Dompe Polling Division

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

Dompe
Polling Division
Coordinates: 6.998439°N 80.091997°E / 6.998439; 80.091997
Country	Sri Lanka
Province	Western Province, Sri Lanka
Electoral District	Gampaha Electoral District
Area
• Total	186.8 km2 (72.1 sq mi)
Population  (2012)[1]
• Total	154,005
• Density	824/km2 (2,130/sq mi)
ISO 3166 code	EC-02K

Presidential Election Results

Summary

The winner of Dompe has matched the final country result 5 out of 8 times. Hence, Dompe is a Weak Bellwether for Presidential Elections.

Year	Dompe		Gampaha Electoral District		MAE[2] %	Sri Lanka		MAE[3] %
2019		SLPP		SLPP	6.64%		SLPP	13.43%
2015		UPFA		NDF	8.75%		NDF	10.37%
2010		UPFA		UPFA	8.08%		UPFA	11.36%
2005		UPFA		UPFA	4.75%		UPFA	9.04%
1999		PA		PA	1.88%		PA	6.85%
1994		PA		PA	0.66%		PA	2.90%
1988		SLFP		SLFP	3.59%		UNP	6.52%
1982		SLFP		UNP	5.19%		UNP	6.96%
Matches/Mean MAE	5/8		7/8		4.94%	8/8		8.43%

2019 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party		Dompe[4]			Gampaha Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	SLPP		67,754	66.92%		855,870	59.28%		6,924,255	52.25%
	NDF		28,629	28.28%		494,671	34.26%		5,564,239	41.99%
	NMPP		3,070	3.03%		61,760	4.28%		418,553	3.16%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		1,798	1.78%		31,499	2.18%		345,452	2.61%
Valid Votes		101,251		99.33%	1,443,800		98.92%	13,252,499		98.99%
Rejected Votes		684		0.67%	15,751		1.08%	135,452		1.01%
Total Polled		101,935		86.42%	1,459,551		83.31%	13,387,951		83.71%
Registered Electors		117,950			1,751,892			15,992,568

2015 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party		Dompe[5]			Gampaha Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	UPFA		54,714	58.29%		664,347	49.49%		5,768,090	47.58%
	NDF		38,491	41.00%		669,007	49.83%		6,217,162	51.28%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		666	0.71%		9,142	0.68%		138,200	1.14%
Valid Votes		93,871		99.07%	1,342,496		98.92%	12,123,452		98.85%
Rejected Votes		878		0.93%	14,647		1.08%	140,925		1.15%
Total Polled		94,749		82.14%	1,357,143		80.77%	12,264,377		78.69%
Registered Electors		115,356			1,680,263			15,585,942

2010 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party		Dompe[6]			Gampaha Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	UPFA		56,758	69.79%		718,716	61.66%		6,015,934	57.88%
	NDF		23,619	29.04%		434,506	37.28%		4,173,185	40.15%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		947	1.16%		12,426	1.07%		204,494	1.97%
Valid Votes		81,324		99.41%	1,165,648		99.24%	10,393,613		99.03%
Rejected Votes		484		0.59%	8,960		0.76%	101,838		0.97%
Total Polled		81,808		78.54%	1,174,608		78.03%	10,495,451		66.70%
Registered Electors		104,155			1,505,363			15,734,587

2005 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party		Dompe[7]			Gampaha Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	UPFA		45,849	59.50%		596,698	54.78%		4,887,152	50.29%
	UNP		30,306	39.33%		481,764	44.23%		4,706,366	48.43%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		900	1.17%		10,815	0.99%		123,521	1.27%
Valid Votes		77,055		99.14%	1,089,277		98.94%	9,717,039		98.88%
Rejected Votes		669		0.86%	11,724		1.06%	109,869		1.12%
Total Polled		77,724		80.01%	1,101,001		79.17%	9,826,908		69.51%
Registered Electors		97,143			1,390,691			14,136,979

1999 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party		Dompe[8]			Gampaha Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	PA		39,214	58.61%		532,796	56.58%		4,312,157	51.12%
	UNP		23,857	35.66%		353,969	37.59%		3,602,748	42.71%
	JVP		2,794	4.18%		40,472	4.30%		343,927	4.08%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		1,042	1.56%		14,382	1.53%		176,679	2.09%
Valid Votes		66,907		98.41%	941,619		97.84%	8,435,754		97.69%
Rejected Votes		1,081		1.59%	20,768		2.16%	199,536		2.31%
Total Polled		67,988		77.93%	962,387		77.12%	8,635,290		72.17%
Registered Electors		87,240			1,247,860			11,965,536

