Kotte Polling Division

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

Kotte
Polling Division
Coordinates: 6.884263°N 79.899926°E / 6.884263; 79.899926
Country	Sri Lanka
Province	Western Province, Sri Lanka
Electoral District	Colombo Electoral District
Area
• Total	17.06 km2 (6.59 sq mi)
Population  (2012)[1]
• Total	107,883
• Density	6,324/km2 (16,380/sq mi)
ISO 3166 code	EC-01I

Presidential Election Results

Summary

The winner of Kotte has matched the final country result 6 out of 8 times. Hence, Kotte is a Weak Bellwether for Presidential Elections.

Year	Kotte		Colombo Electoral District		MAE[2] %	Sri Lanka		MAE[3] %
2019		SLPP		SLPP	1.63%		SLPP	2.60%
2015		NDF		NDF	2.08%		NDF	6.44%
2010		UPFA		UPFA	0.82%		UPFA	5.98%
2005		UNP		UNP	1.45%		UPFA	1.02%
1999		PA		PA	0.77%		PA	0.84%
1994		PA		PA	0.17%		PA	2.40%
1988		SLFP		UNP	5.53%		UNP	6.77%
1982		UNP		UNP	1.39%		UNP	5.06%
Matches/Mean MAE	6/8		7/8		1.73%	8/8		3.89%

2019 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party		Kotte[4]			Colombo Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	SLPP		31,853	54.56%		727,713	53.19%		6,924,255	52.25%
	NDF		22,628	38.76%		559,921	40.92%		5,564,239	41.99%
	NMPP		2,439	4.18%		53,803	3.93%		418,553	3.16%
	NPP		875	1.50%		10,335	0.76%		49,655	0.37%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		591	1.01%		16,405	1.20%		295,797	2.23%
Valid Votes		58,386		98.74%	1,368,177		98.89%	13,252,499		98.99%
Rejected Votes		745		1.26%	15,333		1.11%	135,452		1.01%
Total Polled		59,131		79.99%	1,383,510		82.82%	13,387,951		83.71%
Registered Electors		73,926			1,670,403			15,992,568

2015 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party		Kotte[5]			Colombo Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	NDF		34,614	58.09%		725,073	55.93%		6,217,162	51.28%
	UPFA		24,663	41.39%		562,614	43.40%		5,768,090	47.58%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		311	0.52%		8,673	0.67%		138,200	1.14%
Valid Votes		59,588		98.83%	1,296,360		98.83%	12,123,452		98.85%
Rejected Votes		703		1.17%	15,334		1.17%	140,925		1.15%
Total Polled		60,291		80.46%	1,311,694		81.34%	12,264,377		78.69%
Registered Electors		74,934			1,612,660			15,585,942

2010 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party		Kotte[6]			Colombo Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	UPFA		29,125	52.17%		614,740	52.93%		6,015,934	57.88%
	NDF		26,129	46.81%		533,022	45.90%		4,173,185	40.15%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		571	1.02%		13,620	1.17%		204,494	1.97%
Valid Votes		55,825		99.01%	1,161,382		99.03%	10,393,613		99.03%
Rejected Votes		557		0.99%	11,394		0.97%	101,838		0.97%
Total Polled		56,382		77.23%	1,172,776		76.09%	10,495,451		66.70%
Registered Electors		73,009			1,541,242			15,734,587

2005 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party		Kotte[7]			Colombo Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	UNP		27,106	49.73%		569,627	51.12%		4,706,366	48.43%
	UPFA		26,987	49.51%		534,431	47.96%		4,887,152	50.29%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		411	0.75%		10,192	0.91%		123,521	1.27%
Valid Votes		54,504		99.06%	1,114,250		98.86%	9,717,039		98.88%
Rejected Votes		516		0.94%	12,879		1.14%	109,869		1.12%
Total Polled		55,020		75.09%	1,127,129		75.85%	9,826,908		69.51%
Registered Electors		73,274			1,486,021			14,136,979

1999 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party		Kotte[8]			Colombo Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	PA		24,782	49.93%		474,310	49.18%		4,312,157	51.12%
	UNP		21,455	43.22%		425,185	44.08%		3,602,748	42.71%
	JVP		2,075	4.18%		44,009	4.56%		343,927	4.08%
	SMBP		763	1.54%		8,209	0.85%		35,854	0.43%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		561	1.13%		12,821	1.33%		140,825	1.67%
Valid Votes		49,636		96.74%	964,534		97.06%	8,435,754		97.69%
Rejected Votes		1,675		3.26%	29,197		2.94%	199,536		2.31%
Total Polled		51,311		72.86%	993,731		73.39%	8,635,290		72.17%
Registered Electors		70,424			1,354,025			11,965,536

