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Polling Division in Sri Lanka
Negombo
Polling Division
Location of Negombo
Coordinates: 7°11′49″N 79°50′23″E / 7.196967°N 79.839856°E / 7.196967; 79.839856
CountrySri Lanka
ProvinceWestern Province, Sri Lanka
Electoral DistrictGampaha Electoral District
Area
 • Total30.36 km (11.72 sq mi)
Population
 • Total142,136
 • Density4,682/km (12,130/sq mi)
ISO 3166 codeEC-02B

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

Presidential Election Results

Summary

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

Year Negombo Gampaha Electoral District MAE % Sri Lanka MAE %
2019 NDF SLPP 18.95% SLPP 12.03%
2015 NDF NDF 17.26% NDF 15.52%
2010 NDF UPFA 15.32% UPFA 11.83%
2005 UNP UPFA 17.70% UPFA 13.35%
1999 PA PA 8.54% PA 3.63%
1994 PA PA 6.52% PA 4.25%
1988 UNP SLFP 13.09% UNP 9.97%
1982 UNP UNP 13.69% UNP 11.39%
Matches/Mean MAE 5/8 7/8 13.88% 8/8 10.25%

2019 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party Negombo Gampaha Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
NDF 44,032 53.03% 494,671 34.26% 5,564,239 41.99%
SLPP 31,743 38.23% 855,870 59.28% 6,924,255 52.25%
NMPP 4,132 4.98% 61,760 4.28% 418,553 3.16%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 1,586 1.91% 20,227 1.40% 295,797 2.23%
NPP 1,546 1.86% 11,272 0.78% 49,655 0.37%
Valid Votes 83,039 98.31% 1,443,800 98.92% 13,252,499 98.99%
Rejected Votes 1,430 1.69% 15,751 1.08% 135,452 1.01%
Total Polled 84,469 76.41% 1,459,551 83.31% 13,387,951 83.71%
Registered Electors 110,551 1,751,892 15,992,568

2015 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party Negombo Gampaha Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
NDF 53,331 67.10% 669,007 49.83% 6,217,162 51.28%
UPFA 25,432 32.00% 664,347 49.49% 5,768,090 47.58%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 719 0.90% 9,142 0.68% 138,200 1.14%
Valid Votes 79,482 98.92% 1,342,496 98.92% 12,123,452 98.85%
Rejected Votes 871 1.08% 14,647 1.08% 140,925 1.15%
Total Polled 80,353 75.65% 1,357,143 80.77% 12,264,377 78.69%
Registered Electors 106,213 1,680,263 15,585,942

2010 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party Negombo Gampaha Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
NDF 36,669 52.59% 434,506 37.28% 4,173,185 40.15%
UPFA 32,125 46.08% 718,716 61.66% 6,015,934 57.88%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 929 1.33% 12,426 1.07% 204,494 1.97%
Valid Votes 69,723 99.08% 1,165,648 99.24% 10,393,613 99.03%
Rejected Votes 650 0.92% 8,960 0.76% 101,838 0.97%
Total Polled 70,373 73.28% 1,174,608 78.03% 10,495,451 66.70%
Registered Electors 96,028 1,505,363 15,734,587

2005 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party Negombo Gampaha Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
UNP 40,805 62.01% 481,764 44.23% 4,706,366 48.43%
UPFA 24,236 36.83% 596,698 54.78% 4,887,152 50.29%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 761 1.16% 10,815 0.99% 123,521 1.27%
Valid Votes 65,802 98.80% 1,089,277 98.94% 9,717,039 98.88%
Rejected Votes 799 1.20% 11,724 1.06% 109,869 1.12%
Total Polled 66,601 74.53% 1,101,001 79.17% 9,826,908 69.51%
Registered Electors 89,361 1,390,691 14,136,979

