Kesbewa Polling Division

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

Kesbewa
Polling Division
Coordinates: 6.814773°N 79.926797°E / 6.814773; 79.926797
Country	Sri Lanka
Province	Western Province, Sri Lanka
Electoral District	Colombo Electoral District
Area
• Total	66.25 km2 (25.58 sq mi)
Population  (2012)[1]
• Total	245,232
• Density	3,702/km2 (9,590/sq mi)
ISO 3166 code	EC-01N

Presidential Election Results

Summary

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

Year	Kesbewa		Colombo Electoral District		MAE[2] %	Sri Lanka		MAE[3] %
2019		SLPP		SLPP	14.04%		SLPP	15.02%
2015		UPFA		NDF	10.99%		NDF	6.57%
2010		UPFA		UPFA	11.90%		UPFA	6.65%
2005		UPFA		UNP	12.69%		UPFA	10.17%
1999		PA		PA	8.03%		PA	6.50%
1994		PA		PA	5.07%		PA	7.48%
1988		SLFP		UNP	8.72%		UNP	9.93%
1982		SLFP		UNP	10.98%		UNP	7.13%
Matches/Mean MAE	5/8		7/8		10.30%	8/8		8.68%

2019 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party		Kesbewa[4]			Colombo Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	SLPP		99,062	67.68%		727,713	53.19%		6,924,255	52.25%
	NDF		37,430	25.57%		559,921	40.92%		5,564,239	41.99%
	NMPP		7,343	5.02%		53,803	3.93%		418,553	3.16%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		2,525	1.73%		26,740	1.95%		345,452	2.61%
Valid Votes		146,360		99.02%	1,368,177		98.89%	13,252,499		98.99%
Rejected Votes		1,444		0.98%	15,333		1.11%	135,452		1.01%
Total Polled		147,804		84.54%	1,383,510		82.82%	13,387,951		83.71%
Registered Electors		174,829			1,670,403			15,992,568

2015 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party		Kesbewa[5]			Colombo Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	UPFA		74,189	54.56%		562,614	43.40%		5,768,090	47.58%
	NDF		61,116	44.94%		725,073	55.93%		6,217,162	51.28%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		678	0.50%		8,673	0.67%		138,200	1.14%
Valid Votes		135,983		98.99%	1,296,360		98.83%	12,123,452		98.85%
Rejected Votes		1,393		1.01%	15,334		1.17%	140,925		1.15%
Total Polled		137,376		83.37%	1,311,694		81.34%	12,264,377		78.69%
Registered Electors		164,774			1,612,660			15,585,942

2010 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party		Kesbewa[6]			Colombo Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	UPFA		77,474	65.10%		614,740	52.93%		6,015,934	57.88%
	NDF		40,474	34.01%		533,022	45.90%		4,173,185	40.15%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		1,058	0.89%		13,620	1.17%		204,494	1.97%
Valid Votes		119,006		99.33%	1,161,382		99.03%	10,393,613		99.03%
Rejected Votes		803		0.67%	11,394		0.97%	101,838		0.97%
Total Polled		119,809		80.57%	1,172,776		76.09%	10,495,451		66.70%
Registered Electors		148,696			1,541,242			15,734,587

2005 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party		Kesbewa[7]			Colombo Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	UPFA		66,660	60.82%		534,431	47.96%		4,887,152	50.29%
	UNP		42,042	38.36%		569,627	51.12%		4,706,366	48.43%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		900	0.82%		10,192	0.91%		123,521	1.27%
Valid Votes		109,602		99.00%	1,114,250		98.86%	9,717,039		98.88%
Rejected Votes		1,110		1.00%	12,879		1.14%	109,869		1.12%
Total Polled		110,712		79.03%	1,127,129		75.85%	9,826,908		69.51%
Registered Electors		140,094			1,486,021			14,136,979

1999 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party		Kesbewa[8]			Colombo Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	PA		51,240	57.17%		474,310	49.18%		4,312,157	51.12%
	UNP		31,302	34.93%		425,185	44.08%		3,602,748	42.71%
	JVP		5,236	5.84%		44,009	4.56%		343,927	4.08%
	SMBP		940	1.05%		8,209	0.85%		35,854	0.43%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		905	1.01%		12,821	1.33%		140,825	1.67%
Valid Votes		89,623		96.80%	964,534		97.06%	8,435,754		97.69%
Rejected Votes		2,967		3.20%	29,197		2.94%	199,536		2.31%
Total Polled		92,590		76.00%	993,731		73.39%	8,635,290		72.17%
Registered Electors		121,836			1,354,025			11,965,536

