Gampaha Polling Division

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

Gampaha
Polling Division
Coordinates: 7.074904°N 79.991512°E / 7.074904; 79.991512
Country	Sri Lanka
Province	Western Province, Sri Lanka
Electoral District	Gampaha Electoral District
Area
• Total	97.5 km2 (37.6 sq mi)
Population  (2012)[1]
• Total	197,667
• Density	2,027/km2 (5,250/sq mi)
ISO 3166 code	EC-02H

Presidential Election Results

Summary

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

Year	Gampaha		Gampaha Electoral District		MAE[2] %	Sri Lanka		MAE[3] %
2024		NPP		NPP			NPP
2019		SLPP		SLPP	7.80%		SLPP	14.86%
2015		UPFA		NDF	4.38%		NDF	6.01%
2010		UPFA		UPFA	6.61%		UPFA	9.89%
2005		UPFA		UPFA	8.86%		UPFA	13.12%
1999		PA		PA	5.26%		PA	10.29%
1994		PA		PA	6.01%		PA	8.23%
1988		SLFP		SLFP	6.19%		UNP	9.09%
1982		SLFP		UNP	4.96%		UNP	6.76%
Matches/Mean MAE	5/8		7/8		6.26%	8/8		9.78%

2019 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party		Gampaha[4]			Gampaha Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	SLPP		84,507	67.31%		855,870	59.28%		6,924,255	52.25%
	NDF		31,984	25.48%		494,671	34.26%		5,564,239	41.99%
	NMPP		6,256	4.98%		61,760	4.28%		418,553	3.16%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		2,800	2.23%		31,499	2.18%		345,452	2.61%
Valid Votes		125,547		99.06%	1,443,800		98.92%	13,252,499		98.99%
Rejected Votes		1,191		0.94%	15,751		1.08%	135,452		1.01%
Total Polled		126,738		83.70%	1,459,551		83.31%	13,387,951		83.71%
Registered Electors		151,418			1,751,892			15,992,568

2015 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party		Gampaha[5]			Gampaha Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	UPFA		63,962	53.95%		664,347	49.49%		5,768,090	47.58%
	NDF		53,922	45.48%		669,007	49.83%		6,217,162	51.28%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		680	0.57%		9,142	0.68%		138,200	1.14%
Valid Votes		118,564		98.98%	1,342,496		98.92%	12,123,452		98.85%
Rejected Votes		1,222		1.02%	14,647		1.08%	140,925		1.15%
Total Polled		119,786		81.33%	1,357,143		80.77%	12,264,377		78.69%
Registered Electors		147,280			1,680,263			15,585,942

2010 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party		Gampaha[6]			Gampaha Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	UPFA		71,811	68.44%		718,716	61.66%		6,015,934	57.88%
	NDF		32,262	30.75%		434,506	37.28%		4,173,185	40.15%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		854	0.81%		12,426	1.07%		204,494	1.97%
Valid Votes		104,927		99.35%	1,165,648		99.24%	10,393,613		99.03%
Rejected Votes		682		0.65%	8,960		0.76%	101,838		0.97%
Total Polled		105,609		79.05%	1,174,608		78.03%	10,495,451		66.70%
Registered Electors		133,606			1,505,363			15,734,587

2005 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party		Gampaha[7]			Gampaha Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	UPFA		62,018	63.78%		596,698	54.78%		4,887,152	50.29%
	UNP		34,376	35.35%		481,764	44.23%		4,706,366	48.43%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		847	0.87%		10,815	0.99%		123,521	1.27%
Valid Votes		97,241		99.04%	1,089,277		98.94%	9,717,039		98.88%
Rejected Votes		944		0.96%	11,724		1.06%	109,869		1.12%
Total Polled		98,185		78.73%	1,101,001		79.17%	9,826,908		69.51%
Registered Electors		124,714			1,390,691			14,136,979

1999 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party		Gampaha[8]			Gampaha Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	PA		51,606	61.67%		532,796	56.58%		4,312,157	51.12%
	UNP		26,257	31.38%		353,969	37.59%		3,602,748	42.71%
	JVP		4,433	5.30%		40,472	4.30%		343,927	4.08%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		1,386	1.66%		14,382	1.53%		176,679	2.09%
Valid Votes		83,682		97.92%	941,619		97.84%	8,435,754		97.69%
Rejected Votes		1,780		2.08%	20,768		2.16%	199,536		2.31%
Total Polled		85,462		76.43%	962,387		77.12%	8,635,290		72.17%
Registered Electors		111,814			1,247,860			11,965,536