1994 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party		Kotte[9]			Colombo Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	PA		31,646	64.66%		557,708	64.82%		4,709,205	62.28%
	UNP		16,331	33.37%		288,741	33.56%		2,715,283	35.91%
	SMBP		521	1.06%		6,059	0.70%		32,651	0.43%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		447	0.91%		7,878	0.92%		104,389	1.38%
Valid Votes		48,945		98.47%	860,386		98.17%	7,561,526		98.03%
Rejected Votes		762		1.53%	16,060		1.83%	151,706		1.97%
Total Polled		49,707		69.80%	876,446		69.59%	7,713,232		69.12%
Registered Electors		71,213			1,259,484			11,158,880

1988 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party		Kotte[10]			Colombo Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	SLFP		22,607	51.85%		339,958	46.23%		2,289,857	44.95%
	UNP		18,834	43.19%		361,337	49.14%		2,569,199	50.43%
	SLMP		2,163	4.96%		34,020	4.63%		235,701	4.63%
Valid Votes		43,604		98.73%	735,315		98.49%	5,094,754		98.24%
Rejected Votes		563		1.27%	11,295		1.51%	91,499		1.76%
Total Polled		44,167		65.73%	746,610		67.53%	5,186,256		55.87%
Registered Electors		67,194			1,105,583			9,283,143

1982 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party		Kotte[11]			Colombo Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	UNP		25,129	59.35%		436,290	57.86%		3,450,815	52.93%
	SLFP		14,814	34.99%		274,476	36.40%		2,546,348	39.05%
	JVP		1,731	4.09%		28,580	3.79%		273,428	4.19%
	LSSP		527	1.24%		9,655	1.28%		58,531	0.90%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		140	0.33%		5,030	0.67%		190,929	2.93%
Valid Votes		42,341		99.12%	754,031		98.95%	6,520,156		98.78%
Rejected Votes		374		0.88%	7,990		1.05%	80,470		1.22%
Total Polled		42,715		72.34%	762,021		76.88%	6,600,626		80.15%
Registered Electors		59,048			991,194			8,235,358

Parliamentary Election Results

Summary

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

Year	Kotte		Colombo Electoral District		MAE[12] %	Sri Lanka		MAE[13] %
2015		UNP		UNP	1.43%		UNP	6.20%
2010		UPFA		UPFA	1.51%		UPFA	8.92%
2004		UPFA		UNP	3.91%		UPFA	5.16%
2001		UNP		UNP	0.64%		UNP	3.90%
2000		UNP		UNP	0.69%		PA	4.14%
1994		PA		PA	1.97%		PA	3.90%
1989		UNP		UNP	6.20%		UNP	4.66%
Matches/Mean MAE	6/7		5/7		2.34%	7/7		5.27%

2020 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party			Kotte[14]			Colombo Electoral District			Sri Lanka
			Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
		SLPFA		29,436	58.51%		674,603	57.04%		6,853,693	59.09%
		SJB		14,946	29.71%		387,145	32.73%		2,771,984	23.9%
		JJB		3,405	6.77%		67,600	5.72%		445,958	3.84%
		UNP		1,563	3.11%		30,875	2.61%		249,435	2.15%
		Other Parties (with < 1%)		963	1.91%		22,553	1.9%		1,227,859	11.02%
Valid Votes			50,313		66.91%	1,182,776		69.2%	11,598,936		71.32%
Rejected Votes			2,789		3.71%	81,034		4.74%	744,373		4.58%
Total Polled			53,102		70.62%	1,263,810		73.94%	12,343,309		75.89%
Registered Electors			75,192			1,709,209			16,263,885

2015 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party		Kotte[15]			Colombo Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	UNP		30,247	54.21%		640,743	53.04%		5,098,916	45.77%
	UPFA		20,797	37.27%		474,063	39.25%		4,732,664	42.48%
	JVP		4,075	7.30%		81,391	6.74%		544,154	4.88%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		677	1.21%		11,752	0.97%		93,045	0.84%
Valid Votes		55,796		97.38%	1,207,949		96.46%	11,140,333		95.35%
Rejected Votes		1,457		2.54%	43,372		3.46%	516,926		4.42%
Total Polled		57,300		76.47%	1,252,271		78.93%	11,684,111		77.66%
Registered Electors		74,934			1,586,598			15,044,490

2010 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party		Kotte[16]			Colombo Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	UPFA		22,799	49.42%		480,896	51.23%		4,846,388	60.38%
	UNP		16,374	35.49%		339,750	36.19%		2,357,057	29.37%
	DNA		6,729	14.59%		110,683	11.79%		441,251	5.50%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		232	0.50%		7,292	0.78%		48,240	0.60%
Valid Votes		46,134		96.04%	938,723		94.85%	8,026,322		96.03%
Rejected Votes		1,877		3.91%	50,354		5.09%	581,465		6.96%
Total Polled		48,036		65.79%	989,729		64.17%	8,358,246		59.29%
Registered Electors		73,009			1,542,457			14,097,690