1994 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party		Kesbewa[9]			Colombo Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	PA		54,327	70.03%		557,708	64.82%		4,709,205	62.28%
	UNP		22,130	28.53%		288,741	33.56%		2,715,283	35.91%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		1,121	1.44%		13,937	1.62%		137,040	1.81%
Valid Votes		77,578		98.53%	860,386		98.17%	7,561,526		98.03%
Rejected Votes		1,159		1.47%	16,060		1.83%	151,706		1.97%
Total Polled		78,737		70.97%	876,446		69.59%	7,713,232		69.12%
Registered Electors		110,948			1,259,484			11,158,880

1988 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party		Kesbewa[10]			Colombo Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	SLFP		35,184	55.88%		339,958	46.23%		2,289,857	44.95%
	UNP		25,549	40.58%		361,337	49.14%		2,569,199	50.43%
	SLMP		2,228	3.54%		34,020	4.63%		235,701	4.63%
Valid Votes		62,961		98.62%	735,315		98.49%	5,094,754		98.24%
Rejected Votes		879		1.38%	11,295		1.51%	91,499		1.76%
Total Polled		63,840		71.51%	746,610		67.53%	5,186,256		55.87%
Registered Electors		89,277			1,105,583			9,283,143

1982 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party		Kesbewa[11]			Colombo Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	SLFP		26,553	47.92%		274,476	36.40%		2,546,348	39.05%
	UNP		25,576	46.16%		436,290	57.86%		3,450,815	52.93%
	JVP		2,248	4.06%		28,580	3.79%		273,428	4.19%
	LSSP		851	1.54%		9,655	1.28%		58,531	0.90%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		179	0.32%		5,030	0.67%		190,929	2.93%
Valid Votes		55,407		99.05%	754,031		98.95%	6,520,156		98.78%
Rejected Votes		530		0.95%	7,990		1.05%	80,470		1.22%
Total Polled		55,937		78.78%	762,021		76.88%	6,600,626		80.15%
Registered Electors		71,002			991,194			8,235,358

Parliamentary Election Results

Summary

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

Year	Kesbewa		Colombo Electoral District		MAE[12] %	Sri Lanka		MAE[13] %
2015		UPFA		UNP	12.30%		UNP	7.02%
2010		UPFA		UPFA	10.91%		UPFA	3.71%
2004		UPFA		UNP	10.88%		UPFA	6.46%
2001		UNP		UNP	6.84%		UNP	2.54%
2000		PA		UNP	5.35%		PA	2.08%
1994		PA		PA	6.90%		PA	8.80%
1989		UNP		UNP	7.81%		UNP	6.32%
Matches/Mean MAE	6/7		5/7		8.71%	7/7		5.28%

2020 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party			Kesbewa[14]			Colombo Electoral District			Sri Lanka
			Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
		SLPFA		89,240	70.77%		674,603	57.04%		6,853,693	59.09%
		SJB		23,687	18.78%		387,145	32.73%		2,771,984	23.9%
		JJB		9,160	7.26%		67,600	5.72%		445,958	3.84%
		UNP		2,098	1.66%		30,875	2.61%		249,435	2.15%
		Other Parties (with < 1%)		1,918	1.53%		22,553	1.9%		1,227,859	11.02%
Valid Votes			126,103		70.34%	1,182,776		69.2%	11,598,936		71.32%
Rejected Votes			6,760		3.77%	81,034		4.74%	744,373		4.58%
Total Polled			132,863		74.11%	1,263,810		73.94%	12,343,309		75.89%
Registered Electors			179,289			1,709,209			16,263,885

2015 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party		Kesbewa[15]			Colombo Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	UPFA		65,243	51.30%		474,063	39.25%		4,732,664	42.48%
	UNP		49,637	39.03%		640,743	53.04%		5,098,916	45.77%
	JVP		11,193	8.80%		81,391	6.74%		544,154	4.88%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		1,110	0.87%		11,752	0.97%		93,045	0.84%
Valid Votes		127,183		97.32%	1,207,949		96.46%	11,140,333		95.35%
Rejected Votes		3,452		2.64%	43,372		3.46%	516,926		4.42%
Total Polled		130,692		79.32%	1,252,271		78.93%	11,684,111		77.66%
Registered Electors		164,774			1,586,598			15,044,490

2010 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party		Kesbewa[16]			Colombo Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	UPFA		60,139	62.57%		480,896	51.23%		4,846,388	60.38%
	UNP		21,953	22.84%		339,750	36.19%		2,357,057	29.37%
	DNA		13,532	14.08%		110,683	11.79%		441,251	5.50%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		493	0.51%		7,292	0.78%		48,240	0.60%
Valid Votes		96,117		95.79%	938,723		94.85%	8,026,322		96.03%
Rejected Votes		4,160		4.15%	50,354		5.09%	581,465		6.96%
Total Polled		100,339		67.48%	989,729		64.17%	8,358,246		59.29%
Registered Electors		148,696			1,542,457			14,097,690