1994 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party		Gampaha[9]			Gampaha Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	PA		51,197	70.81%		550,654	64.74%		4,709,205	62.28%
	UNP		20,094	27.79%		288,608	33.93%		2,715,283	35.91%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		1,011	1.40%		11,256	1.32%		137,040	1.81%
Valid Votes		72,302		98.69%	850,518		98.48%	7,561,526		98.03%
Rejected Votes		958		1.31%	13,137		1.52%	151,706		1.97%
Total Polled		73,260		72.96%	863,655		74.16%	7,713,232		69.12%
Registered Electors		100,416			1,164,625			11,158,880

1988 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party		Gampaha[10]			Gampaha Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	SLFP		34,340	55.27%		355,553	48.83%		2,289,857	44.95%
	UNP		25,948	41.77%		350,092	48.08%		2,569,199	50.43%
	SLMP		1,839	2.96%		22,467	3.09%		235,701	4.63%
Valid Votes		62,127		98.85%	728,112		98.63%	5,094,754		98.24%
Rejected Votes		721		1.15%	10,108		1.37%	91,499		1.76%
Total Polled		62,848		73.57%	738,220		74.93%	5,186,256		55.87%
Registered Electors		85,424			985,206			9,283,143

1982 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party		Gampaha[11]			Gampaha Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	SLFP		28,532	48.53%		301,808	43.31%		2,546,348	39.05%
	UNP		27,845	47.36%		365,847	52.50%		3,450,815	52.93%
	JVP		1,942	3.30%		23,701	3.40%		273,428	4.19%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		470	0.80%		5,491	0.79%		249,460	3.83%
Valid Votes		58,789		99.13%	696,847		99.15%	6,520,156		98.78%
Rejected Votes		517		0.87%	5,992		0.85%	80,470		1.22%
Total Polled		59,306		81.95%	702,839		82.70%	6,600,626		80.15%
Registered Electors		72,371			849,896			8,235,358

Parliamentary Election Results

Summary

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

Year	Gampaha		Gampaha Electoral District		MAE[12] %	Sri Lanka		MAE[13] %
2015		UPFA		UNP	6.05%		UNP	6.29%
2010		UPFA		UPFA	6.08%		UPFA	8.06%
2004		UPFA		UPFA	7.38%		UPFA	10.06%
2001		PA		UNP	5.18%		UNP	8.18%
2000		PA		PA	5.06%		PA	6.97%
1994		PA		PA	6.01%		PA	10.46%
1989		UNP		UNP	4.03%		UNP	4.71%
Matches/Mean MAE	5/7		7/7		5.68%	7/7		7.82%

2015 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party		Gampaha[14]			Gampaha Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	UPFA		53,901	50.38%		549,958	44.96%		4,732,664	42.48%
	UNP		42,585	39.81%		577,004	47.17%		5,098,916	45.77%
	JVP		9,754	9.12%		87,880	7.18%		544,154	4.88%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		739	0.69%		8,332	0.68%		81,501	0.73%
Valid Votes		106,979		95.89%	1,223,174		95.51%	11,140,333		95.35%
Rejected Votes		4,457		3.99%	56,246		4.39%	516,926		4.42%
Total Polled		111,569		75.75%	1,280,647		78.21%	11,684,111		77.66%
Registered Electors		147,280			1,637,537			15,044,490

2010 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party		Gampaha[15]			Gampaha Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	UPFA		58,268	69.62%		589,476	63.40%		4,846,388	60.38%
	UNP		17,976	21.48%		266,523	28.67%		2,357,057	29.37%
	DNA		7,188	8.59%		69,747	7.50%		441,251	5.50%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		266	0.32%		3,985	0.43%		19,003	0.24%
Valid Votes		83,698		95.44%	929,731		94.83%	8,026,322		96.03%
Rejected Votes		3,930		4.48%	50,234		5.12%	581,465		6.96%
Total Polled		87,698		65.64%	980,467		65.06%	8,358,246		59.29%
Registered Electors		133,606			1,506,969			14,097,690