1999 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party Negombo Gampaha Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
PA 28,515 48.48% 532,796 56.58% 4,312,157 51.12%
UNP 28,156 47.87% 353,969 37.59% 3,602,748 42.71%
JVP 1,360 2.31% 40,472 4.30% 343,927 4.08%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 791 1.34% 14,382 1.53% 176,679 2.09%
Valid Votes 58,822 98.03% 941,619 97.84% 8,435,754 97.69%
Rejected Votes 1,181 1.97% 20,768 2.16% 199,536 2.31%
Total Polled 60,003 71.85% 962,387 77.12% 8,635,290 72.17%
Registered Electors 83,508 1,247,860 11,965,536

1994 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party Negombo Gampaha Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
PA 31,648 58.23% 550,654 64.74% 4,709,205 62.28%
UNP 22,131 40.72% 288,608 33.93% 2,715,283 35.91%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 569 1.05% 11,256 1.32% 137,040 1.81%
Valid Votes 54,348 98.62% 850,518 98.48% 7,561,526 98.03%
Rejected Votes 761 1.38% 13,137 1.52% 151,706 1.97%
Total Polled 55,109 68.38% 863,655 74.16% 7,713,232 69.12%
Registered Electors 80,589 1,164,625 11,158,880

1988 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party Negombo Gampaha Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
UNP 29,016 61.30% 350,092 48.08% 2,569,199 50.43%
SLFP 16,601 35.07% 355,553 48.83% 2,289,857 44.95%
SLMP 1,720 3.63% 22,467 3.09% 235,701 4.63%
Valid Votes 47,337 98.78% 728,112 98.63% 5,094,754 98.24%
Rejected Votes 587 1.22% 10,108 1.37% 91,499 1.76%
Total Polled 47,924 70.22% 738,220 74.93% 5,186,256 55.87%
Registered Electors 68,250 985,206 9,283,143

1982 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party Negombo Gampaha Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
UNP 30,346 67.14% 365,847 52.50% 3,450,815 52.93%
SLFP 13,345 29.52% 301,808 43.31% 2,546,348 39.05%
JVP 1,049 2.32% 23,701 3.40% 273,428 4.19%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 460 1.02% 5,491 0.79% 249,460 3.83%
Valid Votes 45,200 99.10% 696,847 99.15% 6,520,156 98.78%
Rejected Votes 412 0.90% 5,992 0.85% 80,470 1.22%
Total Polled 45,612 76.17% 702,839 82.70% 6,600,626 80.15%
Registered Electors 59,884 849,896 8,235,358

Parliamentary Election Results

Summary

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

Year Negombo Gampaha Electoral District MAE % Sri Lanka MAE %
2015 UNP UNP 18.14% UNP 16.88%
2010 UPFA UPFA 14.19% UPFA 11.78%
2004 UNP UPFA 13.48% UPFA 9.45%
2001 UNP UNP 9.88% UNP 6.33%
2000 UNP PA 7.50% PA 5.23%
1994 PA PA 7.12% PA 2.93%
1989 UNP UNP 12.40% UNP 9.39%
Matches/Mean MAE 5/7 7/7 11.81% 7/7 8.85%

2020 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party Negombo Gampaha Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
SLPFA 36,536 52.04% 807,896 65.76% 6,853,693 59.09%
SJB 25,023 35.64% 285,809 23.27% 2,771,984 23.9%
JJB 3,834 5.46% 61,833 5.03% 445,958 3.84%
UNP 2,784 3.97% 28,282 2.3% 249,435 2.15%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 2,035 2.89% 44,654 3.64% 1,227,859 11.02%
Valid Votes 70,212 62.68% 1,228,474 68.78% 11,598,936 71.32%
Rejected Votes 5,780 5.16% 75,509 4.23% 744,373 4.58%
Total Polled 75,992 67.84% 1,303,983 73.01% 12,343,309 75.89%
Registered Electors 112,012 1,785,964 16,263,885

