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Polling Division in Sri Lanka
Pathadumbara
Polling Division
Location of Pathadumbara
Coordinates: 7°22′33″N 80°41′41″E / 7.375718°N 80.694795°E / 7.375718; 80.694795
CountrySri Lanka
ProvinceCentral Province, Sri Lanka
Electoral DistrictKandy Electoral District
Area
 • Total139.16 km (53.73 sq mi)
Population
 • Total115,019
 • Density827/km (2,140/sq mi)
ISO 3166 codeEC-04C

The Pathadumbara Polling Division is a Polling Division in the Kandy Electoral District, in the Central Province, Sri Lanka.

Presidential Election Results

Summary

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

Year Pathadumbara Kandy Electoral District MAE % Sri Lanka MAE %
2019 NDF SLPP 5.29% SLPP 7.33%
2015 NDF NDF 3.25% NDF 6.53%
2010 UPFA UPFA 4.27% UPFA 7.93%
2005 UNP UNP 5.51% UPFA 11.41%
1999 PA PA 11.83% PA 10.29%
1994 PA PA 3.91% PA 9.49%
1988 UNP UNP 2.30% UNP 5.20%
1982 UNP UNP 3.40% UNP 7.85%
Matches/Mean MAE 6/8 7/8 4.97% 8/8 8.25%

2019 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party Pathadumbara Kandy Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
NDF 35,848 50.20% 417,355 44.64% 5,564,239 41.99%
SLPP 32,057 44.89% 471,502 50.43% 6,924,255 52.25%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 2,070 2.90% 22,479 2.40% 345,452 2.61%
NMPP 1,439 2.02% 23,539 2.52% 418,553 3.16%
Valid Votes 71,414 99.05% 934,875 99.04% 13,252,499 98.99%
Rejected Votes 684 0.95% 9,020 0.96% 135,452 1.01%
Total Polled 72,098 83.50% 943,895 84.89% 13,387,951 83.71%
Registered Electors 86,342 1,111,860 15,992,568

2015 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party Pathadumbara Kandy Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
NDF 37,840 57.79% 466,994 54.56% 6,217,162 51.28%
UPFA 26,762 40.87% 378,585 44.23% 5,768,090 47.58%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 878 1.34% 10,329 1.21% 138,200 1.14%
Valid Votes 65,480 98.46% 855,908 98.73% 12,123,452 98.85%
Rejected Votes 1,023 1.54% 10,993 1.27% 140,925 1.15%
Total Polled 66,503 77.90% 866,901 79.71% 12,264,377 78.69%
Registered Electors 85,375 1,087,542 15,585,942

2010 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party Pathadumbara Kandy Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
UPFA 28,628 49.61% 406,636 54.16% 6,015,934 57.88%
NDF 27,692 47.99% 329,492 43.89% 4,173,185 40.15%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 1,383 2.40% 14,658 1.95% 204,494 1.97%
Valid Votes 57,703 98.57% 750,786 98.85% 10,393,613 99.03%
Rejected Votes 838 1.43% 8,700 1.15% 101,838 0.97%
Total Polled 58,541 74.40% 759,486 75.87% 10,495,451 66.70%
Registered Electors 78,688 1,001,074 15,734,587

2005 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party Pathadumbara Kandy Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
UNP 31,957 59.81% 387,150 54.33% 4,706,366 48.43%
UPFA 20,610 38.57% 315,672 44.30% 4,887,152 50.29%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 866 1.62% 9,798 1.37% 123,521 1.27%
Valid Votes 53,433 98.37% 712,620 98.64% 9,717,039 98.88%
Rejected Votes 885 1.63% 9,817 1.36% 109,869 1.12%
Total Polled 54,318 75.63% 722,437 77.37% 9,826,908 69.51%
Registered Electors 71,823 933,754 14,136,979