2004 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party		Gampaha[16]			Gampaha Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	UPFA		51,944	58.64%		509,963	51.52%		4,223,126	45.70%
	UNP		24,652	27.83%		367,572	37.14%		3,486,792	37.73%
	JHU		11,357	12.82%		102,516	10.36%		552,723	5.98%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		624	0.70%		9,691	0.98%		57,229	0.62%
Valid Votes		88,577		96.19%	989,742		95.96%	9,241,931		94.52%
Rejected Votes		3,485		3.78%	41,462		4.02%	534,452		5.47%
Total Polled		92,082		76.21%	1,031,464		77.72%	9,777,821		75.74%
Registered Electors		120,833			1,327,145			12,909,631

2001 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party		Gampaha[17]			Gampaha Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	PA		41,519	46.94%		428,780	43.08%		3,330,815	37.19%
	UNP		32,479	36.72%		437,289	43.94%		4,086,026	45.62%
	JVP		12,791	14.46%		113,990	11.45%		815,353	9.10%
	SU		1,090	1.23%		8,105	0.81%		50,665	0.57%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		573	0.65%		7,066	0.71%		87,161	0.97%
Valid Votes		88,452		96.82%	995,230		96.30%	8,955,844		94.77%
Rejected Votes		2,909		3.18%	38,187		3.70%	494,009		5.23%
Total Polled		91,361		78.24%	1,033,417		80.36%	9,449,878		76.03%
Registered Electors		116,768			1,285,973			12,428,762

2000 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party		Gampaha[18]			Gampaha Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	PA		45,394	53.55%		470,018	48.87%		3,899,329	45.33%
	UNP		27,794	32.79%		378,328	39.34%		3,451,765	40.12%
	JVP		8,284	9.77%		73,110	7.60%		518,725	6.03%
	SU		2,434	2.87%		20,297	2.11%		127,859	1.49%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		861	1.02%		19,956	2.08%		319,123	3.71%
Valid Votes		84,767		N/A	961,709		N/A	8,602,617		N/A

1994 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party		Gampaha[19]			Gampaha Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	PA		47,822	62.68%		509,030	56.79%		3,887,805	48.94%
	UNP		27,133	35.56%		375,631	41.91%		3,498,370	44.04%
	SLPF		1,340	1.76%		11,627	1.30%		90,078	1.13%
Valid Votes		76,295		96.88%	896,288		96.39%	7,943,688		95.20%
Rejected Votes		2,456		3.12%	33,553		3.61%	400,395		4.80%
Total Polled		78,751		78.42%	929,841		79.65%	8,344,095		74.75%
Registered Electors		100,416			1,167,469			11,163,064

1989 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party		Gampaha[20]			Gampaha Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	UNP		30,376	50.27%		385,733	54.14%		2,838,005	50.71%
	SLFP		27,765	45.95%		294,490	41.34%		1,785,369	31.90%
	USA		1,426	2.36%		21,665	3.04%		141,983	2.54%
	ELJP		859	1.42%		10,549	1.48%		67,723	1.21%
Valid Votes		60,426		96.34%	712,437		95.64%	5,596,468		93.87%
Rejected Votes		2,297		3.66%	32,497		4.36%	365,563		6.13%
Total Polled		62,723		75.85%	744,934		76.82%	5,962,031		63.60%
Registered Electors		82,689			969,658			9,374,164

Demographics

Ethnicity

The Gampaha Polling Division has a Sinhalese majority (98.8%) . In comparison, the Gampaha Electoral District (which contains the Gampaha Polling Division) has a Sinhalese majority (90.5%) ^[1]

Ethnicity in Gampaha^[1]

1. Sinhalese (98.8%)
2. Other (1.2%)

Religion

The Gampaha Polling Division has a Buddhist majority (87.6%) and a significant Roman Catholic population (10.7%) . In comparison, the Gampaha Electoral District (which contains the Gampaha Polling Division) has a Buddhist majority (71.3%) and a significant Roman Catholic population (19.5%) ^[1]

Religion in Gampaha^[1]

1. Buddhist (87.6%)
2. Roman Catholic (10.7%)
3. Other Christian (1.1%)
4. Other (0.7%)