2015 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party Negombo Gampaha Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
UNP 48,517 67.67% 577,004 47.17% 5,098,916 45.77%
UPFA 18,928 26.40% 549,958 44.96% 4,732,664 42.48%
JVP 3,902 5.44% 87,880 7.18% 544,154 4.88%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 348 0.49% 8,332 0.68% 81,501 0.73%
Valid Votes 71,695 94.38% 1,223,174 95.51% 11,140,333 95.35%
Rejected Votes 4,191 5.52% 56,246 4.39% 516,926 4.42%
Total Polled 75,962 71.52% 1,280,647 78.21% 11,684,111 77.66%
Registered Electors 106,213 1,637,537 15,044,490

2010 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party Negombo Gampaha Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
UPFA 26,076 48.28% 589,476 63.40% 4,846,388 60.38%
UNP 23,987 44.41% 266,523 28.67% 2,357,057 29.37%
DNA 3,463 6.41% 69,747 7.50% 441,251 5.50%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 488 0.90% 3,985 0.43% 19,003 0.24%
Valid Votes 54,014 93.53% 929,731 94.83% 8,026,322 96.03%
Rejected Votes 3,711 6.43% 50,234 5.12% 581,465 6.96%
Total Polled 57,750 60.14% 980,467 65.06% 8,358,246 59.29%
Registered Electors 96,028 1,506,969 14,097,690

2004 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party Negombo Gampaha Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
UNP 33,709 55.52% 367,572 37.14% 3,486,792 37.73%
UPFA 24,357 40.12% 509,963 51.52% 4,223,126 45.70%
JHU 1,759 2.90% 102,516 10.36% 552,723 5.98%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 886 1.46% 9,691 0.98% 57,229 0.62%
Valid Votes 60,711 95.51% 989,742 95.96% 9,241,931 94.52%
Rejected Votes 2,842 4.47% 41,462 4.02% 534,452 5.47%
Total Polled 63,567 71.61% 1,031,464 77.72% 9,777,821 75.74%
Registered Electors 88,773 1,327,145 12,909,631

2001 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party Negombo Gampaha Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
UNP 35,678 57.20% 437,289 43.94% 4,086,026 45.62%
PA 21,811 34.97% 428,780 43.08% 3,330,815 37.19%
JVP 4,141 6.64% 113,990 11.45% 815,353 9.10%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 743 1.19% 15,171 1.52% 137,826 1.54%
Valid Votes 62,373 95.35% 995,230 96.30% 8,955,844 94.77%
Rejected Votes 3,044 4.65% 38,187 3.70% 494,009 5.23%
Total Polled 65,417 76.26% 1,033,417 80.36% 9,449,878 76.03%
Registered Electors 85,784 1,285,973 12,428,762

2000 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party Negombo Gampaha Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
UNP 28,983 47.92% 378,328 39.34% 3,451,765 40.12%
PA 24,826 41.05% 470,018 48.87% 3,899,329 45.33%
NUA 2,596 4.29% 11,013 1.15% 185,593 2.16%
JVP 2,557 4.23% 73,110 7.60% 518,725 6.03%
SU 975 1.61% 20,297 2.11% 127,859 1.49%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 545 0.90% 8,943 0.93% 133,530 1.55%
Valid Votes 60,482 N/A 961,709 N/A 8,602,617 N/A

1994 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party Negombo Gampaha Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
PA 28,830 49.93% 509,030 56.79% 3,887,805 48.94%
UNP 28,624 49.57% 375,631 41.91% 3,498,370 44.04%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 289 0.50% 11,627 1.30% 90,078 1.13%
Valid Votes 57,743 95.75% 896,288 96.39% 7,943,688 95.20%
Rejected Votes 2,566 4.25% 33,553 3.61% 400,395 4.80%
Total Polled 60,309 74.84% 929,841 79.65% 8,344,095 74.75%
Registered Electors 80,589 1,167,469 11,163,064

1989 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party Negombo Gampaha Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
UNP 30,610 66.12% 385,733 54.14% 2,838,005 50.71%
SLFP 12,566 27.14% 294,490 41.34% 1,785,369 31.90%
USA 1,810 3.91% 21,665 3.04% 141,983 2.54%
ELJP 1,310 2.83% 10,549 1.48% 67,723 1.21%
Valid Votes 46,296 95.07% 712,437 95.64% 5,596,468 93.87%
Rejected Votes 2,403 4.93% 32,497 4.36% 365,563 6.13%
Total Polled 48,699 72.02% 744,934 76.82% 5,962,031 63.60%
Registered Electors 67,618 969,658 9,374,164