1999 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party Pathadumbara Kandy Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
PA 32,945 63.25% 308,187 50.29% 4,312,157 51.12%
UNP 17,372 33.35% 276,360 45.10% 3,602,748 42.71%
JVP 928 1.78% 15,512 2.53% 343,927 4.08%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 846 1.62% 12,752 2.08% 176,679 2.09%
Valid Votes 52,091 97.50% 612,811 97.29% 8,435,754 97.69%
Rejected Votes 1,338 2.50% 17,060 2.71% 199,536 2.31%
Total Polled 53,429 84.73% 629,871 77.61% 8,635,290 72.17%
Registered Electors 63,055 811,606 11,965,536

1994 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party Pathadumbara Kandy Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
PA 23,082 52.61% 320,110 56.64% 4,709,205 62.28%
UNP 19,995 45.57% 235,519 41.68% 2,715,283 35.91%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 800 1.82% 9,488 1.68% 137,040 1.81%
Valid Votes 43,877 96.37% 565,117 97.55% 7,561,526 98.03%
Rejected Votes 1,652 3.63% 14,179 2.45% 151,706 1.97%
Total Polled 45,529 79.21% 579,296 77.85% 7,713,232 69.12%
Registered Electors 57,482 744,151 11,158,880

1988 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party Pathadumbara Kandy Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
UNP 20,902 57.19% 234,124 54.88% 2,569,199 50.43%
SLFP 15,087 41.28% 186,187 43.65% 2,289,857 44.95%
SLMP 557 1.52% 6,266 1.47% 235,701 4.63%
Valid Votes 36,546 98.36% 426,577 98.57% 5,094,754 98.24%
Rejected Votes 611 1.64% 6,167 1.43% 91,499 1.76%
Total Polled 37,157 76.23% 432,744 68.36% 5,186,256 55.87%
Registered Electors 48,741 633,030 9,283,143

1982 Sri Lankan Presidential Election

Party Pathadumbara Kandy Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
UNP 22,158 63.56% 289,621 59.80% 3,450,815 52.93%
SLFP 11,783 33.80% 178,647 36.89% 2,546,348 39.05%
JVP 669 1.92% 12,493 2.58% 273,428 4.19%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 252 0.72% 3,536 0.73% 249,460 3.83%
Valid Votes 34,862 98.92% 484,297 99.07% 6,520,156 98.78%
Rejected Votes 382 1.08% 4,548 0.93% 80,470 1.22%
Total Polled 35,244 84.14% 488,845 89.44% 6,600,626 80.15%
Registered Electors 41,888 546,565 8,235,358

Parliamentary Election Results

Summary

The winner of Pathadumbara has matched the final country result 4 out of 7 times. Hence, Pathadumbara is a Weak Bellwether for Parliamentary Elections.

Year Pathadumbara Kandy Electoral District MAE % Sri Lanka MAE %
2015 UNP UNP 3.89% UNP 9.67%
2010 UPFA UPFA 3.70% UPFA 4.80%
2004 UNP UNP 6.99% UPFA 12.28%
2001 PA UNP 6.70% UNP 4.46%
2000 PA PA 7.70% PA 8.30%
1994 UNP UNP 5.72% PA 10.28%
1989 UNP UNP 3.69% UNP 8.97%
Matches/Mean MAE 4/7 5/7 5.48% 7/7 8.39%

2015 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party Pathadumbara Kandy Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
UNP 35,619 59.61% 440,761 55.61% 5,098,916 45.77%
UPFA 20,822 34.85% 309,152 39.00% 4,732,664 42.48%
JVP 1,779 2.98% 30,669 3.87% 544,154 4.88%
CWC 944 1.58% 4,400 0.56% 17,107 0.15%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 591 0.99% 7,655 0.97% 82,981 0.74%
Valid Votes 59,755 94.56% 792,637 95.48% 11,140,333 95.35%
Rejected Votes 3,406 5.39% 37,065 4.46% 516,926 4.42%
Total Polled 63,195 74.02% 830,165 79.13% 11,684,111 77.66%
Registered Electors 85,375 1,049,160 15,044,490

