Nattandiya Polling Division

The Nattandiya Polling Division is a Polling Division in the Puttalam Electoral District, in the North Western Province, Sri Lanka.

Nattandiya
Polling Division
Coordinates: 7.426346°N 79.848946°E / 7.426346; 79.848946
Country	Sri Lanka
Province	North Western Province, Sri Lanka
Electoral District	Puttalam Electoral District
Area
• Total	155.47 km2 (60.03 sq mi)
Population  (2012)[1]
• Total	113,223
• Density	728/km2 (1,890/sq mi)
ISO 3166 code	EC-16D

Presidential Election Results

Summary

The winner of Nattandiya has matched the final country result 7 out of 8 times. Hence, Nattandiya is a Strong Bellwether for Presidential Elections.

Year	Nattandiya		Puttalam Electoral District		MAE[2] %	Sri Lanka		MAE[3] %
2019		SLPP		SLPP	7.00%		SLPP	5.40%
2015		UPFA		NDF	3.01%		NDF	4.30%
2010		UPFA		UPFA	2.00%		UPFA	2.69%
2005		UPFA		UNP	3.79%		UPFA	1.60%
1999		PA		PA	3.71%		PA	3.25%
1994		PA		PA	0.89%		PA	0.68%
1988		UNP		UNP	2.44%		UNP	1.71%
1982		UNP		UNP	2.38%		UNP	2.72%
Matches/Mean MAE	7/8		7/8		3.15%	8/8		2.79%

2019 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party		Nattandiya[4]			Puttalam Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	SLPP		38,832	58.02%		230,760	50.83%		6,924,255	52.25%
	NDF		24,308	36.32%		199,356	43.91%		5,564,239	41.99%
	NMPP		2,190	3.27%		12,912	2.84%		418,553	3.16%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		1,601	2.39%		10,948	2.41%		345,452	2.61%
Valid Votes		66,931		99.01%	453,976		99.02%	13,252,499		98.99%
Rejected Votes		668		0.99%	4,478		0.98%	135,452		1.01%
Total Polled		67,599		71.87%	458,454		76.53%	13,387,951		83.71%
Registered Electors		94,055			599,042			15,992,568

2015 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party		Nattandiya[5]			Puttalam Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	UPFA		33,119	52.12%		197,751	48.97%		5,768,090	47.58%
	NDF		29,934	47.11%		202,073	50.04%		6,217,162	51.28%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		486	0.76%		4,026	1.00%		138,200	1.14%
Valid Votes		63,539		99.13%	403,850		98.95%	12,123,452		98.85%
Rejected Votes		558		0.87%	4,300		1.05%	140,925		1.15%
Total Polled		64,097		71.24%	408,150		72.50%	12,264,377		78.69%
Registered Electors		89,975			562,984			15,585,942

2010 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party		Nattandiya[6]			Puttalam Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	UPFA		34,799	60.92%		201,981	58.70%		6,015,934	57.88%
	NDF		21,612	37.83%		136,233	39.59%		4,173,185	40.15%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		713	1.25%		5,899	1.71%		204,494	1.97%
Valid Votes		57,124		99.38%	344,113		99.17%	10,393,613		99.03%
Rejected Votes		355		0.62%	2,886		0.83%	101,838		0.97%
Total Polled		57,479		69.07%	346,999		68.97%	10,495,451		66.70%
Registered Electors		83,218			503,106			15,734,587

2005 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party		Nattandiya[7]			Puttalam Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	UPFA		29,227	52.05%		160,686	48.14%		4,887,152	50.29%
	UNP		26,367	46.96%		169,264	50.71%		4,706,366	48.43%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		556	0.99%		3,833	1.15%		123,521	1.27%
Valid Votes		56,150		99.21%	333,783		98.95%	9,717,039		98.88%
Rejected Votes		445		0.79%	3,536		1.05%	109,869		1.12%
Total Polled		56,595		71.07%	337,319		70.56%	9,826,908		69.51%
Registered Electors		79,631			478,032			14,136,979

1999 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party		Nattandiya[8]			Puttalam Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	PA		26,152	55.53%		141,725	51.47%		4,312,157	51.12%
	UNP		19,079	40.51%		121,615	44.17%		3,602,748	42.71%
	JVP		1,285	2.73%		7,876	2.86%		343,927	4.08%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		576	1.22%		4,123	1.50%		176,679	2.09%
Valid Votes		47,092		98.24%	275,339		97.94%	8,435,754		97.69%
Rejected Votes		846		1.76%	5,778		2.06%	199,536		2.31%
Total Polled		47,938		69.86%	281,117		68.85%	8,635,290		72.17%
Registered Electors		68,620			408,331			11,965,536

