		2,306	4.32%		14,499	3.44%		273,428	4.19%
	LSSP		1,707	3.20%		8,613	2.04%		58,531	0.90%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		151	0.28%		1,314	0.31%		190,929	2.93%
Valid Votes		53,323		98.87%	421,892		98.76%	6,520,156		98.78%
Rejected Votes		612		1.13%	5,290		1.24%	80,470		1.22%
Total Polled		53,935		83.05%	427,182		83.97%	6,600,626		80.15%
Registered Electors		64,944			508,744			8,235,358

Parliamentary Election Results

Summary

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

More information Year, MAE % ...

Year	Kalutara		Kalutara Electoral District		MAE^[12] %	Sri Lanka		MAE^[13] %
2015		UPFA		UPFA	1.29%		UNP	2.14%
2010		UPFA		UPFA	0.92%		UPFA	2.18%
2004		UPFA		UPFA	0.99%		UPFA	3.89%
2001		UNP		UNP	0.74%		UNP	1.56%
2000		PA		PA	1.30%		PA	0.90%
1994		PA		PA	0.36%		PA	2.84%
1989		UNP		UNP	3.13%		UNP	4.11%
Matches/Mean MAE	6/7		6/7		1.25%	7/7		2.52%

2015 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

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Party		Kalutara^[14]			Kalutara Electoral District			Sri Lanka
Party		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	UPFA		40,837	46.78%		338,801	48.58%		4,732,664	42.48%
	UNP		39,525	45.28%		310,234	44.48%		5,098,916	45.77%
	JVP		5,775	6.62%		38,475	5.52%		544,154	4.88%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		1,153	1.32%		9,951	1.43%		85,579	0.77%
Valid Votes		87,290		97.28%	697,461		97.00%	11,140,333		95.35%
Rejected Votes		2,425		2.70%	21,366		2.97%	516,926		4.42%
Total Polled		89,730		76.09%	719,001		80.13%	11,684,111		77.66%
Registered Electors		117,931			897,349			15,044,490

2010 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

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Party		Kalutara^[15]			Kalutara Electoral District			Sri Lanka
Party		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	UPFA		38,300	62.81%		313,836	63.74%		4,846,388	60.38%
	UNP		16,838	27.61%		139,596	28.35%		2,357,057	29.37%
	DNA		5,584	9.16%		36,722	7.46%		441,251	5.50%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		253	0.41%		2,246	0.46%		34,923	0.44%
Valid Votes		60,975		90.91%	492,400		90.41%	8,026,322		96.03%
Rejected Votes		6,056		9.03%	51,751		9.50%	581,465		6.96%
Total Polled		67,070		62.75%	544,606		65.21%	8,358,246		59.29%
Registered Electors		106,878			835,186			14,097,690

2004 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

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Party		Kalutara^[16]			Kalutara Electoral District			Sri Lanka
Party		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	UPFA		37,958	52.10%		291,208	51.72%		4,223,126	45.70%
	UNP		26,255	36.04%		212,721	37.78%		3,486,792	37.73%
	JHU		8,324	11.43%		56,615	10.06%		552,723	5.98%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		317	0.44%		2,475	0.44%		49,030	0.53%
Valid Votes		72,854		95.08%	563,019		94.82%	9,241,931		94.52%
Rejected Votes		3,766		4.92%	30,741		5.18%	534,452		5.47%
Total Polled		76,620		76.67%	593,760		79.58%	9,777,821		75.74%
Registered Electors		99,940			746,138			12,909,631

2001 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

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Party		Kalutara^[17]			Kalutara Electoral District			Sri Lanka
Party		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	UNP		32,344	45.30%		254,339	45.94%		4,086,026	45.62%
	PA		28,693	40.18%		226,468	40.91%		3,330,815	37.19%
	JVP		8,768	12.28%		60,451	10.92%		815,353	9.10%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		864	1.21%		7,258	1.31%		86,426	0.97%
	SU		736	1.03%		5,103	0.92%		50,665	0.57%
Valid Votes		71,405		94.81%	553,619		94.44%	8,955,844		94.77%
Rejected Votes		3,911		5.19%	32,617		5.56%	494,009		5.23%
Total Polled		75,316		78.70%	586,236		81.68%	9,449,878		76.03%
Registered Electors		95,698			717,764			12,428,762