2010 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party Pathadumbara Kandy Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
UPFA 23,956 57.15% 339,819 60.81% 4,846,388 60.38%
UNP 16,214 38.68% 192,798 34.50% 2,357,057 29.37%
DNA 1,477 3.52% 23,728 4.25% 441,251 5.50%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 271 0.65% 2,459 0.44% 30,354 0.38%
Valid Votes 41,918 88.95% 558,804 90.49% 8,026,322 96.03%
Rejected Votes 5,177 10.99% 58,333 9.45% 581,465 6.96%
Total Polled 47,127 59.89% 617,559 61.70% 8,358,246 59.29%
Registered Electors 78,688 1,000,861 14,097,690

2004 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party Pathadumbara Kandy Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
UNP 26,230 57.60% 313,859 49.99% 3,486,792 37.73%
UPFA 16,071 35.29% 268,131 42.71% 4,223,126 45.70%
JHU 2,946 6.47% 42,192 6.72% 552,723 5.98%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 289 0.63% 3,684 0.59% 64,227 0.69%
Valid Votes 45,536 91.46% 627,866 93.24% 9,241,931 94.52%
Rejected Votes 4,250 8.54% 45,484 6.75% 534,452 5.47%
Total Polled 49,786 71.58% 673,380 76.47% 9,777,821 75.74%
Registered Electors 69,554 880,634 12,909,631

2001 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party Pathadumbara Kandy Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
PA 19,911 47.35% 233,637 39.23% 3,330,815 37.19%
UNP 19,461 46.28% 314,297 52.77% 4,086,026 45.62%
JVP 2,071 4.92% 37,146 6.24% 815,353 9.10%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 609 1.45% 10,496 1.76% 129,347 1.44%
Valid Votes 42,052 93.20% 595,576 93.40% 8,955,844 94.77%
Rejected Votes 3,069 6.80% 42,103 6.60% 494,009 5.23%
Total Polled 45,121 67.02% 637,679 76.03% 9,449,878 76.03%
Registered Electors 67,327 838,687 12,428,762

2000 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party Pathadumbara Kandy Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
PA 24,235 55.16% 282,282 46.66% 3,899,329 45.33%
UNP 13,805 31.42% 243,623 40.27% 3,451,765 40.12%
NUA 3,277 7.46% 32,023 5.29% 185,593 2.16%
JVP 1,016 2.31% 21,565 3.56% 518,725 6.03%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 630 1.43% 8,328 1.38% 138,824 1.61%
SU 521 1.19% 10,999 1.82% 127,859 1.49%
CWC 454 1.03% 6,108 1.01% 22,985 0.27%
Valid Votes 43,938 N/A 604,928 N/A 8,602,617 N/A

1994 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party Pathadumbara Kandy Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
UNP 25,471 58.21% 301,824 52.35% 3,498,370 44.04%
PA 17,816 40.72% 267,683 46.43% 3,887,805 48.94%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 467 1.07% 7,045 1.22% 175,576 2.21%
Valid Votes 43,754 94.12% 576,552 94.89% 7,943,688 95.20%
Rejected Votes 2,731 5.88% 31,019 5.11% 400,395 4.80%
Total Polled 46,485 80.87% 607,571 81.67% 8,344,095 74.75%
Registered Electors 57,482 743,939 11,163,064

1989 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election

Party Pathadumbara Kandy Electoral District Sri Lanka
Votes % Votes % Votes %
UNP 17,031 64.76% 204,973 61.72% 2,838,005 50.71%
SLFP 6,979 26.54% 105,977 31.91% 1,785,369 31.90%
SLMC 1,740 6.62% 14,697 4.43% 202,016 3.61%
USA 476 1.81% 5,147 1.55% 141,983 2.54%
Other Parties (with < 1%) 73 0.28% 1,315 0.40% 67,723 1.21%
Valid Votes 26,299 93.27% 332,109 93.69% 5,596,468 93.87%
Rejected Votes 1,897 6.73% 22,374 6.31% 365,563 6.13%
Total Polled 28,196 59.10% 354,483 56.42% 5,962,031 63.60%
Registered Electors 47,713 628,317 9,374,164