2004 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party		Kesbewa[17]			Colombo Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	UPFA		45,939	44.63%		414,688	39.20%		4,223,126	45.70%
	JHU		29,850	29.00%		190,618	18.02%		552,723	5.98%
	UNP		26,302	25.55%		441,841	41.77%		3,486,792	37.73%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		846	0.82%		10,713	1.01%		90,868	0.98%
Valid Votes		102,937		97.32%	1,057,860		96.47%	9,241,931		94.52%
Rejected Votes		2,831		2.68%	38,605		3.52%	534,452		5.47%
Total Polled		105,773		77.05%	1,096,571		74.71%	9,777,821		75.74%
Registered Electors		137,285			1,467,751			12,909,631

2001 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party		Kesbewa[18]			Colombo Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	UNP		42,260	42.54%		546,417	51.62%		4,086,026	45.62%
	PA		37,815	38.07%		353,401	33.39%		3,330,815	37.19%
	JVP		16,045	16.15%		117,404	11.09%		815,353	9.10%
	SU		2,170	2.18%		16,970	1.60%		50,665	0.57%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		1,049	1.06%		24,289	2.29%		510,616	5.70%
Valid Votes		99,339		96.73%	1,058,481		96.28%	8,955,844		94.77%
Rejected Votes		3,356		3.27%	40,901		3.72%	494,009		5.23%
Total Polled		102,695		78.05%	1,099,382		76.31%	9,449,878		76.03%
Registered Electors		131,571			1,440,682			12,428,762

2000 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party		Kesbewa[19]			Colombo Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	PA		41,977	44.40%		394,146	38.86%		3,899,329	45.33%
	UNP		34,978	37.00%		440,684	43.45%		3,451,765	40.12%
	JVP		10,219	10.81%		78,133	7.70%		518,725	6.03%
	SU		6,211	6.57%		49,671	4.90%		127,859	1.49%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		1,148	1.21%		51,586	5.09%		375,083	4.36%
Valid Votes		94,533		N/A	1,014,220		N/A	8,602,617		N/A

1994 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party		Kesbewa[20]			Colombo Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	PA		49,342	59.16%		469,642	50.94%		3,887,805	48.94%
	UNP		29,585	35.47%		385,100	41.77%		3,498,370	44.04%
	MEP		2,709	3.25%		42,734	4.64%		68,538	0.86%
	SLPF		1,418	1.70%		11,454	1.24%		90,078	1.13%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		349	0.42%		13,003	1.41%		51,995	0.65%
Valid Votes		83,403		96.60%	921,933		96.18%	7,943,688		95.20%
Rejected Votes		2,932		3.40%	36,635		3.82%	400,395		4.80%
Total Polled		86,335		77.82%	958,568		76.04%	8,344,095		74.75%
Registered Electors		110,948			1,260,686			11,163,064

1989 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party		Kesbewa[21]			Colombo Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	UNP		27,415	45.83%		374,530	51.67%		2,838,005	50.71%
	SLFP		25,830	43.18%		205,053	28.29%		1,785,369	31.90%
	MEP		4,351	7.27%		76,966	10.62%		90,480	1.62%
	USA		1,890	3.16%		31,873	4.40%		141,983	2.54%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		339	0.57%		36,420	5.02%		269,739	4.82%
Valid Votes		59,825		95.67%	724,842		95.36%	5,596,468		93.87%
Rejected Votes		2,710		4.33%	35,271		4.64%	365,563		6.13%
Total Polled		62,535		71.38%	760,113		69.87%	5,962,031		63.60%
Registered Electors		87,609			1,087,891			9,374,164

Demographics

Ethnicity

The Kesbewa Polling Division has a Sinhalese majority (97.3%) . In comparison, the Colombo Electoral District (which contains the Kesbewa Polling Division) has a Sinhalese majority (76.5%), a significant Moor population (10.7%) and a significant Sri Lankan Tamil population (10.1%) ^[1]

Ethnicity in Kesbewa^[1]

1. Sinhalese (97.3%)
2. Other (1.60%)
3. Sri Lankan Tamil (1.10%)

Religion

The Kesbewa Polling Division has a Buddhist majority (93.0%) . In comparison, the Colombo Electoral District (which contains the Kesbewa Polling Division) has a Buddhist majority (70.2%) and a significant Muslim population (11.8%) ^[1]

Religion in Kesbewa^[1]

1. Buddhist (93.0%)
2. Roman Catholic (3.40%)
3. Other (1.80%)
4. Other Christian (1.70%)