1994 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party		Nattandiya[9]			Puttalam Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	PA		27,856	61.91%		165,795	62.65%		4,709,205	62.28%
	UNP		16,721	37.16%		95,211	35.98%		2,715,283	35.91%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		417	0.93%		3,629	1.37%		137,040	1.81%
Valid Votes		44,994		98.74%	264,635		98.26%	7,561,526		98.03%
Rejected Votes		576		1.26%	4,689		1.74%	151,706		1.97%
Total Polled		45,570		70.71%	269,324		69.80%	7,713,232		69.12%
Registered Electors		64,449			385,854			11,158,880

1988 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party		Nattandiya[10]			Puttalam Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	UNP		22,194	53.31%		125,339	55.89%		2,569,199	50.43%
	SLFP		18,585	44.64%		94,823	42.28%		2,289,857	44.95%
	SLMP		851	2.04%		4,093	1.83%		235,701	4.63%
Valid Votes		41,630		99.08%	224,255		98.70%	5,094,754		98.24%
Rejected Votes		388		0.92%	2,965		1.30%	91,499		1.76%
Total Polled		42,018		73.04%	227,220		70.70%	5,186,256		55.87%
Registered Electors		57,526			321,387			9,283,143

1982 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party		Nattandiya[11]			Puttalam Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	UNP		23,324	57.14%		128,877	59.12%		3,450,815	52.93%
	SLFP		16,299	39.93%		80,006	36.70%		2,546,348	39.05%
	JVP		1,016	2.49%		7,001	3.21%		273,428	4.19%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		179	0.44%		2,096	0.96%		249,460	3.83%
Valid Votes		40,818		99.13%	217,980		99.09%	6,520,156		98.78%
Rejected Votes		357		0.87%	1,995		0.91%	80,470		1.22%
Total Polled		41,175		82.95%	219,975		81.41%	6,600,626		80.15%
Registered Electors		49,638			270,207			8,235,358

Parliamentary Election Results

Summary

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

Year	Nattandiya		Puttalam Electoral District		MAE[12] %	Sri Lanka		MAE[13] %
2015		UNP		UNP	3.17%		UNP	3.10%
2010		UPFA		UPFA	0.89%		UPFA	2.52%
2004		UPFA		UPFA	3.53%		UPFA	4.67%
2001		UNP		UNP	3.62%		UNP	3.61%
2000		PA		PA	2.02%		PA	3.09%
1994		PA		PA	1.30%		PA	2.98%
1989		UNP		UNP	3.66%		UNP	4.79%
Matches/Mean MAE	7/7		7/7		2.60%	7/7		3.54%

2015 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party		Nattandiya[14]			Puttalam Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	UNP		27,427	48.27%		180,185	51.81%		5,098,916	45.77%
	UPFA		26,714	47.02%		153,130	44.03%		4,732,664	42.48%
	JVP		2,393	4.21%		12,211	3.51%		544,154	4.88%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		286	0.50%		2,263	0.65%		82,383	0.74%
Valid Votes		56,820		95.10%	347,789		91.37%	11,140,333		95.35%
Rejected Votes		2,897		4.85%	23,124		6.08%	516,926		4.42%
Total Polled		59,748		66.41%	380,632		68.83%	11,684,111		77.66%
Registered Electors		89,975			553,009			15,044,490

2010 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party		Nattandiya[15]			Puttalam Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	UPFA		27,518	64.21%		167,769	64.84%		4,846,388	60.38%
	UNP		12,864	30.02%		81,152	31.36%		2,357,057	29.37%
	DNA		2,246	5.24%		8,792	3.40%		441,251	5.50%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		228	0.53%		1,028	0.40%		33,372	0.42%
Valid Votes		42,856		93.12%	258,741		92.29%	8,026,322		96.03%
Rejected Votes		3,159		6.86%	21,562		7.69%	581,465		6.96%
Total Polled		46,023		55.30%	280,354		55.67%	8,358,246		59.29%
Registered Electors		83,218			503,635			14,097,690