Demographics

Ethnicity

The Pathadumbara Polling Division has a Sinhalese majority (66.0%), a significant Moor population (18.3%) and a significant Indian Tamil population (11.8%) . In comparison, the Kandy Electoral District (which contains the Pathadumbara Polling Division) has a Sinhalese majority (74.4%) and a significant Moor population (13.9%)

Ethnicity in Pathadumbara

  Sinhalese (66.0%)  Moor (18.3%)  Indian Tamil (11.8%)  Sri Lankan Tamil (3.6%)  Other (0.3%)

Religion

The Pathadumbara Polling Division has a Buddhist majority (65.2%), a significant Muslim population (18.6%) and a significant Hindu population (13.8%) . In comparison, the Kandy Electoral District (which contains the Pathadumbara Polling Division) has a Buddhist majority (73.4%) and a significant Muslim population (14.3%)

Religion in Pathadumbara

  Buddhist (65.2%)  Muslim (18.6%)  Hindu (13.8%)  Roman Catholic (1.7%)  Other (0.8%)

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 Pathadumbara and the Kandy 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 Pathadumbara 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. Archived from the original on 2019-12-19. Retrieved 2020-06-10.
  5. "2015 Sri Lankan presidential election Results". elections.gov.lk. Election Commission of Sri Lanka. 2015. Archived from the original on 2019-12-19. Retrieved 2020-06-10.
  6. "2010 Sri Lankan presidential election Results". elections.gov.lk. Election Commission of Sri Lanka. 2010. Archived from the original on 2019-12-19. Retrieved 2020-06-10.
  7. "2005 Sri Lankan presidential election Results". elections.gov.lk. Election Commission of Sri Lanka. 2005. Archived from the original on 2019-12-19. Retrieved 2020-06-10.
  8. "1999 Sri Lankan presidential election Results". elections.gov.lk. Election Commission of Sri Lanka. 1999. Archived from the original on 2019-12-19. Retrieved 2020-06-10.
  9. "1994 Sri Lankan presidential election Results". elections.gov.lk. Election Commission of Sri Lanka. 1994. Archived from the original on 2019-12-19. Retrieved 2020-06-10.
  10. "1988 Sri Lankan presidential election Results". elections.gov.lk. Election Commission of Sri Lanka. 1988. Archived from the original on 2019-12-19. Retrieved 2020-06-10.
  11. "1982 Sri Lankan presidential election Results". elections.gov.lk. Election Commission of Sri Lanka. 1982. Archived from the original on 2019-12-19. Retrieved 2020-06-10.
  12. The mean absolute error, between the percentages of votes each party got in Pathadumbara and the Kandy 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 Pathadumbara and the country. It is a measure of the difference in voting behaviour between the two regions.
  14. "2015 Sri Lankan parliamentary election Results" (PDF). elections.gov.lk. Election Commission of Sri Lanka. 2015.
  15. "2010 Sri Lankan parliamentary election Results" (PDF). elections.gov.lk. Election Commission of Sri Lanka. 2010.
  16. "2004 Sri Lankan parliamentary election Results" (PDF). elections.gov.lk. Election Commission of Sri Lanka. 2004.
  17. "2001 Sri Lankan parliamentary election Results" (PDF). elections.gov.lk. Election Commission of Sri Lanka. 2001.
  18. "2000 Sri Lankan parliamentary election Results" (PDF). elections.gov.lk. Election Commission of Sri Lanka. 2000.
  19. "1994 Sri Lankan parliamentary election Results" (PDF). elections.gov.lk. Election Commission of Sri Lanka. 1994.
  20. "1989 Sri Lankan parliamentary election Results" (PDF). elections.gov.lk. Election Commission of Sri Lanka. 1989.
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