1994 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party		Dompe[9]			Gampaha Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	PA		39,151	65.42%		550,654	64.74%		4,709,205	62.28%
	UNP		19,920	33.28%		288,608	33.93%		2,715,283	35.91%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		779	1.30%		11,256	1.32%		137,040	1.81%
Valid Votes		59,850		98.57%	850,518		98.48%	7,561,526		98.03%
Rejected Votes		867		1.43%	13,137		1.52%	151,706		1.97%
Total Polled		60,717		75.50%	863,655		74.16%	7,713,232		69.12%
Registered Electors		80,415			1,164,625			11,158,880

1988 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party		Dompe[10]			Gampaha Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	SLFP		30,829	53.19%		355,553	48.83%		2,289,857	44.95%
	UNP		26,155	45.13%		350,092	48.08%		2,569,199	50.43%
	SLMP		976	1.68%		22,467	3.09%		235,701	4.63%
Valid Votes		57,960		99.13%	728,112		98.63%	5,094,754		98.24%
Rejected Votes		511		0.87%	10,108		1.37%	91,499		1.76%
Total Polled		58,471		80.16%	738,220		74.93%	5,186,256		55.87%
Registered Electors		72,945			985,206			9,283,143

1982 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party		Dompe[11]			Gampaha Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	SLFP		27,508	49.04%		301,808	43.31%		2,546,348	39.05%
	UNP		26,573	47.38%		365,847	52.50%		3,450,815	52.93%
	JVP		1,670	2.98%		23,701	3.40%		273,428	4.19%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		337	0.60%		5,491	0.79%		249,460	3.83%
Valid Votes		56,088		99.08%	696,847		99.15%	6,520,156		98.78%
Rejected Votes		519		0.92%	5,992		0.85%	80,470		1.22%
Total Polled		56,607		85.50%	702,839		82.70%	6,600,626		80.15%
Registered Electors		66,207			849,896			8,235,358

Parliamentary Election Results

Summary

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

Year	Dompe		Gampaha Electoral District		MAE[12] %	Sri Lanka		MAE[13] %
2015		UPFA		UNP	6.27%		UNP	6.30%
2010		UPFA		UPFA	7.46%		UPFA	9.17%
2004		UPFA		UPFA	4.89%		UPFA	7.40%
2001		PA		UNP	3.23%		UNP	6.07%
2000		PA		PA	3.09%		PA	4.87%
1994		PA		PA	0.17%		PA	4.73%
1989		UNP		UNP	4.25%		UNP	4.89%
Matches/Mean MAE	5/7		7/7		4.20%	7/7		6.20%

2020 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party			Dompe[14]			Gampaha Electoral District			Sri Lanka
			Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
		SLPFA		64,663	74.3%		807,896	65.76%		6,853,693	59.09%
		SJB		15,749	18.1%		285,809	23.27%		2,771,984	23.9%
		JJB		2,681	3.08%		61,833	5.03%		445,958	3.84%
		UNP		1,207	1.39%		28,282	2.3%		249,435	2.15%
		OPPP		1,065	1.22%		21,627	1.76%		67,766	0.58%
		Other Parties (with < 1%)		1,641	1.91%		23,027	1.88%		1,160,093	10.44%
Valid Votes			87,006		72.47%	1,228,474		68.78%	11,598,936		71.32%
Rejected Votes			4,067		3.39%	75,509		4.23%	744,373		4.58%
Total Polled			91,073		75.86%	1,303,983		73.01%	12,343,309		75.89%
Registered Electors			120,061			1,785,964			16,263,885

2015 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party		Dompe[15]			Gampaha Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	UPFA		44,925	52.55%		549,958	44.96%		4,732,664	42.48%
	UNP		35,390	41.40%		577,004	47.17%		5,098,916	45.77%
	JVP		4,557	5.33%		87,880	7.18%		544,154	4.88%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		618	0.72%		8,332	0.68%		81,501	0.73%
Valid Votes		85,490		95.78%	1,223,174		95.51%	11,140,333		95.35%
Rejected Votes		3,717		4.16%	56,246		4.39%	516,926		4.42%
Total Polled		89,256		77.37%	1,280,647		78.21%	11,684,111		77.66%
Registered Electors		115,356			1,637,537			15,044,490