2000 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

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Party		Kalutara^[18]			Kalutara Electoral District			Sri Lanka
Party		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	PA		31,469	45.50%		255,175	46.86%		3,899,329	45.33%
	UNP		26,641	38.52%		217,215	39.89%		3,451,765	40.12%
	JVP		5,516	7.97%		38,373	7.05%		518,725	6.03%
	NUA		2,464	3.56%		11,943	2.19%		185,593	2.16%
	SU		2,428	3.51%		15,619	2.87%		127,859	1.49%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		651	0.94%		6,193	1.14%		136,137	1.58%
Valid Votes		69,169		N/A	544,518		N/A	8,602,617		N/A

1994 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

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Party		Kalutara^[19]			Kalutara Electoral District			Sri Lanka
Party		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	PA		34,349	53.93%		271,754	53.77%		3,887,805	48.94%
	UNP		27,482	43.15%		221,115	43.75%		3,498,370	44.04%
	SLPF		1,107	1.74%		6,238	1.23%		90,078	1.13%
	MEP		727	1.14%		5,914	1.17%		68,538	0.86%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		27	0.04%		339	0.07%		813	0.01%
Valid Votes		63,692		95.46%	505,360		95.21%	7,943,688		95.20%
Rejected Votes		3,029		4.54%	25,397		4.79%	400,395		4.80%
Total Polled		66,721		77.19%	530,757		80.20%	8,344,095		74.75%
Registered Electors		86,437			661,793			11,163,064

1989 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

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Party		Kalutara^[20]			Kalutara Electoral District			Sri Lanka
Party		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	UNP		17,840	46.77%		160,069	49.84%		2,838,005	50.71%
	SLFP		14,374	37.69%		131,510	40.94%		1,785,369	31.90%
	USA		3,311	8.68%		12,342	3.84%		141,983	2.54%
	SLMC		2,248	5.89%		12,971	4.04%		202,016	3.61%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		369	0.97%		4,301	1.34%		158,203	2.83%
Valid Votes		38,142		94.06%	321,193		94.10%	5,596,468		93.87%
Rejected Votes		2,407		5.94%	20,139		5.90%	365,563		6.13%
Total Polled		40,549		54.82%	341,332		59.86%	5,962,031		63.60%
Registered Electors		73,971			570,193			9,374,164

Demographics

Ethnicity

The Kalutara Polling Division has a Sinhalese majority (90.7%) . In comparison, the Kalutara Electoral District (which contains the Kalutara Polling Division) has a Sinhalese majority (86.8%)^[1]

Ethnicity in Kalutara^[1]

Sinhalese (90.7%)

Moor (7.8%)

Sri Lankan Tamil (1.1%)

Other (0.4%)

Religion

The Kalutara Polling Division has a Buddhist majority (84.5%) . In comparison, the Kalutara Electoral District (which contains the Kalutara Polling Division) has a Buddhist majority (83.4%)^[1]

Religion in Kalutara^[1]

Buddhist (84.5%)

Muslim (7.8%)

Roman Catholic (6.1%)

Other (1.5%)

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 Kalutara and the Kalutara 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 Kalutara 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.
[5]
"2015 Sri Lankan presidential election Results". elections.gov.lk. Election Commission of Sri Lanka. 2015.
[6]
"2010 Sri Lankan presidential election Results". elections.gov.lk. Election Commission of Sri Lanka. 2010.
[7]
"2005 Sri Lankan presidential election Results". elections.gov.lk. Election Commission of Sri Lanka. 2005.
[8]
"1999 Sri Lankan presidential election Results". elections.gov.lk. Election Commission of Sri Lanka. 1999.
[9]
"1994 Sri Lankan presidential election Results". elections.gov.lk. Election Commission of Sri Lanka. 1994.
[10]
"1988 Sri Lankan presidential election Results". elections.gov.lk. Election Commission of Sri Lanka. 1988.
[11]
"1982 Sri Lankan presidential election Results". elections.gov.lk. Election Commission of Sri Lanka. 1982.
[12]
The mean absolute error, between the percentages of votes each party got in Kalutara and the Kalutara 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 Kalutara 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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