2004 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party		Nattandiya[16]			Puttalam Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	UPFA		25,270	52.10%		142,784	49.31%		4,223,126	45.70%
	UNP		20,461	42.19%		135,152	46.67%		3,486,792	37.73%
	JHU		2,466	5.08%		10,000	3.45%		552,723	5.98%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		302	0.62%		1,652	0.57%		62,157	0.67%
Valid Votes		48,499		94.21%	289,588		93.06%	9,241,931		94.52%
Rejected Votes		2,953		5.74%	21,431		6.89%	534,452		5.47%
Total Polled		51,477		67.65%	311,194		69.15%	9,777,821		75.74%
Registered Electors		76,097			450,057			12,909,631

2001 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party		Nattandiya[17]			Puttalam Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	UNP		22,915	46.47%		146,873	50.61%		4,086,026	45.62%
	PA		22,323	45.27%		120,981	41.69%		3,330,815	37.19%
	JVP		3,345	6.78%		18,095	6.24%		815,353	9.10%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		724	1.47%		4,260	1.47%		116,969	1.31%
Valid Votes		49,307		96.39%	290,209		95.20%	8,955,844		94.77%
Rejected Votes		1,848		3.61%	14,638		4.80%	494,009		5.23%
Total Polled		51,155		70.90%	304,847		71.53%	9,449,878		76.03%
Registered Electors		72,155			426,193			12,428,762

2000 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party		Nattandiya[18]			Puttalam Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	PA		25,646	51.58%		138,747	48.40%		3,899,329	45.33%
	UNP		20,078	40.38%		118,566	41.36%		3,451,765	40.12%
	JVP		1,909	3.84%		11,256	3.93%		518,725	6.03%
	NUA		1,308	2.63%		12,317	4.30%		185,593	2.16%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		778	1.56%		5,809	2.03%		236,331	2.75%
Valid Votes		49,719		N/A	286,695		N/A	8,602,617		N/A

1994 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party		Nattandiya[19]			Puttalam Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	PA		26,286	54.93%		150,587	53.64%		3,887,805	48.94%
	UNP		21,120	44.14%		127,671	45.48%		3,498,370	44.04%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		446	0.93%		2,453	0.87%		158,616	2.00%
Valid Votes		47,852		96.37%	280,711		95.52%	7,943,688		95.20%
Rejected Votes		1,804		3.63%	13,144		4.47%	400,395		4.80%
Total Polled		49,656		77.05%	293,873		76.19%	8,344,095		74.75%
Registered Electors		64,449			385,690			11,163,064

1989 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party		Nattandiya[20]			Puttalam Electoral District			Sri Lanka
		Votes		%	Votes		%	Votes		%
	UNP		22,957	58.21%		139,309	62.62%		2,838,005	50.71%
	SLFP		13,763	34.90%		71,687	32.22%		1,785,369	31.90%
	SLMC		1,276	3.24%		6,253	2.81%		202,016	3.61%
	USA		1,136	2.88%		3,398	1.53%		141,983	2.54%
	Other Parties (with < 1%)		308	0.78%		1,828	0.82%		69,193	1.24%
Valid Votes		39,440		94.63%	222,475		94.40%	5,596,468		93.87%
Rejected Votes		2,236		5.37%	13,205		5.60%	365,563		6.13%
Total Polled		41,676		73.38%	235,680		73.94%	5,962,031		63.60%
Registered Electors		56,794			318,755			9,374,164

Demographics

Ethnicity

The Nattandiya Polling Division has a Sinhalese majority (91.4%) . In comparison, the Puttalam Electoral District (which contains the Nattandiya Polling Division) has a Sinhalese majority (73.6%) and a significant Moor population (19.4%) ^[1]

Ethnicity in Nattandiya^[1]

1. Sinhalese (91.4%)
2. Moor (5.60%)
3. Sri Lankan Tamil (2.40%)
4. Other (0.50%)

Religion

The Nattandiya Polling Division has a Roman Catholic plurality (45.6%) and a significant Buddhist population (45.4%) . In comparison, the Puttalam Electoral District (which contains the Nattandiya Polling Division) has a Buddhist plurality (43.2%), a significant Roman Catholic population (31.5%) and a significant Muslim population (19.7%) ^[1]

Religion in Nattandiya^[1]

1. Roman Catholic (45.6%)
2. Buddhist (45.4%)
3. Muslim (5.90%)
4. Other Christian (1.80%)
5. Hindu (1.30%)
6. Other (0.00%)