Bandaragama Polling Division

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

Bandaragama
Polling Division
Coordinates: 6.680735°N 80.011979°E / 6.680735; 80.011979
Country	Sri Lanka
Province	Western Province, Sri Lanka
Electoral District	Kalutara Electoral District
Area
• Total	143.24 km2 (55.31 sq mi)
Population  (2012)[1]
• Total	161,412
• Density	1,127/km2 (2,920/sq mi)
ISO 3166 code	EC-03B

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]

1. Sinhalese (91.0%)
2. Moor (7.50%)
3. Other (1.50%)

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]

1. Buddhist (89.1%)
2. Muslim (7.60%)
3. Other (1.70%)
4. Roman Catholic (1.60%)