2010 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party		Dompe[16]			Gampaha Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	UPFA		46,356	71.96%		589,476	63.40%		4,846,388	60.38%
	UNP		14,185	22.02%		266,523	28.67%		2,357,057	29.37%
	DNA		3,709	5.76%		69,747	7.50%		441,251	5.50%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		166	0.26%		3,985	0.43%		19,003	0.24%
Valid Votes		64,416		94.79%	929,731		94.83%	8,026,322		96.03%
Rejected Votes		3,518		5.18%	50,234		5.12%	581,465		6.96%
Total Polled		67,957		65.25%	980,467		65.06%	8,358,246		59.29%
Registered Electors		104,155			1,506,969			14,097,690

2004 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party		Dompe[17]			Gampaha Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	UPFA		40,327	57.72%		509,963	51.52%		4,223,126	45.70%
	UNP		23,111	33.08%		367,572	37.14%		3,486,792	37.73%
	JHU		5,943	8.51%		102,516	10.36%		552,723	5.98%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		482	0.69%		9,691	0.98%		57,229	0.62%
Valid Votes		69,863		95.76%	989,742		95.96%	9,241,931		94.52%
Rejected Votes		3,073		4.21%	41,462		4.02%	534,452		5.47%
Total Polled		72,958		77.00%	1,031,464		77.72%	9,777,821		75.74%
Registered Electors		94,755			1,327,145			12,909,631

2001 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party		Dompe[18]			Gampaha Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	PA		33,199	47.17%		428,780	43.08%		3,330,815	37.19%
	UNP		28,707	40.79%		437,289	43.94%		4,086,026	45.62%
	JVP		7,558	10.74%		113,990	11.45%		815,353	9.10%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		911	1.29%		15,171	1.52%		137,826	1.54%
Valid Votes		70,375		96.48%	995,230		96.30%	8,955,844		94.77%
Rejected Votes		2,569		3.52%	38,187		3.70%	494,009		5.23%
Total Polled		72,944		79.75%	1,033,417		80.36%	9,449,878		76.03%
Registered Electors		91,467			1,285,973			12,428,762

2000 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party		Dompe[19]			Gampaha Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	PA		35,897	53.29%		470,018	48.87%		3,899,329	45.33%
	UNP		25,053	37.19%		378,328	39.34%		3,451,765	40.12%
	JVP		4,576	6.79%		73,110	7.60%		518,725	6.03%
	SU		972	1.44%		20,297	2.11%		127,859	1.49%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		867	1.29%		19,956	2.08%		319,123	3.71%
Valid Votes		67,365		N/A	961,709		N/A	8,602,617		N/A

1994 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party		Dompe[20]			Gampaha Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	PA		35,849	56.91%		509,030	56.79%		3,887,805	48.94%
	UNP		26,552	42.15%		375,631	41.91%		3,498,370	44.04%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		589	0.94%		11,627	1.30%		90,078	1.13%
Valid Votes		62,990		96.43%	896,288		96.39%	7,943,688		95.20%
Rejected Votes		2,331		3.57%	33,553		3.61%	400,395		4.80%
Total Polled		65,321		81.23%	929,841		79.65%	8,344,095		74.75%
Registered Electors		80,415			1,167,469			11,163,064

1989 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party		Dompe[21]			Gampaha Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	UNP		27,777	50.76%		385,733	54.14%		2,838,005	50.71%
	SLFP		25,746	47.05%		294,490	41.34%		1,785,369	31.90%
	USA		857	1.57%		21,665	3.04%		141,983	2.54%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		345	0.63%		10,549	1.48%		67,723	1.21%
Valid Votes		54,725		95.80%	712,437		95.64%	5,596,468		93.87%
Rejected Votes		2,401		4.20%	32,497		4.36%	365,563		6.13%
Total Polled		57,126		80.17%	744,934		76.82%	5,962,031		63.60%
Registered Electors		71,255			969,658			9,374,164

Demographics

Ethnicity

The Dompe Polling Division has a Sinhalese majority (97.9%) . In comparison, the Gampaha Electoral District (which contains the Dompe Polling Division) has a Sinhalese majority (90.5%) ^[1]

Ethnicity in Dompe^[1]

1. Sinhalese (97.9%)
2. Moor (1.50%)
3. Other (0.60%)

Religion

The Dompe Polling Division has a Buddhist majority (94.5%) . In comparison, the Gampaha Electoral District (which contains the Dompe Polling Division) has a Buddhist majority (71.3%) and a significant Roman Catholic population (19.5%) ^[1]

Religion in Dompe^[1]

1. Buddhist (94.5%)
2. Roman Catholic (3.00%)
3. Muslim (1.60%)
4. Other (0.80%)