Demographics

Ethnicity

The Negombo Polling Division has a Sinhalese majority (75.5%) and a significant Moor population (13.8%) . In comparison, the Gampaha Electoral District (which contains the Negombo Polling Division) has a Sinhalese majority (90.5%)

Ethnicity in Negombo

  Sinhalese (75.5%)  Moor (13.8%)  Sri Lankan Tamil (9.0%)  Other (1.7%)

Religion

The Negombo Polling Division has a Roman Catholic majority (65.3%), a significant Muslim population (14.3%) and a significant Buddhist population (11.1%) . In comparison, the Gampaha Electoral District (which contains the Negombo Polling Division) has a Buddhist majority (71.3%) and a significant Roman Catholic population (19.5%)

Religion in Negombo

  Roman Catholic (65.3%)  Muslim (14.3%)  Buddhist (11.1%)  Hindu (5.9%)  Other Christian (3.3%)  Other (0.1%)

References

  1. ^ "Census of Population and Housing 2012". statistics.gov.lk. Department of Census and Statistics, Sri Lanka. 2012.
  2. The mean absolute error, between the percentages of votes each party got in Negombo and the Gampaha Electoral District. It is a measure of the difference in voting behaviour between the two regions.
  3. The mean absolute error, between the percentages of votes each party got in Negombo and the country. It is a measure of the difference in voting behaviour between the two regions.
  4. "2019 Sri Lankan presidential election Results". elections.gov.lk. Election Commission of Sri Lanka. 2019.
  5. "2015 Sri Lankan presidential election Results". elections.gov.lk. Election Commission of Sri Lanka. 2015.
  6. "2010 Sri Lankan presidential election Results". elections.gov.lk. Election Commission of Sri Lanka. 2010.
  7. "2005 Sri Lankan presidential election Results". elections.gov.lk. Election Commission of Sri Lanka. 2005.
  8. "1999 Sri Lankan presidential election Results". elections.gov.lk. Election Commission of Sri Lanka. 1999.
  9. "1994 Sri Lankan presidential election Results". elections.gov.lk. Election Commission of Sri Lanka. 1994.
  10. "1988 Sri Lankan presidential election Results". elections.gov.lk. Election Commission of Sri Lanka. 1988.
  11. "1982 Sri Lankan presidential election Results". elections.gov.lk. Election Commission of Sri Lanka. 1982.
  12. The mean absolute error, between the percentages of votes each party got in Negombo and the Gampaha Electoral District. It is a measure of the difference in voting behaviour between the two regions.
  13. The mean absolute error, between the percentages of votes each party got in Negombo and the country. It is a measure of the difference in voting behaviour between the two regions.
  14. "2020 Sri Lankan parliamentary election Results" (PDF). elections.gov.lk. Election Commission of Sri Lanka. 2020.
  15. "2015 Sri Lankan parliamentary election Results" (PDF). elections.gov.lk. Election Commission of Sri Lanka. 2015.
  16. "2010 Sri Lankan parliamentary election Results" (PDF). elections.gov.lk. Election Commission of Sri Lanka. 2010.
  17. "2004 Sri Lankan parliamentary election Results" (PDF). elections.gov.lk. Election Commission of Sri Lanka. 2004.
  18. "2001 Sri Lankan parliamentary election Results" (PDF). elections.gov.lk. Election Commission of Sri Lanka. 2001.
  19. "2000 Sri Lankan parliamentary election Results" (PDF). elections.gov.lk. Election Commission of Sri Lanka. 2000.
  20. "1994 Sri Lankan parliamentary election Results" (PDF). elections.gov.lk. Election Commission of Sri Lanka. 1994.
  21. "1989 Sri Lankan parliamentary election Results" (PDF). elections.gov.lk. Election Commission of Sri Lanka. 1989.
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