2004 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party		Kotte[17]			Colombo Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	UPFA		20,070	37.61%		414,688	39.20%		4,223,126	45.70%
	UNP		19,635	36.80%		441,841	41.77%		3,486,792	37.73%
	JHU		13,192	24.72%		190,618	18.02%		552,723	5.98%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		460	0.86%		10,713	1.01%		90,868	0.98%
Valid Votes		53,357		97.42%	1,057,860		96.47%	9,241,931		94.52%
Rejected Votes		1,413		2.58%	38,605		3.52%	534,452		5.47%
Total Polled		54,772		73.86%	1,096,571		74.71%	9,777,821		75.74%
Registered Electors		74,159			1,467,751			12,909,631

2001 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party		Kotte[18]			Colombo Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	UNP		27,717	51.44%		546,417	51.62%		4,086,026	45.62%
	PA		18,573	34.47%		353,401	33.39%		3,330,815	37.19%
	JVP		5,275	9.79%		117,404	11.09%		815,353	9.10%
	SU		1,694	3.14%		16,970	1.60%		50,665	0.57%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		625	1.16%		24,289	2.29%		510,616	5.70%
Valid Votes		53,884		96.95%	1,058,481		96.28%	8,955,844		94.77%
Rejected Votes		1,698		3.05%	40,901		3.72%	494,009		5.23%
Total Polled		55,582		74.97%	1,099,382		76.31%	9,449,878		76.03%
Registered Electors		74,140			1,440,682			12,428,762

2000 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party		Kotte[19]			Colombo Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	UNP		22,207	42.79%		440,684	43.45%		3,451,765	40.12%
	PA		20,249	39.02%		394,146	38.86%		3,899,329	45.33%
	SU		4,881	9.40%		49,671	4.90%		127,859	1.49%
	JVP		3,566	6.87%		78,133	7.70%		518,725	6.03%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		997	1.92%		51,586	5.09%		375,083	4.36%
Valid Votes		51,900		N/A	1,014,220		N/A	8,602,617		N/A

1994 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party		Kotte[20]			Colombo Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	PA		28,106	53.70%		469,642	50.94%		3,887,805	48.94%
	UNP		21,215	40.53%		385,100	41.77%		3,498,370	44.04%
	MEP		1,975	3.77%		42,734	4.64%		68,538	0.86%
	SLPF		742	1.42%		11,454	1.24%		90,078	1.13%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		301	0.58%		13,003	1.41%		51,995	0.65%
Valid Votes		52,339		97.24%	921,933		96.18%	7,943,688		95.20%
Rejected Votes		1,485		2.76%	36,635		3.82%	400,395		4.80%
Total Polled		53,824		75.58%	958,568		76.04%	8,344,095		74.75%
Registered Electors		71,213			1,260,686			11,163,064

1989 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party		Kotte[21]			Colombo Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	UNP		20,113	46.93%		374,530	51.67%		2,838,005	50.71%
	SLFP		17,007	39.68%		205,053	28.29%		1,785,369	31.90%
	MEP		3,030	7.07%		76,966	10.62%		90,480	1.62%
	USA		2,041	4.76%		31,873	4.40%		141,983	2.54%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		670	1.56%		36,420	5.02%		269,739	4.82%
Valid Votes		42,861		96.60%	724,842		95.36%	5,596,468		93.87%
Rejected Votes		1,507		3.40%	35,271		4.64%	365,563		6.13%
Total Polled		44,368		67.24%	760,113		69.87%	5,962,031		63.60%
Registered Electors		65,984			1,087,891			9,374,164

Demographics

Ethnicity

The Kotte Polling Division has a Sinhalese majority (84.8%) . In comparison, the Colombo Electoral District (which contains the Kotte 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 Kotte^[1]

1. Sinhalese (84.8%)
2. Sri Lankan Tamil (6.90%)
3. Moor (5.10%)
4. Other (3.20%)

Religion

The Kotte Polling Division has a Buddhist majority (77.1%) . In comparison, the Colombo Electoral District (which contains the Kotte Polling Division) has a Buddhist majority (70.2%) and a significant Muslim population (11.8%) ^[1]

Religion in Kotte^[1]

1. Buddhist (77.1%)
2. Roman Catholic (7.30%)
3. Muslim (6.30%)
4. Other Christian (4.70%)
5. Hindu (4.50%)
6. Other (0.10%)